Queen's and Kingston mark Transgender Remembrance Day
In times of mourning, art acts as solace for the transgender community.
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In times of mourning, art acts as solace for the transgender community.
The candidates making up team TBD are counting on passion, not experience, to win students’ votes in the upcoming AMS election.
The AMS Social Issues Commission (SIC) dissolved Committee Against Racial and Ethnic Discrimination (CARED), Education on Queer Issues Project (EQuiP), and Accessibility Queen’s (AQ) for the year.
When Jane Mao, MEd ’23 and ArtSci ‘21, was in the first year of their undergrad, Queen’s students were divided over a racist Halloween party held off-campus. At the time, Mao’s main goal was to avoid dropping out.
Photo: Should they be elected next year’s AMS executive, Team TIA has plans to improve accessibility at Queen’s. Presidential candidate Isaac Sahota, ArtSci ’22, Vice-Presidential (Operations) candidate Tabassum Pasha, Comm ’21, and Vice-Presidential (University Affairs) candidate Amelia Cockerham, ArtSci ’22, secured their candidacy as Team TIA last week. In an interview with The Journal, Sahota said he’s running for the Presidential position to improve accessibility at Queen’s. He said he’s faced struggles with accessibility at the University in the past—particularly...