It is unfortunate that Stephanie St. Clair’s opinion article regarding Queen’s University’s recruitment drive contained errors and omissions about EnCana Corporation that, had Ms. St. Clair contacted us, could have been corrected to provide a more accurate reflection of our company’s commitment to social and environmental responsibility.Continue...
There have recently been two separate unionization drives targeting administrative staff and teaching assistants/graduate students (henceforth used interchangeably).Continue...
Teaching assistants and teaching fellows at Queen’s currently have no collective voice or representation vis-à-vis the University, our employer.Continue...
ASUS President Jacob Mantle displayed a terrible lack of judgment and sensitivity to both the impact of his words and the nature of his role as ASUS President when he posted the comment “I like your Taliban picture” to a friend’s photo showing two headscarf-wearing women.Continue...
If Canadians were allowed to vote for President of the United States of America on Tuesday, they would overwhelmingly elect Illinois Senator Barack Obama.Continue...
Although I agree with Eveline Traxler that Health Services lacks a sufficient number of available appointments to meet the needs of the student body at Queen’s, I feel allowing medical and nursing students to care for their peers will compromise the integrity of Queen’s Health Services.Continue...
When graduate students are deciding whether to support TAFA, they should ask themselves one question: Do Queen’s employment policies offer teaching assistants (TAs) and teaching fellows (TFs) any meaningful voice in determining their working conditions?Continue...
While many of you may recognize the words to “Little Boxes,” a song now popularized by the hit show “Weeds,” in truth they reflect the sad reality of the career search frenzy currently underway on campus.Continue...
As a former manager of Clark, it does hearten me to see that the pub has been reopened and that there is an obvious commitment by the Engineering Society ($60,000 worth by my count) to ensure it will be open for my 10th Homecoming and beyond.Continue...
