Advocacy
  • 1 week 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...
  • 1 month 2 weeks ago

Petition calls to dismantle Queen’s Autism Speaks Canada branch

Vera Aube, ArtSci ’23, was diagnosed with autism over the winter break. After three and a half years at Queen’s, they now feel “validated” to speak out on behalf of the neurodivergent community.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

AMS works with OUSA to make policy recommendations

The AMS has been working with the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) over the past year to create change for students.Continue...
  • 6 months 23 hours ago

For students living with disabilities, self-advocacy is key

When Madia McGowan, ArtSci ’24, arrived at Queen’s in 2020, she saw it as a “big adjustment”—but not in the way most students do. It’s not unusual for incoming students to see the shift to university as a turning point in their lives, but for McGowan, who was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease when she was 10 years old, that transition symbolized something more.Continue...
  • 6 months 3 weeks ago

AMS summer in review

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.Continue...
  • 8 months 22 hours ago

SGPS works to get representation for Indigenous graduate students

The Queen’s Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) is committed to finding an Indigenous Student Liaison before the start of the fall semester.Continue...
  • 8 months 4 weeks ago

Queen’s association works to create safe space for queer staff

Queen’s University Association for Queer Employees (QUAQE) works to create a space for employees to be themselves in their workplace. Alexandra Pederson, QUAQE co-founder, said the association has two goals: to advocate and to create a network for queer Queen’s employees.Continue...
  • 8 months 4 weeks ago

Queen’s student calls on students to become personal health advocates

Queen’s and local community members in different cities are coming together to show solidarity with Brendan Reid, ArtSci ’23.Continue...
  • 12 months 2 days ago

‘Know your worth’: Queen’s student named L’Oréal Paris Woman of Worth

Ampai Thammachack, MA ’22, was named L’Oréal Paris Woman of Worth this year for her work in mental health advocacy.Continue...
  • 1 year 1 month ago

Student Advocacy Summit hosted by AMS

On Jan. 29, the Student Advocacy Summit was held for the first time in years. Various branches of the AMS collaborated to hold the event, which aimed to facilitate engagement between the student government and the Queen’s community.Continue...

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