Between May 1, 2018 and Mar. 8, 2019, 26 of 100 Non-Academic Misconduct (NAM) cases were launched through the AMS’ Judicial Affairs Office.
“This is reflective of the decreasing cases being handled by the AMS annually that has been a trend since the 2015-2016 review,” Judicial Affairs Manager Susie...
Last November, the Judicial Affairs Office (JAO) shut down for three weeks.
Nobody knows why.
Former Judicial Affairs Manager Brandon Tyrrell was fired on Nov. 6, 2018. On Nov. 10, JAO staff members received an email from Director of Human Resources Joe Palubiski stating that “due to recent...
AMS hires new Judicial Affairs Manager, Deputy
The AMS has hired Susie Emerson, ArtSci ’18, as the new Judicial Affairs manager, and Zoey Aliasgari as the new Judicial Affairs deputy.
Two members from the Board of Directors and one AMS permanent staff member hired Emerson.
“The AMS is delighted...
The AMS and Board of Directors has chosen an investigator for the external investigation into AMS President Miguel Martinez—the cost of which will be voted on later this month.
Last November, the Board engaged with a potential investigator for an external investigation into allegations made by...
This story was updated with a statement from the Chair of the AMS Judicial Committee at 1:27 p.m., Nov. 9, 2018.
After investigating the conduct of AMS President, Miguel Martinez, the Society’s head judicial officer was fired on Tuesday morning.
Two weeks before his departure, Brandon Tyrrell, the...
On Nov. 2, AMS Assembly debated and passed a motion to create a new judicial appeals board for internal AMS policy infractions called the Policy Infringement Protocol Appeals Board.
The meeting concluded with a closed session, during which assembly members debated the contents of their letter to...
Before proposed changes to the Student Activity Fee Policy triggered a period of pointed questioning directed at Team LWT, this year’s final AMS Assembly approved structural changes to Non-Academic Misconduct policy and agreed to renew the University’s membership with Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance...
Between May 1 and Dec. 31, 2016, 30 investigations were launched through the AMS’ non-academic misconduct (NAM) system, a report to Assembly detailed.
Of the cases, 14 have reached hearings and resulted in assigned sanctions to some degree.
The statistics given in the report are out of a percentage...
During a contentious three-hour meeting of AMS assembly, which included a debate over altering the restrictions placed on Speaker Palmer Lockridge, several other new policies were discussed.
Sustainability Policy
Commissioner of the Environment Liam Dowling presented his new policy and procedures...
Kicking off the Nov. 3 meeting of AMS Assembly, Secretary of the University, Lon Knox, and Deputy Provost, Teri Shearer, facilitated a discussion with student leaders on Fall Term Break.
The speakers posed questions about when a break should fall, as well as asking students to rank the order of importance...
For 118 years, Queen’s has given disciplinary and judicial power of its students, to their peers, through the country’s sole peer-lead non-academic disciplinary system. For the past year, the University’s Intake Office has limited the student government’s power by overseeing all cases brought to their...