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Credit:  Journal File Photo The School of Religion released a statement acknowledging the “disturbing incident” that happened during an event it hosted Tuesday afternoon. The event was a guest lecture by Dr. Kathryn Lofton of Yale University, called “The Present Life of Blasphemy: Kanye West in American Popular Culture.” The event—which was attended by more than 160 students, staff, faculty, and community members—was hacked by an anonymous user who portrayed swastikas, as well as other hateful and violent imagery including pornography, and used anti-Black, anti-woman, and Queerph...

The Journal.  Principal Patrick Deane noted in September that students who throw and attend parties are subject to penalty under the Student Code of Conduct with a maximum punishment of expulsion. Instead, the University said it’s continuing to partner closely with the City of Kingston, Kingston Police, and Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox and Addington (KFL&A) Public Health to promote the safety of the community.  “We support the efforts of our city partners and when we receive information involving students who are not adhering to public health guidelines, we consider these cases as par...

Photo:  Queen’s Senate gathered Tuesday on Zoom to discuss the Harassment and Discrimination Policy, the Conversation, and the ongoing search for leadership roles at the University. Lon Knox, University secretary and chair of the working group, was available to provide an update on the draft Harassment and Discrimination Policy. The policy seeks to replace two policies—the current policy, last revised in 2000, and the interim workplace policy, established in 2016—with one holistic policy.  According to Knox, one of the main changes being made to the policy is the distinction between...

Author of the article: Ian MacAlpine Publishing date: Jan 26, 2021  •  January 26, 2021  •  2 minute read Kate Young, an MP and parliamentary secretary for Melanie Joly, the minister of economic development and official languages and minister responsible for FedDev Ontario, announces funding of $3 million for health-care innovations in Kingston in a video conference on Tuesday. Photo by Ian MacAlpine /The Whig-Standard Article content Up to 100 skilled jobs could be created in the Kingston area to develop health innovation projects after FedDev Ontario announced a $3-million inves...

Photo:  As students study through another semester of remote learning, a petition is calling Principal Patrick Deane and Provost Mark Green to take additional measures of academic accommodations.  The petition states that Queen’s implemented the measure of providing a pass/fail grading option to Winter 2020 and Spring 2020 courses, but has not presented this modified grading structure for the Fall 2020 and Winter 2021 terms.   The petition had been signed by 770 students at the time of publication. The petition pointed to the measures taken by other universities accommodating academic...