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Head judicial officer fired after investigating AMS president

Written on November 9, 2018. Posted in Features, Investigations.

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...

Street party ticketing will send students to court

Written on June 11, 2018. Posted in News.

Students ticketed in the University District during major street party periods will now wind up in front of a judge and be subject to Non-Academic Misconduct (NAM). In a joint announcement Monday, Principal Daniel Woolf and Mayor Bryan Paterson told an audience on the corner of Earl Street and Frontenac...

AMS Annual General Meeting grapples with low student engagement

Written on March 9, 2018. Posted in News.

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...

Residence Life makes alterations to residence conduct system

Written on October 5, 2017. Posted in News.

Residence Life has modified their conduct policy and procedures to align with changes made to the Non-Academic Misconduct system last year, leaving Residence Facilitators with diminished authority. Prior to the 2016 changes, Non-Academic Misconduct (NAM) cases were largely handled by fellow students...

Annual General Meeting provides updates on the state of AMS and non-academic misconduct

Written on March 10, 2017. Posted in News.

Students gathered in the lower ceilidh of JDUC on Monday evening as AMS President Tyler Lively called to order the 2017 AMS Annual General Meeting (AGM). While usually represented by elected officials, at the AGM each student-at-large that attends is eligible to participate in voting, Lively explained...

Reports detail finances and rector suggests social justice centre on campus to Board

Written on March 7, 2017. Posted in News.

After an hour of scheduled closed session, the March 3 meeting of the Board of Trustees was largely devoted to student and faculty representatives informing the Board of developments in their various departments in recent months. Four motions were voted on, the first of which was to ratify changes...

AMS Assembly approves final motion to dissolve Commission of Environmental Affairs

Written on February 3, 2017. Posted in News.

AMS Assembly this Thursday began with heartfelt congratulations being given to all the various executive candidates and elections teams for their work over the past two weeks of campaigns. However, quickly after, the room turned their focus to the dissolution of the Commission of Environmental Affairs...

Non-academic misconduct statistics published for 2016

Written on February 3, 2017. Posted in News.

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...

SGPS to forgo signing of non-academic misconduct agency agreement

Written on January 20, 2017. Posted in News.

After pushing off signing an agency agreement — which would allow the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) to execute their jurisdiction over non-academic misconduct cases — in favour of an internal review, the society has decided to forgo signing for the foreseeable future. Vice President...

Board of Trustees addresses racism, strategic framework and student needs

Written on December 19, 2016. Posted in News.

On Friday, Dec. 2, the Board of Trustees commenced their quarterly meeting in Richardson Hall with an address from Principal Daniel Woolf on the issues of racism facing campus in recent weeks. Woolf directly addressed the off-campus party that took place on Nov. 22. Based on an investigation completed...

Principal Woolf issues statement about off-campus party

Written on November 28, 2016. Posted in News.

On Monday evening, Principal Daniel Woolf issued a public statement on his blog, concluding that — after an investigation by Provost Benoit-Antoine Bacon into the off-campus party that gained national attention last week for the controversial costumes that were worn — no formal punitive process will...

Former BISC students discuss incidents of sexual misconduct

Written on November 25, 2016. Posted in News.

Every year, over 5,000 km away from Queen’s main campus in Herstmonceux, England, more than a hundred first year students begin their studies at Queen’s Bader International Study Center (BISC) with the same excitement as any first year students. During the 2014-15 academic year, however, the first...

Senate modifies policy on student withdrawals and non-academic misconduct

Written on November 25, 2016. Posted in News.

At the Nov. 1 meeting of the Queen’s Senate, policy surrounding the governing body’s involvement within non-academic misconduct was formally revised and passed. This policy dictates the response to any student caught violating the Student Code of Conduct. The alteration was slight, and came through...

AMS Assembly begins with discussion on Fall Term Break

Written on November 4, 2016. Posted in News.

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...

SGPS to delay signing non-academic misconduct agreement in favour of conducting internal review

Written on October 18, 2016. Posted in News.

After the Board of Trustees approved the University’s revised Student Code of Conduct in May, the new non-academic misconduct (NAM) system required student governments to sign an agency agreement by student governments to execute their portion of the discipline system. The AMS signed the agreement...

NAM contract signed after a month long delay

Written on September 30, 2016. Posted in News.

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...

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Head judicial officer fired after investigating AMS president

Street party ticketing will send students to court

AMS Annual General Meeting grapples with low student engagement

Residence Life makes alterations to residence conduct system

Annual General Meeting provides updates on the state of AMS and non-academic misconduct

Reports detail finances and rector suggests social justice centre on campus to Board

AMS Assembly approves final motion to dissolve Commission of Environmental Affairs

Non-academic misconduct statistics published for 2016

SGPS to forgo signing of non-academic misconduct agency agreement

Board of Trustees addresses racism, strategic framework and student needs

Principal Woolf issues statement about off-campus party

Former BISC students discuss incidents of sexual misconduct

Senate modifies policy on student withdrawals and non-academic misconduct

AMS Assembly begins with discussion on Fall Term Break

SGPS to delay signing non-academic misconduct agreement in favour of conducting internal review

NAM contract signed after a month long delay

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