Op-Eds

Can you picture yourself in 16 years? Where do you live? What job do you have? Did you travel the world? Do you have a family? What are your values and priorities?

My year started out as any professor’s dream. I only had one course to teach, which opened lots of time for research, and it was on my favourite topic: climate justice.

The PSAC 901 strike isn’t just happening on the picket line—it’s also being fought online, where misinformation and hostility threaten to divide our campus and weaken our ability to fight for fair working conditions.

I often struggle to distinguish between what I do out of love and what I do out of obligation.

My grandfather etched the phrase “there’s no such thing as an accident—you were either careless, or you did it on purpose” into my moral com from a young age.

For decades, Queen’s has used animals for research and teaching, contributing to scientific advancements in medicine and other fields.

During a recent discussion at a Black Histories and Futures Month event, I listened as peers and colleagues shared their experiences at Queen’s and life in Kingston.

The topic of climate change isn’t foreign in the world of academia. Despite decades of mass devastation, humanity has repeatedly failed to heed scientific warnings.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Jan. 27 marks a pivotal day in both Jewish and world history.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—or at least the most chaotic. Queen’s students are presented with the thrilling and mildly terrifying opportunity to step up and run for a student government role.

Memorial Centre is Kingston’s heart of community connection. Privatization risks turning it into an exclusive, inaccessible space.

When visualizing a menstruating individual, the picture that usually comes to mind is one of a cisgender woman. This restrictive view, however, ignores one important fact: menstruation isn’t limited to cisgender women but is also experienced by genderqueer people, including non-binary and transgender individuals.

It’s no surprise that, because this role is unlike any other at a Canadian university, it comes with privileges and challenges. While I’m not going to gripe about the challenges, I don’t want you to be fooled by my smiley social media feed.

Mary Schmich, a longtime columnist of the Chicago Tribune, once wrote “The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.”

Queen’s University’s recent budget cuts to the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) has left the department in a precarious position. While the Smith-funded School of Business and Engineering faculty thrive, the University continues to handle the situation with a lack of honesty and transparency, leaving students frustrated.

I’m sick of living in “unprecedented times.” I’m truly at my limit. In the last four years, my generation has lived through the COVID-19 pandemic, online school, rising temperatures, and six seasons of Too Hot to Handle.