For the ninth consecutive year, ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ is preparing for Thrive – a week-long series aimed at building positive mental health and wellness through discussion, learning, skill development, and resource sharing. This year’s events focus on compassion and how we can demonstrate compassion through simple, everyday acts and gestures.
In late September, global leaders gathered in New York City for the United Nations’ General Assembly’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Summit. The question on everyone’s mind: at the midway point in an ambitious 15-year pledge to meet a series of SDG targets by 2030, how much progress has been made? The answer, some, but not enough. The summit called for a renewed commitment and energy from participating countries.
To all Members of the ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ Community,
A Polishing the Chain ceremony took place on October 5 to recognize and renew the ongoing relationship between the university and Indigenous communities. Senior leaders, Queen's senators, staff, faculty, students, and Indigenous community members came together at the new outdoor Indigenous gathering space, located at the south end of Tindall Field.
With all academic activity suspended on Oct. 2 to observe the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, nearly 400 ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ community members dressed in orange shirts gathered at the heart of campus to honor survivors and Indigenous communities persecuted and harmed by Canada’s residential school system.
The nomination period for the Principal's Teaching and Learning Awards is now open until Jan. 31, 2024. New this year is a partnership with the ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ Alumni Association (QUAA) for an updated Alumni Award with a focus on lifelong learning.
With the newly-formed Principal’s Advisory Council on the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs) at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ in place, work has begun to identify priorities and recommend strategic actions in support of integrating UN SDG-focused work into all aspects of the ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ community.
Date
Wednesday October 4, 2023Location
Join Dale Lackeyram, Director of the Centre for Teaching and Learning for an hour-long webinar focused on this year’s nominations for the Principal’s Teaching and Learning Awards.
Learn what is new for 2023 and how best to nominate an individual or group. The webinar will be valuable to first-time nominators, as well as those who have submitted in the past. Plan to attend on October 4 to learn valuable skills for responding to the criteria and crafting an effective nomination.
Topics of discussion will include the required components of successful awards, the evaluation criteria and process, and strategies that enrich and strengthen a competitive nomination.
The webinar will include a Q&A period.
Please submit your questions in advance to principal.awards@queensu.ca.
The Principal's Teaching and Learning Awards celebrate teaching excellence and the diverse ways in which the student learning experience is enhanced by educators and educational supports at ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´.
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After a public event, the space is now ready to help bring Indigenous ways of knowing to ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´.
Members of the ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´, Kingston, and Canadian medical communities gathered to mark the unveiling of a new ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ Remembers plinth commemorating those impacted by a 1918 ban that prevented the admission of Black students to ºÚÁϳԹÏ×ÊÔ´ medical school up until 1965. In 2019, the university moved to confront its past actions, issuing a formal apology for the racist policy in an officia
