Should Canada Consider Electoral Reform?
(By Jasmine Tordimah, Queen’s University) Democracy is defined as a system of government in which individuals have the right to actively participate
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Giving to the Rich and Taking from the Poor: Debunking Scheer’s Claims on Minimum Wage Increases
(By Michelle Allan, Queen’s University) At 4 months in, Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has the lowest approval rating of any federal party
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Student journalism: necessary investment or waste of paper?
(By Nabeela Jivraj, Queen’s University) For twenty-first century readers, the news media has taken on a uniquely vague and unprecedented role.
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The value of cosmopolitanism
(By Emma Brooks, Queen’s University) The overarching purpose of cosmopolitanism is to consider all citizens of the world as equal and
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Cultural representation decided Jews were white: Are we seeing a reversal of this?
(By Quinn Henderson, Queen’s University) During the US election cycle I saw a tweet (since deleted) by a Jewish comedian that
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“Black boys look blue under moonlight”: The importance of humanizing dark skins in cinema
(By Yolanda Chu, Queen’s University) Moonlight’s Best Picture win at this year’s Academy Awards, brought it praise over its subversive subject
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The current national opioid crisis: Conceptualizing a plan of action
(By Alison Carney, Queen’s University) The radical increase in Canada’s opioid-related mortality rate has resulted in preventative and treatment strategies becoming
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Trump, news consumption, echo chambers, and elections in the age of social media
(By Diana Zhao, Queen’s University) The 2016 American Presidential election was a race like no other. After a grueling primary, months
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The politics of facts: The importance of social philosophy in the “post-truth” era
(By Kyle Curlew, Queen’s University) It has been over a month since Kellyanne Conway excused her political deceit as “alternative facts”
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The reality of our electoral system
(By Ami Trivedi, Queen’s University) Despite Canada’s reputation as a fair and democratic country, the nation is turning into a system
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