By Hailey Kay, Sponsorship Director When I was younger, I worked at summer camps where little kids would sometimes get homesick. It was unfamiliar to me. I went to overnight camp, was comfortable being independent, and couldn’t understand how anyone felt homesick after only a few hours away. However, as I've gotten older, the feeling has crept in. When I started my first internship in Toronto, away from my hometown, the excitement of a new job, people, and city distracted me

By Ben Menezes, Partnerships Coordinator Great things start in little rooms. Let's entertain a hypothetical scenario. Two individuals with equal motivation and no prior experience attempt to acquire a new skill over one month. Both are placed in isolated rooms. One individual is given unlimited access to learning resources, including instructional materials, tools, and internet access. The other is provided with a single instrument (a guitar) and no additional resources. Left

By Kavika Taylor, Speakers Coordinator I’ve spent a lot of my life arguing with my own emotions. I’m used to looking at my life from the outside and telling myself that someone like me shouldn’t feel this way. I’ve spent years believing that because I have so much support and opportunities, I shouldn't feel the way I do. That belief has made it easy to ignore my emotions, to brush them off as overreactions or as a weakness. I didn't have the words for it then, and I don't thi

By Christian Cimino, Logistics Coordinator Mental health has always existed in my family, but the way it has been understood and talked about has looked very different across generations. On my mother’s side, my grandmother and grandfather attended residential school. Their experiences shaped not only their own lives, but also the frameworks passed down around hardship, emotional expression, and resilience. Mental health was not ignored, but it was often framed through endura

By Sierra Givelas, Sponsorship Coordinator If there’s one feeling that creeps on me during finals season, it’s imposter syndrome. It’s something that I often don’t hear people talk about or even acknowledge, but it takes a toll on your mental health more than you would even know. The feeling that I’m somehow “faking it” and that everyone else around me is smarter and more capable than I am. The pressure, comparison and academic intensity of finals push these thoughts further

By Thomas Barnhill, Delegates Coordinator One of the biggest changes that I have noticed since coming to Queen’s is this newfound freedom to choose the life I want to live. It’s something that everyone told me to get ready for before I left home, but it didn’t really make sense until I started choosing friends, hobbies, and interests in a new environment. For the first time, every new experience I make is now up to me to create.  With this newfound freedom comes immense hesit

By Talia Charach, Publications Coordinator Having too many tasks to do can feel so overwhelming that it feels impossible to complete any of them. There's too much going on all at once, and it's hard knowing where to start. Although different people experience different extents of this, I know it is a universal struggle. That’s why I want to share how I manage my mental to-do list as a second-year commerce student. When I entered university last year, I often felt there was so

By Kira Shteiman, Sponsorship Coordinator It is often said that grief has an expiration date. For years, I clung to that phrase as if it were a promise owed to myself, an escape route I could follow to outrun my feelings. I treated university as a fresh start. Queen’s felt like the clean slate I had been dreaming of, a chance to leave the weight of everything that had ever occurred. However, I quickly learned that the more you run away from grief, the faster it finds you. Fro

By Nicole Frank, Co-Chair I’m in my 4th year of Commerce, and I’ve never had a corporate internship. To some, I might seem unsuccessful, or they might have the opinion that I’m going to be working as a barista for years to come. But to me, it's exactly where I want to be. From an outside perspective, I was thriving in Commerce during my first year. I had the first-year representative position. I had the perfect grades. I didn’t get stressed over midterms or exams, and I went

By: Mara Chintea, Events Coordinator It was late at night when I tiptoed into my parents’ room with tear stained cheeks. I couldn’t form...

By Victoria Orlando, Logistics Coordinator People say that you become what you think about most. When I first stepped into university,...

By Sophie Sheehan, Logistics Director As the back to school season is in full swing, I am feeling both excited and overwhelmed. This...

Written by Nicholas Koukoulidis, Marketing Director In today’s day and age, everything moves so quickly. With a million different things...

Written by Julian Lewis, Publications Coordinator First year at university can be a physically, emotionally, and mentally challenging...

Written By Hailey Kay, Sponsorship Coordinator In high school, I worked very hard in academics and extracurriculars. I placed a lot of...

By Anna Lingard, Speakers Coordinator Something I’ve always prided myself on—though I’m almost certain my mother takes credit for it—is...

By Jordan Deep, Logistics Director Growing up, I was never really a "morning person". I found waking up at 6 AM for early hockey...

By Sarah Galloway, Events Coordinator Returning to Queen’s each year is always a mix of excitement and nerves. The buzz around campus,...

By Leila-El Behairy, Events and Partnerships director Typically, when someone asks you, "who do you look up to?", your mind automatically...

By Sydney Yen, logistics coordinator I’ve always strived to excel in everything I do - whether it was being at the top of my class,...