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Main Campus Residents' Council - About

Main Campus Residents' Society

Student representation is a long standing tradition at Queen's University. The residence student government is responsible for maintaining a positive living environment for all of it's residents through a variety of programs. As a student living in residence on Main Campus, you automatically become a member of the Main Campus Residents' Society. Members of the society get to benefit from all of the services and opportunities provided to them, as well as representation of their interests to other University bodies.

Residence buildings included with the Main Campus Residents' Society are: Adelaide and Ban Righ, Chown, Gordon and Brockington, Leggett, Leonard, McNeill, Morris, Victoria, Waldron, and Watts. Although the MCRS has over 3000 members, currently, 2474 have voluntarily registered their information. The other residence buildings (Jean Royce Hall, Harkness and Graduate) are part of the Jean Royce Hall Society, and governed by the Jean Royce Hall Council.

Main Campus Residents' Council

The Main Campus Residents' Society (MCRS) is governed by the Main Campus Residents' Council (MCRC). The Council is formed primarily with elected student representatives such the House Presidents and most of the Executive and functions as the administrative head of the Society, performing all management duties, enforcing the policies of the Society, and maintaining an extensive list of services.

In addition to the elected representatives, the Council hires a number front line staff such as Discipline and Social Facilitators in order to further the objectives of the society. Currently, the Council has 45 full and part-time employees.

The council has three main decision making bodies. Performing day to day administrative and management functions is the Executive Board, which is composed of the President, the three Vice Presidents (Residence Affairs, Discipline and Finance) and the three Coordinators (Sustainability, Events and Services).

Decisions on policy changes and discussion of current affairs affecting students in residence is done at the General Assembly which is composed of the Executive, all 11 House Presidents and the Chair of the First Year Advisory Committee. Although all are welcome to attend General Assembly and participate in the discussion, only elected representatives have a vote.

Finally, at the more local level, in each House is a House Council which is composed of the House President, the Facilitators, the Floor Representatives and the Council Members (if applicable). This body discusses any issues that may affect the local constituents.

Object of the Society

The following text is taken from the Constitution of the MCRS, which contains a more in depth explanation of the Society should you wish to learn more (you can download the Constitution from the Policies page):

We the students in residence on the Main Campus of Queen’s University herein establish a self-governing Society to represent and promote the general welfare of its members, provide a system of non-academic discipline in residence, deliver programs and services in collective benefit of all members, and to work in cooperation with the staff and administration of Queen’s University Residences to generally facilitate the integration of its members into the academic and social life of the Queen’s and Kingston communities.