September 2, 2022

Kingston, the penitentiary, and corrections

Kingston Penitentiary, the oldest penitentiary in Canada, was built in 1833 and opened in 1835, predating Confederation. It operated for 178 years, closing in 2013 after being decommissioned by the federal government.
May 30, 2022

Unpacking the history of abortion and contraceptives in Canada

This article discusses unplanned pregnancy and may be triggering for some readers. The Queen’s Sexual Health Resource Centre (SHRC) can be reached at 613-533-2959. 
March 27, 2020

A century after Spanish Flu, Queen’s grapples with a new pandemic

On March 16, when Principal Patrick Deane ordered undergraduate classes suspended, it was the first time in more than 100 years Queen’s ceased academic operations because of a public health crisis, and only the second time in the University’s history. 
In the corner of a dusty basement classroom under Ontario Hall, a sign reading “danger, do not enter” is crudely taped to a door.
Second-wave feminist issues, like birth control and abortion, don’t have the same visibility on campus today that they had in the 70s.
Birds have, for too long, held a monopoly as political parties’ mascots.
Canada’s most notorious prison officially closed its doors on Sept. 30, 2013. Now, in 2019, questions surrounding the legacy of the Kingston Penitentiary have risen to a fever pitch.

Queen’s in print

March 8, 2019
Queen’s legacy is incomplete without mention of its student newspaper—one of Canada’s oldest student publications, at over 140 years old. 
During World War II, Canadian campuses faced the anti-Semitism streaming out of Europe. 
The first female Editor in Chief of The Journal took over while World War I raged overseas.
It was 1919. For the students entering or returning to Queen’s after the Great War, campus wouldn’t be the same.
Princess Towers—an aging 16-storey apartment building that looms over the Hub—began its life as a student-run utopian commune in the 1960s. 
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