Conversations about mental health should never have negative repercussions, but professional sports could soon find itself risking just that.

Cellphone use in classrooms should be controlled by experienced teachers and school boards, not a government playing politics with regulation.

Uneven enforcement of an unjustified rule restricting women’s comfort is disappointing—but not surprising. 

The overuse of the word “sorry” has diluted its meaning.

Health Canada’s latest investment in its cannabis public education strategy promotes a sustainable and healthy relationship between young people and the drug.

Ontario’s recent decision to allow extreme intoxication as a legal defence of sexual assault threatens the physical and mental safety of every person in the province.

Stifling innovation out of a fear of change and a refusal to adapt is no way to regulate an industry.

In a year that highlighted gendered abuses, women’s magazines have provided essential information.

A university mental health policy that cuts students off from support services is no health policy at all.

Calling pop culture a guilty pleasure denies the validity of a diverse and powerful section of society.  

When partisan politics threaten health institutions, they threaten the wellbeing and safety of young people.  

The University District “Safety” Initiative is about punishment—not progress. 

Media access for student journalists shouldn’t be considered a privilege—or a novelty. It’s a right. 

Canada’s Supreme Court struck down Trinity Western University’s proposed exclusive enrolment practices—and not a moment too soon.

Kingston has two sets of bars—in its Hub and in its prisons.  

It’s completely legitimate to use stories to your advantage, but creating an entirely new narrative without informing your audience is unacceptable. 

DartsBISC fiscal problems: Even though Queen’s has tried to increase enrollment at the BISC for years, they’ve consistently failed to reach their targets. On top of this, the UK Charity Commission’s annual reports showed that Queen’s satellite campus has faced persistent challenges to being profitable. Without major changes, the Castle will only see these problems worsened and will lose more potential students and money in the process. 

University marketing is always going to be focused on the goal of selling an education.

If Queen’s wants to prevent the spread of misinformation and build a reputation as a responsible research institute, it needs to be more open about what goes on in their animal research labs.

It shouldn’t take students launching a protest for universities to recognize there’s more value in studying liberal arts than pennies and dimes.