Universities aren’t political parties

A university that is politically unbalanced does not necessarily lack ideological diversity.

August 31, 2026

Growing up in the Northwest Territories, an elderly neighbor once told me, “Whatever you do, do not grow old here.”

July 27, 2026

Students at Queen’s have all experienced an Orientation Week fragmented across two weekends. However, it has not always been this way, nor does it need to be.

June 29, 2026

The growing push to enforce a strict gender binary ignores not only the lived realities of transgender and non-binary people today, but also the long history of Indigenous gender diversity on Turtle Island.

Every June, we spend weeks debating rainbow logos instead of queer issues.

If you own a home, the Canadian housing “crisis” isn’t a crisis at all — it’s the best thing that ever happened to you. And if you’re wondering why governments keep announcing solutions that never quite solve anything, it’s because that’s the entire point.

Accessibility in higher education needs to be considered from every angle.

Alberta’s Bill 18 won’t protect the vulnerable—it’ll punish those who’re already suffering.

Universities built for long-term stability shouldn’t keep student-serving funds exposed to the volatility of the fossil-fuel market.

There’s a difference between avoiding politics and ignoring injustice, but Queen’s doesn’t act like it.

Behind every immigration debate are real people who left everything behind in search of safety. Budgets may matter, but they should never come at the expense of human dignity.

Protecting Canada’s Arctic won’t come from weapons alone.

Every February, Black pain is brought to the spotlight once again.

It’s uncomfortable to see friends taught to interpret clinical trials or memorize metabolic pathways repeatedly fall for pseudoscientific wellness content.

More than just what your star sign says about you, astrology can help you chart your path, and focus in on not only who you are, but what you can become.

Public spaces shouldn’t immortalize colonial ideologies.

Ontario’s publicly funded colleges are in a financial crisis, and journalism programs are among the casualties.

University students need to stop romanticizing hustle culture and academic burnout.

Continuing its fascination with the Roman Empire, the internet has a new fixation.

AMS election season’s underway, but most students won’t be represented by the results—a problem the AMS doesn’t seem to be fixing.

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