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As their term comes to a close, The Journal sat down with Team AJA to reflect on their experiences as AMS executive in the 2020-21 year.
Jared den Otter, AMS president, Alexia Henriques, AMS vice-president (university affairs), and Alex Samoyloff, AMS vice-president (operations) came into their roles on May 1 of last year, shortly after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The outbreak of the pandemic had them learn a new portfolio and, consequently, put some things on the back-burner.
“Clearly it’s been a very difficult year for everyone at Queen’s [.] and I think that our team has really, really taken a lot of the hurdles that were put in our path and taken them in stride,” den Otter said.
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The AMS restructured its internal operations and application process this year to provide more equitable and productive student opportunities.
The changes, which primarily involve adding new waged and volunteer positions and adjusting hours for existing positions, affect the Human Resources Office, Environmental Sustainability Commission, Social Issues Commission (SIC), External Affairs Commission, Clubs Commission, and the Marketing Office on the Government side of the AMS.
On the corporate side,
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The application process for positions in the Society has also undergone changes: applicants are now able to choose their own interview times; all interview notes will be recorded digitally through AMS Apply, rather than on paper; applications will now be received without names; applications will be scored from 1 to 5 following a rubric; and the general AMS Apply application questions will now have space for applicants to detail the qualiti
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AMS Assembly gathered Friday over Zoom to discuss club fees, University operations, and its affiliation with the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA).
Matthew Melon, commissioner of external affairs, presented the findings of the Special Committee on External Alignment, the committee struck to analyze the AMS’ membership with OUSA. OUSA is the organization that represents Ontario’s 150,000 students to the Province.
Every three years, the AMS must vote to renew its membership with OUSA. The committee found some issues with the organization the quality of external policies and the time commitment on the part of AMS staff but agreed the positives outweighed the negatives.
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The Ontario government is proposing changes to sexual violence policies at post-secondary schools across the province that could provide greater protection to students.
“It was promising to see that the Provincial government is proposing several changes to Ontario Regulation 131/16 based directly from Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) advocacy and recommendations,” Alexia Henriques, AMS vice-president (student affairs), told
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The Ontario Regulation 131/16 was introduced January 2017 by the Ministry of Colleges and Universities (MCU) to establish a common standard and minimum requirement for sexual violence policies at post-secondary institutions.
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Now, the MCU is proposing two new requirements be added to the regulation.