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Transparency and accountability is a must for student leadership—and RTZ doesn’t deliver

Written on November 26, 2021. Posted in Editorials.

Student government leaders must be honest and transparent when addressing problems within their institutions—and team RTZ is no exception. Since the beginning of their term, four members of the AMS senior management team have resigned—three of whom are women of colour. In interviews with The Journal,...

Queen’s needs to be more transparent about their animal research practices

Written on March 28, 2018. Posted in Editorials.

If Queen’s wants to prevent the spread of misinformation and build a reputation as a responsible research institute, it needs to be more open about what goes on in their animal research labs. While many Canadian research institutes have increased transparency around animal research, Queen’s has shied...

Queen's needs a lesson on transparency

Written on October 6, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Queen’s has a transparency problem. I was in first year when BISC Executive Director Bruce Stanley was fired, opening the floodgates to two years of dismissals and resignations on Queen’s’ satellite campus. Before I even knew what The Journal was, I wondered why we — the students impacted by Stanley’s...

Accountability in actions, not just words

Written on September 13, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

Although the AMS is commendable for their willingness to take accountability for the hazing that sent two AMS Pub Services (TAPS) employees to the hospital, the real test of their accountability will be the actions following. Since TAPS falls under his portfolio, AMS Vice President (Operations) Dave...

Campus service hazing results in student hospitalizations and vandalism

Written on September 9, 2016. Posted in News.

Sitting in his office in the AMS bunker on Wednesday morning, Vice President (Operations) Dave Walker held a list in his hands. “I mean, if we’re going to address the elephant in the room, this was disgusting, and it was hazing,” he said. Walker’s comment comes hard on the heels of a workplace social,...

ASUS student representatives fail to represent students

Written on September 9, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

When a cut to outside-faculty credit allotment left many Arts and Science students with questions during course enrolment, a transparent answer from their former student leaders was noticeably absent. As The Journal reported last month, the number of outside-faculty units permissible to be counted...

Faculty of Arts and Science cuts credit allotment

Written on August 2, 2016. Posted in News.

At Queen’s, students have historically been allotted 24 units of outside-faculty courses towards their graduation requirements, as well as one elective within the Faculty of Law. A new limit was imposed in April by the Arts and Science Faculty Board. However, a lack of transparency around the change...

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Transparency and accountability is a must for student leadership—and RTZ doesn’t deliver

Queen’s needs to be more transparent about their animal research practices

Queen's needs a lesson on transparency

Accountability in actions, not just words

Campus service hazing results in student hospitalizations and vandalism

ASUS student representatives fail to represent students

Faculty of Arts and Science cuts credit allotment

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