Faculty union to hold strike vote as bargaining continues

The Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) — the union for faculty, librarians, and archivists — is holding a strike vote Aug. 11-14 after more than 40 days of bargaining with the University.

July 27, 2026

A conference hosted by Queen’s Centre for International and Defence Policy (CIDP) drew criticism from protesters over the presentation of a paper co-authored by an academic accused of rape and delivered by an Israeli military scholar.

July 27, 2026

After more than three decades at Queen’s, Vice-Principal (Finance and Administration) Donna Janiec is preparing to step away from senior administrative leadership.

July 27, 2026

Queen’s has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Université de Sherbrooke, marking a step toward building one of the world’s top 10 supercomputers in Kingston.

To better understand queer life at Queen’s across generations, The Journal spoke with current and former students about their experiences finding community on campus.

The Queen’s University Faculty Association (QUFA) has entered a new round of collective bargaining with Queen’s, outlining priorities including fairness in the workplace, workload, job and employment stability, information technology and privacy, and merit reform.

Questions remain among Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) staff following former interim Dean Bob Lemieux’s departure, as Queen’s has not publicly explained the circumstances surrounding the leadership change.

Rising tuition and the increasing costs of living are shaping the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) priorities for the coming year.

For many students, course selection involves piecing together information from multiple websites before making their decisions. Coursify aims to combine these steps.

Whether studying community resistance to land development in Guatemala, advocating for inclusion through her work and volunteer efforts, or promoting ecological conservation through her beekeeping guild, Alexandra Pedersen’s pursuits have centred on community and social change.

Kingston is being deemed Ontario’s “outlier” with increasing rent growth amid declines in other municipal markets, according to a Canadian Rent Report

At Queen’s University, National Indigenous History Month is being marked by encouraging students and community members to engage with Indigenous knowledge and its role in present-day society.

A proposed College of Computing has become more than a debate over AI at Queen’s.

Strike picketing in 2025 and a 2024 pro-Palestine encampment cost Queen’s almost $600,000 in external security costs.

Queen’s approved its Final 2026-27 Operating Budget Overview at the May 8 Board of Trustees meeting with a warning that financial pressures are expected to continue despite new provincial funding.

Six new commissioners assumed their roles within the AMS, each hoping to create change and strengthen foundations.

Concerns over course access and staffing shortages in Queen’s Economics Department have prompted students to publicly call for changes within the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS)

Questions about Queen’s research standing resurfaced during the April Senate question period as external metrics continued to place the University behind several peer institutions

Queen’s leaders discuss the role of universities amid rapid developments in AI, shifting funding priorities, and what they describe as a “post-truth” epoch.

As May marks Mental Health Awareness Month, student well-being is front and center at Queen’s.According to the Student Health Surveys Overview of 2025 Results,

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