Student Politics

5 days 6 hours ago

Twitter exposes AMS information to dark web

5 days 6 hours ago

AMS reviews election policies and procedures

The AMS is conducting a review of their elections policy and procedures to better protect equity-deserving students.Continue...

5 days 6 hours ago

AMS hosts final Sustainability Hub

The last Sustainability Hub of the semester was held on March 15 at the Rose Innovation Hub in Mitchell Hall.Continue...

2 weeks 5 days ago

AMS Assembly discusses Black Student Clubs Caucus letter at AGM

At the AMS’s Annual General Meeting (AGM), members of the Black Clubs Caucus said the AMS doesn’t see them as a priority.Continue...

2 weeks 5 days ago

Queen’s hosts OUSA General Assembly

Student policy makers replaced city councillors at City Hall on March 5 to plan the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance’s (OUSA) lobbying agenda for the 2023 year as part of OUSA’s General Assembly.Continue...

3 weeks 5 days ago

Black Clubs Caucus receives one response to open letter

The Black Student Club Caucus has received one follow-up on their open letter from a sitting member of AMS Assembly in the aftermath of the last AMS Assembly .Continue...

3 weeks 5 days ago

Bringing Queen’s StuCons back to its 'glory days'

Rebranding and the student fee allocation of the Queen’s StuCons service was discussed at AMS Assembly on Feb. 16.Continue...

1 month 1 week ago

AMS Assembly discusses AMS elections incident

AMS Assembly gathered Thursday evening in Beamish Munro Hall to discuss student operations in the aftermath of the AMS Executive election.Continue...

1 month 2 weeks ago

KMV wins contested AMS executive election

AMS executive elections concluded on the night of Feb. 7, with polls closing at 9 p.m. and results being announced shortly thereafter.Continue...

1 month 3 weeks ago

Online students seek opt-in to AMS membership fee

Some online students—particularly Health Sciences students—are speaking out about their relationship with the AMS fee slate.Continue...

2 months 4 days ago

AMS executive considering opt-in legal service

The AMS executive team wants to propose an opt-in legal service for students run through StudentCare, which provides the AMS health and dental plan.Continue...

2 months 1 week ago

Arts and Science faculty society planning charity basketball game

The Engineering and Commerce Tricolour Classic game has inspired the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) to create a similar experience for Arts and Science students.Continue...

2 months 1 week ago

EngSoc conferences help students to further engage in learning

With nine conferences, the Engineering Society (EngSoc) provides students with a wide range of opportunities to network, engage with concepts, and apply knowledge.Continue...

2 months 1 week ago

ResSoc candidates debate in uncontested election

Students running for Residence Society (ResSoc) positions debated in the uncontested election held at Ban Righ fireside on Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. Each candidate is running for a ResSoc position for the 2023-24 school year.Continue...

2 months 1 week ago

AMS Food Bank and Sexual Assault Centre Kingston seek SGPS fee nomination

Student election season is slowly heating up, entering the latter half of January. Like any year, this year has fee referendums in store at the AMS and SGPS level.Continue...

2 months 2 weeks ago

Queen’s student elections now underway

Campus elections are now underway, with nominations opening across campus in faculty society and AMS elections. Prospective candidates need a certain number of signatures from students to be nominated.Continue...

3 months 1 week ago

Emergency Assembly for AMS elections policy fails to reach quorum

AMS President Eric Sikich called an emergency virtual AMS Assembly meeting on the morning of Dec. 15 for later that day at 6 p.m. Assembly was supposed to vote on an addition to elections policy.Continue...

3 months 1 week ago

AMS approves ORT budget after discussion at final Assembly

The final AMS Assembly of 2022 convened Dec. 1 in Mitchell Hall immediately following the Corporate General Meeting.Continue...

3 months 1 week ago

AMS Corporate General Meeting discusses financial positioning of the Society

At the Corporate General Meeting (CGM), stakeholders discussed the financial health and position of the corporate and government sides of the AMS.Continue...

4 months 4 days ago

AMS Fall in review

AMS President Eric Sikich, Vice President (Operations) Tina Hu, and Vice President (University Affairs) Callum Robertson sat down with The Journal to recount their progress from the fall semester and to discuss new initiatives.Continue...

4 months 4 days ago

No candidates ran in the NSS elections

With campus-wide elections around the corner in the winter semester, the Nursing Sciences Society (NSS) is struggling to find executives for the upcoming term.Continue...