March 20
Point of Inquiry: Lawyers at AMS Council are never a good sign
The Executive Performance & Accountability Committee is done, for now. Its replacement needs to be more transparent.
March 7
Point of Inquiry: The AMS saved us three dollars in 2022. We’re still paying the price
Nobody will benefit from every AMS service. Expecting you will got us into this mess.
February 6
Point of Inquiry: What makes a good student politician?
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.
January 12
Point of Inquiry: I thought I’d be done with the AMS in 2025. I’m glad I’m not.
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.
November 4
Point of Inquiry: The AMS's SkyTrain rally was effective, weird and misleading
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.
October 14
Point of Inquiry: Is stability worth a restriction on autonomy? The AMS asks students to decide for resource groups.
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.
September 20
Point of Inquiry: Scooter Dom dropped out. What does that mean for the election and the AMS?
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.
September 16
Point of Inquiry: In forty years, only three AGMs have met quorum. Let’s change that
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.
July 23
Point of Inquiry: Why doesn’t anyone know how the AMS works?
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.
June 25
Point of Inquiry: AMS President Riley Huntley asked me to write an executive goal. Here’s what I said
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.
June 3, 2025
Point of Inquiry: A student union is a bold promise — how can the AMS live up to it?
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.
