COP30 isn’t just another far-off international summit—it’s where the direction of our collective futures is being decided.

Animal shelters are struggling to keep up with the growing number of animals in need, and students might be the perfect remedy to stop the overflow.

When I pitched a column topic for this month, I didn’t realize I’d already written about campus elections. Maybe that’s bound to happen after sixteen of these. This, however, will be a different angle: for those considering their name on a ballot to lead the AMS, SGPS, or a faculty society.

Some call it empowering, I call it exploitation.

I still remember the way the red rims on Nick’s car caught the light.

The United States is constantly influencing Canadian society, and our attention must shift back to it for our own good.

Canada’s falling on the International stage, despite the positives. On Sept. 21, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada would formally recognize the State of Palestine.

Since 2021, Canada has officially observed Sept. 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR). By now, you may have built up associations with the day—banks are closed, orange shirts surface everywhere, and class schedules are suspended.

Campus food services are harming students by failing to provide nutritious options and adequate education about healthy choices.

Among the many harmful impacts that social media has on young people, its impact on their thinking is one of the most troubling. The very platforms that were designed to connect younger people discourage critical thinking and narrow perspectives.

As students walk around campus on their first week back in classes, the hustling and bustling can take away from the many day-to-day moments around campus.

Throughout my degree, I’ve been surrounded by GenAI both as a student and an educator, and I hate it.

I didn’t look at a single ranking when applying to university. I didn’t even know about the obscure industry of ranking tertiary educational institutions. Come to find out, it’s sprawling, and three in particular garner a lot of attention: Times Higher Education (THE), Quacquarelli Symonds (QS), and the Shanghai Ranking (ARWU). These organizations run global conferences, provide consulting services for recruitment, and evaluate universities worldwide.

I once needed the help of academic advisors, and now they need our help. If it weren’t for the academic advisors at Queen’s, I’m not sure I would still be in my program. But the long wait times for appointments, lack of funding, and overall strain on student services has become painfully clear.

When the 39th University Recotr, Niki Boytchuk-Hale, spoke on stage at Duncan McArthur Hall—our largest auditorium on campus at my orientation, I didn’t fully understand what the Office of the Rector did, but I knew I wanted to be part of it. There was something different about seeing a student leader welcome the incoming class with such sincerity.

Contrary to popular belief, bisexual people don’t centre men in their sexuality.

The Principal’s 2020 Declaration of Commitment to Address Systemic Racism included a pledge to “eliminate gaps in support and resources for 2SLGBTQIA+ students, staff and faculty,” and thus, one of those impressively long committee names was born The Principal’s Action Group for Gender and Sexual Diversity (PAGGAS).

The first time I walked into the Richardson Hall boardroom, also known as the Peter Lougheed room, my eyes jolted wide open to the stunning portraits of twelve Chancellors past.

Two years of teacher’s college has worked for decades; changing the syllabus could hurt the Ontario education system and cheat students out of a fair degree.