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AMS Engages Federal Government on Student Issues

Written by Jumphost on March 21, 2016. Posted in My AMS, News.

March 21, 2016 OTTAWA, ON—Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, AMS President, and Sarah Letersky, AMS Vice President (University Affairs) issued the following statement: “This week, with the support of AMS Assembly, we will be in Ottawa to meet with elected officials and policymakers to ask for improvements...

2016-2017 Board of Directors Election

Written by Jumphost on March 10, 2016. Posted in News.

March 10, 2016 KINGSTON, ON – Today, the Alma Mater Society (AMS) would like to congratulate the following people on their election to the AMS Board of Directors: Connor Bevans (1-year term) Ben Rudson (1-year term) Joe Fonseca (2-year term) Evan Trus (2-year term) “All candidates demonstrated considerable...

2016-2017 Government and Assistant Managers

Written by Jumphost on March 6, 2016. Posted in News.

March 6, 2016 KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the 2016-2017 Government and Assistant Managers for the Alma Mater Society (AMS) has concluded. After receiving 81 applications, the Executive-elect, Tyler Lively, Dave Walker, and Carolyn Thompson are pleased to announce the following hiring decisions: Secretariat:...

2016-2017 Head Manager Hiring

Written by Jumphost on February 28, 2016. Posted in News.

February 28, 2016 KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the 2016-2017 Head Managers of all AMS services has concluded. After receiving 21 Head Manager applications, the Alma Mater Society (AMS) is pleased to announce the following hiring decisions: Common Ground Coffeehouse: Kodie Rollan, ArtSci ‘16 Publishing...

AMS Welcomes Changes to Student Financial Aid in Ontario

Written by Jumphost on February 25, 2016. Posted in News.

February 25, 2016 KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky, the AMS Executive, alongside Tyler Lively, David Walker, and Carolyn Thompson, the AMS Executive-elect, issued the following joint statement: “The AMS welcomes the changes to Ontario’s student financial aid...

Introducing: 2016-17 AMS Executive Team

Written by Jumphost on February 25, 2016. Posted in My AMS, News, Student Life.

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Movies for Mental Health

Written by Jumphost on February 25, 2016. Posted in News.

KINGSTON, ON – The Mental Health Awareness Committee (MHAC) of the Alma Mater Society (AMS) is hosting an event in conjunction with Queen’s For the Boys and the organization Art with Impact to promote mental wellness by creating a space for students to learn and connect through art and media. Art...

Accessibility Queen’s: Sexuality X Disability Summit

Written by Jumphost on February 23, 2016. Posted in News.

February 23, 2016 KINGSTON, ON – Accessibility Queen’s of the Alma Mater Society (AMS) is hosting their first Sexuality x Disability Summit. This event is centered on providing a platform to explore discussions relating to the intersection of sexuality and disability. Topics will range from creating...

Coming soon to Queen’s: GHETTO

Written by Jumphost on February 22, 2016. Posted in My AMS, News.

Written by: Alex Chung, Social Issues Commissioner February 22, 2016 Contrary to popular belief, our generation and our campus is not “post-oppression”. One of our fundamental flaws as a generation is our resistance to have productive conversations as a result of a need to fixate on history as an...

How Do We Hire?

Written by Jumphost on February 10, 2016. Posted in Student Life.

February 10, 2016 By: Tyler Lively, David Walker, and Carolyn Thompson This year we wanted to do things a little differently and as part of our commitment to an open AMS, we wanted to provide a detailed overview of the Executive Team hiring process. This year saw a record number of applicants for...

2016-2017 AMS Executive Team Hiring

Written by Jumphost on February 9, 2016. Posted in My AMS, News.

February 9, 2016 KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the AMS Executive’s team of 2016-2017 has concluded. After reviewing 64 applications and two rounds of interviews, the AMS Executive-Elect (Tyler Lively, David Walker and Carolyn Thompson) are excited to announce the following hiring decisions: Commissioner...

The Journal is Wrong About AGM, Here’s Why

Written by Jumphost on February 9, 2016. Posted in Community Issues, Student Life.

February 9, 2016 By: Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky In all our years at Queen’s, we never thought we would see the student newspaper call for its student government to listen less to students. Their strong call for the reinstatement of approving student activity fees through...

GHETTO: A Retail Art Installation

Written by Jumphost on February 8, 2016. Posted in News.

KINGSTON, ON – The Alma Mater Society (AMS) is partnering with ArtStreet at the University of Dayton to bring an art installation entitled “GHETTO: A Retail Art Installation” to the Queen’s campus. The installation is a retail art experience that seeks to take the commercialized...

AMS Executive’s Statement on Judicial Committee Procedural Policy

Written by Jumphost on February 4, 2016. Posted in News.

February 4, 2016 KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, President, Kyle Beaudry, Vice President (Operations), and Sarah Letersky, Vice President (University Affairs) released the following statement: “It is with regret that we found that the AMS Judicial Committee, which operates at arm’s length...

Statement from the AMS Judicial Committee on Executive Elections Appeal

Written by Jumphost on February 4, 2016. Posted in News.

February 4, 2016 KINGSTON, ON – Today, George Collister, the Chair of the AMS Judicial Committee, released the following statement: “On Saturday, January 30th at 8:00 PM, I received a complaint from Colin Zarzour of Team CSG to appeal several decisions of the Elections Team that were made during the...

10 More Reasons to Submit your Application Today

Written by Jumphost on February 4, 2016. Posted in Academics, Student Life, Tricolour Spirit.

Council (full-time salaried positions) applications are due today at 4pm! If you’re still on the fence about applying, we wanted to give you a few more reasons to encourage you to submit your application for one (or more!) of these positions. Any one of these individuals would love to talk to...

2016 AMS Executive and Rector Election Results

Written by Jumphost on January 27, 2016. Posted in News.

January 31, 2013 KINGSTON, ON – The Alma Mater Society (AMS) congratulates Tyler Lively, Dave Walker, and Carolyn Thompson (Team LWT) on their election as the 2016-2017 AMS Executive and Cam Yung on his election as University Rector. In the first round of the AMS Executive elections, Team LWT received...

2016 Winter Referendum Results

Written by Jumphost on January 27, 2016. Posted in My AMS, News.

January 27, 2016 KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2016 Winter Referendum. Voter turnout was 44.3%. Do you agree to the establishment of a $0.30 fee (subject to individual opt-out) to support Jack.org Queen’s chapter? Choice Votes Percentage Yes...