Hello again and welcome everyone to another special edition of Campus Beat airing on CFRC 101.9 FM, streaming at cfrc.ca and on your favorite mobile apps like iheartradio. You can find CFRC on instagram at @cfrcmusic, I’m Dinah Jansen and with me is Abyaz Karim, a Masters student in International Business who has recently joined our news team as the Campus News Reporter, alongside our dedicated AMS student volunteer Jaya Kumar, and Jesse Bell, CFRC’s Local Journalism Initiative Producer and Program Coordinator.

Coming up in this episode as part of Campus Beat’s special coverage of AMS and SGPS elections and referenda, we’re pleased to present conversations we held with each of the Clubs and groups running campaigns to establish, increase or continue AMS student fees during the Alma Mater Society’s elections and referenda taking place on January 29th and 30th. We chatted with or read statements on behalf of 21 fee seeking clubs and groups. In our first segment, we’ll cover groups seeking to establish a new fee including QHacks, the Ban Righ Centre, the Queen’s Muslim Students’ Association, and the Iranian Student Association. Thank you for joining us, we hope you enjoy the program.

Welcome to Campus Beat broad and podcasting from CFRC 101.9 FM. In this episode, host Dinah Jansen alongisde Abyaz Karim, Jaya Kumar, and Jesse Bell present conversations with and read statements from clubs and groups seeking to establish, increase, or continue mandatory or optional fees during the SGPS referendum that takes place January 29th and 30th. All students are reminded that voting occurs online via simply voting and that the AMS and SGPS will send ballots out at 12:01 in the morning on January 29th. You can learn more about elections processes for both our student governments by visiting SGPS.ca and myAMS.org. In the meantime, let’s jump in to our conversations with and statement reads for clubs and groups seeking fees during the SGPS referendum. Thank you for joining us!

Hello again and welcome everyone to this special edition of CFRC 101.9 FM’s Campus Beat with host, Dinah Jansen who is joined by Abyaz Karim, a Masters student in International Business who has recently joined the CFRC news team as the Campus News Reporter, alongside one of the station’s dedicated AMS student volunteers, Jaya Kumar.

Coming up, we’re pleased to present conversations we held with each of the Candidates running for SGPS Executive Offices in addition to statements our team has read on behalf of those who could not join us in time for broadcast. In this episode, you’ll hear from or about 14 SGPS Executive Candidates including SGPS Trustee Candidates Emils Matiss and Nick Mertin, Presidential Candidate Dawood Tullah, Vice President Community Candidates Ava Fiorino, Claire Dobbie, and Tanya Joseph, and also the Vice President Finance Candidate Oishik Battacharya. After that, you’ll year from or about the Vice President Graduate Candidates Ali Fathi, Ikeolupawo Baruwa, and Surabhi Velagala followed by the Vice President Professional Candidates Amir Shetaia, Destine Lee, Megan Roth, and Rit Nanda.

Thank you for joining us here on CFRC 101.9 FM’s Campus Beat, we hope you enjoy the episode.