School administrators banning books because of their authors’ past aren’t condemning the artists’ actions—they’re taking away an opportunity for students to learn and broaden their worldview.
The #MeToo movement has recently swung the spotlight toward public figures revealed to have sexually abused...
Getting the most out of my lectures — some of the time, just staying awake — has been the most impassable obstacle I’ve encountered at Queen’s so far.
When the first universities were founded in Western Europe in 1050, they utilized lecturing as the predominant teaching method.
In 2017, we’re still...
How often do you sit in class and hear something that sparks your curiosity, but you’re afraid to ask about it in fear that your question may be considered off topic or besides the point?
This was a common narrative for me throughout my education. I remember asking questions about why we were learning...
You can’t have teaching without research and vice versa, according to John Smol.
Smol, a professor in the department of biology, is one of five top researchers at the University who have collectively received $1.3 million in research grants through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans...
Thinking outside the box can be a challenge, but for those with learning disabilities, it’s the only option.
Approximately 200 students receive accommodations for learning disabilities at Queen’s each year, and 40 per cent of those registered at Disability Services have been diagnosed with one. Yet...
Omer Aziz ArtSci ’12
How will the world look in 2050? Questions such as this one occupy the daily lives of many international relations students and consultants, yet rarely does such forward-thinking shape the one area that will determine the Canadian economy of tomorrow: education.
“Globalization”...
When Bill Cunningham, famous New York Times street fashion photographer, received the prestigious French Order of Arts and Letters, he said, “I’m not interested in the celebrities with their free dresses. I’m interested in clothes.”
Ideas are always in a state of flux. In the realm of journalism,...
This fall, 25 students at Algoma University will take their classes in a 19th-century school house in St. Thomas, Ont.
They’ll be part of the University’s pilot program testing out block education within its Arts and Science faculty.
In the block structure, students take one course over the span of...
In 14 years, Dale Kristensen has never had to buy a light bulb to heat the greenhouse facilities at the Biosciences Complex.
Local law enforcement agencies give the bulbs to Kristensen following raids on area grow-ups.
The 1,000 watt bulbs, capable of growing hydroponic marijuana, can also be used...