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QTBIPoC-Relevant Spaces – Interactive Map
It can be tough when students move to Kingston to find familiar foods. We have updated and reimagined our former resource list of BIPoC-relevant spaces into an interactive map of grocery locations, restaurants, and more both on campus and in the Kingston community.
Click the box with the arrow at the top-left to sort locations.
This map is intended to supplement the Queen's Interactive Campus Map. See the Queen's map for prayer spaces, gender-neutral washrooms, and other equity-relevant resources on campus.
If there is a space you think should be added to our map, please reach out to our email yellowhouse@queensu.ca!
Last updated: 1 April 2024.
Well-being
Resources at Queen's, in the Kingston community, and elsewhere that offer supports to QTBIPoC students' physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being.
See well-being resourcesIdentity & Community
Resources that celebrate diverse identities and enrich our communities.
See identity & community resourcesHarassment & Discrimination
What to do if you experience or witness harassment or discrimination.
See how to navigate H&D – under constructionFinancial Supports
Scholarships, bursaries, awards, grants, and other financial aid relevant to QTBIPoC students.
See financial aid & supportsFor Clubs
Booking spaces at the Yellow House, grants and funding, and other resources for clubs and initiatives that serve QTBIPoC communities
See resources for clubsLetters from the Editors
Below are our past student editors' messages about their work on our website.
August 7, 2023
My name is Kai Siallagan and I am in my fourth year of a Joint Honours in Global Development Studies and History. I grew up in a very White, cis-heteronormative region of Southern Alberta. Studying history at Queen's was the first time I was exposed to and able to openly engage with critical streams of thought on race, colonialism, and social issues. My education has helped me both recognise and vocalise sentiments pertaining to the experience of racialisation in Canada and has equipped me with the knowledge to takes steps beyond the status quo.
Since Ayden's work on the resource library two years ago, there have been changes to Canada's political landscape. Media coverage of topics like the Black Lives Matter Movement and anti-Asian hate tied to the COVID-19 Pandemic seem to have fallen to the background. In recent news, we have seen Transphobia, flagrant xenophobia, nativism, and continued violence against members of BIPoC and 2SLGBTQ+ communities across the Western world. In an era where extremism is becoming the new moderate, it has never been more important to maintain the anti-racist and anti-colonial momentum that we saw in the early 2020s.
I came to this role to bring the Yellow House resources into a changing Canadian political culture while honouring the voices and experiences of students like Ayden who came before me. My hope is that the work I am doing with the Yellow House is only the beginning of a long history of students' active resistance. Queen's is not perfect, but the voices and convictions of our students to fight injustice is strong.
With warmth,
Kai Siallagan