Year in Review — Volume 147 — 2019–2020
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NEWS
Students of Chown Hall floor speak to racist note Carolyn Svonkin Assistant News Editor
Emily* was on her way to class on the morning of Oct. 10 when she found a note taped to the wall in her
common room on the fourth floor of Chown Hall. The note was written in verse and addressed to LGBTQ+ and Indigenous students using derogatory and violent language.
Students start late-night Princess Street ramen shop Sydney Ko Assistant News Editor
By day at 342 Princess St., one might be familiar with the Soup Can, a restaurant specializing in
homemade soup, sandwiches, and pretzels. By night, from Thursday to Saturday, 10 p.m. to 2:30 a.m., the store is transformed into a latenight ramen shop.
More than a hundred gather at Kingston train tracks to protest Coastal GasLink pipeline Ellen Nagy Assistant News Editor
More than one hundred protesters gathered at the train tracks outside of Kingston’s VIA Rail station on
Sunday to protest the Coastal GasLink natural gas pipeline that is set to run through Wet’suwet’en territory in B.C. The protest was one of many over the weekend.
Undergraduate Trustee apologizes for attending coronavirus-themed party Sydney Ko Assistant News Editor
Undergraduate Trustee Tyler Macintyre apologized Monday for attending a Coronavirus-themed
party on Saturday night, where students wore surgical masks, drank Corona beers, and decorated the walls with biohazard symbols. “I attended a Corona party on Saturday February 1st 2020.”
After Senate debate, fall term break to be attached to Thanksgiving Carolyn Svonkin Assistant News Editor The controversy over the fall term break has come to a conclusion. At Tuesday’s Senate meeting,
a motion, originally brought to Senate by the Senate Committee on Academic Procedures (SCAP), was passed unanimously—with two important amendments based on an AMS student survey.
Queen’s student caught in Hong Kong campus protests Sydney Ko Assistant News Editor
What was meant to be an opportunity to learn Mandarin abroad was cut short when
Kelsey—a Queen’s student whose name has been changed to protect her identity—found herself entrenched in Hong Kong’s prodemocracy protests.
Activists celebrate passage of new climate measures Inside the AMS’s push to divest Carolyn Svonkin Assistant News Editor
On Friday, the Board of Trustees passed the final recommendations set out by the Climate Change Task Force, including a pledge to
reduce the carbon intensity of the University’s oil and gas investments. The Task Force was formed in December 2019, after the Board heard a presentation by Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC), in which the
environmentalist group urged the Sydney Ko, University to divest. December Carolyn Svonkin marked QBACC’s second time at Board, following an initial The AMS announced on Monday presentation of demands to the it had completely divested from Trustees in September. holdings in companies that produce, transport, and dispense fossil
fuels, becoming the first student government in Ontario to do so. “This is meant to serve as a message and send a message to our industries, to our leaders, to our university, to our community, that students need to see action.”
NEWS
After losing thousands, Food Bank student fee up for mandatory status
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Student Choice Initiative
Raechel Huizinga
Kingston’s Sexual Assault Center braces for cuts from Student Choice
Initiative
News Editor
The AMS Food Bank lost $6,000 this year following the implementation of the Student Choice Initiative—about a quarter of its overall budget. There’s also been an uptick in the service’s use.
Raechel Huizinga News Editor
The Sexual Assault Center Kingston could lose as much as $21,000 in annual funding as a result of the SCI.
Queen’s legal aid clinic loses $22,000 under Student Choice Initiative
Campus radio station hit hard by Student Choice Initiative
Ellen Nagy
Raechel Huizinga
The Queen’s Legal Aid (QLA) clinic lost $22,000 in funding following the implementation of the Student Choice Initiative (SCI) this fall. In a written statement to The Journal, QLA Director Blair Crew said 77 per cent of undergraduate students opted in to the $5.50 QLA student fee.
After the Student Choice Initiative (SCI) was announced in January, CFRC station manager Dinah Jansen was prepared to fight for the radio’s relevance. When the final opt-out numbers arrived last week, she discovered the station had lost a third of its student revenue.
Professor was under investigation for sexual harassment
Two men arrested near campus after causing disturbance
Ellen Nagy
Raechel Huizinga
Former English Professor Andrew Bretz, who passed away on Aug. 21, 2018 at the age of 42, was under investigation for sexual harassment by the University in the months leading up to his death. The University could not comment on the details of any particular case.
A dramatic scene unfolded Thursday afternoon as two men wearing offensive signs were arrested on the corner of University Ave. and Earl St. for making anti-women statements to students passing by. Kingston Police charged both men with causing a disturbance by shouting.
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Queen’s secondhighest in province for sexual harassment, survey finds Raechel Huizinga News Editor
Two years after the Student Voices on Sexual Violence survey was circulated to Ontario university students, the full results were released Thursday morning.
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Sexual Violence Policy
Misogynist Facebook page was run by a Queen’s employee Raechel Huizinga News Editor
A Facebook page called Kings of Queen’s, which featured posts targeting Queen’s students and spreading anti-women messages, was run by a Queen’s employee, The Journal has learned. Queen’s confirmd it knows abou the page.
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Features
Calls for sexual assault centre on campus unanswered for more than thirty years Raechel Huizinga News Editor
Meet the lawyer who’s defending students against Kingston landlords Rachel Aiken Features Editor
In a small office on Bagot St., John Done works into the evening. On the wall is a child’s crayon drawing of a house in the sunshine. He’s taken the case of a young boy who’s been suspended from school twice this year. The boy’s mother says his behaviour arises naturally
In 1989, a report called for Queen’s to implement a sexual assault centre on campus. The same recommendation was suggested in 2015. In 2020, it still hasn’t happened. The push for Canadian universities to start implementing institutional responses to
campus sexual violence reached a high point in 2014, when The Toronto Star published an article revealing only nine out of 102 Canadian universities and colleges had sexual violence policies. In 2016, the Ontario government passed Bill 132, requiring all of the province’s post-secondary institutions to develop sexual violence policies.
from his disability—but the school board disagrees. John Done, a local lawyer, has been defending Queen’s students and Kingston community members for 31 years. It’s the little things he does—like offering drives home after hearings in court or buying them lunch out of pocket—that make Done someone extraordinary.
Faculty falter when addressing Indigenous topics Pamoda Wijekoon Assistant Arts Editor
Navigating the orgasm gap Tegwyn Hughes Assistant Lifestyle Editor
Abby Duncan, ArtSci ‘22, is fed up with the casual sex she’s had at Queen’s. From inattentive partners to poor communication, the second-year student has had her fair share of disappointing encounters. “Men always come, but women come not nearly as often. A lot of men either don’t care or don’t ask,” Duncan said in
an interview. She became sexually active in first year and enjoyed how positive campus-wide attitudes about sex were. However, Duncan says that whether sex is pleasurable is not part of the conversation. “Queen’s is relatively progressive,” she said. “At the same time, we don’t talk about orgasms. It’s never about whether it was good. For girls, sex isn’t always good.”
For Misko McGregor, (Comm ‘21), an Algonquin-Ojibwe student from Kitigan Zibi First Nation in Québec, it was a strange experience weighing in on his classmates’ presentations with his professor during the Indigenous component of his second-year Business Ethics course. “It’s not really my job to teach
people. I’m not getting paid,” he told The Journal in an interview. “But I was the only Indigenous student in the class, so I had an obligation to set things straight.” When he arrived at Queen’s, McGregor was reluctant to discuss his identity because it often led to difficult discussions or being called out in class. McGregor isn’t alone in his experience.
For Kingston Penitentiary, a dark history revisited Andrew Schjerning Features Editor
Canada’s most notorious prison officially closed its doors on Sept. 30, 2013. Now, in 2019, questions surrounding the legacy of the Kingston Penitentiary have risen to a fever pitch. The closure of the Kingston Penitentiary, previously known as the Provincial Penitentiary of the Province of Upper Canada, marked
the end of a 178-year period for a prison notorious for hosting some of Canada’s most recognizable criminals. Wayne Boyden, The prison no longer houses inmates. The grounds are now owned and operated by the St. Lawrence Parks Commission, a subsidiary of the Ontario Ministry of Tourism and Culture. On Sept. 14, 2019, the prison hosted its first open air concert, titled “Rockin’ the Big House.”
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Year in photos: conflict, activism, and change
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EDITORIALS
This year The Joutnal editorialized on topics ranging from university mental health services to diversity in newsrooms. You can read the full editorials online.
Universities must act now to prioritize mental health care Suspended sexual violence disclosure requirement lets down students This editorial discusses sexual assault and may be triggering for some readers. The Journal uses “survivor” to refer to those who have experienced sexual assault. We acknowledge this term is not universal.
enough. Given the substantial backlash from stakeholders, Queen’s should permanently strike the requirement from its sexual violence policy. Students’ and professors’ criticisms are well-founded. The introduction of Students are entitled to agency over the requirement—which was only on their own experiences processing sexual the Queen’s Sexual Violence Prevention violence. Through Queen’s updated & Response website after the policy sexual violence policy, that agency has was passed—was far from transparent been taken away from survivors. or public. It can only be returned by eliminating The requirement itself removes the controversial disclosure requirement autonomy from survivors, who may not from the school’s updated policy. want their personal information sent The University has suspended its to the SVPRC following a disclosure requirement that dictated that non- made to a trusted staff member, like a health care University staff must provide professor or a Bystander Intervention a student’s name, email address, and Training facilitator. student number to Queen’s Sexual The University’s first responsibility should Violence Prevention and Response be to its students, ensuring their safety Coordinator (SVPRC) following their and comfort on their own terms. However, private sexual violence disclosure. Queen’s appears to prioritize its image over This has triggered concern from students’ wellbeing in its response to the faculty and students alike, which was policy’s criticism. brought to Senate earlier this month. This is clear through the school’s efforts In response, Queen’s temporarily to triage concerns—underpublicizing open suspended the requirement and held forums and glossing over details—rather its first open community meeting to than stepping up to solve the issue, which discuss the policy, hosted by Teri Shearer, would force administrators to admit the deputy provost (Academic Operations requirement’s flaws. and Inclusion). Last week’s open community meeting But merely suspending this failed to address the community’s mounting violating disclosure requirement isn’t concerns about the policy and its future.
Universities often pride themselves on their strong communities and their dedication to their students. But as cries for better post-secondary mental health resources sweep the province, schools can’t claim they have students’ best interests at heart if they’re not willing to prioritize mental health support within their own health services. Another tragic student suicide last week on the University of Toronto’s St. George campus has fueled more concerns from students over the administration’s apparent lack of initiative in combatting the alarming number of on-campus suicides the school has seen over the past two years. This is yet another example of post-secondary schools’ flaws in addressing struggling students. The suicide comes on the heels of the university’s controversial mandated leave policy, which allows the university to place students whose mental health is deemed a risk to themselves or others on a mandatory leave of absence. Schools seem more concerned with
appearances than with concrete student support, failing to even acknowledge these deaths as suicides. This often winds up stigmatizing issues that are life or death for these students. U of T students have highlighted the university’s long wait times for counselling and lack of sufficient mental health resources as problem areas long overdue for change. These same issues plague our own school’s Student Wellness Services. Queen’s current model for students who need mental health counselling outsources them to Kingston community facilities. As they fail to hire more Wellness Service staff to equip the University’s own health services with the necessary resources, they fail to support their students sufficiently. Queen’s might prefer to think they “are not a treatment facility” for struggling students, as former Queen’s Principal Daniel Woolf said last year, and therefore aren’t responsible for providing adequate mental health resources.
Diversity in Canadian media should start on campuses
Student newspapers are the training student newspapers. This culture needs grounds for the next generation of to change. journalists—and the starting points for Ideally, this change should start much-needed newsroom diversification. within mastheads (published lists of A Globe and Mail opinion from Amy O’Kruk, a former Western Gazette editorin-chief, Western University’s student newspaper, articulated the important role of student newspapers in preparing a more diverse future for journalism. University papers frequently struggle to walk the line between representing diverse campus topics and communities without appropriating the voices of the groups they report on. One solution is obvious: newsrooms representing diverse identities facilitate authentic and sensitive reporting. But achieving and maintaining staff diversity is something legacy and student publications alike continue to grapple to get right. Like big outlets, campus publications are too often synonymous with majority newspapers’ staff). The image of the white, male staff members. Even if predominantly white, male newsroom this isn’t always the case, this is the can discourage potential applicants image most often associated with who don’t see themselves reflected in
past or current teams. To attract a more diverse range of people, all campus communities need to be made to feel welcome. Whether it’s reaching out to
student groups before the hiring period or publishing transparent diversity statistics, student newspapers need to show there’s a place for students who
deviate from majority stereotypes. Without supports and resources like bursaries or academic credits, student editors and writers often need to have the socioeconomic privilege necessary to devote most of their free time to writing and editing for little or no pay. Student editors may feel pressure to prioritize their work over their classes, or take an extra year in their undergraduate degrees to explore different roles at their newspapers—but for students without the means available to meet these taxing requirements, a demanding student journalism role might not be feasible. Financial assistance, whether in the form of salaries, honoraria, or scholarships, would go a long way in making more room for socioeconomic diversity in student journalism. Roles in campus newspapers provide students with footing in their postgraduate job applications to bigger media outlets. If we want to see change in the diversity of those legacy newsrooms, we need to start by addressing the diversity in our own newsrooms first.
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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 this volume of The Journal by Amelia Rankine.
ILLUSTRATIONS
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OPINIONS Your Perspective
Alysha Mohamed
Letter to the Editor: March 13 Dear Editors, In 1989, a group of concerned women staged a Sit-In in then Principal David Smith’s office to call attention to the issue of sexual violence on the Queen’s University campus. A key demand was the funding of the Sexual Assault Centre of Kingston (SACK). The previous year, in 1988, the University withdrew funding and closed the only sexual violence support centre on campus. More than 30 years later, students, faculty, staff and other members of the Queen’s community still have no comprehensive on-campus sexual violence support centre to meet their needs. This despite a 2016 report by the Queen’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Working Group (SAPRWG) recommending that the University “establish [..] a central,
visible, and welcoming Sexual Assault Response and Prevention (SARP) Centre, which would function as: a single point of entry for integrated and holistic sexual assault response, support, advising, counselling, advocacy, and case management services; and a driving force for campus-wide sexual violence prevention education and first-response training.” While we applaud the appointment of the Queen’s University Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Coordinator, the position is only available Monday to Friday from 9 – 5 and is confined to offering information and referral services to those experiencing sexual violence. This is inadequate to meet the needs of survivors of sexual violence, which happen beyond regular work hours.
Students & faculty are responsible for addressing racism at Queen’s Ignoring issues of discrimination ultimately puts racialized students in danger
It’s time to take mental health maintenance more seriously “Mental health care can’t just be reactive; it also needs to be preventative” - Kirby Harris Students from Opposing sides Chris Kitchen
Nick Lorraway and Angus Merry
Talking Heads .... from this year
Why are you protesting at the climate strike?
Doubling down on a Society needs oil & gas, & declining industry won’t Canada needs to help anyone, especially the provide it planet “To stand in solidarity with everyone else protesting across the country.” Chonyi Iama, ArtSci ’22
“Despite all the science for it, no one is doing anything about climate change.” Courtney Newberry, ArtSci ‘23
Arts
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Performances to remember Nov. 16, 2019
The Arkells’ triumphant return to Kingston
Oct. 1, 2019
Kingston steals the show on set of Murdoch Mysteries
The Wilderness show appreciation for their biggest fan Nov. 1, 2019
Dancerama
Domino Theatre productions:
Feb. 7, 2020
Barefoot in the Park, Deathtrap, and To Kill a Mockingbird
(Top, top right, bottom right.)
Sept. 21, 2019
The Glorious Sons head home for historic performance
Authors in review: QJ alumni publish first books Former Queen’s Journal Editor in Chief Anna Mehler Paperny’s debut memoir, Hello I Want to Die Please Fix Me: Depression in the First Person, is a deep dive into depression.
July 3-7, 2019
Cirque du Soleil skates through Kingston
March 5-7, 2020
Vogue Charity Fashion Show Joel McConvey, former arts editor of The Queen’s Journal, published his first collection of short stories. Different Beasts compiles stories that deal with what it means to be monstrous. His characters walk a delicate line between misguided and just plain evil.
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Sports
Back-to-back: Forsyth Cup stays in Kingston Jack Heron Staff Writer The men’s volleyball team has done it again, coming back from being down two sets to none to win the OUA Championship over the University of Toronto
Varsity Blues. The Gaels lost both of their regular season matchups with the OUA East’s number one seed, and they were poised to fall again last Saturday until they caught fire and reeled off three straight sets to win the Forsyth Cup.
Queen’s cross country team threatening exodus over coach’s firing Jack Rabb Sports Editor More than half of Queen’s cross country running team could quit if Steve Boyd, the recently-fired head coach, isn’t reinstated, The Journal has learned.
“I want help”: Queen’s student athletes call for more support
Boyd was dismissed on Feb. 19 following complaints filed by Guelph alumni, among others, who took issue with comments made by Boyd under a Facebook post by Guelph track alumni Robyn Mildren, who had written a statement about her time spent under
now-disgraced Guelph University running coach legend Dave Scott-Thomas. In a wide-reaching interview with The Journal, Interim Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Tom Harris said the University has no plans to reinstate him.
Jack Rabb Sports Editor
Jack Rabb Sports Editor
The Journal spoke with current and former male and female student-athletes across several varsity sports and clubs about the intersection between their athletics and their mental health. *** “I am f—king struggling. I need resources right now.” That was Guy*, a former male varsity athlete. He had reached out to his coach to ask him for help: a psychologist, or anybody who could provide assistance. His coach nodded through his request, and never followed up. “I’m not saying this for an excuse. I’m not looking for pity, I’m not looking for sympathy, I don’t want your attention, I want help.”
Queen’s secret weapon
Breaking curse, women’s cross-country wins nationals Haley Marando Staff Writer After three consecutive years of U SPORTS silver medal finishes, the Queen’s women’s cross-country team finally prevailed as national
gold medalists for the first time in school history. “I don’t think I’m ever going to forget the moment I turned around and saw Brogan and Kara come in,” Branna MacDougall told The Journal.
Queen’s women’s rugby lost to Guelph in the playoffs five years in a row. This year they won. Queen’s women’s cross country came second at nationals three years in a row. This year they won. What changed? “They did not quit on the one-yard line yard line.” Tripp is in his fourth year as Queen’s mental training coach, and that ‘finishing’ mentality is what he tries to instill in athletes.
Women’s rugby wins OUA championship Autism Mentorship Program brings together Athletics, community Jack Rabb Sports Editor It’s an age-old adage that when good people get together, good things happen. Case in point: Josh Mosely and Emilio Frometa. Case in another point: varsity athletes and
kids with autism. Since 2017, AMP has paired student-athletes with young people on the autism spectrum and gives student-athletes the training, the tools, and the opportunity they need to forge meaningful friendships with their mentees.
LIFESTYLE
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Why we’re done complaining Two Journal staff members on campus attitudes toward racial minorities Tegwyn Hughes Assistant Lifestyle Editor
Gaels going viral: Four Queen’s YouTubers get candid
Apart from academics and part-time jobs, most Queen’s students pursue a handful of hobbies. From joining clubs that satisfy our interests to going for runs along the waterfront, we fill our spare time with simple activities that make us happy. For these four YouTubers who go to Queen’s, their hobbies have the potential to change their lives, influence people around the world, and even drive a profit.
The pros & cons of Call Her Daddy KIANA BUZZA AYSHA TABASSUM
Two students offer their takes on this chart-climbing sex podcast
Pravieena Gnanakumar Staff Writer
“feelings Cuffing season forces of loneliness
and desperation, and it makes us question if we can be happy without a partner. After all, life is so beautiful that it just needs to be shared.
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Your life isn’t a Hallmark movie: it’s just cuffing season
What to expect when not expecting to spend a year abroad in Kingston
After months of waiting for our exchange results, the emails finally entered our inboxes—subject line: “Offer of Exchange.” Our hearts were racing, and the seconds it took to load felt like an eternity. As we rapidly scrolled down searching for the destination, Melbourne and Sydney were nowhere to be seen. Instead in their place sat “Queen’s University.” We took to Google to figure out what and where that was. Queen’s University Belfast? Queensland, Brisbane? Not quite. The answer was a university in Kingston, Ontario.
IONA CLEAVE CAMY SANDFORD
dream interpreter
Student
Superheroes
Queen’s Eats
QJ
Playlists
MERYL SLEEP
ALLY MASTANTUONO
MICHELLE BOON
TEGWYN HUGHES
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Postscript
“ I don’t know how much
Living with a sexual dysfunction at Queen’s
I can describe what it’s like to feel nothing because an even deeper part of you believes everyone and everything exists to hurt you.
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ANONYMOUS
Getting to know my grief MICHELLE BOON
Postscript
After two semesters, 27 issues, and countless articles, the Lifestyle
section wraps up an amazing sixth year at The Journal.
We’ve reviewed Netflix shows and Kingston restaurants, covered
students’ sex lives and YouTube-famous Gaels, and even unmasked
a few Queen’s superheroes. None of what we accomplished this year would’ve been possible without every editor, staff member, interview subject, and contributor who helped us create truly special content.
We want to thank all 70 of our amazing contributors who wrote for
“ I’m still getting to
perspective on the loss, and its intersection with my cultural identity is just one of them.
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How Movember changed my attitude about my Asperger’s AUSTIN WILD
Lauren Trossman Zier Zhou Hannah Stafl Elena Koning Chiara Gottheil Sophia Spencer Emily Elliott CJ Cowan Meryl Sleep Erin Burns Genevieve Nolet Samara Lijiam Nathan Gallagher Annie Brennand Adiel Grechanick Samantha Misner Rebecca Frost Jeff Misner Audrey Helpburn Claudia Rupnik Michelle Boon Samantha Fink Elisa Hoard Liat Fainman-Adelman
the section in Vol. 147: Meghan Warwick Paige James Colin Walsh Georgia Gardner Jen McConnel Pravieena Gnanakumar Nancy Nagle Juliana Brown Riley McMahon Benjamin Beggs Kiana Buzza Chris Yao Jordan Nigro Ahrani Gnananayakan Julia Harmsworth Austin Wild Josh Granovsky Daniel Sheedy Iona Cleave Jonny Karr Jessica Gregoire Alexa Margorian Maddie Ward Noah Blaff
Jenna Ryan Alysha Mohamed Samuel Tobert Jocelyn Knibutat Saskia Kemsley Rhiannon Jenkins Martha Hillen Madeline Roitman Camy Sandford Anna Logan Hannah Tosello Maya Shapira Emily Velovic Josh Saltzman Haley Marando Tanisha Amarakoon Cailin McNeely Prarthana Pathak Stephanie Nagy John Athanasopoulos Hannah Larson Isabelle Ma
Helming the Lifestyle section and being entrusted with the voices
of so many Queen’s students has been an indescribable honour.
Thanks to everyone who supported us, and we’ll see you in Vol. 148.
Ally Mastantuono, Lifestyle Editor
Tegwyn Hughes, Assistant Lifestyle Editor
Growing up in Asia taught me the importance of speaking up on social issues
Learning about my grandfather’s heroic life taught me the power of storytelling
SYDNEY KO
NATHAN GALLAGHER
How learning about my PTSD at Queen’s helped me overcome it RAECHEL HUIZINGA
Restrictions on safe medical abortions don’t help anybody ANONYMOUS
Navigating my long-distance relationship with my brother CLAUDIA RUPNIK