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Recent Together We Are posts...
Date Published: Mar 13, 2023
Getting Comfortable With Being Uncomfortable
University Secretary and Corporate Counsel, Lon Knox talks about their feelings of hesitancy leading a working group at Queen's. But being comfortable feeing uncomfortable is an opportunity for learning and growth.
Date Published: Feb 17, 2023
Scarborough Charter Research Working Group
In our first post of 2023, Dr. Katherine McKittrick and Dr. Betsy Donald reflect on the Scarborough Charter, research and activism.
Date Published: Nov 30, 2022
The Scarborough Charter: From Striving to Thriving
Lavonne Hood, Queen's University Ombudsperson, talks about Queen's University and the Scarborough Charter.
Recent 2SLGTBQ+ posts...
Date Published: Mar 14, 2022
Imagining a post-pandemic world with equitable public service treatment
Ayden Adeyanju-Jackson, a third-year Queen’s student, reflects on the importance of understanding and addressing systemic disadvantages for BIPoC communities in order to achieve lasting post-pandemic change.
Date Published: Jun 16, 2021
Celebrating Community with Pride
Alex Pedersen (she/her) staff member and adjunct professor at Queen’s University, closes the school year 2020-2021 reflecting on the importance of creating spaces where 2SLGBTQI+ members can thrive and feel supported
Date Published: May 29, 2019
The future of gender will change Queen’s for the benefit of everyone
Dr. Lee Airton, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education, talks about how future students will drive change on our campuses, as they will expect the availability of gender and sexual diversity content and supports.
Recent Indigenous posts...
Date Published: May 19, 2022
Walking in the Footsteps of My Foremothers
In this piece, Misty Underwood, Program Coordinator, Indigenous Pathways at Queen’s University, reflects on the transformative power of remembering; remembering her foremothers, homelands, ancestral seeds and foodways.
Date Published: Nov 16, 2021
Hold your head up...
Jenna Kring, Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre’s Indigenous Programs and Events Associate, shares some inspiring words about being a safe space for others.
Date Published: Nov 30, 2020
Think not forever of yourself
Ann Deer, Indigenous Recruitment & Support Coordinator for the Smith Commerce program and the Faculty of Law, shares her story and invites us to think about the importance of building community.