Queen's professor
  • 1 year 9 months ago

‘Unfortunately, we’ll probably see more of these [events]’: Professor talks Islamophobic attack in London

On Jun. 6, a white 20-year-old killed four people and injured a fifth in London, Ontario. Local police were quick to refer to the incident as a targeted attack on Muslims.Continue...
  • 2 years 2 weeks ago

Sarah Waisvisz imagines the future of Blackness through monodrama Witness Shift

When Professor Sarah Waisvisz first read Donna-Michelle St. Bernard’s intensely intimate play Witness Shift, she cried.Continue...
  • 2 years 1 month ago

‘These families lost everything’: Nazi art theft, an overlooked part of the Holocaust

“Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture,” wrote Beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg.Continue...
  • 2 years 9 months ago

Art is integral to Black Lives Matter: a conversation with Dr. Kristin Moriah

While social media activism is surging in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, art can be more crucial to the Black Lives Matter movement than Instagram stories.Continue...
  • 3 years 6 months ago

Professor talks climate change and rising water levels in Lake Ontario

Over the summer, water levels in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River rose significantly , affecting docks and other coastal infrastructure across Kingston, including the Gord Edgar Downie pier.Continue...
  • 6 years 2 months ago

Professor diagnosed with breast cancer seeks specialized treatment

In the 19 months since her dear friend Allison — known to Queen’s Art History department as Professor Sherman — was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer, Jill Weinreich has rallied the Queen’s community together through a Giveforward platform, to fund Sherman’s fight for her life.Continue...

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