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STAFF NOTE INSIDE Thank you to the editorial staff, contributors, and all of the Inquire Publication executive members across three campuses. Queen’s University Co-Presidents Jessica Chen Jorge Caicedo Co- Editors in Chief Devin McDonald Craig Draeger Vice President Finance Vivian Li Vice President Marketing Victoria Piccin Matt Nesvadba Vice President Initiatives Caroline Friedrich Vice President Advertising Paris Adams Editor in Charge of Production Jason Campbell Editor in Charge of Responses Sean Ngo Intern Megan Scarth University of Toronto President Quila Toews Editor in Chief Amanda Ali VP Initiatives Elaine Logashov VP Marketing/ Advertising Stephen Zhao VP Finance Amelia Abderrezak Director of Communications Carolyn Hintze McMaster University Co-President Flora Huang Tahrin Mahmood Editor in Chief MIke Davison Vice President Finance Harkanwal Randhawa Vice President Initiatives Armo Qaddoura Vice President Marketing Qian Feng Jennifer Pearson Director of Events Sharon Yeung Director of Finance Arnav Agarwal
Like many Inquire issues, this issue circles the global in its coverage of topics. Matt Bradley examines the role men play in feminism, the pursuit of gender equity and gender politics at large. Similar, Allan Jone and Schwab Bakombo explore gender in the specific spheres of society, both in terms of the influence of religion in forming and constructing gender norms, and in terms of the sense in which gender roles bind medical practice. On the international stage we probe issues such as the price we pay, as a species, for our inability to move beyond armed conflict. The Campus Association for Bahai Studies provides a looking glass into the persecution of the Bahai community in Iran and the efforts to support the community through a network of informal classrooms. Ronald Leung touches on the heinous acid attacks that plague many countries. In our last section we explore cultural and political topics such as medical marijuana and the career environment in academia. This issue touches consistently on the need for critical examination of issues in both public policy and civil society. Minority groups around the world continue to be the victims of oppressive regimes, cultural norms and practices of generations past. Though it is easy to reproach foreign countries, we must also examine our own public policy and the degree to which it effects those unable to represent themselves. Public policy does not progress on its own volition but its slow march forward is brokered by the continual efforts to advocate for issues of great importance. - Devin McDonald and Craig Draeger
Men-----Feminism Matt Bradley Queen’s University 3 If You Love Me Allan Jone McMaster University 4 Gender and Religion Schwab Bakombo University of Toronto 5 The Cost of Violence Arnav Agarwal McMaster University 7 Mali Omeed Hasan Queen’s University 8 Where Beauty Is a Crime Ronald Leung McMaster University 10 The Denial of Education Queen’s CABS Queen’s University 12 Medical Marijuana Matthew Got McMaster University 13 Myopic Academy Amanda Ali University of Toronto 14