News
  • 2 days 3 hours ago

Students combat COVID-19 misinformation in multilingual communities

Amid circulating misinformation and vaccine hesitancy, COVID Speaks, a student-led initiative, aims to promote accurate and scientifically verified information related to the COVID-19 pandemic in a range of languages.Continue...
  • 1 week 1 day ago

Inaugural winner of McCall MacBain Scholarship talks academic and diversity goals

This year, McGill’s inaugural McCall MacBain Scholarship was awarded to 20 students nationally. Queen’s University’s Nicole Osayandè, CompSci ’21, was among the recipients.Continue...

May 6, 2021
Provost and Associate Vice-Principal announcement addresses students affected by current traumatic events
May 5, 2021
Student responds to COVID-19 restrictions in letter addressed to University, Kingston Mayor
May 4, 2021
Principal Deane speaks on COVID-19 pandemic in India
May 2, 2021
Queen’s Rector resigns

Features
  • 1 month 1 week ago

‘It’s split us in half’: First-year students look back on a year of COVID-19

Phoebe Schneider, ArtSci ’24, spent half the year in residence. She told The Journal that, because of this, her first-year experience likely didn’t mirror those stuck at home.Continue...
  • 1 month 1 week ago

Understanding the sociological aspects of—and preventing—racist and misogynistic Zoom bombings

Earlier this year, a virtual event hosted by the School of Religion was subject to an attack. Continue...

April 2, 2021
Understanding conflicting identities as a queer student of colour
March 26, 2021
The New York Times had to retract his story. This Queen’s professor stands behind him.
March 19, 2021
Academic accessibility amidst the pandemic
Chown Hall was the site of an act of racism and homophobia in October 2019.
March 12, 2021
The Chown Hall incident, over one year later

Editorials

Alysha Mohamed
  • 1 month 1 week ago

France is promoting Islamophobia under the façade of secularism

In the last week, social media has been buzzing over the news of France’s proposed hijab ban for women under the age of 18. In their attempt to save and “liberate” young Muslim women from their faith, the French government is oppressing women under a façade of secularism.Continue...

darts and laurels
  • 1 month 1 week ago

Darts and laurels 2020-21

Darts Stolen by Smith Account details...Continue...
Simone Manning
April 2, 2021
Queen’s must revaluate its relationship with the police
Daphne pointing at a woman through a TV screen
April 2, 2021
Dear Body Shamers: A woman’s weight is not indicative of her health
Queen's Student Code of Conduct
April 2, 2021
Racism is as deadly as the pandemic. Queen’s Student Code of Conduct should reflect that.
Three clocks in different time zones
March 26, 2021
After a year of remote learning, professors must commit to academic accommodations

Opinions
  • 1 month 1 week ago

Talking Heads: What will you miss most about The Journal?

"Who knew that when my dad off-handedly suggested I join a student newspaper in first year, this would become my home away from home. I will miss all the laughter the newsroom...Continue...
  • 1 month 2 weeks ago

The integrity of women’s sports must be made a priority

Sports have never been played on an even field.Continue...

March 26, 2021
Conservatism is no excuse to ignore people’s needs
March 22, 2021
Letter to the Editor: March 22nd
March 19, 2021
There can be no double standards when discussing genocide
March 16, 2021
Letter to the Editor: March 16th

Arts
  • 1 month 1 week ago

Queen’s Journal alum Omar El Akkad talks upcoming novel 'What Strange Paradise'

On July 20, Omar El Akkad’s second novel What Strange Paradise will debut. But El Akkad’s creative writing career began on a different day: September 11, 2001, in Professor Carolyn Smart’s creative writing class.Continue...
  • 1 month 1 week ago

City council launches new Local Arts Residency at The Grand Theatre

The Grand Theatre, a performing arts hub of downtown Kingston, has been empty since the first lockdown of March 2020. Now, four artists will be given the chance to grace the stage.Continue...

April 8, 2021
Artists during lockdown: Visual artist Clanny Mugabe talks pandemic’s impact on practice
April 8, 2021
Queen’s Creative Writing alum Liselle Sambury talks debut novel 'Blood Like Magic'
April 2, 2021
William Carroll talks Side-Ways Artist Residency at Union Gallery
April 2, 2021
Retrofuturism: Danika Watson discusses sci-fi artwork

Sports
  • 1 month 1 week ago

Bears and Gaels: Making sense of Queen’s symbolism

Queen’s symbolism can be downright confusing. Many students end up graduating without ever finding out what a Gael is, and much less what its teddy bear mascot, Boo Hoo, has to do with anything...Continue...
  • 1 month 1 week ago

The COVID year: Queen’s student-athletes look back on the lost season

With the school year nearly over, it’s safe to say that this year hasn’t been ideal for anyone—student-athletes included.Continue...

April 8, 2021
Queen’s pioneers the Canadian Collegiate Cycling Association as Gaels lead the peloton in inaugural virtual championship
April 2, 2021
Queen’s Ladies in Fitness Training creating community for women in the gym
March 26, 2021
Sports Law & Strategy Group holds town halls for Queen’s Athletics department review
March 26, 2021
Internal emails reveal backlash among alumni, donors over Boyd firing

Lifestyle
  • 1 month 1 week ago

Last words

This year, the Journal house was mostly empty. 190 University Ave., for me, had always been a hub of activity: layout room laughter, couch room banter, a place to hang out in between classes, last-minute writing, and just plain chaos. Losing all of that would be reason enough to become dispirited, but you, our staff, didn’t.Continue...
  • 1 month 1 week ago

Things you may not have learned in sex-ed but should definitely know

For almost two decades, elementary and secondary school students in Ontario were learning from a sexual-education curriculum that hadn’t been updated since 1998.Continue...

April 8, 2021
What we can learn from ‘Not All Men’ but 97 per cent of women
April 8, 2021
Why Paris Hilton is #BreakingCodeSilence
April 8, 2021
Four tips for a better sleep
April 8, 2021
Stealthing: what you need to know about this form of sexual violence

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