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We need to study the humanities—not only STEM

Written on November 5, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

In the race to push more and more kids into science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) education, we’ve begun to neglect the importance of the humanities. Arts degrees have been shamed for not being employable enough, derided as “soft” compared to the rigour required in the math-intensive sciences,...

$1 million endowment supports access to education

Written on October 29, 2021. Posted in News.

This article discusses the atrocities committed in Residential Schools and may be triggering for some readers. Those seeking support may contact the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation or Four Directions. For immediate assistance, the National Indian Residential School Crisis Hotline...

Social event provides community building and networking for BIPOC students in STEM

Written on September 18, 2020. Posted in News.

The Physics and Biology Department Student Councils (DSC) held their first social for Queen’s students who identify as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Color) in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) on Wednesday. The event was available exclusively to BIPOC students in...

Connections Engineering Outreach brings STEM to Kingston

Written on February 14, 2019. Posted in News.

On Feb. 23, Connections Engineering Outreach will put on their second Educational Technology Conference in the newly renovated Mitchell Hall. The conference aims to build a collaborative partnership between the Queen’s Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science and the wider Kingston educational community,...

Engineering Outreach Office receives award for Indigenous youth education

Written on February 2, 2018. Posted in News.

The Engineering Outreach office’s Aboriginal Access to Engineering program has two main goals: to educate Indigenous youth and provide them with strong role models. On Jan. 18, these efforts were honoured through a national award. Launched in 2011, Aboriginal Access to Engineering (AAE) is an educational...

Degrees in the humanities have a lot to offer

Written on January 12, 2018. Posted in Editorials.

The view that studying STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) disciplines is the only way to secure employment often surfaces in high school. I remember my math and science teachers lecturing students on how prioritizing their English readings over their math homework was setting...

When it comes to math, language matters

Written on January 24, 2017. Posted in Editorials.

When people in positions of responsibility use the excuse ‘math is hard’, it may not seem like much. But when you zoom out, it can be a casual dismissal of a huge part of what pushes us forward as a generation. In an Opinion piece in Maclean’s, writer Anne Kingston claims that women and their capabilities...

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We need to study the humanities—not only STEM

$1 million endowment supports access to education

Social event provides community building and networking for BIPOC students in STEM

Connections Engineering Outreach brings STEM to Kingston

Engineering Outreach Office receives award for Indigenous youth education

Degrees in the humanities have a lot to offer

When it comes to math, language matters

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