On Feb. 3, a petition to reverse the AMS dissolution of the Commission on Environmental Affairs (CEA) went live online, but, according to AMS President Tyler Lively, it won’t change anything.
Following a first reading on Jan. 19 and a second reading on Feb. 2, the CEA was officially dissolved via...
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...
In a Nov. 7 email sent to all AMS staff, President Tyler Lively announced that Wayne Pender has filled the permanent AMS position of Information Officer.
Pender will officially take on the role on Nov. 14. According to Lively’s email, “Wayne has an extensive background in communications and information...
On Sept. 30, the AMS Executive sent a petition to the Queen’s student body, protesting the City’s attempt to drive Uber out of Kingston.
The petition, which was sent in a mass email, is addressed to the Kingston Area Taxi Commission and argues that Uber has been proven to ensure student safety, especially...
The first Board of Trustees meeting began on Sept. 30 with a moment of silence for Brady Faroldi and Donald Hargreaves, two members of the Queen’s community who passed away in recent months.
After a moment to remember those who won’t be returning to campus, the Board turned to discussing matters...
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...
“Dave, Carolyn, and I have learned more about ourselves these last few weeks than we did all summer,” AMS President Tyler Lively said, kicking off this year’s first AMS Assembly on Thursday evening.
Following this introduction, he began to address the recent circumstances around the AMS Pub Service...
As students flood Queen’s campus for yet another school year, they also fall under the wings of a new AMS student government. However, for President Tyler Lively, Vice President (Operations) Dave Walker and Vice President (University Affairs) Carolyn Thompson, work began in May.
On Sept. 13, The Journal...
Following a string of resignations over the past few months, the AMS executive is taking the opportunity to review the roles and responsibilities of its salaried positions.
Since August, three salary staff members of the AMS have resigned. Catherine Wright, former vice-president (university affairs),...