News Updates


Statement Regarding Current COVID-19 Situation in KLFA & The Closure of Breakwater Park

April 9, 2021

April 9th, 2021   KINGSTON, ON –  COVID-19 continues to pose many challenges in the lives of students, staff and faculty at Queen’s, as well as for the greater Kingston community.   The AMS […]

Statement Against Anti-Asian Racism

March 19, 2021

March 19th, 2021  KINGSTON, ON – The AMS condemns all acts of anti-Asian hate, discrimination, violence, sinophobia, and xenophobia and stands in solidarity with our Asian communities at Queen’s.   The rise of Anti-Asian hate crimes in our […]

A Statement on St. Patrick’s Day

March 12, 2021

March 13th, 2020    KINGSTON, ON – The AMS wishes to inform students about precautionary measures regarding the upcoming St. Patrick’s Day. Kingston has handled the pandemic tremendously, and it is important to ensure […]

Condemning Anti-Semitic Violence at Queen’s

February 3, 2021

February 3, 2021   KINGSTON, ON – Upon learning about the zoom hack that occurred yesterday, the AMS wishes to offer support to students who have been impacted. The AMS acknowledges that this […]

Update on Bus-It 2020-2021

June 2, 2020

June 2nd, 2020  Kingston, ON – The Alma Mater Society, in consultation with the City of Kingston has opted to terminate the Bus-It Program for the 2020-2021 school year, in light of the […]

Statement Against Anti-Black Racism

June 1, 2020

June 1st,  2020   Kingston, ON –  The Alma Mater Society stands in solidarity with our Black students, staff, faculty, and extended communities who continue to face anti-Black racism and discrimination. It is our […]

Fall 2020 Update

May 15, 2020

May 15th, 2020 Kingston, ON – This Wednesday, the University issued a statement indicating a predominantly remote fall 2020 term at Queen’s due to COVID-19, and the safety of Queen’s […]

Students lead charge to have Fall Term Reading Break attached to Thanksgiving.

January 28, 2020

January 28th, 2020 Kingston, ON- In a meeting held earlier this evening, the Senate voted in favour of an amendment brought forward by AMS President Auston Pierce and Student Senate […]

Student Choice Initiative Nullified

November 25, 2019

November 25th, 2019 – Kingston Ontario On November 21st, 2019, the AMS learned that the Student Choice Initiative was struck down by the Divisional Court of Ontario on the basis […]

AMS Statement on Racist Incident in Residence

October 11, 2019

Yesterday, the Alma Mater Society was made aware of a note attached to the door of a residence common room.  The note contained deplorable, racist, and homophobic language which targeted […]

April 3, 2019

QC Indigenous Art Piece Contest

AMS Senior Management Hired!

February 27, 2019

February 26th, 2019 KINGSTON, ON – Auston Pierce, Jessica Dahanayake, and William Greene have completed their hiring for 2019-2020 AMS senior management. Over the weekend, Team AJW reviewed many applications with multiple rounds of interviews. The […]

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