Quyen Schroeder

The yearly onslaught of tried and tested (and failed) database promises looks backwards when we should be looking forward.

The AMS executives floundered in their first meeting. It’s a chance for the rest of us to step up.

The Executive Performance & Accountability Committee is done, for now. Its replacement needs to be more transparent.

Nobody will benefit from every AMS service. Expecting you will got us into this mess.

Your candidates need to be CLEAN, meaning they have Chutzpah, Leadership, Experience, they need to Align with your beliefs and they need to be kNowledgable — yes, I know the last one is a stretch.

In 2025, the Huntley administration replaced toxicity with focus. In 2026, as students confront the affordability crisis and the AMS faces its deficit, service costs and businesses’ performance, this is the new bar in student politics.

The rally earned media attention and raised the profile of the AMS’s campaign. But it was also odd — and saying 1,000 people turned out doesn’t line up with what the photos show.

At the upcoming AGM, the AMS is going to ask members to support bylaw amendments that give long-term stability to resource groups like the Social Justice Centre and Pride Collective — at the cost of some autonomy, writes AMS Columnist Quyen Schroeder.

The vague VP student life position didn’t get less vague. Neither did our understanding of Scooter Dom’s short-lived candidacy, ending with an allegation a member of his team misled him into entering in the first place, writes Schroeder.

The AMS wants an AGM that meets quorum on October 22. Students should attend, but their student union should actually allow them to engage — unlike their practices from past years.

The AMS has a communication problem. Nobody understands how it works, and whenever people want it to act, the AMS explains itself referencing its governance processes, writes AMS Columnist Quyen Schroeder.

This administration has shown a genuine desire to engage those outside the AMS in its goal-setting and decision-making. While simply engaging with students and student organizers is far from sufficient to create an equitable AMS, this collaborative energy is a start, writes AMS Columnist Quyen Schroeder.

Despite our union’s near ubiquity in our lives, nearly five out of six eligible voters did not participate in this year’s AMS elections. But the AMS is a gift from previous generations — and despite its flaws, it remains well-positioned to be a force for social and institutional change, writes AMS Columnist Quyen Schroeder.

Reflecting on the 2025 AMS elections, all three joke candidates offer an indictment of the current state of student politics — taking on issues of engagement, culture and toxicity they say are preventing the student union from doing the work of serving its constituents.