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‘Unfortunately, we’ll probably see more of these [events]’: Professor talks Islamophobic attack in London

Written on June 28, 2021. Posted in News.

This article discusses terrorism and Islamophobia and may be triggering for some readers. Naseeha Mental Health Hotline can be reached at 1-866-627-3342. On Jun. 6, a white 20-year-old killed four people and injured a fifth in London, Ontario. Local police were quick to refer to the incident as a...

Sarah Waisvisz imagines the future of Blackness through monodrama Witness Shift

Written on March 12, 2021. Posted in Arts.

When Professor Sarah Waisvisz first read Donna-Michelle St. Bernard’s intensely intimate play Witness Shift, she cried. Witness Shift challenges the modern-day policing system with an alternate, community-based model of handling distress calls. Waisviz’s adaptation of St. Bernard’s play lives at...

‘These families lost everything’: Nazi art theft, an overlooked part of the Holocaust

Written on January 29, 2021. Posted in Arts.

“Whoever controls the media, the images, controls the culture,” wrote Beatnik poet Allen Ginsberg. Ginsberg was a vocal opponent of the Vietnam war, but his words recall an earlier tragedy from the same century: The Holocaust. Most already know about the horrific period during WWII when millions of...

Art is integral to Black Lives Matter: a conversation with Dr. Kristin Moriah

Written on June 29, 2020. Posted in Arts.

While social media activism is surging in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, art can be more crucial to the Black Lives Matter movement than Instagram stories. Floyd was publicly lynched on a street in Minneapolis by the police on May 25. The scene became a horrific tableau for the reality of...

Professor talks climate change and rising water levels in Lake Ontario

Written on September 12, 2019. Posted in News.

Over the summer, water levels in Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River rose significantly, affecting docks and other coastal infrastructure across Kingston, including the Gord Edgar Downie pier. In an interview with The Journal, Queen’s professor and Canada Research Chair in Environmental Change,...

Professor diagnosed with breast cancer seeks specialized treatment

Written on January 20, 2017. Posted in News.

In the 19 months since her dear friend Allison — known to Queen’s Art History department as Professor Sherman — was diagnosed with stage two breast cancer, Jill Weinreich has rallied the Queen’s community together through a Giveforward platform, to fund Sherman’s fight for her life. Sherman was...

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‘Unfortunately, we’ll probably see more of these [events]’: Professor talks Islamophobic attack in London

Sarah Waisvisz imagines the future of Blackness through monodrama Witness Shift

‘These families lost everything’: Nazi art theft, an overlooked part of the Holocaust

Art is integral to Black Lives Matter: a conversation with Dr. Kristin Moriah

Professor talks climate change and rising water levels in Lake Ontario

Professor diagnosed with breast cancer seeks specialized treatment

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