Former Alliance Atlantis executive chairman Michael MacMillan addresses an audience at his “The Academic Cloister Reconsidered” lecture held at Ellis Hall on Tuesday night. (Tyler Ball)

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Film schools students on education

Knowing Michael MacMillan’s background as a Queen’s film alumnus, I couldn’t think of a better place than the Film House to interview the former Alliance Atlantis executive chairman, who was in town this week as this year’s Brockington Visitor.

Previously in Features

November 3, 2009

History of a blind spot

When I first contact Marc Epprecht for an interview, he defers for a week. “I’m in Tanzania at the moment,” he said in an email to the Journal. Epprecht, a professor with Queen’s development studies and history departments, was granted the Desmond Tutu Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Study of Sexuality in Africa in October of this year.

October 30, 2009

Pro-bonus for small businesses

Kingston-area small-business owners now have access to pro-bono legal counsel thanks to a new program officially launched in September by the Faculty of Law. “We try to help those who normally wouldn’t be able to budget their businesses,” program director Peter Kissick said.

October 27, 2009

Whose poutine reigns supreme?

At Bubba’s Pizzeria, one thing is certain: poutine is king. “Poutine is stencilled on the windows here, our shirts, our hats, people love the poutine,” Bubba’s employee Scott Cooper said.

October 23, 2009

Feelings mixed about student drinking

Like many university students, Justin Lum, ArtSci ’10, found his first year at Queen’s revolved heavily around the consumption of alcohol. “Prior to coming to university, I never drank heavily. When I got here I sort of went on a binge,” he said, adding that he sometimes went out five nights in a week his first year.

October 20, 2009

Recession Studies

The school year has hardly begun, but graduating students are already thinking about their post-graduate ambitions. When they sweep off Grant Hall’s stage this spring, diplomas in hand, the class of 2010 will be met with the harshest economic climate since the early 1990s.