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Over a thousand students at Queen's University walked out of class Monday afternoon in solidarity with Western students and to take a stand against sexual and gender based violence.
As the COVID-19 vaccine rollout accelerates, institutions across Canada prepare to return to in-person classes through different health and safety policies.
“We find ourselves in a very interesting time, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel,” Deane said at the meeting. The town hall meeting kicked off with a presentation from Dr. Kieran Moore, KFL&A Medical Officer of Health. The presentation detailed updates on Kingston’s vaccine rollout. “Our pandemic goal is to minimize mortality and morbidity, protect the health care system, and minimize negative consequences,” Moore said. According to Moore, around 60 per cent of the city’s population has received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. He said there will...
Supplied by Asbah Ahmad I didn’t even read up to the “global impacts” part of the headline—I was just shocked we beat out schools like Cambridge and Princeton. After all, last fall, Principal Patrick Deane referred to Queen’s global academic rankings as “depressing.” Immediately, I investigated the background of the rankings we topped. The Times Higher Education ( THE) Impact Rankings, run by the “esteemed” THE publication, is a global ranking of universities based on their advancement of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Within minutes, I fo...
Photo: Editor’s Note: The Journal’s Editors-in-Chief were involved in the circumstances prompting the discussion item “Queen’s Journal Discussion” at Assembly. The Editors in Chief were distanced from the editing process of this piece. Described as “pivotal” by AMS President Zaid Kasim, the AMS held its first Assembly of the summer on May 20. AMS Assembly was slated to consider various issues on the agenda, including standard executive reports, the Board of Director’s report, the student senate caucus chair report, and other statements by students. The start of A...