The New York Times’ front-page photograph of a victim of the MH17 tragedy was an example of the power
of photojournalism.
There’s a reality many French-speaking Canadians outside of Quebec face where their ability to speak the language is overshadowed by whether or not it’s considered “real” French.
Whether or not it was technically legal, Facebook didn’t do good by their users when they conducted a recently released study.
City Council’s decision to support turtle protection on local roads is money well spent.
Motivational speaker Jim Rohn once said, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.”
It’s time the archaic practice of tipping was put to rest in favour of a more stable gratuity tax.
Not everyone should have the right to be forgotten.
It’s time we had a chat about the hypocrisy afoot in weight discourse.
Increasing the number of Tasers in Kingston Police Force’s stock is fundamentally a good decision, but only if it’s coupled with thorough training.
Darts and laurels 2013-14
The debate between feminists and men’s issues groups has been extremely toxic these last two weeks.
While radical political tactics like rail blockades enrage many Canadians, they galvanize action on First Nations issues.
I’m worried our generation is socially inept.
While resolutions to Internet privacy concerns aren’t forthcoming, more should be done to prevent corporations from looking at the content of user emails.
Less than half of Canadian parents think their children will have higher living standards than they do.
While the message it conveys is important, the recent “I, too, am Oxford” photo series is just another in a seemingly endless string of quickly-forgotten
whiteboard campaigns.
The Queen’s students and faculty who protested in order to express displeasure with conditions at the soon-to-be-opened Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts need to give it a rest.
Canadian universities shouldn’t institute an admissions test; doing so would simply add additional hurdles and stress, particularly for students from low-income backgrounds.
Sheryl Sandberg’s campaign to ban the word bossy is a somewhat flawed attempt to undermine a real sexist double standard.
At AMS Assembly last month, the Union Gallery brought forward a motion to establish a mandatory student fee to fund their operations. This came about a year and a half after a vote to continue their fee failed by just 28 votes in the 2012 Fall Referendum.
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