News
  • 22 hours 33 min ago

City of Kingston closes Breakwater Park to reduce spread of COVID-19

Following the province-wide stay-at-home restriction, the City of Kingston decided to close Breakwater Park on April 9 to prevent crowding.Continue...
  • 2 days 7 hours ago

Queen’s reports 59 active cases of COVID-19

Queen’s is reporting 57 active cases of COVID-19 off-campus as of Wednesday evening. The University’s case tracker is showing 21 new cases so far during the final week of winter term, April 5-11.Continue...

April 8, 2021
TAPS will remain closed until further notice
April 8, 2021
‘The best shot that they could’: AMS Year in Review
April 8, 2021
Student Wellness Services takes applications for student advisory board
April 8, 2021
ASUS hires new General Manager as part of ASUS 130 reform

Features
  • 2 days 7 hours 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...
  • 2 days 7 hours 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
  • 2 days 7 hours 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
  • 2 days 7 hours 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
  • 2 days 7 hours 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 week 1 day 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
  • 2 days 7 hours 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...
  • 2 days 7 hours ago

Queen’s Creative Writing alum Liselle Sambury talks debut novel 'Blood Like Magic'

Carolyn Smart’s Advanced Creative Writing class was the first time Liselle Sambury, ArtSci ’13, had her work published, but it won’t be the last.Continue...
April 8, 2021
City council launches new Local Arts Residency at The Grand Theatre
April 8, 2021
Artists during lockdown: Visual artist Clanny Mugabe talks pandemic’s impact on practice
April 2, 2021
William Carroll talks Side-Ways Artist Residency at Union Gallery
April 2, 2021
Retrofuturism: Danika Watson discusses sci-fi artwork

Sports
  • 2 days 6 hours 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...
  • 2 days 7 hours 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
  • 2 days 7 hours 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...
  • 2 days 7 hours 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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