Year in Review
Volume 145 2017-18
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Jordan Peterson protesters break window at Grant Hall, barricade exits I ain S herriff -S cott Assistant News Editor On Mar. 5, a protest erupted outside of Grant Hall at 4:00 p.m. in opposition to a lecture delivered by controversial University of Toronto Professor Jordan Peterson and Queen’s Professor Bruce Pardy. Of the roughly 150 people who attended the protest, most exercised peaceful demonstration. However, several individuals engaged in or incited the destruction of property. Several Kingston police officers arrived at the scene of the protest. Roughly 20 minutes into the lecture, protesters outside hit the stained glass windows and doors outside of Grant Hall. They also chanted
“why are you hiding?” and “let us in.” One protester broke a stained glass window after they repeatedly hit it with their hand — Queen’s Campus Security confirmed the individual wasn’t a Queen’s student. Following the incident, blood could be seen on the shattered window. Former Queen’s student Jonathan Shepherd attended the protest and told The Journal he was “really impressed by the turnout.” “There is a lot of commitment out here for trans rights
and for shutting down the conspiratorial hate speech of Jordan Peterson — I’m really happy to see that happening,” Shepherd said. “The protest has been successful in letting people know that even if we didn’t stop him from talking, we’ve let it be known that we are opposed to him speaking.” An organizer of the protest told The Journal, “we’re here to protest Jordan Peterson being given a platform at Queen’s University. Jordan Peterson, aside from not knowing what he’s talking about vis-a-vis the law, Peterson tends to incite hatred wherever he goes.” “It’s not a discussion about the toppings you like on pizza,” they continued. “It’s a discussion of which people should be considered human, which people to respect and that’s not a debate that should happen anywhere.”
was met with applause.
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Bikes & Boards service closed to become AMS Club amid backlash
AMS executive all-candidates meeting sees minimal turnout FEB. 15 2018
DEC. 8 2017
News in Review
AMS Campus Activities Commission cuts four committees FEB. 15 2018
JAN. 12 2018
AMS Sustainability Action Fund held back $22,000 for monthsdespite multiple requests
This year The Journal’s news section covered a variety of topics ranging from free speech on campus to student engagement with the AMS. The following is a collection of the news highlights from the year.
One protester yelled ‘lock ‘em in “and burn it down.’ The comment
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AMS to review managment structure following sixth resignation
News
JAN. 19 2018
Bus-It program fee renewal presents expanded routes & improved service times
AMS, SGPS to return to drawing board for JDUC revitalizatio funding following unsuccessful referendumn
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Roberta Bondar delivers lecture on human health & space at Queen’s I ain S herriff -S cott Assistant News Editor
woman to enter space. While the experience was undoubtedly incredible, Bondar told a group of Queen’s students her return to earth wasn’t easy.
This Wednesday, Bondar presented her lecture “Beyond Earth — A Cautionary Tale,” at the 33rd annual H. Garfield Kelly Visiting Lectureship event at the Queen’s School of Medicine. She discussed her experiences as an astronaut and the physiological challenges humans still face in both long-term and short-term space flight. During Bondar’s lone trip to space, she conducted dozens of experiments in the Discovery shuttle’s space-lab for the first International Microgravity Laboratory mission. Bondar was a “prime payload specialist” on the
eight-day space flight orbiting earth. treat recovering astronauts and to “[After the mission], they took use this information to help treat us down to Loma Linda to have CT neurological illnesses back on earth. scans of our heads to make sure In an interview with Bondar we hadn’t had strokes,” Bondar before her lecture on Wednesday, told to a packed lecture theatre she told The Journal in terms of on Wednesday. human resilience, “we’re going to “The countermeasures, as I have to work things out before we mentioned, we try very hard … But go to Mars.” we also have to know that there is “We’ve already had one probably an end-point to human [accident] with the Virgin Galactic physiology [in space] and we have type of spacecraft, but we can’t let to keep trying to figure out ways these things stop us and say one around it,” she said. accident is going to mean we can’t For over a decade, Bondar led do this. What it does, is make us say an international research team ‘how do we make it smarter,’ ‘how at NASA. During her time there, do we become smarter,’” she said. she aimed to find better ways to
Flanagan. During her talk, she commented on diversity in law, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) and the appointment process of a new judge. Following 28 years of service on the Supreme Court of Canada bench, McLachlin will retire from her post as Chief Justice on Dec. 15. She is the first woman to hold the position and is also the longest serving Chief Justice in Canadian history. With the SCC being the highest court in Canada, it typically sets precedent throughout the country and lower courts. During her
time on the bench, McLachlin has had a strong impact on Canadian constitutional law, declaring laws prohibiting assisted dying and prostitution as unconstitutional. Flanagan began the event by directing conversation towards gender representation on the bench. Currently, the Supreme Court has four women and five men. “The home-child front still discourages some women who find themselves with children and family, and an inability, or they don’t wish to, give those children to other people to raise,” McLachlin said. “I wouldn’t personally like to see a
nine-woman court or a nineman court. I think that each gender brings its own perspectives.”
When Caitlin Miron arrived in France for an internship in 2015 with a collection of biochemical compounds in hand, she wasn’t sure where her work would lead. Two years later, she’s one of seven PhD students to be recognized by
Mitacs for her outstanding cancer research. On Nov. 21, Miron was granted the Mitacs PhD Award for Outstanding Innovation at a ceremony in Ottawa. Mitacs is a national, not-for-profit organization that works with 60 universities, thousands of companies as well as both provincial and federal government to support industrial and social innovation in Canada.
The organization administers seven research and leadership awards annually. Over the past four years, Miron has investigated aspects of DNA with the Department of Chemistry at Queen’s for her PhD work. Her research interests led her to a Mitacs Globalink Research Internship at the European Institute of Chemistry and Biology (IECB) in Bordeaux, France.
has garnered national media recognition for becoming Canada’s first Inuk heart surgeon and one of the few female Indigenous surgeons in the country. After completing her undergraduate degree at Queen’s in 2011, Kimmaliarjduk enrolled in medical school at the University of Calgary. In an interview with The Journal, she credited Queen’s with providing both a positive undergraduate experience
and a solid foundation for her postgraduate studies. “It was a lot of fun. I think Life Sciences was a really good program for me in terms of what I was looking to study and also to really prepare me well for medical school,” she said. “I’m really thankful for my experiences and the program that
I took.” In regards to the media attention, Kimmaliardjuk said she appreciates the opportunity to serve as an example to other Indigenous youth. She wants them to know it’s possible to achieve their goals, no matter the obstacles.
In 1992, Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian
Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin visits Queen’s Journal Staff Queen’s Law hosted Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Beverley McLachlin in Wallace Hall on Nov. 20 as part of the ongoing Principal’s Forum Speaker Series. The Principal’s Forum is a public lecture series that has been taking place on Queen’s campus since 2012. The series allows the principal to invite distinguished visitors to campus to speak on issues of interest to the Queen’s community. McLachlin was joined by Queen’s School of Law Dean Bill
Queen’s PhD student receives award for cancer research M aureen O’R eilly News Editor
Queen’s alum becomes Canada’s first Inuk heart surgeon
S arina G rewal Assistant News Editor
Eleven years ago, Donna May Kimmaliardjuk was a first-year Queen’s student hoping to enter the Life Sciences program. Today, she’s midway through a heart surgery residency at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, achieving a dream she’s had since she was six years old. Recently, Kimmaliardjuk
The Mitacs Globalink internship partners Canadian and international institutions with researchers to facilitate a 12-week research program for students. The internship allowed Miron to research potential ways to combat the spread of cancer cells in collaboration with Jean-Louis Mergny, a research director at IECB.
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News
Homecoming 2017 Recap Police issue 330 tickets and 30 arrests
J ournal S taff Kingston Police made 33 arrests this Homecoming weekend and nearly doubled the amount of tickets issued in 2016, reaching a total of 330 tickets. Chief Gilles Larochelle praised
the Kingston Police staff for their efforts over the weekend in a media release on Monday. “I am extremely proud of [the Kingston Police’s] efforts to ensure public safety and order, balanced with restraint and appropriate enforcement,” she wrote.
Arrests concerning public intoxication totalled 30 and reports of overcrowding hospital beds at Kingston General Hospital (KGH) generated concern in the community.
JDUC Referudum fee fails I ain S herriff -S cott Assistant News Editor Although AMS President Jennifer Li said she’s disappointed about the unsuccessful JDUC referendum vote, she told The Journal that “the project is not at a standstill.” In a special referendum held on Feb. 12 to 13, the AMS and SGPS asked students, “Do you agree to the establishment of a mandatory, nonrev i e wa b l e $89 fee to
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support the redevelopment of Journal “the results have shown a the John Deutsch University disconnect between what we were Centre, to be collected annually hearing, what we were seeing and commencing in the 2019-2020 what students actually voted. It was academic year?” disappointing to know that at this For the AMS, voter turnout was time, at this particular moment, 20.8 per cent, with 1,823 (51.1 per the AMS was unable to secure a cent) votes opposed and 1,746 student contribution.” (48.9 per cent) votes in favour In order to understand the of the project. results, Li said the AMS plans to Li told “do more learning and research to T h e understand why students vote the way they did.”
politics and wish for a better Queen’s community.” Following an unprecedented “Palmer, Chelsea and I are seven-hour-long AMS Assembly, impressed with the candidates that Team MLM emerged as the AMS put themselves forward tonight, Executive-elects for the 2018-19 and I think there is a team that school year. will lead the AMS forward Team MLM is comprised of and ensure that student Presidential candidate Miguel interests are met,” current Martinez, ArtSci ‘19, Vice- AMS President Jenn Li Presidential (University Affairs) told The Journal following candidate Munro Watters, ArtSci ’19 the results. “We look and Vice-Presidential (Operations) forward to the transition candidate Liam Tharp, Sci ’19. process, because it begins President-elect Martinez immediately, and I think expressed his gratitude to Assembly. there’s a lot to look He said he and his team “are ready forward to for the to take this on.” students in future.” “We are ready to put the interests of the student body first … listen to students, and advocate on their behalf,” Martinez said. “I’m at a loss for words.” The process involved a twohour debate with a question period similar in length, all of which was live-streamed on the AMS Facebook page At approximately 2 a.m., AMS Secretary Neil Sengupta announced that Team MLM had won in a 33 to one vote. ***
At the time, Watters was estactic to win. “Thank you for staying up so extraordinarily late,” Watters said. “Thank you for asking me these questions that made me … want to be more engaged in student
St. Patrick’s Day sees unprecdented crowd size I ain S herriff -S cott Assistant News Editor This past St. Patrick’s Day, students flooded the intersection of Aberdeen and William to celebrate the Irish holiday. In a statement, Kingston Police said over 5,000 people attended the Mar. 17 celebrations. According to the statement, this year’s crowds were “far larger” than those experienced “on any previous St. Patrick’s holiday.” In addition, officers issued 118 tickets for liquor and traffic offences and made seven arrests for public intoxication as they “worked to keep students off Aberdeen and the surrounding streets.” Although there were multiple injuries throughout the day,
Kingston Police say none were a result of an officer-student interaction. The day before the festivities, Kingston Police released a statement in partnership with the AMS. Here, they announced they were “joining together to call on students to act safely and responsibly” during the celebrations. “Last Homecoming, public over-consumption of alcohol cast a shadow over the weekend’s celebrations,” the statement read. “While the vast majority of students remained safe and respectful, some intoxicated students overburdened hospitals and attempted to harm first-responders.” With record-breaking turnout on St. Patrick’s Day, some partygoers were injured on Saturday.
Special Assembly appoints Team MLM as 2018-19 AMS Executive Team MLM is ready to “listen to students and advocate on their behalf”
Features
THE JOURNAL YEAR IN REVIEW • 5 This year’s investigations ranged from campus drug use to Queen’s sports history to vulnerable student groups and lacking resources on campus. The full stories are available online at queensjournal.ca/features
Queen’s 23.3 million dollar problem Despite being thousands of kilometers away, the issue of
South African apartheid divided Queen’s campus
N ick P earce & M ikayla W ronko Journal Staff
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On September 3, 1987 Queen’s divested, ultimately succumbing to faculty and delivering on roughly a decade of student advocacy.
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The forgotten legacies of Queen’s Black medical students
Featurettes
Queen’s medical school’s prejudicial past
Looking back at the AMS
“Although Queen’s was one of the first schools in Canada to accept women into their medical school, they were also the first to systemically expel them.”
“After its conception, the AMS retained the tradition of debate — which would last until the late 19th century — while also taking on additional responsibilities for student affairs and governance.”
When royalty came to campus
The forgotten impact of George Masoud on Kingston
From 1978 to 1987, Queen’s University had a problem that wouldn’t go away: $23.3 million of investments sitting in the business assets of Apartheid in South Africa in pooled investments. Nine years of sit-ins, referendums and near-endless debate culminated in more than 60 people — including faculty and B rigid G oulem Features Editor In 1918, the Queen’s Faculty of Medicine implemented a ban on the admittance of Black students. Although some completed their education at Queen’s, a number of students at the time were forced to find new schools. On the Queen’s Encyclopedia, the story goes that the expulsion was a reaction to the complaints of wounded soldiers returning from the war who were demanding treatment from white doctors. Edward Thomas, the assistant director of industry partnerships here at Queen’s, noticed some inconsistencies with this story. According to Thomas, it wasn’t
children — storming into the Board of Trustees meeting on a spring day in 1987. They were demanding Queen’s total divestment from South African Apartheid. What made conducting business with South African companies detestable was the country’s history of apartheid — an institutionalized system of segregation and discrimination favouring South Africa’s settler white minority over the Black majority, which carried on until it collapsed in 1991. wounded returning soldiers who said this, but rather increasing pressure from the American Medical Association to expel Black medical students from universities. While Queen’s stance publicly was the expulsion of all Black students, it’s more aptly described as their having pressured students into leaving. This means after 1918, there was still a group of Black medical students who graduated up until 1922. What Thomas found so remarkable was the incredible lives and legacies of these students. He found these people aren’t referenced in any Queen’s records. While Thomas’ research began by looking at factual errors in the existing narrative, he’s since focused mostly on the lives and legacies of the students Queen’s abandoned.
A religious cult makes Kingston its home
The Yellow Deli is across the street from 655 Princess I ain S herriff -S cott Assistant News Editor
“Amidst the whirlwind of marriage difficulty rumours and their third Canadian tour as a couple — with William and Harry in tow — the royal couple travelled to Kingston in October 1991 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the royal charter that founded Queen’s.”
“Being considerably wealthy later in his life, Masoud began to invest in the community that gave him so much. He donated money to all of the hospitals, with Hotel Dieu naming a playroom after him.”
In the shadow of a new multi-story student housing development on Princess St., a seemingly-innocuous local restaurant sprung up in the summer of 2016. On its surface, the Yellow Deli is a great spot to grab a Reuben and a cup of tea after a busy day on campus. The eccentric décor and
cabin-in-the-woods feeling might sound pretty ideal. That’s until you realize it’s run by a religious cult. The deli is operated by the Twelve Tribes, a controversial religious community that grew out of the American South in the early 1970s. Since then, the group hasn’t only accumulated thousands of devout followers, but has opened Yellow Delis across North America and Europe.
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Features
Queen’s Student Wellness Services misses the mark for student accessibility A lex P alermo Features Editor Home to Student Wellness Services, the La Salle building sits at the very bottom of Queen’s campus, tucked away from the hustle and bustle of student life. La Salle is home to Health, Counselling and Accessibility Services for Queen’s Students, which acts as short-term health care for students on campus. The counselling service provided by Student Wellness Services (SWS) describes one of their services as “brief therapy” and iterates they aren’t properly equipped to deal with long-term issues due to the “complexity and history” these cases might present. The reality, however, is that students struggling with their mental health aren’t a fringe group. According to a study from Cornell psychologist Janis Whitlock,
7.5 per cent of students who begin university with no mental health issues will develop some symptoms over the course of their academic career. Furthermore, a 2013-2016 study done on 25,164 Canadian university students revealed a 50 per cent increase in anxiety, a 47 per cent increase in depression and a striking 47 per cent increase in suicide attempts. According to the 2017 National College Health Assessment, with data from 41 Canadian post-secondary institutions, 13 per cent of students had “seriously considered suicide.” In a 2012 Maclean’s article that addressed the suicides of four male Queen’s students between 2010 and 2011, Principal Daniel Woolf said, “[w]e are not a treatment facility … That said, we do have a caring and nurturing role over the young people that come to us.”
Left behind: The experiences of male sexual assault victims & survivors at Queen’s
QIAA saw three high-level terminations for sexual harassment last year I ain S herriff -S cott Assistant News Editor This article talks about sexual harassment and may be triggering for some readers. According to several former Queen’s International Affairs Association (QIAA) Core Executives, the club experienced three terminations based on allegations of sexual harassment in 2016-2017. Over the course of multiple interviews, the former Core Executives told The Journal the terminations occurred following “patterns of behavior” which were brought to their attention by other members of the club. The former Core Executives spoke on condition of anonymity because of concerns about the identities of the victims and the subjects of the allegations. During the 2016-17 academic school year, two of the cases were brought forward to the AMS Clubs Human Resources Coordinator and the club’s
leadership. One case however, was appealed through Non-Academic Misconduct (NAM). All three cases resulted in terminations and clubwide bans. As defined by the Queen’s University Policy on Sexual Violence Involving Queen’s
University Students, sexual harassment is referred to as “a course of unwanted remarks, behaviours, or communications of a sexual nature and/or a course of unwanted r e m a r k s ,
behaviours or communications based on gender — where the person responsible for the remarks, behaviours or communications knows or ought reasonably to know that these are unwanted.” The allegations in each case were different and varied in intensity from making inappropriate comments to incidents involving alcohol and more sexually suggestive behaviour. No allegations of sexual assault were made.
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SEBASTIEN MOLGAT
JULIA BALAKRISHNAN
YIXUAN LIN
The year in pictures From vigils
and plays to broken windows IAIN SHERRIFF-SCOTT
NICOLE LANGFIELD
JULIA BALAKRISHNAN
AMANDA NORRIS
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We can all learn from National Geographic’s acknowledgement of the past Throughout its history, National Geographic has participated in racially-biased media coverage of people of colour within the United States and around the world. On Monday, Editor-in-Chief Susan Goldberg formally acknowledged this on behalf of the publication for the first time. By making an example of themselves, National Geographic has set themselves on a path to repair the damage they caused for racialized peoples and nations covered in the magazine. This isn’t exactly a new revelation; the magazine has been criticized for years because of its Eurocentric and exploitative coverage of different cultures. But this is the first time National Geographic
acknowledged it themselves. Older publications still exist all around the world and this acknowledgement must be sobering for all of them.
Editorials This year The Journal editorialized on topics ranging from the lack of student engagement to freedom of expression. You can read the full editorials online.
Queen’s needs freedom of expression guidelines We can’t wait for an unsafe situation to unfold before we attempt to prevent one. McMaster is in the process of creating a set of guidelines towards protest and free speech on their campus. This guideline seeks to provide a clear set of rules for acceptable ways for students to express dissent with invited speakers and campus events. Currently, Queen’s students are put in a precarious situation when they decide to protest campus events. There’s no specific set of rules that explain what students are and aren’t allowed to do while protesting. As a result, they have no guarantee of protection when they participate in
Academic accommodations aren’t academic advantages As an educator employed at a university, Professor Bruce Pardy has an unusual attitude towards student success. It’s one based on survival of the fittest, or in this case, survival of the those without disabilities. The opinions held by Pardy — who works at the Queen’s Faculty of Law — were published in the National Post. In his article, Pardy shows a deep misunderstanding of exactly what academic accommodations are for and what a learning disability is. He argues throughout the article that accommodations for learning disabilities and mental illnesses give the students who struggle with them an unfair academic advantage over their peers.
ILLUSTRATIONS BY STEPHANIE JIANG
demonstrations on campus. If schools continue to bring divisive figures to speak, they need to provide an avenue for their students to safely and effectively protest that event. Without a set of rules for acceptable protests on campus, any form of activism is theoretically open to punishment, or vulnerable to devolving into unsafe situations.
We can’t settle for less with Team ECN We can’t be lenient on supporting student politicians that don’t meet our expectations, even when there’s no alternative. We need to expect better. In a 19-0 vote with one abstention, The Journal Editorial Board voted to not endorse Team ECN for the 2018-19 AMS executive. Team ECN, comprised of Emily Vanderheyden, Craig Draeger and Natasha Kornak, is the only team campaigning to be our AMS executive this year. The decision not to support ECN didn’t come easily. At the end of the day, The Journal endorsement isn’t a prediction of the election results; it’s a stamp of approval for the team that proves to us they can make the school a better place than it is now. We want a team that inspires change, one that’s willing to surpass
the ambition of their predecessors. A hasty platform shouldn’t be a winning one, and just because ECN is the only team doesn’t mean they have to receive our support. There was some great potential in Team ECN’s platform. Unfortunately, they couldn’t demonstrate they were prepared to get all of the things they’re promising done. Many of their current platform points involve what they plan to implement in the redeveloped JDUC. However, the JDUC revitalization project isn’t set to break ground until the end of their potential term. Although ECN could plan for things like more gender-neutral washrooms, an Indigenous student lounge and increased club space during their time in office, they can’t promise students that subsequent executives will honor those plans.
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Illustrations
Thanks to talented illustrators and dedicated contributors, The Journal was filled with beautiful artwork this year. The following is a collection of the best illustrations featured in The Journal this year by Stephanie Jiang.
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Student Perspectives
“Find the opportunities — starting on the first day of campaigning until the last day in office — to learn and amplify all voices on campus.” David Walker, ArtSci ’17
Opinions
J ake B radshaw Contributor “Mom, I need to come home.” It has now been two weeks since I made the decision to come home for the semester. Although barely any time has passed, it feels like a lot has happened since I made that call to my parents. Despite the short period of time, I learned a lot about myself, my friends and the pressure that we’re all under as university students. My hope is that in explaining my experience struggling with a mental illness, it will allow other students to feel comfortable taking the appropriate steps they need to get better. This can mean either getting the help they need at school in the form of social supports and counselling, or making the decision to take a break. The important thing is to recognize that you’re struggling and to prioritize your mental health. If I was still on campus, I would now be in my fourth week of classes as a second-year economics student. My first year was a little rocky and I struggled through lots of different challenges. There were moments where I felt alone, unsure of myself and hopeless about my future.
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Stepping away from campus
OCT. 20, 2017
“Violence against trans people is an everyday occurrence and reaffirming their experiences should’ve been held above all else.” Daisy Fraser-Boychuk, ArtSci ’20
Enough is enough
It’s important to remember that to be an effective ally, one needs to work with Indigenous students and want to work with them — it’s not something to simply check off of an equity checklist.
Queen’s needs to look at their silencing of Indigenous voices on campus
— Lauren Winkler and Tara McDonald
SEPT. 22, 2017
Poor attention span for issues on campus “I hope my story allows people to recognize that not every survivor we visualize is the image we’re often taught to believe solely exists.” Landon Wilcock, ArtSci ’18
“Remember your motto Queen’s, Spientia et Doctrina Stabilitas — Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times.” Josh Malm, ArtSci ’17
G illian M oir Contributor Hey Queen’s, I think it’s time we talk about our attention span issue. In the past year alone, we’ve forgotten an unacceptable number of incidents that at one point were major sources of disappointment or outrage. You likely already know what I’m talking about, but for the sake of clarity let me provide some examples. I’m talking
about the racist Beerfest party, another year of “Daughter Drop-off” signs and the recent reporting that has highlighted a lack of resources available to victims of sexual assault at Queen’s. These issues have each had their brief moments of infamy. In the immediate aftermath, we throw up our arms, attend protests and create a social media buzz demanding change. But eventually the outcry fizzles, and ultimately, each issue has gone under-addressed overtime.
It’s not tough to understand why this happens. I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve let my anger dissolve before I’ve even given myself the chance to act. With balancing schoolwork, extra-curricular activities and a social life, it’s difficult to stay engaged throughout the school year. It’s also hard and uncomfortable to confront issues of systematic ill-treatment that many of us unknowingly contribute to especially when you feel like you’re speaking alone.
Arts Artists in Review
“I’ve always had a hand for [art], and I never had to try to be good at it, until I came to university. I thought maybe it’s something that’s meant to be.”
Katarina Damiano
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ord Downie, the charismatic, fiercely lyrical front man of the Tragically Hip, who influenced a generation of Canadian musicians, passed away on Tuesday night. “Gord knew this day was coming,” a note posted by his family on social media read. “[H]is response was to spend his time as he always had — making music, making memories and expressing gratitude to his family and friends for a life well lived, often sealing it with a kiss … on the lips.” Downie’s cancer was announced on May 26, 2016 — the same day the band announced their final cross-country farewell tour. In a moment of national pride tinged with sadness as fans said goodbye, the Tragically Hip made their last stop in Kingston on Aug. 20, 2016. Roughly a third of Canadians watched as Downie thanked the thousands of adoring fans that gathered in Kingston for the final performance. When the band hugged and left Downie alone on stage, he was left with the undeniable evidence and importance of what he called “the life.” “I’d like to think the future is limitless. If we carved ourselves a niche, or put ourselves in a pocket, then I hope that pocket is expansive enough to move,” Downie told The Journal in 1990, when it was increasingly clear that the band was beyond a campus act. “The future is bright.”
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Ahead by a Century: remembering Gord Downie OCTOBER 24, 2017
QPOP energizes campus
“Fiction’s the place where I go explore questions to which I have no answers”
Omar El Akkad
“I don’t think any song has been necessarily easy to write. I really write from the heart and I tend to write about life, emotion, loss, love, fuck-ups, etc.”
Erez Zobary
“I want the paintings to take up more space than they were intended to,” Victoria Kim
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Why your art should live online
The Internet is a necessary platform for young artists By Vishmayaa Jeyamoorthy
my fellow artists everywhere; we all have “Tobeautiful, artistic souls. We all want to put
beautiful things into the world, but we also have to eat. Putting your work online can let you do both
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Arts
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Arkells rise to first head-lining stadium tour
Indie rock band returns to Kingston
FEBRUARY 1, 2017
Queer film festival serves up “Reelness” J ournal S taff
JANUARY 12, 2018
Kent Monkman comes to the Agnes Artist delivers lecture, exhibit
C layton T omlinson Assistant Arts Editor Artist Kent Monkman delivered a talk on his exhibit “Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience” this weekend to a packed auditorium in Ellis hall. Before the lecture, Monkman spoke with The Journal about challenging ideas of Canadian history and advocating Indigenous perspective. Now featured in the Agnes, the exhibit started as a research project with a request by Barbara Fischer from the University of Toronto Art Centre. “I thought this exhibition was originally going to be more about the railroad and its driving force in spreading Canada,” Monkman said. “I often in my practice go into
MARCH 6, 2018
Vogue’s “Visionaries” for charity
museum collections and I find material … and create work in response to what I find.” Monkman decided to tell this story through nine chapters and hopes to reframe the narrative outside of a “European settler lens,” he said. The resulting exhibit explores the narrative put forth for the Canada 150 celebrations last year and will tour across the country over the next three years. Monkman’s work asks viewers what history means for Indigenous peoples and the legacy of their story in Canadian history. The pieces exhibit driving themes like the influence of Christianity and the incarceration of Indigenous peoples both in the residential school system and prisons.
From Feb. 1 to 10, the Reelout Queer Film Festival wants you to see the world through a different lens. According to Executive Director Matt Salton, this means watching the festival’s “Reelness” unfold. To that end, this year’s Reelout primarily focuses on short films and documentaries that explore intersectional experiences along the lines of age, sex, ability, class
and race. “Our festival’s all about showcasing lives that aren’t as visible,” Salton said. “It’s an extra bonus that so many of our stories were about intersections within the LGBT community. Salton said this is reflected in the group that screens the films, made up of Queens faculty, students and Kingston locals who he believes are reflective of the “queer community in general.”
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Froid’Art warms up the winter Martello Alley’s frozen public installation returns for fourth year C layton T omlinson Assistant Arts Editor Kingston’s coldest public art installation is back for its fourth consecutive year. Froid’Art is a series of 21 paintings frozen in ice blocks that stand in 18 different locations around the city. David Dossett, the owner of Kingston art gallery Martello Alley started the installation. Four years ago, Dossett decided he wanted to create the winter art installation. The idea came
from wanting his wife to have something beautiful to look at on her long after-dinner strolls. “My wife goes walking a lot, and after Christmas it gets kind of depressing outside … so I said, ‘what you need is an outdoor art display,’” he said. Dossett and the six other artists from Martello Alley involved in Froid’Art paint scenes of typical winter recreations, recognizable local buildings and other subjects that provide them with inspiration.
Sports
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NOVEMBER 10, 2017
Women’s rugby finished in tie for fifth at U Sports Championships Men’s rugby avenge last year NOVEMBER 13, 2017
loss to win OUA Championship
FEBRUARY 15, 2018 M att S cace Assistant Sports Editor Their first national championship appearance since hosting the event in 2015, the Gaels finished the tournament in a tie for fifth place. The conditions in
Lethbridge, AB — where the four-day event was held — were less than favourable. As the Gaels played, temperatures that often fell to negative 20 degrees were coupled with snow on the field.
Men’s squash takes bronze, women’s gold at OUA OCTOBER 27, 2017
Queen’s Sailing steams ahead with seventh straight national championship MARCH 21, 2018
Women’s hockey closes out historic season at U Sports Championships
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Sports MAR. 2, 2018
Siobhan MacDonald pushing boundaries for disabled athletes
Multiple limb amputee’s life a story of resilience, giving back and positivity SEPT. 8, 2018
Hanging up the skates J ake C lements Contributor I can still vividly picture my first day of class. While pulling out my note pad, a fellow classmate approaches me, a 22-year old bearded sophomore and asked “are you the professor?” Laughing it off, this was the first of countless times I have explained my story of how I took three years off after high school to pursue my dream of playing university hockey. Today, I pen this letter to say goodbye to the game that has shaped me into the person I am today. Now before I become even more washed up, let me tell this story one more time: before my third gap year between high school and university, I was invited to try out in Des Moines, Iowa, for a team in the United States Hockey League. After making the team,
everything was going according to plan. Even though the season hadn’t begun, I started to receive some interest to play in the NCAA.
Although a little later than I planned before, I was one step closer to my dream.
JAN. 28, 2018
Kevin Bailie joins 50 win club “‘When you were three years old I put you on the ice and, even though you’re old now, at your last game, I’ll be sure to take you off of it.’” — Kevin Bailie
OCT. 5, 2017
Queen’s only female varsity coach to retire this spring Brenda Willis wraps up 31 years at Queen’s, 44-year-long coaching career M aureen O’R eilly News Editor As of March 2018, men’s volleyball head coach Brenda Willis will be retiring from Queen’s after 31 years with the school. Her decision effectively leaves the university with no full-time female head coaches on S ebastian B ron Sports Editor
JAN. 19, 2018
Tying it together Mike Shoveller recalls road to recovery from ACL tear
its staff directory. Willis came to Queen’s in 1987 after a pair of coaching stints at the University of Guelph and Wilfred Laurier University, beginning her coaching career as late as 1973 — taking only a short break when her children were born in the early ‘80s.
he made a move and planted his foot to shift his angle toward the basket. “[A]nd then I heard it,” Shoveller It was August of 2016 — in the thick of his fourth training camp — recalled, mimicking a pop sound when Mike Shoveller hit the deck with a snap of his fingers. What he knew first hand was hard. As his 6’11 frame thumped against the hardwood of the ARC, that he’d buckled his knee and Shoveller let out a sharp scream experienced an abnormal sensation that echoed throughout the gym. of pain. Unknown to himself or He knew something was wrong. those around him at the time was “I kind of just blacked out,” that he’d suffered considerable Shoveller told The Journal. He damage to his anterior crucial noted his memory of the fall was ligament (ACL). Teammates and trainers helped hazy and immediate specifics were lost in the shuffle of prop him up, but Shoveller — who the moment. was cautiously hopeful — managed “I was in shock.” to walk off on his own weight. The Shoveller said everything leading idea of a heavy injury — and the to his fall was routine — he’d played weeks or months of recovery that one-on-one basketball thousands would likely ensue — lingered in of times. Dribbling from half court, Shoveller’s mind.
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Lifestyle
Exclusive interview with Queen’s Baddies
Sex in the limestone city The sexual disempowerment of women From the fear of sexual harassment to the unrealistic images portrayed in the media, we’re coming dangerously close to eliminating a woman’s sexual freedom and increasing widespread
sexual disempowerment. against her and measuring a We need to stop expecting woman’s self-worth based on her womentobeanythingmorethanthe level of sexuality. We also need to humans they are. A woman should establish a general understanding have just as much opportunity as of more realistic ideologies about men to freely express themselves the different shapes and sizes of in a sexual manner without being women — none of which are the affected by double standards and perfect representation of sexy. other contributing factors from If we can achieve these goals, their surrounding society. we can begin to make women We can make this happen feel more comfortable expressing S hivani G onzalez by ending behaviours like slut- themselves. Lifestyle Editor shaming, using a woman’s sexuality —Barrie Cradshaw If you haven’t yet heard of the Instagram account Queen’s Baddies, you’re probably one of few. Queen’s Baddies is an Instagram account notorious for posting pictures of supposedly “beautiful” students, baddies if you will, who go to Queen’s.
Is Harvey Weinstein the last straw for sexual harassment? Discouraged to report in the midst of recovery M adeline H einke Staff Writer Every victim and survivor’s experience is different and recovery can take anywhere from a day to a lifetime. But we still face a criminal system that expects us to stand in court where history has shown we may be re-victimized and made to recount a story we might not remember, understand or may still blame ourselves for.
The story behind Queen’s most famous anonymous Instagram
I have to believe there’s a better way; maybe public officials are conscious of these flaws in how justice for survivors is secured or how marginalized groups that face systems of oppression like homophobia, sexism, racism and ableism, continue to experience increased rates of sexual violence. But it’s a waiting game to see any sign that they’re aware of it, or at least, care.
How ‘Broad City’ is the voice millennial women need
Students are able to submit their own pictures or those of their friends to Queen’s Baddies’ DMs to be featured on the page and viewed by their peers. Posting their first Instagram photo in December of 2016, the account has since garnered 20,300 Instagram followers with more than 200 posts with students featured.
Best date spots in Kingston J ulia G öllner Contributor At first glance, Kingston might appear to be in short supply of trendy spots for a romantic evening. Visiting as a kid, I never realized the amount of authenticity and charm that downtown Kingston’s cafes and bars really had.
But upon further discovery, Kingston has proved to be home to an abundance of options that will almost guarantee a second date — no matter what kind of atmosphere you’re looking for.
March For Our Lives touched on more than just school shooting violence
Finding love at Queen’s
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Postscript
Navigating mental illness, trauma and intimacy How I grew throughout my illnesses and relationships
Postscripts Confusing my tennis abilities with my masculinity
How I used the sport to shield my insecurities J osh G ranovsky Assistant Lifestyle Editor I’ve played a lot of traditional roles throughout my 19 years; I’ve been the angsty tween, the hard-working high school student, the sleep-
Having an abortion doesn't need to be a horrific experience What I’d say to any woman seeking an abortion at the KGH Women’s Clinic is they take the scariest day of your life and make it a little bit easier and safer — and that’s about all you can ask for. Having a clinic next to campus where you can have an abortion for free under the health coverage offered in this
through-my-classes university student. But the one role I could never quite fit into was that of a stereotypically “masculine” man. Growing up, I was raised in a female-dominated environment. I have three sisters who I’m close with and an extremely involved mother. My father plays a very active role in my life, but we’re both simply outnumbered by my family’s female power.
province makes Queen’s students overwhelmingly fortunate. I refuse to focus on the dark parts of my abortion because there’s already so much darkness surrounding this issue. If we really want to break the stigma, we need to hear positive stories too.
A student’s guide to homebrewing
Finding inspiration outside of normal confines
An afternoon spent cleansing our chakras and seeing in the future S hivani G onzalez , J osh G ranovsky & N ick P earce Journal Staff Shivani: When someone gives you the opportunity to find out about your future, whether you believe in the supernatural or not, are you really going to say no? That’s
the mentality I had before going to local Kingston psychic Shadia Medium. Josh: When Shivani first told me we were going to visit a psychic, I felt my traditional Jewish upbringing fighting against my liberated, Arts-degree mindset. I’ve never taken the time to consider my opinions on
the supernatural, but my family is grounded in realism. Nick: My first thought going into the psychic was that Catholic school clearly didn’t do the trick. If over 12 years of masses and generally shaky sex-ed can’t dissuade me from checking out the competition, maybe there’s something to it.