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Asking for a Friend (Who Wants To Throw a Rager): How Do I Make it a Good Party?
Sounds like someone's excited to host, but maybe not sure how to execute. No worries, I got you! To start, Project X vibes are out of the question – it is a movie for a reason. Now that we have set more realistic standards we can get into the good details. The key to a successful party is you want everyone to have fun, which means you need everyone to be safe. Some of you might be thinking “that is so not true,” but when we say safety we do not mean to stop the drinking all


Financial Wellness Podcasts + Summaries
Looking for advice on how to navigate daunting financial topics from budgeting to saving money? Check our podcasts created by our Peer...


Asking for a Friend: What in the World is this Blog Series?
Wow - looks like you have one smart friend because that is a good question. Briefly, this is a place where you can ask anything on behalf of a friend or a “friend” about sex, drugs, and partying! Just some fun little activities you may or may not encounter during your time at Queen’s or elsewhere. If you do or don’t, either way you might have some burning questions. As a Queen’s party veteran who has experienced the chaos of Aberdeen, the line passed Metro for Stage Rage,


12 Things to Remember During Midterms
This article was written by the Peer Health Educators’ Rest & Relaxation Team—Avery McGinnis, Nadine Charania and Niroshini Mather. 1)...


Drinking Glamorously or Glamourized Drinking?
This article was written by the Substance Use Team—part of the Peer Health Educator Program at Queen’s. The members who wrote this post include: Crystal Sau, Nursing’20, Sydney DesBrisay, Artsci’22, Kanav Arora, Life Sciences’22, Marco Buttigieg, Health Sci’23, and Chelsea Publow, Artsci’23. We hope you enjoy! Alcohol consumption is an anticipated activity for many university students. However, alcohol advertising often glamorizes drinking and can make you feel that you need


Can Online Apps Help Your Mental Health?
This article was written by the Peer Health Educators’ Mental Fitness team—Cassidy Fu, Riley Mayhew, Mckenna Perlin, Kate Hunker, and Daniel Moshe. Did you know that 1 in 4 (25%) of Canadians aged 18 or older have symptoms of mental health disorders such as depression, anxiety, or PTSD? Although it may seem like experiencing negative mental health symptoms is rare, it’s actually incredibly common across Canadians of all ages. What’s more? These numbers have increased in the


MAKING SENSE OF YOUR CENTS: 9 Ways to Effectively Save Money
Queen’s University students are well underway in this new school year. However, the costs of tuition, supplies, and more have quickly...


Looking Back on Another Successful Red Flag Campaign
PHE Program 2021-2022 Sexual Health Team March 9th, 2022 The Peer Health Educator (PHE) program has been very busy this year! PHEs are a group of volunteers that work with Health Promotion and Student Wellness Services at Queen’s University to create engaging in-person and online content to promote and encourage healthy lifestyle behaviours with their peers. The Sexual Health Team is a subset of the PHE volunteers led by team leaders Landon Montag & Siobhan Mackintosh, and co
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