Remembrance Day Archives - Queen's Journal

Queen’s community reflects on 100th anniversary of poppies

Written on November 12, 2021. Posted in News.

This Remembrance Day marks the 100th anniversary of the poppy being adopted as a symbol of remembrance in Canada. The Journal sat down with Joanne Archibald, ArtSci ’14 and PhD ‘25, who’s studying Canada’s role in military engagements and international political history. For Archibald, studying...

Canada’s Indigenous Veterans

Written on November 13, 2020. Posted in News.

Zoogipon Ikwe didn’t know her great-grandfather served in the First World War until she began researching her own genealogy. “I put a post up about him on a website and this lady from Turtle Mountain contacted me and said ‘hey, we’ve been looking for this guy, he disappeared off our register. We...

Hillel Queen’s hosts Holocaust survivor

Written on November 13, 2020. Posted in News.

Hillel Queen’s hosted Elly Gotz on Nov. 11 to tell the story of how he survived the Holocaust. Gotz, who speaks to approximately 18,000 students every year, spoke about some of his experiences throughout the Holocaust, including time he spent living in a ghetto, as well as time in Dachau, a Nazi concentration...

Psychoanalysing Don Cherry’s divisive language

Written on November 15, 2019. Posted in Lifestyle, Pop Culture.

Amidst the recent news that long-time Canadian sports broadcasting personality Don Cherry has been fired over his controversial rant on live TV, fans and critics alike have interpreted the meaning of his remarks in a number of ways. During his Coach’s Corner segment on Hockey Night in Canada, Cherry...

Carrying on the legacy of Remembrance Day in honour of my grandfather

Written on November 8, 2019. Posted in Lifestyle, Postscript.

I’m worried that my generation is forgetting the importance of Remembrance Day. As we move further away from World Wars I and II, I fear the sacrifice of Canadian soldiers and veterans will soon become meaningless, or worse, forgotten. With fewer veterans around to share their personal memories,...

What should we remember?

Written on November 25, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

As I’ve grown older, I’ve become increasingly ambivalent to Remembrance Day. That’s not to say I take issue with setting aside a day to remember and contemplate those who risked everything in the name of what they thought was right. Quite the contrary; we should take more than 15 minutes every year...

Video Talking Heads: What does Remembrance Day mean to you?

Written on November 14, 2014. Posted in Opinions.

It's not about you

Written on November 7, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

This Nov. 11, it seems we have more reasons than usual to remember the fallen. With 2014 marking the centenary of the outbreak of World War I, Remembrance Day ceremonies already promised to garner special attention in Canada. Add to that recent events in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, and Ottawa...

Red or white, don’t be contrite

Written on November 15, 2013. Posted in Editorials.

Just over a week ago, an Ottawa-based non-profit organization — the Rideau Institute — announced plans to hand out white poppies at a local Remembrance Day ceremony. The organization says the white poppies are meant to promote peace and stand as alternative to the red poppy. While the red poppy should...

QJPolitics: The frivolous flower debate

Written on November 11, 2013. Posted in Lifestyle.

Students at the University of Ottawa have reinvigorated a debate over the symbolism of red and white poppies — denoting the red poppy as promoting war, and not peace. The white poppy has existed as a symbol of peace for a long time, but recently, a debate has emerged in regards to whether the red...

Interest in ceremony persists

Written on November 11, 2011. Posted in Features.

Brian Yealland is expecting another full house at today’s Remembrance Day ceremony in Grant Hall. The University Chaplain said the ceremony has consistently attracted 1,000 students, faculty and staff since he started at Queen’s in 1983. “It’s fascinating to me that in the years that I had been here,...

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Queen’s community reflects on 100th anniversary of poppies

Canada’s Indigenous Veterans

Hillel Queen’s hosts Holocaust survivor

Psychoanalysing Don Cherry’s divisive language

Carrying on the legacy of Remembrance Day in honour of my grandfather

What should we remember?

Video Talking Heads: What does Remembrance Day mean to you?

It's not about you

Red or white, don’t be contrite

QJPolitics: The frivolous flower debate

Interest in ceremony persists

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