Rector’s Digest: The business of Queen’s governance

I get a consistent stream of emails asking questions about key issues, but it’s almost exclusively after the fact. I just wish more students knew they can access this information ahead of time, show up to open session, and participate in the conversation.

May 25, 2026

As anti-South Asian racism continues to rise across Canada, those best positioned to challenge it may also be the ones experiencing it most directly: young people.

April 3, 2026

The administration’s aggressive lobbying for ‘more AI everywhere’ could lead to a significant deterioration of working conditions for graduate student workers and faculty, with ripple effects for students’ learning conditions.

March 27, 2026

The statement “AI is taking our jobs” has struck fear in the hearts of the working class but has been especially alarming for new graduates looking to enter the job market.

Students aren’t only worried about assignments and exams, but they’re also anxious about how they’ll be able to afford their next meal.

I think a lot about the past Rectors. How their elections played out, the issues that defined their term, what they said in their convocation address, how they approached committee work, and how their time in office shaped who they became.

For much of the twentieth century, Canadians believed a simple promise: if you worked hard, your children would live better than you did, a promise that is quickly fading.

There is a strong relationship between the health of our planet and its direct and indirect impacts on human health.

Local service providers say that human trafficking cases in Kingston are on the rise. Fortunately, there are ways to take action.

Michael G. Sherbert is a postdoctoral fellow at Queen’s University whose research repositions Artificial Intelligence (AI) through Indigenous relational epistemologies.

If Canada wishes to maintain autonomy in a newly multipolar world, it’ll have to work with new centres of power to avoid foreign domination.

Arriving at Queen’s in 2020 as an equity-deserving student (hello, this is Niki’s Communications and Engagement Officer writing), I carried a heart full of nerves. I wasn’t sure what to expect or how I’d fit in. I soon learned I wasn’t alone in this.

Let’s talk about sex.

Trends come and go faster than ever, with fast fashion and social media vying for our attention, pushing new items and altering the pop culture.

There is a lot of research happening at Queen’s that’s led by and involves Indigenous students and community members, but you wouldn’t always know it.

Instantaneous communication and the propaganda for needed and urgent improvement are silently eroding our social and mental perceptions.

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