Tag: International affairs

Edward Snowden to discuss global surveillance at Queen’s Model UN

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Edward Snowden — the former NSA contractor considered a hero by some and a traitor by others — is speaking at a Queen’s event this Thursday via Skype.  Starting at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in Grant Hall, Snowden will be videoconferencing as the keynote speaker for this year’s Queen’s Model...

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Let Ukraine gain its own future

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Stephen Gellner, ArtSci ’14 With Russia’s occupation of Crimea, Ukraine has become a hot topic of conversation worldwide for all the wrong reasons. Ukrainians have been battling against corruption and the current round of violence is the result of years of frustration. This is what Ukrainians should...

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Gold medal for attendance

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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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Students simulate global crisis

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An oil tanker capsizes off the coast of Baffin Island and unmarked ships trespass in the area ­— it’s a hypothetical situation set to be discussed at next month’s Queen’s Interactive Crisis Simulation (QICSIM). Students from 10 North American universities will meet at the Donald Gordon Conference...

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