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‘Polishing the Chain’ ceremony opens first Senate meeting of 2022

Written on January 28, 2022. Posted in News.

The first Senate meeting of 2022 opened with the “Polishing the Chain” ceremony. The event has been held annually since the friendship wampum belt was first presented to the university Senate by the Clan Mothers at Tyendinaga and the Grandmothers’ Council in 2017. Wampum belts have been used...

Queen’s begins consultations for new Indigenous hiring practices

Written on November 19, 2021. Posted in News.

This article discusses the atrocities committed in Residential Schools and may be triggering for some readers. Those seeking support may contact the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation or Four Directions. For immediate assistance, the National Indian Residential School Crisis Hotline...

University to launch consultation on Indigenous identity

Written on November 5, 2021. Posted in News.

On Nov. 2, Queen’s announced it will be launching consultations with Indigenous community members to “ensure hiring and other internal policies and procedures are more clear, equitable, and reflect key aspects of verification of Indigeneity.” Led by the Office of Indigenous Initiatives (OII), this...

Finding a religious and spiritual community at Queen's

Written on November 5, 2021. Posted in Features.

“There’s this myth out there that religion/faith/spirituality is declining, and that people are becoming less and less religiously oriented, but I really don’t think that’s the case,” Ryan Farrell, associate pastor at Queen’s Christian community Geneva House, said in an interview with The Journal. “I...

$1 million endowment supports access to education

Written on October 29, 2021. Posted in News.

Muslim and Indigenous women discuss faith and work

Written on October 29, 2021. Posted in News.

On Oct. 22, the Islamic Society of Kingston (ISK) held a panel titled “How Faith Drives our Work: Perspectives from Indigenous and Muslim Women.” Mona Rahman, ArtSci ’93 and PhD ‘01, said panel members discussed how faith drives their work. “Rather than us talking, it would be better to go and...

‘Save the Evidence’ campaign hopes to restore Mohawk Institute Residential School

Written on October 1, 2021. Posted in News.

Launched by Woodland Cultural Centre, the ‘Save the Evidence’ campaign aims to raise awareness and support for the restoration of the former Mohawk Institute Residential School in Brantford, ON. “[Mohawk Institute Residential School] started in 1828 as an industrial school for the children who were...

Commerce club hosts case competition for local Indigenous business

Written on October 1, 2021. Posted in News.

On Sept. 26, the Queen’s Commerce Corporate Competition (Q3C) held a case competition in partnership with Tipi Moza. Tipi Moza is an organization that works towards affordable housing for First Nation, Metis, and Inuit families in the Kingston area. “In case competitions, students are paired off...

Office of Indigenous Initiatives prepares for National Day of Truth and Reconciliation

Written on September 21, 2021. Posted in News.

Indigenous Knowledge Initiative in its final year

Written on September 17, 2021. Posted in News.

The Indigenous Knowledge Initiative was launched in 2019 by legal scholar Mark Dockstator. The Initiative is a three-year program led by Dockstator, a member of the Oneida Nation of the Thames and an Osgoode Hall graduate. The program was established through a $250,000 donation by Queen’s Trustees...

Mary Simon’s appointment ‘an opportunity to start a conversation on reconciliation’

Written on July 26, 2021. Posted in News.

On Jul. 6, Prime Minister Trudeau appointed Mary Simon as the first Inuk governor general of Canada. The Journal spoke with Mark Walters, Dean of the Faculty of Law, to discuss the implications of Simon’s new role. Walters specializes in public and constitutional law. According to Walters, this...

Mary Simon’s appointment ‘an opportunity to start a conversation on reconciliation’

Written on July 26, 2021. Posted in News.

Indigenous Learners in Health Sciences looks to promote students’ interest in healthcare

Written on July 26, 2021. Posted in News.

Indigenous Learners in Health Sciences (ILHS) is a new organization that hopes to bridge divides between Western medicine and Indigenous medicine while amplifying the voices and experiences of Indigenous students interested in careers in healthcare. The student-run organization was created in May...

‘More than your grade 12 history textbook’: New Indigenous studies major to be launched in fall

Written on June 28, 2021. Posted in News.

Queen’s will launch an Indigenous Studies major and medial this fall. The program will be administered by the department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures (LLCU). “Two and a half years ago we started developing the major and the medial in coordination with the working group of the Indigenous...

Queen’s Engineering students become first Canadian team to participate in NASA rocket launch competition

Written on June 28, 2021. Posted in News.

Seven Queen’s students will be participating in a NASA-sponsored rocket launch competition based in Kansasville, Wisconsin. The Journal sat down with the team’s leader Maranda Cherry, Sci ’22,and logistics officer Cameron Bishop, Sci ’22,to discuss their journey to the NASA-sponsored First Nations...

'The Journal' sits down with Chancellor-designate Murray Sinclair

Written on June 21, 2021. Posted in News.

‘To Indigenous students, and community members, please take care of yourself’: Four Directions releases statement addressing Kamloops Indian Residential School burial sites

Written on June 1, 2021. Posted in News.

The history of Indigenous representation in film and television

Written on November 13, 2020. Posted in Lifestyle.

It’s not controversial to state that Hollywood has a representation problem. In over 100 years of productions, positive and well-rounded Indigenous characters have been notably missing from film and television. The history of Indigenous representation is a long and messy one, with the absence of Indigenous...

Protecting the planet includes protecting the most vulnerable

Written on September 25, 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. Shoshannah Bennett-Dwara, undergraduate student trustee, knows the fight for climate justice goes hand in hand with fighting racism. “Environmental...

Agnes revitalization will include dedicated areas for Indigenous communities

Written on July 22, 2020. Posted in Arts.

This article was updated on Oct. 30, 2020. Twenty years after its last expansion, the Agnes will be renovated into one of the largest University Art Museums in Canada. The new construction was made possible through a $40 million grant provided by Bader Philanthropies Inc., a non-profit foundation...

What the VIA rail blockades taught me about Indigenous issues in Canada

Written on March 20, 2020. Posted in Opinions.

The recent blockade protests in support of the Wet’suwet’en hereditary chiefs caused a big shock to Canada, both economically and politically. Now that it seems media coverage has stopped, I wanted to take some time to reflect on what I learned throughout the protests as a non-Indigenous person. I...

Educational series seeks to bring decolonization to the classroom

Written on February 13, 2020. Posted in News.

In an effort to increase the presence of Indigenous ways of knowing in classrooms, the Queen’s University Centre for Teaching and Learning will continue to host a pedagogical series for educators. As previously reported by The Journal in 2019, although the University’s senior administrative staff’s...

Two Indigenous leaders receive honorary degrees

Written on November 15, 2019. Posted in News.

This week, Canadian Senator Murray Sinclair and National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Perry Bellegarde were both scheduled to receive Honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) at Queen’s graduation ceremonies. Bellegarde was awarded his LLD on Nov. 13, and Sinclair will receive his on Nov....

Global Development Studies students host Indigenous Expo

Written on April 4, 2019. Posted in News.

On Saturday, Global Development Studies (DEVS) students hosted the first ever Indigenous Exposition. The event was hosted by the DEVS 221 class in collaboration with Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre and the extended Queen’s community. With over 100 visual posters set up in Wallace Hall, the...

Realizing the duty to acknowledge

Written on March 22, 2019. Posted in Features, Investigations.

Queen’s was established 58 years after the British Crown acquired present-day Kingston. But that happened centuries after it was first inhabited. Early Europeans began to arrive in Kingston in the early 1600s. At the time, the land was occupied by several unique Indigenous groups—including the Huron-Wendat...

School of Graduate Studies increases support for Indigenous grad students

Written on March 29, 2018. Posted in News.

In light of the Truth and Reconciliation Committee Task Force (TRCTF) final report released in April 2017, the School of Graduate Studies (SGS) has introduced new initiatives aimed at enhancing support for Indigenous graduate students on campus. According to Deputy Provost (Academic Operations and...

Indigenous Law Student Alliance holds vigil for Colten Boushie

Written on February 15, 2018. Posted in News.

After the recent non-guilty verdict in the case against Gerald Stanley for the murder of Colten Boushie, members of the Queen’s community stood in solidarity with Indigenous youth and Boushie’s family on Tuesday night for a vigil outside Richardson Hall. The event was hosted by the Indigenous Law...

Four Directions Aboriginal Centre welcomes new Director

Written on January 19, 2018. Posted in News.

When former Four Directions Aboriginal Centre Director Janice Hill (Kanonhsyonne) moved to Richardson Hall to assume a new leadership position, a significant gap remained in her place. Now, Tyendinaga native Kandice Baptiste is set to replace Hill beginning in February. The Four Directions Aboriginal...

Queen’s alum becomes Canada’s first Inuk heart surgeon

Written on January 16, 2018. Posted in News.

Eleven years ago, Donna May Kimmaliardjuk was a first-year Queen’s student hoping to enter the Life Sciences program. Today, she’s midway through a heart surgery residency at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, achieving a dream she’s had since she was six years old. Recently, Kimmaliardjuk...

“Can Artists Really Save the World?” panel has no easy answers

Written on January 16, 2018. Posted in Arts.

Some of the foremost names in Canadian contemporary art gathered in the Agnes Etherington Art Centre last Saturday to debate whether or not art could really save the world. The panel’s title “Can Artists Really Save the World? Exhibitions, Exchanges, and Other Moments in Trojan-horse Diplomacy,” refers...

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