At the AMS’ Annual General Meeting (AGM) held on Monday in Wallace Hall, one topic dominated discussion. According to President Jennifer Li, student engagement within the AMS has hit an “all-time low.”
Each year, the AMS hosts an AGM where any student is able to attend, participate in discussion and...
On Feb. 11, the Residence Society ratified their individual appointments to the positions of President and Vice-President (Judicial Affairs) for the 2018-19 term. This decision followed one team’s unsuccessful election earlier this semester.
During the January election period, the only team who ran...
Following an unprecedented seven-hour-long AMS Assembly, Team MLM emerged as the AMS Executive-elects for the 2018-19 school year.
Team MLM is comprised of Presidential candidate Miguel Martinez, ArtSci ‘19, Vice-Presidential (University Affairs) candidate Munro Watters, ArtSci ’19 and Vice-Presidential...
Following the dissolution of Team ECN on Jan. 28, an executive team will now be appointed at a special meeting of the AMS Assembly. Team ECN’s dissolution presents an unprecedented situation in AMS history, prompting the elections team to review their current policies and procedures.
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In light of five resignations from managerial and higher-level AMS employees, Team JCP maintains the society will continue to operate as usual. However, this trend isn’t new to the AMS, which has seen multiple resignations every year since 2015.
During the 2015-16 school year, four salaried AMS staff...
The first AMS Assembly of the 2017-18 school year began on Thursday with criticism against the AMS executive for their response to the closure of Bikes and Boards and continued with ratifying Vice-President (Operations) Chelsea Hollidge, who replaced Brian McKay following his resignation last month.
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On Monday, several Queen’s students and administrators travelled to Queen’s Park in Toronto to speak with Members of Provincial Parliament (MPPs).
According to AMS Vice-President (University Affairs) Palmer Lockridge, the Queen’s at Queen’s Park day was organized by the Office of University Relations...
With the newly appointed Vice-President (Operations) Chelsea Hollidge on board, AMS executive Team JCP is gearing up for the start of the school year. The team is entering the year with significant progress made on some of their platform points, while others have proven more difficult to advance.
“One...
After a turbulent few days for the three ASUS executive team candidates, two teams took to Facebook to endorse another team as second choice on the winter elections ballot.
One endorsement, which was removed several hours after being posted, alleged threats by a member of the opposing team’s campaign.
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ASUS election debates revealed two distinct perceptions of the society — that it’s failed and that it’s inspired.
On Jan. 25, executive team candidates took the spotlight first. The three candidate teams took the stage in front of a generous turnout, and students originally studying in the JDUC space...
During each year’s AMS executive election campaign period, the Journal runs an opinion piece written by the campaign manager of each candidate team.
On Jan. 15, Team CBW was elected by acclamation to be the next AMS executive.
An unusual and unprecedented situation nobody anticipated, election by...
Homecoming, municipal elections and solar panels were some of the things that marked team CHR’s year in office. The team is comprised of President Safiah Chowdhury, Vice-President (Operations) Ben Hartley and Vice-President (University Affairs) Chris Rudnicki.
Chowdhury, ArtSci ’11, said that although...