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The Queen's Organization of Latin American Students (OLAS Queen's) is an AMS club that celebrates and educates on Latin American culture!

11/20/2022

We’re excited to share that we’ll be having a viewing of the Argentina vs Mexico match this coming Saturday, November 26th at 2 pm!! Complete the Google form in our LinkTree to sign up (required). Wear anything you have to support either team or your country! All are welcome 🥳

11/16/2022

Remember to register for today’s event with ! Link is in our LinkTree 😉

10/01/2022

Starting next week, OLAS and will be hosting free weekly Spanish hour from 6-7! We hope to see you there! 💬💃🌎

09/12/2022

Happy Second Week of school, Gaels! Applications to join our exec team for the 2022-23 school year are officially open 🎉 Open positions include first year rep, events coordinator, and treasurer!

You can find the link in our link tree and right here: https://forms.gle/DiSGVsyC21w9unUU7

Applications are due Sept 19th at 11:59 pm - we can’t wait to read them!

03/29/2022

Hola! This week we’re shaking things up on Spanish Hour! Instead we will be learning about Carnavales ! Join us on Zoom at 6pm on Wednesday March 30! 🥳

03/18/2022

It’s a busy time of the year, so we’re having a ✨giveaway✨ to give you a chance to win something! We have: a $50 gift card to , a Latin American-owned business in Canada that sells beautiful handmade items from Colombia and Mexico, a $25 Starbucks gift card, and a $25 UberEats gift card! Follow the instructions on our post to enter. The raffle will be open until the end of Saturday, March 26th. We want to thank the Queen’s University Alumni Association for kindly providing the means to have this giveaway 🤩

03/06/2022

We’re having a giveaway ✨ with for our event this Saturday (swipe for details)! Register and attend our event for a chance to win one of two gift cards to Kingston businesses in keeping with our club’s focus!

02/08/2022

February is Black History Month and we want to take this opportunity to recognize influential Afrolatinos (only some of many). Latin Americans can be of any race and it's important to acknowledge the multitude of ways in which Afrolatinos have shaped our countries, from entertainment to food to advances in human and environmental rights. There continues to be blatant racism toward Afrolatinos, both from other countries and within our own communities; we need to appreciate our diversity and how this has contributed to the Latin America we know now.

02/03/2022

Hello everyone! We are excited to announce our second CLAS event with other Ontarian OLAS and LASA groups… “Tequila Mucho”!! 🥳🎉 On Thursday, February 17th, the OLAS community wants to bring you a fun and interactive 💕Valentine’s Day💕 themed event with the opportunity to let loose, have fun, and meet new people. The event will be from 8-9pm and will entail a variety of activities: mocktails, speed friending, and a dating game. We hope to see you there!

Register for the event using the Google Form in our LinkTree! You can also receive a reminder for the even with this post 😉

12/31/2021

May 2022 bring heath, joy, and a greater sense of normalcy! Our team wishes you a great start to the new year ✨🎉

12/26/2021

¡Felices fiestas! Congratulations to everyone on finishing this term. We hope you have a chance to rest and celebrate with loved ones. Have very happy, safe holidays!

11/16/2021

We are SO excited to introduce our newest Execs!! These four have been working so hard and we can’t wait for you all to get to know them. Welcome to the team 🍾

11/02/2021

Not to be confused or combined with halloween, día de los mu***os has an important history in Mexico. It’s a meaningful celebration; swipe to learn more about it!

10/31/2021

Our last featured influential Latin American is Miguel Nicolelis from São Paulo, Brazil. Nicolelis graduated with a medical degree from University of São Paulo and went on to complete a PhD. He moved to the U.S. later in his career and worked at Duke University. There, he was part of a critical experiment to develop Brain Machine Interfaces and neuroprosthetics in human patients and non-human primates. He has also advanced research in neurological and psychiatric disorders and is the co-founder and scientific director of the International Institute for Neuroscience of Natal, a brain research facility in Brazil.
Thank you to everyone for following us as we post this series! We wanted to showcase the diversity and achievements of Latin Americans; we have contributed to literature, science, social justice, and so much more. Let's not forget this!

10/30/2021

Our 5th influential Latin American, Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz is a Costa Rican former NASA astronaut. Chang Díaz was born in San José in 1950 and moved to the U.S. in 1969 to complete his education; he studied mechanical engineering and completed a PhD in physics. He is the first Latin American immigrant NASA Astronaut selected to go into space; he had his first mission in 1986 and holds a shared record of having been on 7 Space Shuttle Missions. Chang Díaz started the Ad Astra Rocket Company after finishing his career at NASA and is an adjunct professor at Rice University.

10/24/2021

Next up is engineer Guillermo González Camarena. Born in 1917 in Guadalajara, Guillermo begin inventing things as a child. He made his first radio at age 8 and eventually invented the colour television system. He owned his own channel and company and encouraged use of tele-education, especially for Mexicans living in more remote areas. Guillermo was an incredibly gifted and innovative person who revolutionized TV and indirectly influenced science and more.

10/23/2021

The third Latin American we’ve chosen to recognize this month is Miriam Miranda. Born in Santa Fe, she is an activist who advocates for human and environmental rights of the Garífuna people. Miriam has firmly held her beliefs despite being imprisoned and hurt because of them; she has focused on speaking up for her marginalized community and has led an organization to do so. She is also a feminist, claiming that women “don’t only birth children, but ideas and actions as well”.

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Kingston, ON

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https://linktr.ee/olasqueens

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