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  • 1 month 2 weeks ago

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  • 1 month 2 weeks ago

Learning to live with COVID doesn’t mean abandoning masks

With Queen’s suspending masking and vaccination mandates starting May 1, it’s important we discuss why the popular notion of “learning to live with COVID” doesn’t mean we should throw our hands up in the air and hope for the best.

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  • 1 month 3 weeks ago

Student-run organizations must be better allies to racialized students

On Mar. 19, I was racially profiled and assaulted.Continue...
  • 2 months 3 days ago

Student-administration collaboration is imperative for diversifying Queen’s

In December 2021, the Queen’s Student Experience Survey (SES) Report was released in response to the University’s Declaration of Commitment to Address Systemic Racism .Continue...
  • 2 months 1 week ago

Outdated pandemic policies are harmful to student wellbeing

Approximately two years ago to the day, our lives were turned upside down. With the onset of the pandemic, much of the university—including recreation clubs—shuttered.Continue...
  • 2 months 3 weeks ago

Queen’s needs to show support for Ukrainian students and staff

The conflict between Ukraine and Russia has escalated into war. The Russian invasion of Ukraine is a tragedy. While those around the world share support for Ukraine, it’s imperative Queen’s demonstrates this same support for Ukrainian staff and students.

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  • 3 months 1 week ago

Black History Month isn’t just education—it’s celebration

I’ve always felt participating in Black History Month is two-step process, the first step being education and the second being celebration.Continue...
  • 3 months 1 week ago

Queen’s should reinstate week-long Orientation

If you’re reading this, the odds are you’ve never experienced a full week of orientation.Continue...
  • 3 months 2 weeks ago

Queen’s must provide COVID-19 testing for students living off-campus

As COVID-19 variants continue to become more transmissible, it’s more important than ever for the Queen’s community to take all possible steps to mitigate exposures and avoidable transmissions.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

Classrooms leave no room for creativity in arts education

Modern arts education is highly problematic because the focus on theory and structure in arts education has made creativity start to fade in the classroom.Continue...
  • 3 months 4 weeks ago

Queen’s needs to approach accommodations with empathy

Queen’s policy for academic consideration should reflect an empathetic approach to dealing with students requesting accommodations.Continue...

  • 4 months 6 days ago

Letter to the Editor: January 24

Dear Office of the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic),

Thank you for responding to my initial email but I take issue with all of your major points (you should consider updating your rather outdated form response).Continue...
  • 4 months 1 week ago

Social media shouldn’t be our primary way of engaging with current events

In 2020, 90 per cent of American millennials got their news from popular social media platforms.Continue...
  • 5 months 12 hours ago

Anti-Muslim sentiment is alive and well in medicine

Last week in the Canadian Medical Association Journal ( CMAJ ), Sherif Emil, a pediatric surgeon at McGill University, penned a letter criticizing a picture of a young girl in a hijab used in an earlier piece.Continue...
  • 6 months 2 days ago

Chicago Blackhawk’s scandal shows need for better investigative journalism in sports

Last month, the hockey world experienced a day of reckoning when Kyle Beach, a professional hockey player, revealed himself as John Doe — the plaintiff in an ongoing sexual assault lawsuit against the Chicago Blackhawks.

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  • 6 months 3 days ago

Letter to the Editor: November 25th

Dear Editors,

In Response to the November 19 article about QSAS’s new accommodations ( ...Continue...
  • 6 months 1 week ago

QSAS’s new accommodations don’t effectively accommodate students

For students with mental illness diagnoses, it’s particularly important to attend an institution with systems in place to ensure one’s academic success.

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  • 6 months 2 weeks ago

Mental health support wait times are a crisis on campus

Wait times to get help for mental health at Queen’s and university campuses across the country are simply unacceptable.Continue...
  • 6 months 3 weeks ago

With an election behind us, Canada is becoming more politically and economically polarized than ever before

Canadian federal elections have slowly become more polarized and divisive, and candidates have become less appealing. As this change has occurred, voter turnout has decreased since the mid-1980s .Continue...
  • 7 months 22 hours ago

Queen’s Homecoming is a problem to be managed, not solved

Queen’s has a longstanding history of rowdy homecoming celebrations.Continue...
  • 7 months 1 week ago

Men need to be more involved in combatting sexual violence

In the wake of the sexual violence that occurred during Western University’s orientation week , I’ve been reflecting on my own experience in dealing with sexual violence and the experiences of some of my loved ones.Continue...

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