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Unlearning and Relearning the KAIROS blanket exercise: Culturally safe for who?
Date Published: Dec 20, 2019
Paige Van Tassel, an Anishinaabe and ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐤ (Cree) registered with Grassy Narrows First Nation doctoral candidate with the Department of Art History and Art Conservation at Queen’s University, tells her experience facilitating the KAIROS blanket exercise and shares the importance.
Disability, more than the Wheelchair
Date Published: Dec 03, 2019
Xin Sun, a recent Queen’s graduate and an active member of the Queen’s & Kingston communities as a Disability and Social Justice Advocate. In her piece, she discusses the importance of unlearning narrow understandings of disability and accessibility.
Eight “Good Practices” for Engaging in Courageous Conversations
Date Published: Nov 01, 2019
Andrew B. Campbell, Adjunct Assistant Professor at Queens University, shares with us a set of recommendations to navigate the difficult conversations that lead us to positive change.
We See the World as We Are
Date Published: Oct 10, 2019
Our contributor Kevin Collins, the Student Development Coordinator at Queen’s, writes about the importance of understanding our own identities in order to learn how to navigate differences respectfully.
Learning, Unlearning and Relearning
Date Published: Sep 20, 2019
In the first blog of the year, Lauren Winkler, a Kanien’keha:ka student at Queen’s, talks about her journey relearning to love herself in the different roles of her life: daughter, sister, niece, grandchild, and friend.