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25-585: OUSA may mean: The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance The Open University Students Association , the students' union of the Open University The Organization of African Trade Union Unity (Organisation de l'Unité Syndicale Africaine) Orienteering USA , the national sports governing body for orienteering in the United States OrigamiUSA The largest Origami society in

50-668: A 7-year absence. In May 2013, the University of Windsor Students' Alliance voted, through a referendum, to leave the Alliance. On April 29, 2014, the McMaster Association of Part-Time Students also withdrew from membership in OUSA. The Students' General Association (SGA-AGÉ) of Laurentian University was admitted into OUSA in April 2016, with membership taking effect May 2016. Most recently,

75-556: A broad agenda of student issues and opens voting to any current students in attendance. Assembly is managed by the AMS Secretary. The three-person AMS Executive oversee the student society's general operations and representation. The executive is elected annually in January as a slate with the positions of AMS President, Vice-President (Operations) & CEO, and Vice-President (University Affairs). Responsibilities are generally divided along

100-574: A voting member. According to the organization's Bylaws, each association is entitled to appoint one additional non-voting resource member to OUSA's Steering Committee. Alma Mater Society of Queen's University is the only OUSA member in recent years that regularly uses this provision to appoint an additional member. As of May 2024, the membership of the committee is: Due to its moderate leanings when compared with other student advocacy groups and close working relationship with many decision makers, OUSA has faced criticism that they are too cooperative with

125-512: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance The initial catalyst for the creation of OUSA was disagreement over the position of the provincial and national student association in Ontario on the first Gulf War. In 1992, The student associations of Brock University , Queen's University , the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University , and

150-729: The AMS , is the central undergraduate student association at Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston, Ontario , Canada. It is the oldest organization of its kind in Canada. Its roots lie in the old Dialectic Society (now known as the Queen's Debating Union ), which created the AMS in 1858. The society seeks to represent and facilitate the student experience, whether it is through a multitude of clubs, services, governance or volunteer opportunities. An umbrella organization,

175-471: The Ontario Tech Student Union (OTSU) joined OUSA as a full member in April 2023. As of 2023, OUSA's membership consists of: OUSA's Steering Committee is the body responsible for setting and monitoring the organization's priorities and strategic initiatives. It is also the non-profit organization's board of directors. One executive member of each constituent student union sits on the board as

200-646: The 2017/2018 academic year, the Commissions are: (1) External Affairs, (2) Campus Affairs, (3) Environmental Sustainability, (4) Clubs, and (5) Social Issues. After the Commission of Environmental Sustainability was dissolved in 2016–17, it was brought back in 2020-21 by the executive. Five Offices exist, five of which report to the AMS President. Four of these offices are overseen by the Directors of: In addition, as of

225-750: The 2017/2018 academic year, the Office of the Secretariat also falls under the President's portfolio; the Secretary oversees elections and referendums, as well as the administrative functioning of the AMS Assembly. With the change, Judicial Affairs now fall under the Office. Led by the Judicial Affairs Manager, is one half of the AMS's peer-administered system of restorative, non-academic discipline. (The other half,

250-520: The AMS are overseen by the AMS Executive Team (formerly known as the "AMS Council") which includes the three-person AMS Executive, four commissioners, one government director, four services directors, and four office directors. The Executive Team is responsible for the operational implementation of AMS objectives from year to year, with major decisions being made in regard to service operation, stances on advocacy and causes (including representation to

275-584: The AMS each year hires over 500 student employees and 1500 volunteers, as it works with member faculty societies to offer resources, services, support, and opportunities to Queen's students. The Society's ultimate authority lies with the AMS Assembly, which is composed of elected representatives from each of the nine member faculty societies ( Arts and Science , Engineering and Applied Science , Concurrent Education, M.B.A. , Commerce , Nursing, Medicine , Physical and Health Education, and Computing , Health Sciences Society as well as non-voting representatives of

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300-530: The AMS represented all students attending Queen's University. However, that changed in 1981 when the Graduate Students' Society (GSS), an AMS member society formed in 1962, voted by referendum to secede from the AMS. This secession developed out of a conflict around graduate student representation, student services, policy positions, and other issues. In the 1990s, the AMS saw the Theological Society and

325-490: The AMS seeks to enhance both the academic and extracurricular experience of its members while fostering connections with the surrounding community. Provincially, the AMS is a founding member of the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) , and thus initially became a member at its foundation 1992; however, the AMS left the organization in 1995. In 2004, the AMS rejoined OUSA as full members, after

350-655: The Alliance, as did Queen's Alma Mater Society, citing concerns over the organization's management in the mid-1990s. Queen's then rejoined the Alliance as an associate member in 2001 and then as a full member in 2004. In May 2011, OUSA welcomed two new members, the Trent in Oshawa Student Association (later the Trent Durham Student Association ) as associate members, and the McMaster Association of Part-Time Students as full members, who had rejoined after

375-532: The Association of Part-Time Undergraduate Students at the University of Toronto approached the Ontario Federation of Students(OFS) to host a roundtable discussing the prospect of pushing for an increase in tuition fees. When this idea was rejected, the roundtable occurred informally and resulted in the formal incorporation and creation of OUSA. Part-time students at the University of Toronto withdrew from

400-635: The Education Students Society (ESS) voted to leave the AMS, primarily over a debate regarding fees. The AMS currently represents approximately 18,000 students, each of whom becomes a member of the Society upon paying the mandatory student activity fee along with their tuition. Membership in the AMS is mandatory for those in full-time study in one of the AMS-constituent faculties. The AMS represents undergraduate and full-time MBA students. Today,

425-538: The Judicial Committee, shares resources with the Office of the Secretariat, but is otherwise constitutionally separated from any Office or Commission in order to ensure independence.) The Vice President (Operations) manages the AMS' Services. This includes: Due to the yearly turnover of the executive and senior management, there are permanent staff members to help with the longevity of the society. The permanent staff positions include (but not limited to): The AMS

450-508: The Law Students' Society also leave the AMS - the latter over a dispute regarding student constables - to join the GSS. Through an amendment to its constitution and by-laws, the GSS was renamed the Queen's University Society of Graduate and Professional Students , in order to recognize the membership of professional students, including law, divinity, and occupational health students. In January 2009,

475-982: The Residence Society. Other Ex-Officio members that sit on assembly include the AMS Commissioners, the University Rector, Undergraduate Trustee, Board of Directors Chair, and the AMS Secretariat. The Assembly is the premier student democratic body of both the Society and the University. It holds bi-annual referendums and annual elections to affirm representatives, approve or change student fees, and even gather student approval for different initiatives and plans. The referendums and elections are bolstered by an Annual General Meeting or AGM, typically held in March, which contains

500-560: The USA The Otago University Students' Association Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title OUSA . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=OUSA&oldid=631251931 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

525-454: The University. The AMS was incorporated in 1969 as a non-profit organization without share capital; the Assembly representatives also serve as the voting members of the corporation, and they annually elect a Board of Directors that oversees the services and financial affairs of the Society. These affairs currently have an annual operations budget of approximately $ 20 million. At its inception,

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550-588: The government. OUSA has also received criticism for a mid 1990s proposal that asked for increased government spending towards universities along with increased tuition fees, however this recommendation was reversed a few years later, and OUSA has called for tuition freezes and decreases since at least 1999. Presidents Executive Directors Information taken from OUSA's website unless otherwise stated. Presidents and Executive Directors updated annually. Alma Mater Society of Queen%27s University The Alma Mater Society of Queen's University , otherwise known as

575-608: The lines of the corporate and government sides of the AMS, with the VP University Affairs overseeing the five commissions and two of the three Government Offices, the VP Operations managing three student directors and their many corporate services, and the President responsible for managing four Offices, representing the Society and liaising with the administration. The executive is elected for a one-year term of service lasting from May 1 to April 30. The day-to-day operations of

600-479: The provincial government through OUSA ), and general management of their portfolios. The five Commissioners on the Executive Team each oversee their own Commission, which form the bulk of the "government side" of the AMS government. The Commissions are responsible for the organization and oversight of a variety of student programs, activities, community initiatives, external representation, and social causes. As of

625-515: Was formed as an offshoot of the Dialectic Society, the precursor to the Queen's Debating Union. It split off to form an independent organization in 1858. The AMS has banned its members from joining externally-affiliated fraternities and sororities since 1933. While fraternities do exist in the Kingston area, the restriction prevents them from recruiting on-campus or affiliating themselves with

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