Campus Critical Mass protesters ride through Kingston
Shortly after 4 p.m. last Friday the Queen’s Greens’ began their first Critical Mass Bike Ride.
Approximately 25 cyclists from the Queen’s and Kingston community began their route from the Grey House. Signs and posters about vehicle pollution were attached to student’s bikes. The event’s aim was to have cars yield to cyclists as they ride through the streets of Kingston.
On the way to Princess Street, the cyclists biked up University Avenue, where the Kingston Police Force intervened to stop them from blocking the street. Constable Nadine Legare told the Journal a complaint was filed due to obstruction of a driving lane at Union Street and University Avenue. No arrests were made and no tickets given out. After speaking to organizers
about the nature of the event, the officer allowed the ride to continue.
—Laura Schober
Craig Kielberger speaks at Grant Hall
International child-rights advocate Craig Kielberger urged Queen’s students to apply an entrepreneurial spirit to social injustice around the world in a speech at Grant Hall Saturday. He came to Queen’s as the keynote speaker for the School of Business Queen’s Advancing Canadian Entrepreneurship Conference.
Since he was 12, Kielberger has been working for the rights of impoverished children throughout
the world. Kielberger established Free the Children, a youth-run charity dedicated to combating
child poverty. Kielberger, now 23, said his inexperience and youth led him to approach his goals with humility. “People tell you if you want to change things in the world— wait. Wait until you have a lot of money or influence. I don’t believe that. You shouldn’t have to wait … You just have to open your eyes.”
—Shane Baker
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