Melanie Proulx
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Melanie Proulx (Cultural Studies) – The representation of sexual violence in comics

This doctoral research-creation project uses an embodied auto-ethnographic methodology to investigate how comics about sexual violence can reduce survivors’ risk of reception (the risk of being triggered) through the implementation of distancing narrative features (aesthetics that provide emotional distance). Melanie has also co-authored a book called “The Bum Drum Conundrum” that teaches children about consent […]

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Queen’s Receives New Residency and Medical School Spots in Provincial Announcment

On Tuesday March 15th,  the Government of Ontario announced that it is boosting the number of medical school and residency spots over the next five years, in an effort to increase doctor numbers. Included in this announcement is that Queen’s University will receive 20 undergraduate seats and 30 postgraduate positions.  With us in this segment to chat […]

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UNESCO Sites in Ukraine under Threat

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has had many humanitarian, geopolitical and international strategic impacts, some of which we discussed in a special roundtable last week on our program.  Russia’s invasion has also put many historic structures, monuments, and UNESCO World Heritage Sites in danger of destruction.  These artifacts represent irreplaceable cultural history and architectural heritage, […]

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Waste: A Tale of Two Problems with Prof. Myra Hird

Canada’s waste crisis is the product of two inter-related issues: the problems of amplification and ongoing settler colonialism. In this presentation, Dr Myra Hird draws on decades of empirical waste studies research to argue that resolving our waste crisis requires an orientation away from techno-fixes and individual responsibility and towards upstream social justice issues.

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Rahman Alashraf
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Abdul Rahman Alashraf (Postdoctoral Fellow) – Wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 Initiative

University researchers from the Beaty Water Research Centre (BWRC) with universities and utility companies across Ontario are collaborating through the Wastewater Surveillance Initiative (WSI). Through the collaborative efforts of scientists, engineers and epidemiologists, wastewater surveillance of COVID-19 RNA has rapidly evolved.

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The Impacts of Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: A Roundtable Discussion

In this special extended episode of Campus Beat airing weekly on CFRC 101.9 FM at Queen’s University, we welcome five esteemed Queen’s University scholars in a roundtable discussion about the impact of Russia’s invasion on Ukraine, Russia itself and the West.  With us in this episode are Drs. Jane Boulden, Zsuzsa Csergo, Thomas Hughes and […]

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