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Queen’s graduate delivers her final anti-racism protest at convocation

Written on June 26, 2017. Posted in News.

As Evelyna Ekoko-Kay walked across the stage of Grant Hall during her graduation in June, she yelled “racism can’t wait” for one last time in front of the convocation audience. Upon accepting her degree, Ekoko-Kay revealed to the auditorium a shirt underneath her gown that read: “Barry + Henry + DARE...

Diversity doesn’t belong on the backburner

Written on March 1, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Time and time again, Queen’s whiteness has been acknowledged by the University, by its students and its faculty. But we must ask — why hasn’t it changed? Eurocentric topics and perspectives have been taught almost exclusively at Queen’s since its inception. Fighting against the current is a struggle....

Beneath the skin of faculty diversity

Written on February 26, 2016. Posted in Features.

While Sarah Saeed, ArtSci ’19, has only been at Queen’s for under a year, she says she’s already tired of the lack of diversity among her professors. “All my friends have noticed,” she said. “All of them.” For Saeed and her friends, there are few observations as disheartening as the inability to...

Address campus racism at the root

Written on March 6, 2015. Posted in Editorials.

Diversifying Queen’s population and academic curriculum are critical to ensuring that unintentional discrimination and racism don’t persist on campus. In a recent Journal feature on the experiences of black students at Queen’s, seven of eight black students interviewed said they’ve felt alienated...

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Queen’s graduate delivers her final anti-racism protest at convocation

Diversity doesn’t belong on the backburner

Beneath the skin of faculty diversity

Address campus racism at the root

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