All future Walkhome employees are now required to receive a criminal record check completed prior to employment.

AMS Board of Director’s Ad Hoc Committee announced on Sept. 11 that allegations made against a Permanent Staff member at the AMS were determined to be unfounded.

Leading into the fall term, the Commerce Society (ComSoc) has updated students on the status of its Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Action Plan.

This week, COVID-19 claimed another local business: The AMS Pub Services (TAPS).

When the AMS interviewed service staff in the winter term for the 2020-21 year, the Society was never certain it would be able to offer work during the pandemic.

The Tricolour Outlet reopened Sept. 1 with a revamped online store and revised operations for the school year.

Instagram ‘AMSxposed’ launched Monday to document the alleged “unhealthy, unjust, and at times illegal experiences of student workers” within the Alma Mater Society (AMS).

After a week delay, AMS Commissioner of Social Issues Angeli Sahi and Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) Equity Commissioner Ashanthi Francis hosted “No More: A Moderated Discussion with Queen’s Senior istration” on Aug. 13.

The AMS announced on Aug. 12 that Kingston Transit had approved a temporary student option at Kingston City Council Tuesday evening. 

An anonymous Instagram with the handle ‘Smith White Business’ faced major backlash from the Queen’s community before it was taken down on Saturday.

Following campus-wide calls for , the AMS committed to combating systemic forms of racism and strengthening for QTBIPOC students in a new action plan.

Throughout July, students and alumni have taken to ‘Erased by FEAS,’ a student-run Instagram , to share personal experiences with systemic discrimination, violence, and abuse in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS).

After reopening in June, Common Ground Coffeehouse (CoGro) is using a tracing system as a preventative measure in the case of a COVID-19 outbreak on campus. 

The Arts & Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) has launched the ASUS Mentorship Program (AMP) to connect incoming students with those returning to Queen’s.

After Queen’s Coalition against Racial and Ethnic Discrimination (QCRED) shared a post to its Instagram on Friday questioning the silence on Stolen by Smith from leaders at Queen’s, the AMS and Rector Sam Hiemstra released statements in of the Instagram page. 

Adding to its short-term Anti-Racism and Diversity Action Plan, the Engineering Society (EngSoc) sold Black Lives Matter patches to raise money for organizations ing Black lives.

Aiming to be more transparent about its efforts to marginalized students, the Commerce Society (ComSoc) released an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Course of Action for the 2020-21 year.

The AMS Food Bank reopened on June 22 to provide students with access to food resources through less pick-up.

The Engineering Society (EngSoc) pledged its commitment to the fight against anti-Black racism in a June 9 statement regarding the Black Lives Matter movement.

Undergraduate Trustee Shoshannah Bennett-Dwara and Rector Sam Hiemstra released a t statement on May 25 calling for the University to lower tuition in the fall term.