Tag: Historical

Kathleen Ryan Hall: ‘the paths of which we have come’

It was the opening ceremony of Kathleen Ryan Hall on May 14, 1982. Principal Ronald Watts stood onstage in the old Medical Quadrangle behind Summerhill while a string quartet performed. The speeches, music, and light wind of that afternoon are captured on one cassette tape, kept carefully in the building...

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For Kingston Penitentiary, a dark history revisited

Canada’s most notorious prison officially closed its doors on Sept. 30, 2013. Now, in 2019, questions surrounding the legacy of the Kingston Penitentiary have risen to a fever pitch.   The closure of the Kingston Penitentiary, previously known as the Provincial Penitentiary of the Province of Upper...

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The stories behind the structure: Hochelaga Inn

The Hochelaga Inn is one of the most recognizable buildings on Sydenham Street. The Victorian-style mansion looms over the street and walking by it takes you right back to the year 1876, when it was built for John McIntyre, a Kingston lawyer who became the mayor of the city in 1878. The home was later...

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Football at the centre of an evolving tradition

This year’s homecoming will look and feel very different from the first edition of the vaunted Queen’s tradition, held 90 years ago in 1926.   The size of the school, the number of people in attendance and the schedule of events will be many degrees away from the first alumni reunion.   But...

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