family

Annie Riel and her two children were separated from her husband Greg when he was deployed to Afghanistan for seven months in 2010-11, during which she began her PhD.
  • 9 years 7 months ago

At home, families face unique struggle

When Annie Riel’s husband returned from his deployment to Afghanistan last year, something had changed.Continue...
  • 4 days 16 hours ago

Queen’s student calls on students to become personal health advocates

Queen’s and local community members in different cities are coming together to show solidarity with Brendan Reid, ArtSci ’23.Continue...
  • 1 month 2 days ago

Never not loving immensely: Learning to express my love in the face of tragedy

The story behind how I learned that life is too short and unpredictable to not show the people you love that you treasure them.

In January of 2017, I felt like I was drowning.Continue...
  • 1 year 4 months ago

Connecting with my grandma during the pandemic

My grandma cries every time my family goes on vacation.Continue...
  • 1 year 7 months ago

When politics come to the dinner table

Family dinners at my household have always been filled with vibrant conversation. Growing up, popular topics included what my brother and I learned at school, complaints about workdays, and drama surrounding social lives. But when I moved home this spring at the beginning of the pandemic and family dinners were reinstated, conversation topics had shifted to more mature subjects.Continue...
  • 2 years 1 month ago

The pandemic is forcing us to reconsider how we care for our elderly. We’re better off for it.

As COVID-19 continues to rock old-age homes, it’s time we roll back the clock and re-evaluate the value—and potential inevitability—of the multigenerational family.Continue...
  • 2 years 5 months ago

Growing closer to my parents while away at school

University usually marks the first time that teens move away from their home and their parents, and when they really start developing into independent young adults.Continue...
  • 2 years 8 months ago

Learning about my grandfather’s heroic life taught me the power of storytelling

I will never meet my grandfather. His death in 1978 makes that impossible. But I would be grossly mistaken—and I was—to think that means I’d never have a relationship with him.Continue...
  • 2 years 9 months ago

Navigating my long-distance relationship with my brother

When students returned to Queen’s for the new school year, everyone fell back into familiar Kingston routines.Continue...
  • 3 years 3 months ago

Thank You Letter: My attentive parents

As I approach the end of my university degree, I’m constantly filled with a huge sense of accomplishment.Continue...

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