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Editorial note: The following is a submitted Letter to the Editor. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Kingstonist. For the past two years, we have been focused on the COVID-19 pandemic. There is another epidemic occurring, however. Workplace overwork and burnout is now a major
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Literary buffs may already be familiar with Kingston’s writing powerhouse Steven Heighton. He’s written world-renowned works, such as Afterlands, The Shadow Boxer, and scores of others, garnering him a seat in the upper echelon of Canadian literary heroes, among the likes of Margaret Atwood and Leonard Cohen. He won the
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Gilmar Gutiérrez, an international medical student from Ecuador currently going through his last year of medical school at Queen’s University, has started a GoFundMe page to raise funds to support himself through the final year of education. The fee for international medical students at Queen’s and other universities is close
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On Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021, at 12:30 PM, Queen’s graduate student workers and their supporters gathered outside Stauffer Library for a #ValueOurWork rally, demanding a meaningful response to the concerns of the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local 901 at Queen’s University. Teaching assistants, research assistants, and teaching fellows
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Earlier this week, the provincial government announced that minimum wage is to be increased from $14.35 to $15, starting January 2022 — a pay rate which doesn’t even amount to a living wage in the majority of Ontario cities, according to Ontario Living Wage Network. The COVID-19 pandemic has made
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If there is something about Conservative MP Shelby Kramp-Neuman that seems familiar to those in the riding, it could be her maiden name, which is included in her now-hyphenated surname, or even a familial resemblance. That’s because those in this riding are more than familiar with one of the people
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Dr. Waji Khan (Green Party) was born in North York, Ontario and later raised in Scarborough after his parents emigrated from Pakistan to Canada in the 1960s. He attended the University of Toronto where he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1997 and began his studies in Dentistry.
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Editorial note: Last week, we ran an article entitled ‘She’s a statistic, until you meet her,’ an article speaking with a woman on the streets of downtown Kingston. After doing so, we were contacted by Sven Buening, a student from Germany currently studying at Queen’s University. He told us he
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Born in Scarborough, Ontario, Barrington Walker, the New Democratic Party of Canada (NDP) candidate for Kingston and the Islands moved to the riding in 2002. Walker said he has been a supporter of the NDP since he could vote, and has been a card carrying member of the party since
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Ruslan Yakoviychuk is the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for Kingston and the Islands. Born and raised in the town of Roztoky in western Ukraine, Yakoviychuk came to Kingston in January 2005, and started his first day of work here the next morning. After coming to Canada under a Conservative
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