The Kingston Street Mission Truck is open every night from 9 p.m. until at least midnight. On an average evening the truck has 15 to 20 visitors. (Matthew Rushworth)

Feature

Mission: warmth and community

Parked in the alley beside St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, at the intersection of Clergy and Princess streets, an inconspicuous white truck reaches out to those in need on Kingston’s cold winter nights.

Previously in Features

January 9, 2009

Chartering the right to healthcare

It was in August, 1965, when four doctors from Queen’s department of pediatrics made their first visit to a small hospital in Moose Factory, Ontario.

November 27, 2008

Weeding out anti-drug attitudes

“Anyone who’s going to read your article has either used marijuana or knows someone who has, and they know that person is not a criminal.”

November 21, 2008

In the market for answers

To some, the worldwide financial crisis is a baffling assortment of diving graphs and daunting headlines.

November 14, 2008

Confronting a culture of silence

The first time Enakshi Dua realized she wasn’t comfortable at Queen’s was during a trip to Toronto in December of her first year living in Kingston. Dua, now a sociology professor at York University, taught at Queen’s from 1994 to 2001, when she was one of the first faculty members of colour to leave the University because of discrimination.

November 7, 2008

Changing from scholar to soldier and back: Queen’s in wartime

“When war broke out, the term had not yet begun.”