Team AJA, the uncontested AMS executive candidates, fielded questions about sustainability, City relations, and accessibility during an AMS open forum on Jan. 25. 

This year’s Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) executive candidates—all uncontested except those vying for vice-president (Graduate)—have common goals in mind. 

Team Bold decided on a three-pillar platform to work toward the improvement of the Concurrent Education Student Association (CESA). 

Team MKV secured a vote of confidence from students to become the Commerce Society’s 2020-21 executives on Jan. 27. 

ASUS executive candidates faced off in an open debate on Thursday for their final discussion ahead of elections on Jan. 28 and 29. 

Team OJJ was elected as the Residence Society executive with 88 per cent of the vote on Thursday night. 

On Wednesday night in the ILC atrium, next year’s Engineering Society hopefuls fielded questions from the student body about managing heavy workloads and the potential return of the Student Choice Initiative.  

This year’s Commerce Society election will see Team MKV run uncontested for the executive positions. 

This week, candidates running to be the next executive of the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) sat down with The Journal. Here’s what they had to say: 

Team AJA has released a precursor to their platform, outlining their platform points, to kick off the campaign period on Jan. 20.

The AMS executive election will be uncontested for the third consecutive year. 

Rector candidate Sam Hiemstra, ArtSci ’21, is the sole person vying for the position this year. It’s the first time in at least 20 years the position hasn’t been contested. 

ASUS presidential candidate David Niddam-Dent, ArtSci ’22, and vice-presidential candidate Matt D’Alessandro, ArtSci ’22, hope to win leadership of Queen’s largest faculty Society by “bringing ASUS” to students. 

For Team Chris and Taylor, the biggest focus of their campaign in this year’s ASUS Executive election is to increase efficiency and transparency in the Society. 

Together, Presidential candidate Oliver Flis, Vice-Presidential (Residential Affairs) candidate Julia Guest, and Vice-Presidential (Judicial Affairs) candidate Julie Ro form Team OJJ. Uncontested, the three presented at an open forum in the basement of Victoria Hall on Sunday night. 

Spencer Lee, Sci ‘21, wants Queen’s engineers to know what their Society stands for. 

The uncontested candidates vying for each of the two vice-presidential roles in the Engineering Society sat down with The Journal to lay out their visions for the Society. 

Following the loss of 100 jobs due to the Student Choice Initiative (SCI) last September, the AMS is looking to restructure and reinstate those positions, pending approval from the board of directors. 

For the third year in a row, the AMS executive election will be uncontested, leaving one team to vie for the confidence of a majority of voters on election day. 

The AMS gathered for the first Assembly of the year on Thursday night to discuss fall term break, the aftermath of the Student Choice Initiative being quashed, Queen’s Period, and event sanctioning.