Students elected the next executive of the Society for Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) at Queen’s University. With a 19.2% voter turnout, Emils Matiss becomes president, Simran Sharma as vice-president (community), Katie Zutautas as vice-president (finance and services), and Maya Kawale as vice-president (professional). In the contested race for Vice-President (Graduate), Zaid Kasim emerges victorious.
SGPS executives and members came together to approve the society’s budget and discuss graduate student life during the AGM in Kingston Hall on Oct. 24. During the meeting, the SGPS presented their 2022-23 audited financial statements, which were determined to faithfully represent the SGPS’s financial standing by auditor KPMG. The audited statement of operations presented a deficit of $69,889.