Policies that protect only one form of free speech on university campuses can end up silencing another in the process.
After Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s inaction on the persecution and displacement of the Rohingya people, many of her awards and honours have been revoked across the world. Despite her history advocating for democracy and human rights, there needs to be a line drawn between someone’s past achievements and present behavior when it comes to keeping an honorary degree. Currently, Suu Kyi still holds an honorary Doctorate of Law at Queen’s. 

Editor’s Apology

October 5, 2017
On behalf of The Journal Editorial Board, I would like to apologize for an article posted earlier this morning. 
Planned Parenthood needs more funding, clinics and employees in Canada to be as effective for reproductive care as it is in the United States.
Despite being over two years away from the 2019 election, the debate surrounding candidates and their appeal to young Canadians already seems to revolve around who is the trendier choice. 
A person who repeatedly declares their love for women isn’t necessarily a women’s rights activist. 
While including Indigenous peoples in the text of the Canadian citizenship oath is a positive step towards cultural acknowledgement, it’s not the most important one for Indigenous communities.
As Canadians, we pride ourselves on our universal health care system.
Trump’s recent words criticizing the NFL and its players have sparked outrage from around the world. 
Seeing sex as a commodity that governs our social, romantic and economic standing in society is a flawed view of today’s dating world. 

HIV deserves full disclosure

September 26, 2017
People living with HIV face social stigma that makes sharing their condition with others throughout their day to day lives a difficult and contentious subject. 
Since 2014, Canada and the Kurdish autonomous region have become strong but unlikely partners in the offensive against ISIL in Northern Iraq.
Banning smoking on university campuses may create more problems than it actually solves.
Learning to be secure with being single is a difficult journey, but it will leave you feeling more whole than any counterpart ever could.
Teaching young Canadians how to discern what’s real news and what’s fake has become critical in a world dominated by social media. But these lessons should extend to Canadians of all ages in order to create a real impact on media literacy within our country.  
In Canada, your chances of dying in an opioid related overdose are more than the combined probability of a fatal car accident and a homicide.
Discrimination against Muslims within our country is a real problem and Canadians shouldn’t need a survey to believe it.
Conservative leaning professors may be a minority on university campuses, but they don’t face real discrimination in their workplace. 
Although the proposal by Canadians to help American ‘Dreamers’ is made with good intentions, we need to give our own Dreamers a chance as well.
Television is at its best when it takes advantage of its form to teach us something new about our society.