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AMS 2024 Winter Referendum Results

February 8, 2024

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: […]

AMS Elections Update

February 1, 2024

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 […]

In Response to Matthew Evans

January 22, 2024

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 […]

2024 Rector Election Update

January 15, 2024

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, […]

A statement on recent Non-binary, Trans, and 2SLGBTQIA+ protests

September 20, 2023

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+ […]

Queen’s University Contributes $750K Funding to the City of Kingston

March 2, 2022

Queen’s University has recently committed to an additional $750,000 in funding to the city, to be distributed in $150,000 yearly lump sums.

Winter Term Update

December 17, 2021

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 […]

Update on Rector Election

October 4, 2021

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 […]

City issues new emergency order to further curb unsafe social gatherings

September 10, 2021

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 street parties not only violate many laws, bylaws and social […]

Statement Regarding Current COVID-19 Situation in KLFA & The Closure of Breakwater Park

April 9, 2021

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 […]

Statement Against Anti-Asian Racism

March 19, 2021

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 […]

A Statement on St. Patrick’s Day

March 12, 2021

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 […]

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