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Open call for the Büchsenhausen Fellowship Program for Art and Theory 2025.

As students were welcomed into the Queen’s community this September, some Nursing Orientation leaders faced challenges with accommodations for Orientation Week.

This year’s Orientation Roundtable (ORT) Mystery Concert gave first-year students an idea of the fun Queen's has in store for them.

The History of the Dunedin Sound: A nostalgic look back on the birth of the Dunedin music scene The Dunedin Sound is one of New Zealand’s best known music scenes. The cold, dreary and quirky city that we call home has produced some of New Zealands most notable songwriters and musicians. Much of their work still influences Dunedin musicians today, and is responsible for our unique gig culture we still partake in. Lesley Paris played a significant role in the Dunedin Sound. Currently the manage...

According to the report, post-orientation surveys conducted by the Student Experience Office revealed that students who don’t identify as heterosexual or come from lower-income families experience higher rates of feeling excluded during Orientation Week. SOARB implemented an EDII working group this year to further explore topics of EDII in Orientation Week. According to Ian Garner, co-chair of SOARB, the working group will address these EDII issues through action that is “concrete and subst...

The National Union of Students (NUS) has released a joint statement urging Facebook to review their media ban and exempt student media outlets and essential…