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Excellence in teaching and learning

The recipients of the 2020 Principal’s Teaching and Learning Awards have been announced, recognizing excellence in the areas of Indigenous education, educational technology, student support, international innovation, and promoting student inquiry.

Administered by the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL), the awards are presented to individuals and teams for their innovation and leadership in teaching and learning at Queen’s.

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Listening and learning: Insights from Indigenous research

 
This year’s Indigenous Research Collaboration Day incorporated the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals in highlighting the importance of collaboration in research with Indigenous communities.

Relevance, respect, reciprocity, and responsibility. These are the themes participants were encouraged to consider during Queen’s Indigenous Research Collaboration Day.

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Advancing sustainability through partnership

As the number of people moving to city centers increases, numerous challenges surrounding city living such as pollution and climate change, infrastructure and housing, transit and transportation, and public safety and community health have emerged. These issues will be especially important to address as Canada pursues recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Queen’s recognizes Raymond Mason with honorary degree

Indigenous community leader and residential school survivor recognized for contributions to Truth and Reconciliation in Canada — one of several Doctorates of Law awarded during 2021 Fall Term.

In October 2021, Queen’s University bestowed distinguished community leader, activist, entrepreneur, and residential school survivor, Raymond Mason, with an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) — in recognition of his significant contributions to truth and reconciliation, to Indigenous peoples and communities, and to Canadian society at la

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Queen’s campaign raises more than $450,000 for United Way

The Queen’s community has set a new standard in giving, donating more than $450,000 to the university’s annual campaign in support of the United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington.

The fundraising total continues to grow as donations are being accepted through to the end of the year.

Faced with the uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic Queen’s staff, faculty, retirees, and students have thrown their support behind the KFL&A community.

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From the Principal: An open letter to the Queen's community

I am delighted to be back at Queen’s and looking forward to the coming years and the many challenges and achievements that undoubtedly lie ahead of us. To feel the excitement of this moment, one doesn’t have to believe that exponentially accelerating change is moving the world towards some sort of technological singularity. Higher education—not only in Ontario, but more broadly around the world—is in the midst of a very significant transformation.

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From the Principal: The wish to find out

I write this over the Atlantic, returning to Canada after a brief visit to Queen’s Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England. The purpose of this trip was to extend my conversation about the future of Queen’s to include our community there. While the centre may be geographically remote from Queen’s main campus in Kingston, its mission is of central importance to our university.

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