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QBACC changes name to match urgency of the climate crisis

Written on November 19, 2021. Posted in News.

With the climate crisis worsening, Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) has changed their name to Queen’s Backing Action on the Climate Crisis to match the urgency of the threat. QBACC co-chairs Aria Goldin and Natalie Woodland, both ArtSci ’22, sat down with The Journal to discuss the...

QBACC initiative encourages students to have a more “Sustainable Semester”

Written on March 19, 2021. Posted in News.

Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) is running an initiative encouraging students to adopt more sustainable practices. QBACC’s Sustainable Semester started Jan. 25, shortly into the winter term. Each week, the club posts a sustainability challenge to its social media accounts. Students...

Student Life Centre leads Sustainable Student Awareness campaign

Written on March 9, 2021. Posted in News.

The Student Life Centre (SLC) initiated a month-long virtual campaign on March 1, raising environmental awareness for the Queen’s community by addressing temporal and financial barriers facing students. Collaborating with the AMS, Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC), Queen’s Sustainable...

QBACC calls for increased accessibility to Queen’s mental health services

Written on February 5, 2021. Posted in News.

Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) is calling for Queen’s Mental Health Services (QMHS) to address the limitations of their care. Student Wellness Services dubbed the week of Jan. 28—Bell Let’s Talk Day—Mental Health Promotion week, coining the phrase “Queen’s Let’s Talk” to discuss...

QBACC’s housing project detects 1,680 bylaw violations in student district

Written on January 15, 2021. Posted in News.

Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) has created a tool that students can use to advocate for improved living conditions. In less than two weeks, the initiative has detected more than 1,500 bylaw violations in the University District. QBACC’s Home Project is an online assessment tool that...

QBACC plans physically distant events for students

Written on October 2, 2020. Posted in News.

With the pandemic prohibiting many of their usual events, Queen’s clubs are finding creative solutions to maintain student engagement. Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) hosted a physically distanced DIY Face Masks event in Victoria Park Sept. 23. The group also Instagram live-streamed...

Advocacy Coalition hopes to improve communication between students and University administration

Written on September 25, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) and the Undergraduate Trustee have partnered to form an Advocacy Coalition addressing systemic inequities on Queen’s campus. After attending the Queen’s Student Diversity Project June event, “Join the Discussion,” QBACC reached out to Undergraduate...

QBACC to ban police involvement at future events

Written on June 29, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) announced an impending policy change on June 5 banning police presence at the club’s future events. According to QBACC Co-Chair Nick Lorraway, ArtSci ’21, the decision was essential for influencing positive change on campus. READ MORE: Hundreds gather...

Board of Trustees clarifies its climate change endorsement

Written on May 19, 2020. Posted in News.

Before the Board of Trustees voted on the agenda at its May 8 meeting, Donald Raymond, chair of the Board, addressed the community’s “misinterpretation” of its earlier climate change recommendations. “It’s come to my attention there’s been some confusion in the Queen’s community about the recommendations,”...

Activists celebrate passage of new climate measures

Written on March 10, 2020. Posted in News.

On Friday, the Board of Trustees passed the final recommendations set out by the Climate Change Task Force, including a pledge to reduce the carbon intensity of the University’s oil and gas investments. The Task Force was formed in December 2019, after the Board heard a presentation by Queen’s Backing...

Trustees pass climate change action recommendations

Written on March 10, 2020. Posted in News.

The Board of Trustees unanimously approved the recommendations of the Climate Change Action Task Force, including a pledge to reduce the carbon intensity of the University’s investments. Climate activists on campus, stifled in 2015 by the University’s decision not to divest from oil and gas, are calling...

Pushing for sustainability, campus coffee shops to launch reusable cup giveaway

Written on January 31, 2020. Posted in News.

Common Ground, The Brew and The Tea Room will be giving away reusable cups to students on Feb. 5 as part of a new collaborative initiative to reduce single-use waste. By collaborating with Common Ground, The Tea Room, Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC), and HuskeeCup, a company that...

SGPS Council votes to divest

Written on January 31, 2020. Posted in News.

Following months of deliberation, SGPS Council voted to relinquish the Society’s investments in oil and gas on Jan. 14. The council also voted to sign onto QBACC’s call for Queen’s to divest from fossil fuels. The vote comes after months of Council debates about how the decision would impact graduate...

Student group continues to press Trustees on divestment

Written on January 10, 2020. Posted in News.

At December’s Board of Trustees meeting, Nick Lorraway (ArtSci ’20), president of Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) delivered refined divestment proposals, aiming for more feasibility. After rallying with students on Sept. 27, QBACC made its first appearance of the year at a Board...

QBACC heading back to Board of Trustees with more student support

Written on November 22, 2019. Posted in News.

On Sept. 27, Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) representatives presented the Board of Trustees with a list of demands to address the climate crisis on campus. Two months later, little headway has been made. While QBACC has been gathering support for their advocacy efforts across multiple...

Doubling down on a declining industry won’t help anyone, especially the planet

Written on November 15, 2019. Posted in Opinions.

Despite Canada’s abundance of oil and gas reserves, transitioning our economy away from the industry is the only way to address the climate crisis. In 2018, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) estimated carbon budgets—how much carbon dioxide we have left before our planet warms beyond...

QBACC appeals to Trustees at first meeting of academic year

Written on October 1, 2019. Posted in News.

After addressing more than 500 students at Friday’s climate strike, representatives from QBACC headed into Richardson Hall to bring their demands to Queen’s Board of Trustees. QBACC President Nick Lorraway (ArtSci ’20) and Vice-President Sam Green (Sci ’20) attended the first Board of Trustees meeting...

QS2I partners with QBACC for action on the climate crisis

Written on October 1, 2019. Posted in News.

Queen’s Social Investment Initiative (QS2I) and Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) have struck a partnership to pursue climate initiatives on campus. QS2I is the first university-based impact investing organization in Canada, approaching social finance through management of a mock portfolio...

Club to hold climate rally next week

Written on March 8, 2019. Posted in News.

Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) has organized a community rally on Mar. 15 to show support for action on climate change in Kingston. The event will start at noon around the intersection of University Avenue and Union Street, and over the course of two hours will make its way up...

Campus sustainability club organizes protest against Kinder Morgan pipeline

Written on March 16, 2018. Posted in News.

As protests continue in British Columbia (BC) against the Kinder Morgan Trans Mountain pipeline, students and members of the Kingston community rallied at Springer Market square on Mar. 10 to voice their opposition to the contentious project. The $7.4-billion pipeline expansion was approved in Nov....

Queen’s students protest pipeline expansion at Parliament Hill

Written on October 28, 2016. Posted in News.

On Monday, 99 young people were briefly detained during a protest against pipeline expansion, taking place on Parliament Hill. Among them were two Queen’s students and one Queen’s alumni. The three detained individuals had traveled to Ottawa with 18 individuals from Queen’s and the surrounding Kingston...

Queen's: rethink divestment decision

Written on February 9, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

According to Queen’s University, we should no longer be held accountable for the consequences of our actions. Therefore, the oil and gas industry is responsible only for the extraction of fossil fuels, not their contributions to climate change. In December 2014, Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change...

Fall referendum nullified, AMS says

Written on November 20, 2015. Posted in News.

AMS President Kanivanan Chinniah has confirmed that the fall referendum has been nullified after doubts arose surrounding the status of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO). (See our previous coverage.) He made the announcement at AMS assembly on Nov. 19, 13 days after the referendum period ended on...

Referendum tossed out, clubs say

Written on November 17, 2015. Posted in News.

Behind closed doors at a special AMS assembly meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 10, the assembly voted to nullify the results of the fall referendum, according to a student club chair. Leah Kelley, a co-chair of Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC), said the AMS informed her the referendum was...

Queen’s votes not to divest from fossil fuels

Written on November 13, 2015. Posted in News.

Queen’s Board of Trustees’ Investment Committee announced on Nov. 6 that they will not be divesting Queen’s funds from fossil fuels. The decision comes roughly a year after Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC), a student environmental activist group, submitted a petition to Principal Woolf...

Queen’s environmental group talks fossil fuel divestment

Written on September 22, 2015. Posted in News.

The Advisory Committee on Divestment of Fossil Fuels held its final feedback meeting on Thursday, Sept. 17, moving them closer to finalizing a report on divestment at Queen’s. The committee has held four consultation dates open for submissions from concerned individuals, with its final meeting taking...

Committee on Divestment of Fossil Fuels has planned four consultation meetings

Written on July 28, 2015. Posted in News.

Queen’s students, staff and faculty will be have the opportunity this fall to voice their opinions on whether or not the University should divest its funds from the fossil fuel industry. The Advisory Committee on Divestment of Fossil Fuels has planned four consultation meetings – one already occurred...

Visual action lends fuel to QBACC’s fire

Written on February 27, 2015. Posted in News.

Though Queen’s has pledged to explore the feasibility of fossil fuel divestment, Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) isn’t taking the pressure off. As part of their “Responsible Investment” campaign, QBACC held a visual demonstration at the ARC on the afternoon of Feb. 12. The demonstration...

Student petition brought to meeting

Written on March 30, 2012. Posted in News.

Queen’s held the first open-community forum to discuss the University’s Climate Action Plan on Monday. Student-run group Queen’s Backing Action Against Climate Change (QBACC) presented the administration with over 800 student signatures in support of the plan. “This petition shows student support...

Green initiatives underway

Written on November 1, 2011. Posted in Opinions.

Re: “Queen’s at climate crossroads” (Oct. 25, 2011). Dear Editors, In February 2010, Principal Woolf signed the University and College Presidents’ Climate Change Statement of Action for Canada. This pledge commits the university to engaging in several activities aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG)...

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