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2 days 15 hours ago

Proctortrack suspends service following breach, impacting FEAS and Smith

Thanks to technological issues, remote midterms aren’t going quite as planned..Continue...

2 days 15 hours ago

Closing the gender equality gap in engineering: In conversation with Dr. Heidi Ploeg

The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences (FEAS) appointed Dr. Heidi Ploeg as the inaugural Chair for Women in Engineering on Oct. 15. Ploeg will hold a five-year term in the position.Continue...

October 22, 2020

What does your day look like? The Canadian 24-hour Movement Guidelines for Adults have some suggestions

October 22, 2020

Two asymptomatic testing centres open in Kingston

October 22, 2020

Pandemic’s impact on international enrolment threatens revenue stream at Canadian universities

October 22, 2020

Queen’s clubs discuss impact of cultural appropriation at CARED panel

Features

2 days 15 hours ago

Queen’s denying many international students employment during COVID-19

A note on the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) site reads that those “who can not travel to Canada for the fall will not receive a Teaching Assistant (TA) or Research Assistant (RA) position.”Continue...

1 week 1 day ago

A new year for SVPR sees news hires

After a year of upheaval in Queen’s sexual violence policy, including the release of troubling survey results and a policy suspension and review, the University is looking at 2020-21 with fresh eyes.Continue...

October 8, 2020

#BlackLivesMatter, reforming police, and Kingston

October 2, 2020

‘Teaching is activism’: Professors and TAs of colour discuss race in academia

September 25, 2020

Protecting the planet includes protecting the most vulnerable

September 18, 2020

Two weeks into Zoom university, students reflect on digital learning

Editorials

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Without safety of Black students in the classroom, there is no academic freedom

More than 30 professors at the University of Ottawa recently penned a letter in support of Lieutenant-Duval, a white professor who faced backlash after saying the N-word during a lecture. Despite pushback from students, the professor has since been reinstated.Continue...

2 days 15 hours ago

Ms. Understood? Male-centric healthcare remains the biggest threat to women’s health

If you’re a woman, you’re at a greater risk of being misdiagnosed and improperly treated in common medical situations—period.Continue...

October 20, 2020

Universities should encourage exam deferrals—when students really need them

October 20, 2020

As parties continue, Deane must make good on his threat of expulsion

October 19, 2020

AMS fall referendum statements

October 16, 2020

We need to normalize female sexuality

Opinions

2 days 15 hours ago

Protest language is not a tool for the disobedient

Society has a responsibility to ensure protest language is not delegitimizedContinue...

4 days 9 hours ago

Letter to the Editor: October 20th

Dear Editors,

I have read media reports of the 29-3 law faculty/staff vote to delete the name of Sir John A. Macdonald, Canada’s first prime minister, from the law building.
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October 16, 2020

Canadians cannot ignore our country’s social issues

October 13, 2020

Letter to the Editor: October 13th

October 8, 2020

American politics should matter to Canadians

October 2, 2020

We must be held accountable for our social media usage during the pandemic

Arts

2 days 15 hours ago

‘A Bite of the Apple’: Queen’s alumna discusses new memoir

Lennie Goodings, ArtSci ’76, majored in English at Queen’s before moving to the U.K. where she has spent the last 40 years working in publishing with the likes of Margaret Atwood and Maya Angelou.Continue...

2 days 15 hours ago

From Borat to Eric Andre: Reviewing the history of performance art

No one commits to a role quite like Sacha Baron Cohen, but his dedication to duping real people is part of a proud history of performance art, which makes us laugh and cringe while teaching us about ourselves.Continue...

October 22, 2020

‘Inspiration during tough times’: Kingston Canadian Film Festival soldiers on

October 22, 2020

‘There’s nothing like live laughter’: Pinecone Uprising performs at Musiikki Café

October 16, 2020

Sabrina Fielding discusses her portrayal of adolescence in ‘The Red Swimsuit’

October 16, 2020

Kingston WritersFest launches virtual literary series

Sports

Steve Snyder, left, and Brett Gibson, right.

2 days 15 hours ago

Queen’s coaches give pep talks

The midterm season can be a stressful time for most students. Chasing down an ‘A’ for a 40 per cent midterm can feel like a do-or-die playoff match. The reality is, this time of year is crunch time.Continue...

2 days 15 hours ago

‘The Queen’s Journal’ vs ‘Western Gazette’: Fantasy Football series

Although the NFL is entering its seventh week, this marks the first week of an ongoing ‘start ‘em, sit ‘em’ fantasy football competition between The Journal and Western Gazette ’s sports sections.Continue...

October 16, 2020

Intramurals return to campus

October 16, 2020

ARC reopening additional facilities in coming weeks

October 15, 2020

OUA and U Sports announce cancellation of winter 2021 sports due to COVID-19

October 8, 2020

Laser focused: Juhasz’s Olympic training gets underway

Lifestyle

2 days 15 hours ago

Not normal period pain: my life with endometriosis

It was the morning of my Grade 10 science exam when the pain started. Up until that moment in my life, my period pain had always been manageable. On that morning, it became so bad I began to black out.Continue...

2 days 15 hours ago

Voting absentee as an American-Canadian citizen

I’ve always been proud of my American-Canadian dual citizenship. While I grew up in a small, Connecticut town, my summers were consumed by month-long visits to my grandparents’ cottage near Westport, Ontario. Christmas often meant travelling to Ottawa to see grandparents and cousins.Continue...