The Queen's Journal, Volume 143, Issue 21

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Elections in Review

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Victory for LWT

Team LWT wins by narrow margin in second round of ballot counting

From left: Thompson, Walker and Lively celebrate with supporters after it was announced that they won the AMS executive election.

New medical training at Queen’s M ikayla W ronko Assistant News Editor Queen’s University has committed to an innovative new style of training, education and promotion in its medical school — making it the first Canadian university to adopt the new system. The Faculty of Medicine is set to transition their resident education programs from a time-based training system to competency-based medical education (CBME). The CBME system, an initiative by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, promotes medical residents once they’ve demonstrated the required competency level instead of completing a prescribed timeline of education. Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Richard Reznick said CBME starts with the principle that students should be trained until they’re properly prepared and confident in their skills. This contrasts with the usual

J acob R osen News Editor A version of this article was published online on Jan. 28 Team LWT has officially been elected as the new AMS executive for the 2016-17 school year by a close margin. AMS officials made the announcement at roughly 11:20 p.m. on Wednesday night. Team LWT consists of Tyler Lively for president, David Walker for vice president (operations) and Carolyn Thompson for vice president (university affairs). “I’m speechless. I don’t know — I honestly don’t know how I feel,” Thompson said after the announcement. In the first round of the AMS Executive elections, Team LWT received 45.6 per cent (2,996) of

the vote, Team CSG received 45.2 per cent (2,968) of the vote, and none of the above received 9.2 per cent (601) of the vote, according to an AMS press release. Because neither team got a majority, voting went to a second round where the preferences of the none-of-the-above voters were re-distributed to each team. Voters could give each option — Team CSG, Team LWT or “None of the Above” — a ranking between one and three to indicate their preference. Voters who indicated that “None of the Above” was their first choice had their second choice votes distributed to each of the teams. After those votes were re-distributed, Team LWT won with 50.3 per cent (3,180) of the vote and Team CSG received 49.7 per cent (3,139). 3.3 per cent (246) of the ballots were

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considered spoiled for not selecting alternative preferences. “We ran the most innovative campaign that has ever been run. We brought the conversation to students. We talked to athletes, we talked to clubs, we talked to students that just go to Ale and Stages every week,” Lively told a crowd of supporters. “That’s what this election is about. The mainstream media said we couldn’t do it. The establishment tried to stop us from doing it. But at the end of the day, we did it. Together, we’re going to make the AMS great again!” “Every single one of you guys believed in us at times when we didn’t believe in ourselves. You made us get through. Thank you!” Walker said in his speech. The mood was somber at Team CSG’s party, but the team still gave See CSG on page 11

IN THIS ISSUE FEATURES Female professors paid less at Queen’s

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EDITORIALS Catcalling culture crosses the line

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SPORTS High school teammates; university rivals

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SPORTS

SGPS Elections Feb. 10 & 11

Sisters share ice on varsity hockey team

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