Without safe social spaces, students will seek out unsafe ones
University students across Canada have reported that their mental health has been negatively impacted as a result of isolation. The AMS’ recent call for more safe social spaces on campus would address these growing mental health issues, but we need to expand these spaces even further if we want t…
There’s no excuse for the gender pay gap at Queen’s
Recent data from Statistics Canada shows a pay gap between male and female professors across all but three Canadian universities. Queen’s in particular has an eight per cent difference in average s…
It’s not fair to charge students for unusable services when Queen’s can afford to foot the bill
It’s become increasingly clear over the years that universities are starting to resemble corporations more than schools, pursuing large profits at the expense of the student experience. However, wh…
Literary canons are flawed, and our courses should reflect that
Introductory English classes, like ENGL100 and 200, are typically composed of texts by white men. While these texts are pulled from the literary canon, and no doubt have merit, they aren’t diverse….
