Graduate and professional students voiced concerns with Queen’s at the SGPS town hall on Oct. 4.  The town hall is part of a series of meetings the SGPS is holding in Kingston Hall to hear students’ housing issues and concerns.

Queers 4 Peers is hosting a variety of events this year to offer support to the queer community at Queen’s.

Tony Hu, Meds ’26, has been appointed as Graduate Trustee as of 9 a.m. on Sept. 22. He ran for the position uncontested. 

AMS Assembly saw the Dan School Undergraduate Society (DSUS) remove its motion to be ratified as an undergraduate society on Sept. 22. 

Commerce students are eager to return to in-person events after two years of coffee-less coffee chats, Zoom conferences, and LinkedIn friendships.

Over the past year, the AMS has prepared for the return of in-person operations, and what that means for student life.

After the termination of the Social Issues Commissioner (SIC) in July, the AMS is planning on implementing policy changes throughout the organization. 

With the fall semester kicking off, AMS Executive Team ETC—composed of President Eric Sikich, Vice-President (University Affairs) Callum Robertson, and Vice-President (Operations) Tina Hu—shared their goals, concerns, and aspirations for students. 

The AMS terminated the 2022-23 AMS Social Issues Commissioner (SIC) leading into the Canada Day long weekend. 

To comply with changing minimum wage legislation, the AMS is increasing pay for all waged and salaried AMS staff by 50 cents per hour.

Queen’s Undergraduate Trustee Jaya Sharma, HealthSci ’24, plans to utilize her position in student government to its full potential.

Certain faculty societies did not submit monthly reports to AMS Assembly last year outlining the work their executive leadership undertook.

After months of vacancy, Owen Crawford-Lem, ArtSci ’23, has been elected Rector for the 2022-24 term, beating out five opponents:  Caitlin Sankaran-Wee, ArtSci ’24, Leo Yang, ArtSci ’25, Sahiba Gulati, ArtSci ’23, William Bruce-Robertson, ArtSci ’25, and Emils Matiss, MA ’22.

The Health Sciences Society (HSS) executive election results were announced Feb. 14, a week later than expected due to an error that prevented BISC and online students from voting in time.

With 93 per cent of the vote of confidence, Tara Rezvan, Amanda Morwick, and Ethan Kibel—all Comm ‘22—announced their election as Commerce Society (ComSoc) executive.

As voting closed Wednesday, the AMS election saw an 11.5 per cent voter turnout.

This year’s Health Sciences Society (HSS) elections will see a contested ballot for every executive position.

Described as “pivotal” by AMS President Zaid Kasim, the AMS held its first Assembly of the summer on May 20.

As their term comes to a close, The Journal sat down with Team AJA to reflect on their experiences as AMS executive in the 2020-21 year.Jared den Otter, AMS president, Alexia Henriques, AMS vice-president (university affairs), and Alex Samoyloff, AMS vice-president (operations) came into their roles on May 1 of last year, shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak of the pandemic had them learn a new portfolio and, consequently, put some things on the back-burner.

As part of its ASUS 130 initiatives, the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) has revamped its permanent staff position to implement a General Manager.