Student Politics

The AMS is giving undergraduate students a new way to fund ideas aimed at improving the Queen’s community through its Student Innovation Grant.

As Queen’s marks Gender Equality Week, campus groups and University initiatives are drawing attention to equity, support services, and advocacy extending beyond the week itself.

Questions over budgets and changes to the My Isabel Grant followed a Truth and Reconciliation speech as AMS Assembly met for the first time this academic year.

The three new AMS executives’ campaign commitments take action as they start their terms, with transparency and accountability highlighted as priorities.

McMaster’s engineering emblem — a red fireball — was mounted on a purple sand-filled base that appeared outside the JDUC on Sept. 9, delivered by Western engineering students.

Every time The Journal reaches out to Natasha Andrade, she said she has “a little bit of a heart attack.”

The AMS is ending its partnership with Bounce, moving club support and event sanctioning to an internally managed system, FreshService, following feedback from students.

When Dreyden George, ArtSci ’27, arrived at Queen’s from southern Vancouver Island, he became the first person in his family’s direct line to attend university.

Madeleine Provost has been elected the Queen’s Engineering Society’s (EngSoc) second vice-president (Student Affairs) (VPSA) for 2026-27.

The Queen’s Engineering Society (EngSoc) announced July 6 that former Vice-President (Student Affairs, VPSA) Pranav Velpandi, Sci ’27, had resigned from the role.

Rising tuition and the increasing costs of living are shaping the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) priorities for the coming year.

Six new commissioners assumed their roles within the AMS, each hoping to create change and strengthen foundations.

Whether it’s providing students with peer support or their morning coffee, the 2026-27 AMS head managers are eager to improve campus life at Queen’s.

The AMS Assembly ratified its incoming executives and advanced an overhaul of club’s policy during its final meeting of the academic year.

The commissions of campus affairs and clubs are under fire, with allegations ranging from a lack of communication to inappropriate language.

Before handing the reins over to Team DAE, two outgoing AMS vice-presidents look back on a year of new services, student initiatives, and behind-the-scenes challenges.