If you are a graduate, law, consecutive education student, or an undergraduate medical student the SGPS is your student society. Your elected executive team and the staff of the SGPS work for you.
Your student organization represents and advocates for you on all levels of University administration and lobbies the federal, provincial, and municipal governments on issues crucial to the well being and success of graduate and professional students.
The executive, elected representatives, and volunteer committee members represent graduate and professional interests and participate in the governance of the University Senate, the Board of Trustees, the University Council, and over 40 University Committees.
In response to the needs and concerns of our members, we also run several services including your Health and Dental Plan, a bursary program, the Peer Academic Advisors Program, the Graduate Peer Support Centre, and more.
Questions about the SGPS Health and Dental Plan?
As many returning students are aware, the SGPS had a previous partner contract with the AMS and City of Kingston called “Bus-It”. This contract allowed for all students to receive bus passes for 90$/year as a mandatory fee on their fee slate. With the need for physical distancing on busses, cancelled routes, and shift to remote learning, this program was temporarily halted.
As the Ontario continues to move through the stages of re-opening and the continued uncertainty, the decision has been made to not renew the Bus-It contract for the 2021-2022 year. Instead, the subsidy program for the Kingston Transit Post-Secondary Student Pass (which allows the student to pay only the amount they would have under Bus-It) will continue for the 2021-2022 academic year year. All AMS and SGPS members who have purchased a bus pass are able to access the subsidy during the application period.
The Bus-It contract is incredibly well supported and well used by students and negotiations will most definitely be revisited this fall to plan the new contract for the 2022-23 year. The SGPS continues to support that transit needs to be affordable and accessible and will be advocating for the best deal for our students.
Applications for the fall semester will be opening towards the end of the summer/early September to allow students time to assess whether they will need to purchase a full pass or just use the bus casually.
The dates of the application period will be communicated via the SGPS newsletter and our social media accounts (@QueensSGPS on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram).
The SGPS is not involved with the Student Card process.
If you have any questions or concerns related to your student card, please contact the Office of the University Registrar at student.card@queensu.ca
Beginning September 1st, validated photo ID student cards will be mailed to all new, incoming exchange and returning students who are going into a new Faculty or School.
You must be enrolled in your course(s) before your card can be mailed. Please watch for an email at your @queensu.ca email account letting you know when your activity guide will be available in SOLUS so you may upload your photos.
In order to mail student cards and verify each student,we will require a government issued photo, as well as the photo to be used to produce your student card. The government issued photo will be deleted and not kept on file.
Beginning September 1st, validation stickers will be mailed to all returning students who currently have a photo ID student card and are enrolled in their course(s).
If you are a returning student with an off-campus student card and would like us to mail you a validation sticker please email the Registrar’s Office at student.card@queensu.ca and include your student number.
I have questions about…
| Accessibility | Queen’s Accessibility Hub https://www.queensu.ca/accessibility/ Queen’s Student Accessibility Services (QSAS) |
| Becoming a Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant | Your Department You can find the appropriate contact for your department at the link below https://www.queensu.ca/sgs/contact-us/program-contacts |
| Financial Assistance | Student Awards https://www.queensu.ca/studentawards/ awards@queensu.ca |
| Funding Packages | Your Department You can find the appropriate contact for your department at the link below https://www.queensu.ca/sgs/contact-us/program-contacts |
| Getting Involved | Queen’s Clubs Office https://myams.org/home/clubs/ SGPS VP Community vp.community@sgps.ca |
| Library Access | Queen’s University Library https://library.queensu.ca/help-services/covid-19-updates-library-services-operations |
| Living in Kingston/Housing | SGS Habitat You can find information about living in Kingston at the link below. https://www.queensu.ca/sgs/sgs-habitat/moving-and-living-kingston Queen’s Community Housing Accommodations Listing Service (ALS) |
| Office/Study Space | Your Department You can find the appropriate contact for your department at the link below https://www.queensu.ca/sgs/contact-us/program-contacts |
| Orientation Activities | SGPS Events https://sgps.ca/eventscalendar/ School of Graduate Studies (SGS) Events Your Department |
| Primary Health Coverage for International Students | UHIP https://quic.queensu.ca/uhip/ uhip@queensu.ca |
| Purchasing Textbooks and Course Materials | Campus Bookstore https://www.campusbookstore.com/welcome |
| Resources for BIPOC Students | Queen’s Coalition against Racial and Ethnic Discrimination https://qcredcoordinator.wordpress.com/about/ Queen’s Black Academic Society Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre Queen’s Asian Students’ Association Queen’s Equity Services |
| Seeing a Doctor or a Counsellor | Queen’s Student Wellness Services https://www.queensu.ca/studentwellness/ |
| Setting up my Queen’s NetID/Accessing OnQ | Queen’s Information Technology Services (ITS) https://www.queensu.ca/its/getting-started/student |
| Students with Children | Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC) FAQ https://quic.queensu.ca/living-in-kingston/students-with-children/ Queen’s Division of Student Affairs Resource Page |
| Study Permit, Work Permits and Visa | Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC) https://quic.queensu.ca/arrival/permits-and-visas/ |
| Supplemental Health and Dental Coverage | StudentCare http://www.studentcare.ca/View.aspx?locale=en&uid=IHaveAPlan_SGPS_Home healthdental@sgps.ca |
| Tuition and Fees | Office of the University Registrar http://www.queensu.ca/registrar/home solus@queensu.caInformation regarding Ancillary Fees can be found at https://sgps.ca/sgps-activity-fees/ Questions about ancillary fees? Contact director@sgps.ca |
| SGPS President |
Justine Aman president@sgps.ca |
| Vice-President Community |
Anthony Lomax vp.community@sgps.ca |
| Vice-President Finance |
Courtney Bannerman vp.finance@sgps.ca |
| Vice-President Graduate |
Rohit Shukla vp.graduate@sgps.ca |
| Vice-President Professional |
Jennifer Li vp.professional@sgps.ca |
| Athletics & Wellness Commissioner |
Kassandra Coyle athletics@sgps.ca |
| Equity & Diversity Commissioner |
Monica Garvie equity@sgps.ca |
| Indigenous Graduate Liaison |
Brittany McBeath indigenous@sgps.ca |
| International Commissioner |
Sabrina Masud international@sgps.ca |
| Social Commissioner |
Emilia Ganslandt social@sgps.ca |