All Posts Tagged With: "Queen’s University"

post thumbnail

Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts

It’s not a secret that Queen’s University is under served by their performing arts venues, as Grant Hall, Theological Hall and Harrison LeCaine are simply lacking in too many key areas to be effective.  Since coming to Kingston, I’ve attended more student musicals and drama performances elsewhere in the city, than those that were hosted [...]

18Aug2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 3 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

The Relevance of Labour Unions Today

The downtown public library hosted a panel discussion last Tuesday on the role of unions locally and internationally as part of the Mayworks Festival of Labour and the Arts.

11May2010 | Matt Gardner | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Friday Foto

Call it wishful thinking, but I think that scenes such as the one captured via today’s Friday Foto will soon be upon us.  In comparison to present conditions along Kingston’s waterfront, the only thing that’s really missing from this photo are the thick clouds of those small black flies.  What are these pesky bugs anyway?  [...]

23Apr2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 2 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Moving Day

Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a steady increase in the number of Queen’s, RMC and St. Lawrence students wandering around and enjoying our construction riddled downtown.  Not only is the nice weather coaxing these young scholars away from their academic pursuits, but the increased outdoor activity is also the result of classes being [...]

21Apr2010 | Harvey Kirkpatrick | 5 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Keith Jones and the Socialist Alternative

The national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (Canada) spoke at Queen’s on March 31 about the need for an independent political movement of the working class.

10Apr2010 | Matt Gardner | 3 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Mental Health Screening in the Workplace

At a debate sponsored by the Queen’s Mental Health Awareness Committee, a panel of academic experts tackled the question: is mental health screening in the workplace necessary or discriminatory?

31Mar2010 | Matt Gardner | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Trans Day of Celebration

Susan Gapka, LGBT representative for the New Democratic Party, spoke at Queen’s University on Thursday afternoon to mark this year’s Trans Day of Celebration. Her focus was on federal and provincial bills that would prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity and gender expression.

15Mar2010 | Matt Gardner | 5 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Jon Elmer slams Canadian policy on Israel-Palestine

As part of Israeli Apartheid Week 2010, freelance journalist Jon Elmer spoke at Queen’s about Canada’s role in Israel’s continued oppression of the Palestinians.

6Mar2010 | Matt Gardner | 3 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Mouthy Features Local Stories, Storytellers

Mouthy provides a forum for guests to dabble in engaging storytelling by featuring a different theme each month. On Tuesday night, the group met at The Artel to share compelling tales with a Kingston flavour.

25Feb2010 | Matt Gardner | 0 comments | Continued
post thumbnail

Queen’s TEDx Provides Food for Thought

They’re in the business of ideas…and business is booming.

10Feb2010 | Matt Gardner | 3 comments | Continued
Older Entries