I’ve always felt participating in Black History Month is two-step process, the first step being education and the second being celebration. 

If you’re reading this, the odds are you’ve never experienced a full week of orientation. 

As COVID-19 variants continue to become more transmissible, it’s more important than ever for the Queen’s community to take all possible steps to mitigate exposures and avoidable transmissions.

Modern arts education is highly problematic because the focus on theory and structure in arts education has made creativity start to fade in the classroom.

Queen’s policy for academic consideration should reflect an empathetic approach to dealing with students requesting accommodations.

In 2020, 90 per cent of American millennials got their news from popular social media platforms.

Last week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ), Sherif Emil, a pediatric surgeon at McGill University, penned a letter criticizing a picture of a young girl in a hijab used in an earlier piece.

Last month, the hockey world experienced a day of reckoning when Kyle Beach, a professional hockey player, revealed himself as John Doe — the plaintiff in an ongoing sexual assault lawsuit against the Chicago Blackhawks.  

For students with mental illness diagnoses, it’s particularly important to attend an institution with systems in place to ensure one’s academic success. 

Wait times to get help for mental health at Queen’s and university campuses across the country are simply unacceptable.

Canadian federal elections have slowly become more polarized and divisive, and candidates have become less appealing. As this change has occurred, voter turnout has decreased since the mid-1980s.

Queen’s has a longstanding history of rowdy homecoming celebrations.

In the wake of the sexual violence that occurred during Western University’s orientation week, I’ve been reflecting on my own experience in dealing with sexual violence and the experiences of some of my loved ones.

On Sept. 27, we donned our raincoats and made our way to Summerhill to participate in a student-led walkout to show solidarity with survivors of sexual assault. With activism and advocacy being a large part of both our lives, it was only natural we would both attend.  

On Sept. 21, the AMS Assembly officially motioned to “publicly oppose the Cold Beverage & Vending Supply Agreement that Queen’s University has with Coca-Cola Refreshments Canada Company.” 

The sexual violence that occurred over frosh week at Western isn’t an isolated incident. 

Students and candidates from the Liberal, Conservative, and New Democratic parties make their case.

This election season, some voters may be tempted to cast their ballots for either the  Conservatives or Liberals in an effort to ensure their ideologies are reflected in Parliament.