Civil marriages will be offered at Kingston City Hall early next year, after Council unanimously approved City staff’s Civil Marriage Solemnization report at the Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023 council meeting. As previously reported, the staff report recommends that the City begin offering civil marriage solemnization services by City staff to
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The City of Kingston could begin offering civil marriage ceremonies as soon as January 2024, according to a staff report to City Council published in advance of its meeting on Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2023. Staff are seeking Council’s approval of a draft “Civil Marriage Ceremony Policy.” Currently, civil marriages are
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Queen’s University graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, staff, and community supporters joined their contemporaries in a nationwide walkout Monday, May 1, 2023, in response to the lack of attention to research funding in the recent federal budget. According to Support Our Science, provision of a living wage for researchers would
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Kwame Osei, local author, as well as wide receiver coach and community outreach coordinator for the Queen’s Gaels football team, is hoping his new book Yes, I am will be a positive tool to help children understand their full potential. Osei is no stranger to children’s literature, having already penned
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Haircuts have historically been gendered, with salons for women, barbershops for men, and a price difference between male and female cuts. But this can create a sense of discomfort and exclusion for customers who are Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, or who self-identify in other
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*Paid Business Feature* Editorial note: The following is a submitted article. The views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Kingstonist. May is Community Living Month — when people across Ontario celebrate the successes of a more inclusive, welcoming society that serves everyone well and builds strengths based
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The Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Kingston Region and the Union of Safety and Justice Employees (USJE) set up an information picket on Thursday, Apr. 14, 2022, outside of Joyceville Institution in an effort to draw attention to their ongoing bargaining efforts with the Federal Government. More than a dozen
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The Kingston Speaks Inclusion (KSI) team at Kingston Community Health Centres (KCHC) has been busy since their initial project launch in July 2021. The organization is collecting feedback on how Kingston Police can increase equity, diversity, inclusion, indigenization, and accessibility (EDIIA) throughout their organization through a community survey. ‘Kingston Speaks
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The first grant Awesome Kingston has awarded in 2022 went to the ‘Emergency Meeting of the Tobogganing Committee.’ The $1,000 micro-grant supports local projects the Awesome Kingston trustees think will help keep Kingston awesome. While difficult to sum up in a few brief sentences, the “Committee,” as they call themselves,
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Michelle McDonald wants kids to love to read and to recognize themselves in the stories, so she created ‘Ruthy’s Reading Room.’ The weekly YouTube channel shares McDonald’s love of reading and celebrates Black authors from across North America. The idea for Ruthy’s Reading Room came to McDonald about four years
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The 2021 Pink Shirt Day campaign, organized by the Boys and Girls Club and Big Brothers Big Sisters, closed the month of February on a positive and encouraging note. Pink Shirt day was celebrated on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, but the organizers say its message of inclusion and diversity is
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Queen’s University is one of six in Ontario that have partnered to create a new academic fellowship. Its aim is to expand the pathways for Indigenous and Black students pursuing doctoral degrees in engineering to prepare for careers as professors and industry researchers. Announced Monday, Jan. 18, 2021, the Indigenous
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