News
  • 17 hours 56 min ago

New COVID-19 variant found in Kingston region

Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health confirmed on Monday that it has received the first lab confirmed B.1.1.7. case of COVID-19, which is a new, more easily transmissible variant of the virus discovered in the United Kingdom.Continue...
  • 19 hours 50 min ago

Second team seeks nomination for AMS executive

Ahead of the deadline for entering the race, a second team is seeking the nomination for AMS executive.Continue...

January 22, 2021
EngSoc candidates debate key issues for upcoming year
January 22, 2021
Roshael Chellappah voted next ResSoc President
January 22, 2021
Queen’s identifies one new case of COVID-19 in residence
January 22, 2021
New Engineering fellowship offers $25,000 to Indigenous and Black PhD students

Features
  • 3 days 22 hours ago

Sexual liberation while racialized

Sexual liberation has always been core to the feminist movement. In North America, for a long time, that has looked like sexual liberation for white women and white women only, which is a subject being increasingly explored as academics of colour are given overdue space in the field of sexology.Continue...
  • 1 week 3 days ago

The evolution of drag in Kingston

Tyfannie Morgan, ArtSci ’03, moved to Kingston in September 1999 to go to Queen’s and was immediately entranced with the local drag community. By March 2000, she had gotten dressed up and performed her first drag show.Continue...

November 20, 2020
Being a sugar baby at Queen’s
November 13, 2020
‘When we think of Indigenous peoples, we think of the past’: Students and educators confront the lack of Indigenous education in school systems
November 6, 2020
‘Seeing myself gain weight scared me’: living with an eating disorder at Queen’s
October 22, 2020
Queen’s denying many international students employment during COVID-19

Editorials

Lauren Thomas
  • 1 day 22 hours ago

Being a young filmmaker in Canada is something to celebrate, not escape

There’s a lingering preconception among many young filmmakers in Canada that to truly have a successful career in film, we must pack up and head down south for good. This belief is false and distracts many from seizing valuable opportunities for screen-based creators here in Canada.Continue...

A hand copy and pasting text from a screen
  • 3 days 22 hours ago

Academic culture is driving students to cheat

Academic misconduct is a direct product of academic culture. Only in changing that culture can we address cheating and plagiarism.Continue...

Ben Wrixon
January 22, 2021
‘Cancel culture’ is an imperfect step toward necessary change
Three chairs enclosed in bubbles
January 22, 2021
Uncontested elections and student engagement go hand in hand
Raechel Huizinga
January 19, 2021
Until widespread vaccination, Canada should freeze student loan repayments
plastic surgery ed web
January 19, 2021
During the pandemic, what constitutes essential surgery is murkier than ever

Opinions

  • 18 hours 34 min ago

Letter to the Editor: January 25th

Dear Editors,

I am seriously concerned about the quality of journalism appearing in The Queen’s University Journal this year. As an alumnus (ArtSci ‘83), I am both...Continue...
  • 3 days 22 hours ago

Students are being misled about the quality of their education

The average Arts and Science student at Queen’s University will pay roughly $28,000 for their four-year undergraduate degree.Continue...

January 15, 2021
The Rohingya refugee crisis needs our attention
November 26, 2020
Consumers cannot be blamed for unethical consumption
November 20, 2020
The downward trend in student engagement matters
November 13, 2020
Stop the bad press about Queen’s students

Arts
  • 3 days 22 hours ago

Commentary: The art of adapting literature to television is strategic

Adapting books to television is not a new phenomenon, but in the past couple of years, the popularity of series based on bestselling novels seems to be heightened.Continue...
  • 3 days 22 hours ago

Reelout launches online Queer Film Festival

Film promotes advocacy and change while allowing people to escape the struggles of everyday life. Reelout, a local Queer film festival, harnesses these powers of film to foster a sense of community among LGBTQIA2S+ filmmakers while giving individuals a platform for their voices to be heard.Continue...

January 15, 2021
Union Gallery highlights student art with two new exhibitions
January 15, 2021
Riley Michaels talks new single ‘Turn Off the Lights’
January 15, 2021
The weird world of copyright law
January 15, 2021
‘What Alex did best is he didn’t overshadow the contestants’: 'Jeopardy!' winner and Queen’s alum reflects on Alex Trebek

Sports
  • 3 days 22 hours ago

The Queen’s Gambit: Chess on Campus

“I’d say I knew it was over when I took your rook.”

I’ve just been humbled by Queen’s chess phenomenon and women’s international master Rachel Miller in an online game that lasted all of 20 moves, and she’s explaining her gameplay. She’s taken nine of my pieces while I only managed to collect two piddly pawns. Nevertheless, this five-minute experience has left me with a strange desire to play again.Continue...
  • 3 days 22 hours ago

Year on the sidelines: Coaches weigh in on pandemic experience

During a normal week, coaches are used to seeing their athletes nearly every day.

Some days start at 6 a.m. in the weight room, and others finish with an evening at the rink. It’s a life of constant contact—one that often develops into strong, important player-coach relationships.Continue...

January 15, 2021
‘I was blown away’: Sophie de Goede named Top 8 U Sports Academic All-Canadian
January 15, 2021
The Journal wins Fantasy Football series against Gazette
January 15, 2021
Golden games, vol.1: Gaels stun Axewomen in 2015 CIS quarterfinals
December 20, 2020
‘The Queen’s Journal’ vs ‘Western Gazette’: Fantasy Football series—Week 15

Lifestyle
  • 3 days 22 hours ago

Point/Counterpoint: Synchronous vs. asynchronous online courses

Please—no more frantic note taking and screenshotting. Asynchronous learning lets you take a much-needed break from Zoom—and it has benefits for learning.Continue...
  • 3 days 22 hours ago

Stick with ‘WandaVision’—it’s headed places

It’s easy to fall in love with the tried-and-true format that has made Marvel movies so successful and reject anything straying from that formula, but WandaVision is a good reason to keep an open mind.Continue...

January 22, 2021
The Tricolour Sex Column: Navigating kinks
January 22, 2021
The sole problem with ‘Soul’
January 22, 2021
STEM and the City: Put your best face forward in 2021
January 22, 2021
Regrowing my foreskin

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