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  • 2 months 3 weeks ago

Queen’s faculty union votes in favour of strike mandate

Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA)—the labour union that represents Queen’s faculty and staff—has voted in support of a strike mandate.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 days ago

Emergency Assembly for AMS elections policy fails to reach quorum

AMS President Eric Sikich called an emergency virtual AMS Assembly meeting on the morning of Dec. 15 for later that day at 6 p.m. Assembly was supposed to vote on an addition to elections policy.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 days ago

Senate: Provincial report rules Queen’s not at financial risk

To wrap up the fall semester, Queen’s senators agreed to another year of hybrid meetings.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 days ago

Board: Queen’s Indigenous student enrolment increased by 17 per cent in past five years

An open session of the Queen’s Board of Trustees took place on Dec. 9 at Richardson Hall—the last Board meeting to take place in 2022.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 days ago

AMS approves ORT budget after discussion at final Assembly

The final AMS Assembly of 2022 convened Dec. 1 in Mitchell Hall immediately following the Corporate General Meeting.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 days ago

AMS Corporate General Meeting discusses financial positioning of the Society

At the Corporate General Meeting (CGM), stakeholders discussed the financial health and position of the corporate and government sides of the AMS.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

AMS Fall in review

AMS President Eric Sikich, Vice President (Operations) Tina Hu, and Vice President (University Affairs) Callum Robertson sat down with The Journal to recount their progress from the fall semester and to discuss new initiatives.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

No candidates ran in the NSS elections

With campus-wide elections around the corner in the winter semester, the Nursing Sciences Society (NSS) is struggling to find executives for the upcoming term.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

Arts and Science Faculty Board discusses suspension of Fine Arts program

Faculty members erupted with concerns over the suspension of the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) at the Arts and Science Faculty Board meeting on Nov. 18.

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  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

Students petition to have Indigenous health course developed at Queen’s

A group of fourth-year Health and Kinesiology students came together to release a petition early the week of Nov. 22 asking Queen’s to offer an Indigenous health course open to all students.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

Queen’s Equity Locator app directs students to resources on campus

Queen’s Equity Locator app marks spots on campus to help users find equity and human rights related resources on campus.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

Remembering the sacrifices of Black Canadian soldiers

“A Community at War” is a current exhibition at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa. The exhibit centres on contributions of Black Canadians in the Canadian military.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

Queen’s Senate procedures ‘stifling’ important conversations, professor says

The Queen’s Senate is seeing a lack of engagement and unstructured conversations—according to Senator Jordan Morelli, professor in the faculty of engineering and applied physics.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

AMS works with OUSA to make policy recommendations

The AMS has been working with the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) over the past year to create change for students.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

Cancer researchers at Queen’s Health Sciences discuss affordability of medical treatments

Queen’s Health Sciences (QHS) hosted a panel discussion about cancer research and clinical trials in which QHS is involved.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

AMS Board of Directors approves employee-facing policies

As the fall term comes to a close, the AMS Board of Directors is working on policies that will affect all AMS employees.Continue...
  • 3 months 3 weeks ago

The race to net zero must not leave Africa in the dark’: Vice-President of Nigeria comes to Queen’s

Vice-President of Nigeria Yemi Osinbajo came to Queen’s this week to deliver a lecture.Continue...
  • 4 months 2 days ago

Commerce student sues Queen’s over the former vaccine mandate

In the midst of COVID-19 public health measures, Esther Shenouda, Comm ’24, filed a claim in superior court challenging Queen’s University’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy.Continue...
  • 4 months 2 days ago

Former Queen’s professor sues for defamation

Dr. Matthew Strauss, a former assistant professor of medicine at Queen’s University, filed a lawsuit against Queen’s and Dr. Stephen Archer, Department of Medicine head.Continue...
  • 4 months 2 days ago

‘It was like a free mop’: Damaged fire hoses cause flooding in Victoria Hall

Water flooded Victoria Hall after students were involved in incidents which caused damage to emergency fire hoses on Nov. 12.Continue...

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