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The world needs to boycott the Beijing Olympics. Canada should take the lead.

Written on March 2, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

In 1936, the world was faced with a choice: either attend the Berlin Olympics, hosted by the Nazi regime, or stay home in protest of Germany’s brutal human’s rights violations. We chose wrong. Those Olympics have since been dubbed the ‘games of shame’ due to the world’s willing ignorance of Germany’s...

Ending boycott, Queen’s Engineers Without Borders remains defiant

Written on January 21, 2020. Posted in News.

Ending a five-month boycott, Queen’s Chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) published an open letter to the group’s National Office on Jan. 13, saying the decision to re-engage came after “extensive discussions.” The letter details the club’s decision—made originally on Sept. 15—to end its official...

Nestlé leaves Canadians dry

Written on July 28, 2015. Posted in Opinions.

Nestlé’s exploitation of Canadian natural resources needs to be put to an end — and consumers like us have the chance to do it. While Nestlé sucks an estimated 319.5 million litres of precious groundwater annually from B.C., west coast residents have been asked to limit their water usage due to a...

No stance is the wrong stance

Written on September 10, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

The Society of Graduate and Professional Students’ (SGPS) recent decision to not take a stance on the bombing of two universities in Gaza was careless and lacked transparency. At their annual general meeting in August, the Ontario branch of the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) voted to...

Gold medal for attendance

Written on January 21, 2014. Posted in Opinions.

Justin Mathews, ArtSci ’14 There has been a frenzy for Canada (and the US) to boycott the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, in protest over laws that ban “homosexual propaganda”. As rightly outraged as these activists are, and as noble a pursuit this may seem, boycotting the Olympic Games won’t...

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The world needs to boycott the Beijing Olympics. Canada should take the lead.

Ending boycott, Queen’s Engineers Without Borders remains defiant

Nestlé leaves Canadians dry

No stance is the wrong stance

Gold medal for attendance

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