Elections
It was an unusual election season, to say the least! No team satisfied the requirements to be placed on the ballot this year, unfortunately. With this in mind, a past precedent utilized in 2018 was enacted. Assembly received their notice immediately with our next actions. A special assembly...
The AMS is organizing the St. Patrick’s Day Harm Reduction Event on March 16th. This event will take place in front of the ARC, at the entrance on Earl St., from 10 am to 2 pm, or as long as supplies last.
The AMS tent will be stocked with an array of goodies and essentials aimed at promoting...
March 1st, 2024 | 1:25 AM
Kingston, ON – On February 29th, 2024, at 11:26 PM, AMS Assembly Appointed the 2024-2025 AMS Executive team. The AMS Elections Team would like to congratulate Owen Rocchi (President), Ayan Chowdhury (Vice President of Operations), and Ruth Osunde (Vice President of...
Friday, February 23rd, 2024 | Kingston, ON
On February 13th, 2024, the AMS held a Special Session Assembly to appoint the next AMS Executive Team. The sole team on the ballot was Team LOT, who did not receive a vote of confidence from Assembly Members. With 21 Members of Assembly voting against the...
Thursday, February 8th, 2024 | 8:14 AM
KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2024 University Rector Election held amongst AMS and SGPS members.
2024 Rector Election:
Niki Boytchuk-Hale: 2073 (42.8%)
Leo Yang: 1759 (36.3%)
None of the Above: 127 (2.6%)
Abstain: 883 (18.2%)
The 39th Rector...
Thursday, February 8th, 2024 | 12:26 AM
KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2024 AMS Winter Referendum. Voter turnout was 19.7%.
AMS Sliding Scale for Reference:
Voter turnout between 15-19.9% of AMS members requires 55% or higher to pass
Voter turnout between 10-14.9% of AMS members requires...
Thursday, February 1st, 2024
As of Wednesday, January 31st, 2024, no candidate team for AMS Executive has satisfied the requirements to be placed on the ballot for the February 6th and 7th 2024 AMS Executive Election.
Moving forward, the 2024-25 AMS Executive team will be appointed by the Assembly...
We are incredibly disheartened that, after almost a month of planning, Matthew Evans, Provost, and Donna Janiec (VP of Finance and Administration) have decided to let the student population know that they will no longer be attending the January AMS Assembly at 4:40pm the day before. The student community...
On December 12th, 2023, Owen Crawford-Lem, the 38th Rector of Queen’s University, announced that he will resign from his position on April 30th, 2024, serving a 2-year term.
The Rector, elected by all students and as the third highest officer of the University, advocates and shares the perspective...
September 20th, 2023
Across Canada, including Kingston, protests are being held to object school curriculum focusing on gender identity and gender expression. These demonstrations target the Non-binary, Trans and 2SLGBTQIA+ communities, who are an active part of our campus community.
As members of...
December 17, 2021
KINGSTON, ON – Yesterday afternoon, Queen’s University sent an email detailing an update about Winter Term. An excerpt is shown below:
“With some very limited exceptions, which are themselves subject to change should public health considerations require it,...
October 4, 2021
Kingston, ON – The AMS Office of the Secretariat has announced that Rector candidate Maya Morcos has succeeded her name from the ballot prior to the voting days of October 1st and 2nd, 2021.
We wish Maya the best and thank her for engaging with the position over the...
Sept. 10, 2021
KINGSTON, ON – Today, the City of Kingston is issuing a new emergency order – which includes increased penalties and new enforcement powers to further discourage the ongoing violation of social-gathering limits and help stop local COVID-19 case counts from climbing.
Recent large...
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 was extremely disappointed to hear about the immediate closure of Breakwater...
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 communities,...
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 the community remains safe. To reduce the risk of overwhelming...
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 event has affected many of our Jewish students on our campus. We condemn all...