Investigations

January 26, 2024

Is it time for students to consider transferring universities to ensure degree completion?

As Queen’s grapples with a tarnished reputation and a looming deficit, students and faculty alike are facing difficulties, but also potential upsides. Campus is filled with concern about the broader perception of the validity of a Queen’s degree.
January 19, 2024

The hazing incident that erased a prestigious Queen’s Commerce club

As the night of hazing began, members of a high-profile commerce club were unaware it would be the club’s last.
January 12, 2024

JDUC blueprints change, impact not disclosed by the AMS or University

In the first part of an investigative series on the JDUC redevelopment project, The Journal is releasing blueprints for the new JDUC structure.

Finding equity in Athletics and Recreation

March 24, 2023
Women’s Basketball just returned from their second ever—and second consecutive—appearance at nationals. However, their progress as a team these past two years goes far beyond the medals they’ve earned. 

‘I’m stuck in a rut and can’t get out of it’: The Kingston housing crisis

March 10, 2023
Kingston resident Brian Geddes “has not had a locked door behind [him]” for the past three years.

Kingston wants to become the re-birthplace of psychedelics

January 27, 2023
A new frontier in mental health treatment is emerging in Kingston, centred around a class of drugs once considered almost too taboo to research. 

Demystifying Queen’s alumni network

January 20, 2023
Being a member of the Queen’s community doesn’t end upon graduation. Rather, you’ve entered the next phase of your career as a Queen’s alum.

Winter holidays at Queen’s

November 18, 2022
Professors are wrapping up their lectures, and students are rushing towards the end of their semester with the holiday fervor hovering in the background.

The relationship between climate change and human health

November 11, 2022
Eight years ago, Dr. Anna Gunz, a pediatric intensivist in London, saw her first patient who was impacted by climate change.

Sexual health, Kingston, and Queen’s

November 4, 2022
According to experts at Queen’s, sexual health is an individualized process that goes beyond STIs and is something students should care about.

‘I imagine we die in the same way we live’: Investigating deathcare in Kingston

October 28, 2022
Aileen Stewart, a deathcare guide in Kingston, told The Journal she got into the business of deathcare through her daughter, who was training to be a midwife at the time.

Transforming Indigenous healthcare, one person at a time

October 22, 2022
This article discusses anti-Indigenous racism and the atrocities committed in Residential Schools and may be triggering for some readers.

A critical look into Queen’s dining

October 7, 2022
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, communities have pushed local food sourcing and systems in anticipation for any affairs that may cause another food shortage.

Queen’s reputation, on the classroom level

October 1, 2022
Queen’s prides itself on being one of the top research universities in Canada, founded on Oct. 16 1841 and predating confederation

Kingston needs more family doctors, but where are they?

September 9, 2022
In the late winter of 2007, Blair Frost made his way from his small coastal hometown of Yarmouth, N.S., to Kingston.

Incoming racialized students face uncertainty about September

July 25, 2022
When Sam Zhang, graduating CÉGEP student, found out he was accepted to the Commerce program at Queen’s, he was thrilled.

Exploring the gender-affirming healthcare system in Kingston

June 27, 2022
Kingston resident Alex Haagaard first began seeking out medical gender transition in early 2021.  
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