News Updates


Strengthening Sustainability Throughout the AMS

January 20, 2017

Throughout the fall semester we’ve been working on a plan to incorporate sustainability throughout the AMS, a plan that will strengthen sustainability across the organization. Last night, the AMS Assembly […]

AMS to Hold Open Forum on Racial and Ethnic Discrimination

November 24, 2016

November 24, 2016 KINGSTON ON – Over the past few days we have witnessed threats chalked on buildings and directed at students on social media, this is not representative of […]

Statement from the AMS Executive on University District Costume Party

November 22, 2016

November 22, 2016 KINGSTON ON – This morning we were made aware of a party that happened Saturday night in the University District where students dressed in inappropriate costumes. We […]

It All Really Does Add Up

November 9, 2016

Engineering. Coffee. Politics. Friends. Yoga. Tricolour. What does these things have in common you may ask? Well, they all add up. They are things that make you, you. Things that […]

683 AMS Staff Completed Bystander Intervention Training

November 4, 2016

November 4, 2016 KINGSTON ON – AMS President Tyler Lively, Vice President (University Affairs) Carolyn Thompson and Vice President (Operations) Dave Walker, required that all AMS staff complete bystander intervention […]

2016 Fall Referendum

November 3, 2016

November 3, 2016 Kingston ON – Below are the results of the 2016 Fall Referendum. Voter turnout was 22%. Do you agree to the continuation of the CFRC mandatory fee […]

A Student Government Must Work for Students

November 2, 2016

This weekend, the AMS Offices, JDUC, and Queen’s Centre were vandalized in the middle of the night with unauthorized stickers and posters produced by the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS). […]

TAPS Special Committee Begins Work

October 21, 2016

October 21, 2016 Kingston, ON – The TAPS Special Committee has finalized their terms of reference and will begin its investigation into the workplace culture of the AMS service. The […]

Statement from the AMS Executive on Homecoming Video

October 19, 2016

October 19, 2016 KINGSTON, ON – We recognize that many of you were likely affected by the video released on social media following Homecoming, titled “Drunk Times with College Students.” […]

ReUnion Street Festival: Keeping the Tradition Alive

September 27, 2016

Though the new school year has just begun, the temperature is already starting to drop and leaves are already starting to change. This can only mean one thing… Queen’s Homecoming […]

Queen’s Pub and Underground to be Open for Homecoming and Frost Week

September 20, 2016

Dear Students, Dave, Carolyn, and I want to apologize to all of you for the decision we made to close Queen’s Pub and The Underground for Homecoming and Frost Week. […]

AMS Takes Strong Action in Response to TAPS Hazing Incident

September 15, 2016

September 15, 2016 KINGSTON, ON – Yesterday, the AMS Board of Directors held a special meeting to approve steps to address the workplace culture of the AMS Pub Services. The […]

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