A petition created by a Kingston woman is asking local post-secondary institutions to open its dorms to local homeless people.
The petition, titled Open Student Residences for Kingston Homeless People, came to life on March 23 after Lesley Jamieson noticed that the communities most at need were falling by the wayside. “This is a petition where we’re calling upon the city, Queen’s University and St.
Lawrence College to work together to find a solution to house homeless populations in Kingston in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Jaimeson outside one of Kingston’s downtown warming centres.
In recent weeks, Queen’s U and SLC cancelled all in-person classes and urged students to avoid gathering on campus. This, in turn, led many