News
  • 1 hour 18 min ago

Queen’s tests 400 students at COVID-19 testing centre in first week

After its first week of operations, the Queen’s COVID-19 testing centre is provoking mixed responses from student users.Continue...
  • 1 hour 19 min ago

‘I got my test results seven days after I showed symptoms’: Students worried the University can’t stop an outbreak

Nick, whose name has been changed for safety reasons, is a first-year engineering student living in residence who developed COVID-19 symptoms on Sept. 14. He was moved into the isolation residence at David C. Smith Hall the next day.Continue...

September 25, 2020
Queen’s to install free menstrual product dispensers next week
September 25, 2020
School of Kinesiology and Health Sciences hangs Pride and Indigenous flags
September 25, 2020
SGPS petitions against ARC fee for graduate students
September 25, 2020
New dining hall take-out option creates additional waste

Features
  • 1 hour 19 min ago

Protecting the planet includes protecting the most vulnerable

Shoshannah Bennett-Dwara, undergraduate student trustee, knows the fight for climate justice goes hand in hand with fighting racism.Continue...
  • 1 week 1 hour ago

Two weeks into Zoom university, students reflect on digital learning

Jessica Dahanayake, Eng ’20, has always taken a mix of online and in-person courses. For her, there was an important difference between choosing to take an online course and having to take part in a completely virtual semester.Continue...

September 11, 2020
As students return, local businesses balance economic benefits with community safety
September 3, 2020
Keeping the spirit of O-Week alive online
August 17, 2020
How ‘Erased by FEAS’ is uniting the voices of BIPOC Engineering students
July 27, 2020
Class of 2024 entering an untraditional September

Editorials
  • 1 hour 19 min ago

Facebook’s environmental groups suspension error proves onus to fact-check is on us

As social media sites boom, online misinformation is becoming more prevalent—and harmful. Facebook has vowed to fight “fake news” on countless occasions, yet continually fails to target the right people. As social media consumers, we need to stop relying on businesses like Facebook to point out misinformation and take fact-checking into our own hands.Continue...

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  • 1 hour 19 min ago

Stop the narrative that climate change is caused by you and me

Personal accountability for the climate crisis isn’t just irrelevant; it was designed and implemented by the world’s biggest polluters. If we want to save our planet, we need to stop blaming everyday people for the declining environment and start holding the real culprit responsible: the fossil fuel industry.Continue...

child support ed
September 25, 2020
Canada’s child support system is broken. Women suffer for it.
mental health crisis line
September 22, 2020
In lieu of police intervention, we need response teams for mental health crises
September 22, 2020
Universities should acknowledge unique experiences of separate minorities, not lump them in together
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September 22, 2020
Calling girls 'basic' isn't harmless—it's sexist

Opinions

Den Otter believes the University needs to better utilize its student leaders.
  • 1 hour 19 min ago

Queen’s has failed to take advantage of its student leaders during COVID-19. This can’t continue.

This year has been a challenging time for the Queen's community. Adapting to the pandemic has tested staff, students, faculty, and University employees.

Continue...
  • 1 week 1 hour ago

Queen’s must act to reinforce COVID-19 guidelines on its students

The pandemic is not over.Continue...

September 11, 2020
Queen’s must take mental health seriously during COVID-19
September 3, 2020
Deconstructing literary privilege
August 18, 2020
Letter to the Editor: August 18th
August 8, 2020
Letter to the Editor: August 8th

Arts
  • 1 hour 19 min ago

‘A weird, uncanny thing’: Wendy Huot talks The Screening Room going dark during quarantine

Wendy Huot was fulfilling a life-long dream when she bought the popular indie theatre, The Screening Room. Now, in the face of the pandemic, it faces its greatest challenge.Continue...
  • 1 hour 19 min ago

Immersive exhibit brings Van Gogh to life in Toronto

With Toronto in phase three of reopening, the Immersive Van Gogh exhibit offers a breathtaking new approach to the painter’s famous works.Continue...
September 25, 2020
Music has the capacity to make climate resistance feel more personal
September 18, 2020
Commentary: Theatre and film are increasingly merging mediums
September 18, 2020
Queen’s Music Club to host socially-distanced jam session after Thanksgiving
September 18, 2020
Queen’s Players enter ‘The Twilight Zoom’

Sports

Dr. Mary Louise Adams said sport organizations need to mobilize their influence into initiating discussions on climate change.
  • 1 hour 18 min ago

Are outdoor sports facing elimination?

Climate change poses a major threat to all aspects of human life, and sports are no exception.Continue...

The SLSG is currently conducting an independent review on the department’s decision to fire former Queen’s cross country coach, Steve Boyd.
  • 1 hour 19 min ago

Third-party department review to begin in October for Athletics & Recreation

A third-party department review of Queen’s Athletics & Recreation (A&R) will begin next month as part of a routine University initiative to evaluate its various departments.Continue...

September 17, 2020
Sports in Brief: September 18
September 11, 2020
How CFL’s Gaels are approaching the season cancellation
September 11, 2020
Queen’s varsity teams and clubs get gradual green light to begin training
September 7, 2020
A look inside a new COVID-19 ready ARC

Lifestyle
  • 1 hour 18 min ago

Mourning my Opa during the pandemic

In March, the pandemic shut down campus. In April, I found out my Opa had cancer—it was in his esophagus, his lungs, his brain. In May, he died.Continue...
  • 1 hour 19 min ago

My failure to go zero waste

Three years ago, I tried to go ‘zero waste’ and failed. Miserably.Continue...

September 25, 2020
The spill on plant-based milk
September 25, 2020
We need to plant the seeds for a more sustainable cannabis industry
September 25, 2020
Reflecting on the legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
September 25, 2020
Everyone is a sinner in ‘The Devil All the Time’

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