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PSAC 901 and SGPS host ‘Disorientation’

Written on September 28, 2021. Posted in News.

On Sept. 24, members of Public Service Alliance of Canada Local 901 (PSAC 901) and the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) met through Zoom to discuss “anti-oppressive survival on campus.” ‘Disorientation: Anti Oppressive Orientation with PSAC and SGPS’ touched on Queen’s colonial...

Social event provides community building and networking for BIPOC students in STEM

Written on September 18, 2020. Posted in News.

The Physics and Biology Department Student Councils (DSC) held their first social for Queen’s students who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) on Wednesday. The event was available exclusively to BIPOC students in...

Queen’s Student Diversity Project creates safe space to learn about allyship

Written on September 18, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s Student Diversity Project (QSDP) is hoping to teach students and community members how to be an ally and practice anti-racism in academic settings at its Allyship in Academics event. According to Fatoumata Tounkara, co-president of QSDP, the event was initially created for high school students...

‘I want bystanders to feel like they have the responsibility to speak up’: Queen’s students share experiences of discrimination

Written on September 11, 2020. Posted in News.

Tanya Tran, PhD candidate in clinical psychology, sent a tweet on Aug. 28 describing her experience being confronted with anti-Chinese racism in downtown Kingston the previous day. “I was walking outside on Princess Street when I was verbally harassed by a group of males,” Tran wrote in a statement...

Queen’s community participates in Scholar Strike

Written on September 11, 2020. Posted in News, University.

Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Mark Green released a statement on Sept. 4 supporting members of the Queen’s community who chose to participate in the Scholar Strike initiative. The Scholar Strike is a labour action which took place from Sept. 9-10 across Canada and the United States and allowed...

Political correctness is a two-way street

Written on November 20, 2015. Posted in Editorials.

Fear of saying the wrong thing shouldn’t stop us from saying anything at all. The Toronto Harris Institute recently took a stand against political correctness by threatening probation or dismissal of any student, staff or faculty member found to have “shouted down an opposing view”. Meanwhile, an...

Soul Food forum explores privilege

Written on November 23, 2012. Posted in News.

Privilege was on the minds of students at a forum held on Tuesday night by Soul Food. The open forum, held in Kingston Hall’s Red Room, was the third of Soul Food’s speaker series focusing on poverty and food security issues in the community. Soul Food is a campus club that facilitates the donation...

Tag: Anti-oppression

PSAC 901 and SGPS host ‘Disorientation’

Social event provides community building and networking for BIPOC students in STEM

Queen’s Student Diversity Project creates safe space to learn about allyship

‘I want bystanders to feel like they have the responsibility to speak up’: Queen’s students share experiences of discrimination

Queen’s community participates in Scholar Strike

Political correctness is a two-way street

Soul Food forum explores privilege

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