News
  • 15 hours 24 min ago

Ford government to appeal Student Choice Initiative court ruling in March

Over a year after it was struck down in court,...Continue...
  • 1 week 10 hours ago

Editors in Chief of Queen’s Journal Volume 149 elected

Aysha Tabassum and Shelby Talbot were elected the next Editors in Chief of The Journal, Volume 149, last Friday.Continue...

February 17, 2021
Jared Fernyc voted next ResSoc Vice President of Residential Affairs
February 11, 2021
Queen’s reports two new cases of COVID-19
February 11, 2021
AMS Services to gradually reopen
February 11, 2021
Alumni fundraise for youth mental health in honour of Bethany Yan

Features
  • 1 week 6 days ago

The highs and lows of substance use during COVID-19

Kelly King has never been a staple drinker. But since the onset of the pandemic, she has experienced a drastic change in her substance use.Continue...
  • 2 weeks 5 days ago

How the Smith Transparency Project is inspiring change through data

In the wake of ‘ Stolen by Smith ’, there was harsh criticism from those who questioned the credibility of the anecdotal evidence the account relied on. Commerce students were missing empirical evidence to support the patterns demonstrated by the page when trying to understand the needs of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Indigeneity (EDII).Continue...

January 29, 2021
Facing anti-Semitism on campus
January 22, 2021
Sexual liberation while racialized
January 15, 2021
The evolution of drag in Kingston
November 20, 2020
Being a sugar baby at Queen’s

Editorials

Claudia Rupnik
  • 1 week 6 days ago

Queen’s didn’t tell students it’d missed its fundraising deadline for the JDUC. Now what?

This year, undergraduate students paid $40 each to support turning the John Deutsch University Centre (JDUC) into a more sustainable, accessible, and modern building through the mandatory JDUC Redevelopment Fee established by the AMS.Continue...

newspaper stand
  • 1 week 6 days ago

As a journalist, tweeting hate speech has consequences—as it should

It’s well within a newspaper’s rights to fire staff with cause—especially if that staff member is expressing hateful views.

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Nathan Gallagher
February 9, 2021
Democracy is never ‘first past the post’
two weights and toned men
February 9, 2021
It’s time to talk about male eating disorders
Kirby Harris
February 9, 2021
Abortion access is an integral part of healthcare
February 5, 2021
Editors' Note

Opinions
  • 1 week 6 days ago

Online learning must be more engaging

The challenges of shifting to online learning have been well-documented.Continue...
  • 2 weeks 5 days ago

Queen’s Student Wellness Services needs personalized care

University is a pivotal time for mental healthContinue...

January 29, 2021
Proper allies are needed to fight anti-Semitism
January 22, 2021
Students are being misled about the quality of their education
January 15, 2021
The Rohingya refugee crisis needs our attention
November 26, 2020
Consumers cannot be blamed for unethical consumption

Arts
  • 1 week 6 days ago

‘I love the colour palette of childhood’: Sadie Levine on her imaginative artwork

Sadie Levine, Con-Ed '23, has been expressing herself through playful, dreamlike illustrations since she was in high school. Her work is driven by an expression of childhood memories reimagined in her sketchbook.Continue...
  • 1 week 6 days ago

Poem: Unspoken Words

I have to thank you for dancing on tables

In the basement of Brock.Continue...

February 11, 2021
Brian’s Record Option shares tales from quarantine
February 9, 2021
‘How the West Was Won’: nana. talks new EP
February 5, 2021
Friends of The Screening Room raise over $100,000 for local indie theatre
February 5, 2021
During pandemic, Kingston FrameWorks helps artists enter global market

Sports
  • 1 week 6 days ago

How the oil-thigh lost its shine: Queen’s fading football tradition

The thunderous Queen’s war cries which once flooded campus on football game days are no more, their echoes having faded into silence long ago.Continue...
  • 1 week 6 days ago

Burnt rubber: getting under the hood with motorsports at Queen’s

If you know anything about motorsports, it’s probably that they’re expensive—and pretty damn intense.Continue...

February 11, 2021
ARC set to reopen Thursday
February 11, 2021
Autism Mentorship Program launches “Learn to Play” video series
February 5, 2021
Getting your head in the game
February 5, 2021
Inside Haidong Gumdo, Queens’ sword-based martial arts club

Lifestyle
  • 1 week 6 days ago

What it’s like being a ‘Castle Kid’

Back in 2018, I went out on a limb and accepted an offer to do my first year of undergrad at the Queen’s Bader International Study Centre (BISC), located in East Sussex, England, where students go to school at Herstmonceux Castle.Continue...
  • 1 week 6 days ago

The Tricolour Sex Column: The Orgasm Gap vs. the Pleasure Gap

If you haven’t heard about it by now, ‘The Orgasm Gap’ is the concept that some folks, depending on their gender or sexuality, are more or less likely to achieve an orgasm during sexual encounters with one or multiple partners.Continue...

February 11, 2021
We need to talk about sexually transmitted infections and diseases
February 9, 2021
The fight for paid sick days continues through a pandemic. It shouldn’t.
February 9, 2021
Snapchat Spotlight gives TikTok a run for their money
February 5, 2021
Uprooting ‘hustle culture’ and its toxic byproducts

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