February 13, 2018

KINGSTON, ON – Below are the results of the 2018 Special Referendum on JDUC Redevelopment held among AMS members (undergraduate, Medicine, and MBA students at Queen’s). AMS voter turnout was 20.8%

Establishing a JDUC Redevelopment Fee

“Do you agree to the establishment of a mandatory, non-reviewable $89 fee to support the redevelopment of the John Deutsch University Centre, to be collected annually commencing in the 2019-2020 academic year?

Approval of this question will result in a University capital contribution of $20,000,000 and additional funding to cover financing costs.”

Choice Votes Percentage

NO 1823 51.1%

YES 1746 48.9%

ABSTAIN 155

AMS President Jennifer Li released the following statement:

“We are obviously disappointed that we were unable to secure a student contribution to the JDUC Redevelopment project at this time.

“As this is a tiny margin, my team will take the next few months to understand why undergraduate students voted the way they did. After going through this process we will determine a way forward in consultation with the University.”

Please direct all media inquiries to Craig Draeger, Director of Communications, at communications@ams.queensu.ca or (613) 533-6000 x 75850

Backgrounder

Alma Mater Society (AMS) – https://www.myams.org

The central undergraduate student government at Queen’s University, the AMS represents over 17,000 students and is the oldest student government in Canada. It has over 1,000 student volunteers and 700 paid staff.