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Little Giant’s Rockin’ Dog Town seeks volunteers

Written on June 28, 2021. Posted in News.

Little Giant’s Rockin’ Dog Town will hold its grand opening on Jul. 10. Located at 3250 Creekford Road, Little Giant’s is a nonprofit dog shelter created by Chris Kozanitis. Kozanitis founded the shelter in 2019 after his chihuahua, Giant, passed away in 2017. “When [Giant] passed...

Contributors of the month

Written on October 13, 2017. Posted in News.

The Journal recognizes outstanding contributing writers for the month of September. Landon Wilcock Landon Wilcock’s contribution to The Journal took an immense amount of courage. His Opinion piece about sexual assault on campus was extremely powerful and communicated a critical message to students....

Queen’s student volunteers as medical responder in Israel

Written on September 22, 2017. Posted in News.

After spending the summer as a volunteer medical responder in Israel, Queen’s biochemistry student Jesse Wolfsohn knew there was nothing else he’d rather be doing. Since 1976, Canadian emergency service Magen David Adom — which is Hebrew for “Red Star of David” — has been providing ambulance services...

It’s about being good, not looking good

Written on September 9, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

In the matter of voluntourism, it’s not about intention at all — it’s about impact. Given the negative ideals that voluntourism often perpetuates, offering students with these experiences an upper hand only values the appearance of charity, not charity itself. In his article “To Get to Harvard, Go...

The “Third World” isn’t your photo op

Written on January 14, 2015. Posted in Opinions.

Jane Willsie, ArtSci ’17 It’s a common sight on anyone’s Facebook news feed: photos of an acquaintance that travelled to the Global South and took numerous “selfies” with local children. I recently saw photos of a former high school classmate – a girl that went on a trip to a developing country to...

Why you should think twice before volunteering abroad

Written on February 6, 2013. Posted in Lifestyle.

By Alex Laidlaw (ArtSci ’12) Former General Director, Queen’s Project on International Development After reading this post about why everyone should consider volunteering abroad, I wanted to provide a counterpoint. There are many reasons why someone shouldn’t undertake short-term international...

Why You Should Volunteer Abroad

Written on January 23, 2013. Posted in Lifestyle.

By Trilby Goouch Blogs Editor I was lucky enough to partake in a two-week service trip to the Dominican Republic in 2008, and to this day I consider this to be the happiest two weeks of my life. My school was involved with the organization PowerTrips Inc., a program that organizes high school aid...

CFRC needs a lift

Written on October 28, 2011. Posted in Editorials.

CFRC volunteer Louise Bark has been unable to access the radio station’s space, in the basement of Carruthers Hall. Bark uses a wheelchair and previously entered the offices with help from her colleagues, who would help her down the stairs in a manual wheelchair. In Nov. 2010, CFRC spoke to Queen’s...

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Little Giant’s Rockin’ Dog Town seeks volunteers

Contributors of the month

Queen’s student volunteers as medical responder in Israel

It’s about being good, not looking good

The “Third World” isn’t your photo op

Why you should think twice before volunteering abroad

Why You Should Volunteer Abroad

CFRC needs a lift

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