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Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre hosts President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Written on March 9, 2018. Posted in News.

On Tuesday night, a prominent figure in the Canadian Inuit community visited the Four Directions Aboriginal Centre to discuss how universities can support Indigenous students during their post-secondary careers. President Natan Obed of the Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami sat down with members from the Queen’s...

Students launch initiative to aid Kingston’s homeless youth

Written on November 10, 2017. Posted in News.

In early October, a group of Queen’s commcerce students started Locals for Locals — a project created with the goal of rallying community support for Kingston’s homeless youth. The primary goal is to improve the quality of life for homeless youth. Local for Locals also aims to introduce a new relationship...

Advocacy starts young

Written on January 13, 2017. Posted in Opinions.

One of the first things I saw this morning was a Toronto Star article concerning more First Nations kids taking their lives, and chiefs calling for help to deal with the suicide crisis. In conversation with a friend about it, she said to me “I wish I could help, but as a student I just don’t know...

Talking down doesn’t turnout voters

Written on October 16, 2015. Posted in Editorials.

The tattooed hooligan stereotype is dead. Now let’s put it to bed. A recent article in The Kingston Whig-Standard entitled “A how-to guide to voting for Tattooed Millennials” made us collectively scratch our heads at its portrayal of voting as an event similar to getting a tattoo. According to the...

QJ Politics: A mandatory vote

Written on October 31, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

This week’s performance in the Kingston municipal election was, in a word, abysmal. This trend of low voter turnout is hardly related to whom we elect to City Hall. Canada’s voter turnout federally went from a healthy 75 per cent in the 1960s to an underwhelming 60 per cent at the last federal election...

QJ Politics: Why don’t youth vote?

Written on September 19, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

For pollsters and political scientists alike, the biggest indicator of voter turnout is your age. Youth don’t vote and they never have, according to Statistics Canada. There are several reasons for this: we don’t feel voting is a civil duty in the same way our parents do, we feel we simply don’t...

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Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre hosts President of Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami

Students launch initiative to aid Kingston’s homeless youth

Advocacy starts young

Talking down doesn’t turnout voters

QJ Politics: A mandatory vote

QJ Politics: Why don’t youth vote?

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