Black Lives Matter Archives

‘The Skin We’re In’ challenges white supremacy

Written on February 4, 2022. Posted in Arts, Literature.

This article includes descriptions of violence and may be triggering for some readers. The Peer Support Centre offers drop-in services and empathetic peer-based support and is open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Online services can be accessed here. On Jan. 28, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tweeted...

Queen’s retailer donates $5,000 to Black Lives Matter, local Kingston organization

Written on April 8, 2021. Posted in News.

Amid a year of lockdown, Queen’s only student-run, non-profit retailer, Oil Thigh Designs (OTD) rallied to donate $5,000 to Black Lives Matter and Almost Home, a local Kingston charity that works with sick children and families, as its annual charitable donation. Mitch Kalins and Lauren Chin, OTD’s...

Student-run New Work Play Festival sets stage for diverse, modern theatre

Written on March 5, 2021. Posted in Arts.

Editor’s Note: One member of The Journal’s Editorial Board is a co-founder of the Black Swan Production Company. Alysha Mohamed, ArtSci ’22, and Hope Van Der Merwe founded Black Swan Production Company (BSPC) in July amid BLM protests over the murder of George Floyd. Beginning March 6, BSPC will...

Vigil held in memory of Anthony Aust

Written on November 9, 2020. Posted in News.

More than 200 people gathered in Springer Market Square on Sunday afternoon to show solidarity against racism and police violence. Defund Police YGK and Black Luck Collective hosted the vigil in memory of 23-year-old Anthony Aust, who fell to his death from a window when a SWAT team entered his family’s...

Protest language is not a tool for the disobedient

Written on October 22, 2020. Posted in Opinions.

Society has a responsibility to ensure protest language is not delegitimized. In recent months, streams of N.W.A.’s 1988 single “F—k tha Police,” have increased by over 300 per cent. The song details court proceedings between N.W.A. and the police, ultimately having them prosecute the police for their...

#BlackLivesMatter, reforming police, and Kingston

Written on October 8, 2020. Posted in Features.

Following the death of George Floyd at the hands of Minneapolis officers, there was widescale change in how we view policing across North America. Queen’s students were carefully watching this intense political moment unfold. Solidarity protests popped up in Kingston and, led by the Queen’s Black...

‘Teaching is activism’: Professors and TAs of colour discuss race in academia

Written on October 2, 2020. Posted in Features.

This piece uses “Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC)” to refer to the experiences of racialized students. We acknowledge this term is not universal. At the end of every semester when Dr. Shobhana Xavier, a professor in the Religious Studies School, gets her class evaluations back, she...

Queen’s Black Academic Society offers first-year mentorship program

Written on September 25, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s Black Academic Society is launching a remote mentorship program to pair self-identifying Black first-year students with an upper year mentor who can help them navigate the transition to Queen’s. “Our mentorship program’s focus on linking self-identified first year students and upper year students...

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...

Keep talking and dribbling: athletes deserve support in fighting racial injustice

Written on September 18, 2020. Posted in Editorials.

The intersection between sports and politics is more pronounced—and divisive—than ever before. Going forward, we must support athletes leading the fight against injustices. Racial tensions are high as the COVID-19 pandemic compounds global stress. At a time when powerful leaders are continuously demonstrating...

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...

Queen's University senior leadership commit to addressing racism

Written on August 18, 2020. Posted in News, University.

Principal Patrick Deane released a declaration of commitment to address racism on campus Aug. 12. The letter was signed by members of senior leadership and deans across the University, including Deane and Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Mark Green. “It has been a revealing year, in part because...

Engineering Society sells Black Lives Matter patches

Written on July 11, 2020. Posted in News, Student Politics.

Adding to its short-term Anti-Racism and Diversity Action Plan, the Engineering Society (EngSoc) sold Black Lives Matter patches to raise money for organizations supporting Black lives. In collaboration with the Engineering Student Societies’ Council of Ontario (ESSCO) and other Ontario engineering...

Confronting your white privilege requires self-reflection

Written on June 29, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle.

To be born white is to be born into the path of least resistance. To be born white is to be born historically ‘Canadian.’ This perception needs to change. To become true allies to racialized groups, white people must recognize their privilege as a problem only they can solve. Canada’s institutions...

Art is integral to Black Lives Matter: a conversation with Dr. Kristin Moriah

Written on June 29, 2020. Posted in Arts.

While social media activism is surging in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, art can be more crucial to the Black Lives Matter movement than Instagram stories. Floyd was publicly lynched on a street in Minneapolis by the police on May 25. The scene became a horrific tableau for the reality of...

QBACC to ban police involvement at future events

Written on June 29, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) announced an impending policy change on June 5 banning police presence at the club’s future events. According to QBACC Co-Chair Nick Lorraway, ArtSci ’21, the decision was essential for influencing positive change on campus. READ MORE: Hundreds gather...

Recent grads raise money for Black Lives Matter

Written on June 29, 2020. Posted in News.

Two recent Queen’s graduates have teamed up to raise money for Black Lives Matter through remote dance classes. Dancers Standing for Change (DSC) is an initiative run by a group of dancers who want to create tangible impact toward the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement. DSC offers a series of...

What we can learn about white celebrity activism from Lea Michele

Written on June 29, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle, Pop Culture.

The death of George Floyd has forced even the most privileged people to confront the realities and persistence of anti-Black racism. The mainstream focus on #BlackLivesMatter (BLM) has pressured everyone from political leaders to social media influencers to publicly state their support for the movement....

Is now the right time to bring back the NBA?

Written on June 29, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle.

The NBA’s plan for returning to play has proven to be no simple mission. On June 3, the NBA announced its plan for 22 of its 30 teams to return in a ‘bubble’ environment in Orlando, Florida, where professional sports have been deemed an “essential service.” With COVID-19 and social justice issues...

Engineering Society starts fundraiser for Black Lives Matter

Written on June 19, 2020. Posted in News, Student Politics.

The Engineering Society (EngSoc) pledged its commitment to the fight against anti-Black racism in a June 9 statementregarding the Black Lives Matter movement. In the statement, the EngSoc executive team also announced they had each made personal donations to a Black Lives Matter fundraising campaign organized...

Queen’s Student Diversity Project leads discussion on anti-racism and allyship

Written on June 17, 2020. Posted in News.

The Queen’s Student Diversity Project (QSDP) hosted an online forum on June 13 to discuss how students can take leadership roles related to anti-racism, allyship, and Black Lives Matter. Several clubs attended the virtual discussion, including Queen’s Rehabilitation Therapy Students Society, Queen’s...

Queen’s develops faculty guidelines for anti-racist and anti-oppression course content

Written on June 17, 2020. Posted in News, University.

This story was updated with new information on June 19 at 11:00 a.m. Queen’s is developing new guidelines to assist faculty in implementing anti-racist and anti-oppression content in existing courses. In a statement on June 8, Provost Mark Green announced the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL)...

Queen’s announces additional support for Black students

Written on June 12, 2020. Posted in News, University.

Following a call to action from the Queen’s Black Academic Society (QBAS), the University has announced three new anti-racism initiatives to make campus a safer environment for Black students. Principal Patrick Deane announced new mental health supports and funding for initiatives in a statement...

Political Studies students request increased BIPOC representation in mandatory courses

Written on June 12, 2020. Posted in News, University.

Political Studies students have contacted the department to call for increased representation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour (BIPOC) scholars and learning in mandatory courses. Melika Kh, ArtSci ’21, shared a Call to Action to Facebook on June 4 providing a template for students to use...

Kingston talks about race in the community

Written on June 9, 2020. Posted in News.

The community gathered in a virtual town hall on June 5 to discuss race and anti-racism in Kingston. The town hall was organized by Aba Mortley, owner of Cher-Mère Day Spa, chair of the Tourism Kingston board, and co-chair of Queen’s University Council on Anti-Racism and Equity. A recording...

In conversation with Queen’s Black Academic Society

Written on June 9, 2020. Posted in News.

The Queen’s Black Academic Society (QBAS) has asked other student groups to take action in support of Black lives. QBAS President Catherine Haba said the Society is calling for clubs to take action to stand in solidarity with the Black community so it can curate a conversation about fighting racism...

Community group addresses concerns over upcoming anti-racism protest

Written on June 5, 2020. Posted in News.

Ahead of an anti-racism protest scheduled for this Saturday, the Black Luck Collective is asking those interested in attending to think about their own participation. The Black Luck Collective is a local Kingston organization that aims to bring Black Kingstonians together and unite the Black community...

Queen’s Black Academic Society asks University for $12,000 minimum to support Black lives

Written on June 5, 2020. Posted in News, University.

This story was updated with new information on June 8 at 3:30 p.m. Together with other campus groups, the Queen’s Black Academic Society (QBAS) has raised more than $33,000 for organizations that support Black lives. Now, they’re asking Queen’s to match that. QBAS published a call to action on June...

'This is just a start': AMS, ASUS donate $1,000 in support of Black lives

Written on June 4, 2020. Posted in News, Student Politics.

The AMS and the Arts and Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) each announced they had donated $1,000 to organizations supporting Black lives on June 3. The AMS donated $500 to the family of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, with an additional $100 donated to Black Lives Matter – Toronto, Black Health Alliance, Black...

Queen’s responds to anti-racism protests

Written on June 4, 2020. Posted in News, University.

In various statements, the University and student leaders have addressed the anti-racism protests sweeping the United States and Canada over the last week. Principal Patrick Deane encouraged members of the Queen’s community to reflect on their own biases and educate themselves on the issue at hand...

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