Author: Jumphost

Mar. 16, 2020 – Joint Statement on St. Patrick’s Day events from Principal, AMS President, SGPS President Compared with previous years, this past weekend saw a significant decrease in student celebrations of St. Patrick’s Day.  Our hospital and emergency services reported...

March 13th, 2020 Kingston, ON – Today, Queen’s University announced that all undergraduate classes are suspended as of Monday, March 16th in response to concerns regarding COVID-19. Currently, there are no confirmed cases in Kingston and the risk remains low. As such the university will...

With St. Paddy’s coming up soon and growing concerns surrounding the spread of COVID-19, we are advising you to avoid large crowds and hosting friends from out of Kingston this weekend. Our advice is due to the increased risk to our community. As an age cohort that is not significantly threatened...

February 27th, 2020 KINGSTON, ON – Over the course of the Fall semester, the AMS Executive worked closely with the AMS club Queen’s Period to tackle menstrual accessibility and stigma on campus. In addition to improving accessibility and availability of products, the Executive wanted to create an...

February 25th, 2020  KINGSTON, ON – Jared den Otter, Alexia Henriques, and Alexandra Samoyloff have completed their hiring for 2020-2021 AMS Senior Management. Over the weekend, Team AJA reviewed many applications with multiple rounds of interviews. The Executive-Elect...

February 6th, 2020 Kingston, ON – Following a 52.7% vote against the question “Do you agree to a change in CFRC’s fee of $8.22 from individual opt out to mandatory collection for the next three years?”, CFRC lodged an appeal due to the lack of clarity of the question. Many students believed that...

February 5th, 2020 Kingston, ON – Today, following his attendance at a coronavirus themed event, Undergraduate Trustee Tyler McIntyre announced his resignation.   The Coronavirus event directly went against the AMS’s values, and the values of our community, and we do not condone...

February 5th, 2020  Kingston, ON – Today, Common Ground Coffeehouse, The Brew, and The Tea Room launch HuskeeSwap on campus! The program allows individuals who own a Huskee cup to simply swap it for a clean one at any coffee...

February 3rd, 2020 Kingston, ON – It is important to understand and remember that there are members of our Queen’s community who have been personally impacted by the coronavirus outbreak and spreading misinformation or...

January 31st, 2020 Kingston, ON – We are very excited to announce the unveiling of our new website after 9 months of hard work and dedication! The new website design is streamlined to make it much faster, more user friendly and navigable. It’s important to us that information regarding our...

January 29th, 2020   Kingston, ON – The AMS Elections team would like to thank all of those who participated and voted in the 2019 Winter Election season. As of 8:00pm January 29th, 2020, the polls for the AMS Executive Election and the Rector election have concluded. The results...

Below are the results of the 2020 Winter Referendum held among AMS members (undergraduate and MBA students at Queen’s). AMS voter turnout was 28.3%.  Do you agree to a change in CFRC’s fee of $8.22 from individual opt out to mandatory collection for the next three years? This fee was...

January 29th, 2020 Kingston, ON – We are devastated to hear of the passing of one of our peers earlier this week. Bethany Qun Yi Yan was a talented cheerleader, a member of the Queen’s Varsity Cheerleading team, and a dedicated, enthusiastic teacher candidate who was passionate about...

January 13th, 2020 Kingston, ON- Tyler MacIntyre, the Undergraduate Trustee has resigned for the remainder of his 2-year term beginning June 1st, 2020 due to the completion of his undergraduate degree. He offered the following statement: “Serving as trustee has been far and away the most...

January 9th 2020   Kingston, ON- The AMS mourns the loss of Amir Moradi, a Queen’s Undergraduate student, who was on board Ukraine International Flight PS752.   Although words do little to capture the pain of any loss, our thoughts and deepest condolences go out to the friends, family, and all...

January 8th, 2020 KINGSTON,ON- The AMS is deeply saddened to hear about the recent plane crash and would like to extend our support and hearts to all those who have been impacted. Our sincerest condolences to our peers, friends, and colleagues, particularly in the Canadian-Iranian community, who may...

December 9th, 2019  KINGSTON, ON – Following the vacancy of the Director of Communications position, the AMS Executive has completed the hiring process to fill the position. The Executive is pleased to announce the new Director of Communications – Ananya Chakraborty (4th Year Life Sciences).  “Despite...