Following a tight campaign, Niki Boytchuk-Hale, ConEd ’24, will be Queen’s next Rector. She will take over the role from outgoing Rector Owen Crawford-Lem on May 1.
Assembly opened the winter semester by ratifying Rector candidates and a prospective AMS executive team in Chernoff Hall Auditorium on Jan. 23. Five student fees made it onto the referendum ballot, including the Student Life Centre (SLC) fee, which is requesting an increase from $38.57 to $44.53.
Vice-Principal (Culture, Equity, and Inclusion) Stephanie Simpson, and Principal Patrick Deane answered questions submitted by students in a sparsely attended room in Goodes Hall. Topics ranged from housing to supporting international students. Both Simpson and Deane identified the ongoing violence in the Middle East as the most important social issue affecting students on campus.