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...

KINGSTON, ON – On Wednesday, January 6, Student Wellness Services (SWS) announced the extension of the hours of urgent care walk-in clinic service on Thursdays to 7:30pm. This extension, made on a trial basis, is a result of AMS representatives lobbying the University for better hours of clinic...

December 8, 2015 KINGSTON, ON—On Thursday, December 3, the Alma Mater Society (AMS) eliminated proposals as a mandatory component of the hiring process for salaried staff and select senior volunteers to be replaced by three open-ended questions designed to better test the applicant’s thought process...

November 30, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – The Alma Mater Society (AMS) is proud to announce the following hiring decisions for Orientation Week 2016. Orientation Roundtable Coordinator – Meghan Peirce Logistics Director – Dayna Hellmann Leadership Development Director – Shannon Crooks Systems & Support...

November 19, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, AMS President, made the following remarks at the Assembly meeting of November 19, 2015: “On Monday, November 9, 2015, the Executive was notified by a participant in the Fall Referendum of concerns with regards to the status of the Chief...

November 11, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the AMS Commissioner of Internal Affairs has concluded. After reviewing 4 applications, the AMS Executive (Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky) are happy to announce that Jon Wiseman, ArtSci ’16, will be taking on the position of Commissioner...

November 9th, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – On Tuesday, November 10th the Alma Mater Society (AMS) and the City of Kingston will install University District street signs in the area bound by Nelson Street to the west, Princess Street to the north, Division and Barrie Streets to the east, and Johnson Street...

November 4th, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the AMS Academic Affairs Commissioner has concluded. After reviewing three applications, the AMS Executive (Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky) are happy to announce that Tyler Lively, ArtSci ’16, will be taking on the position of Academic...

October 30, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, President, Kyle Beaudry, Vice President (Operations), and Sarah Letersky, Vice President (University Affairs), issued the following statement: “Yesterday, we accepted the resignation of Miriam Bart, Commissioner of Internal Affairs, effective...

September 18, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky, the AMS Executive, issued the following statement in response to the University’s release of the Lewis Report and subsequent review of the student non-academic discipline systems: “Over the past century,...

September 16, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – Hiring for the AMS Human Resources Officer has concluded. After reviewing five applications, the AMS Executive (Kanivanan Chinniah, Kyle Beaudry, and Sarah Letersky) are happy to welcome Mackenzie Jackson, ArtSci ’17, to the position of HR Officer for the remainder...

August 26, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – Today, Kanivanan Chinniah, the President, and Kyle Beaudry, the Vice President (Operations), appointed Sarah Letersky, ArtSci ’16, as the Vice President (University Affairs) with immediate effect. The decision was taken in light of the pressing need to have a replacement...

Statement from Catherine Wright  KINGSTON, ON – Today, Catherine Wright, AMS Vice President (University Affairs), issued the following statement: “The past few months, I have been facing some personal challenges which have made transitioning into the role of Vice President (University Affairs) difficult....

June 19, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – Today, the Alma Mater Society (AMS) released “Collective Perspectives: A Policy Paper on Collective Bargaining between Queen’s University and the Queen’s University Faculty Association”, a student-centric analysis of the factors affecting the new Collective Agreement between...

April 23, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – The Alma Mater Society is excited to announce that the Earth Centre will be joining the AMS as a service under the Commission of the Environment and Sustainability (CES). This is a great opportunity for both parties who work to fulfill the same mandate of improving environmental...

April 22, 2015 KINGSTON, ON – The Alma Mater Society is excited to announce that as of May 1, 2015 the Grey House will become exclusively AMS clubs space. This space redistribution between the AMS and the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) was approved by the Student Life Centre...