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University approves updated alcohol policy

Written on June 27, 2020. Posted in News, University.

The University announced on June 25 it had approved an updated alcohol policy earlier this month. The official policy, which was last updated in 2012, has been guided by the national Postsecondary Education Partnership-Alcohol Harms (PEP-AH) framework to reflect best practices related to alcohol...

Updated alcohol policy to be implemented next spring

Written on November 22, 2019. Posted in News.

After nearly a year of review, Queen’s revised alcohol policy is nearing implementation. In a Nov. 14 statement, the University said Tom Harris, interim provost and vice-principal (Academic), announced the revised alcohol policy is on track to be implemented in May 2020. “Our primary purpose as...

New university alcohol policy bottlenecks student safety

Written on October 29, 2019. Posted in Editorials.

Queen’s proposed alcohol policy does the opposite of encouraging healthy drinking habits. Instead, it stands to discourage students from drinking on campus, where they’re arguably safer, and pushes them toward Kingston’s downtown hub. The policy seeks to make Orientation Week activities dry for...

In rare unanimous vote, AMS Assembly won’t endorse new alcohol policy

Written on October 18, 2019. Posted in News.

AMS Assembly gathered on Oct. 15 for its second meeting of the school year, voting to reject the University’s proposed alcohol policy and passing a motion to make paying the AMS membership fee mandatory to vote in student elections. During assembly, members voted unanimously to not endorse the current...

As new alcohol policy approaches implementation, student governments push back

Written on October 10, 2019. Posted in News.

Before the public consultation period ended for Queen’s proposed alcohol policy on Tuesday, the University received overwhelming feedback from multiple student governments and faculties opposing some of its revisions. Last updated in 2012, the alcohol policy in its proposed state seeks to usher in...

Law Students' Society announces opposition to alcohol policy changes

Written on October 8, 2019. Posted in News.

The Queen’s Law Students’ Society (LSS) published a letter opposing changes to the campus alcohol policy on Oct. 7, calling the revisions “paternal” and unsafe. The campus alcohol policy, currently posted online for community feedback, was last updated seven years ago. In its proposed state,...

University moves forward with plan to limit shots at campus pubs

Written on September 27, 2019. Posted in News.

Updated for the first time since 2012, the University has published a draft of the campus alcohol policy, which currently seeks to limit the consumption of shots at campus pubs and during popular drinking periods like Homecoming and St. Patrick’s Day. Published on Sept. 23, the new policy outlines...

AMS gathers for first assembly of the year

Written on September 20, 2019. Posted in News.

The AMS kicked off its first assembly of the year by approving service and governance budgets, discussing the Student Choice Initiative, and talking updates to the campus alcohol policy. Discussion about the JDUC redevelopment was tabled until the next Assembly in October. In his first President’s...

University seeks to limit shots at campus pubs

Written on July 8, 2019. Posted in News.

During their first week in office, the AMS executive compiled an eight-page document outlining their concerns with the proposed campus alcohol policy and sent it to the University’s Alcohol Working Group. Last updated seven years ago, the new policy seeks to limit shots to one per student at all...

Mayor hesitant to relax public drinking rules

Written on June 3, 2019. Posted in News.

In its 2019 budget, the Ontario government outlines provisions that could relax rules surrounding alcohol consumption. If implemented, it will be up to municipalities to decide whether alcohol can be consumed in public areas such as parks. Despite a lack of information about which public areas...

University uncorks alcohol policy update

Written on February 5, 2019. Posted in News, University.

For the first time in nearly seven years, the University is updating its campus alcohol policy. A sub-group of the Alcohol Working Group began revising the policy last summer and consulted with the AMS and SGPS in the fall. The University hopes to implement the updated policy this coming fall, according...

Discussing alcohol

Written on July 30, 2012. Posted in News.

A new draft for an updated Queen’s alcohol policy is slated to be developed this fall. Tristan Lee, AMS vice-president of operations, said he is “cautiously optimistic” about the upcoming draft after joining the Alcohol Working Group in May. Lee took over former Vice-President of University Affairs...

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University approves updated alcohol policy

Updated alcohol policy to be implemented next spring

New university alcohol policy bottlenecks student safety

In rare unanimous vote, AMS Assembly won’t endorse new alcohol policy

As new alcohol policy approaches implementation, student governments push back

Law Students' Society announces opposition to alcohol policy changes

University moves forward with plan to limit shots at campus pubs

AMS gathers for first assembly of the year

University seeks to limit shots at campus pubs

Mayor hesitant to relax public drinking rules

University uncorks alcohol policy update

Discussing alcohol

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