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  • 13 years 4 months ago

News in Brief

More than 20 Queen's students braved the snow yesterday afternoon to rally in support of students in Iran, who planned a day of protests for Dec. 7.Continue...

  • 13 years 4 months ago

Olympic torch to make stop in Kingston

On day 46 of the Olympic torch’s 100-day relay across Canada, Kingston will take the coveted role of opening up its streets to the Olympic entourage as it makes its way from coast to coast to coast.

The city’s been here before.Continue...

  • 13 years 4 months ago

Diversity advisor position revamped

The University’s Diversity Advisor position has been terminated and replaced with the Director of Educational and Equity Projects.

Adnan Husain, history professor and chair of the Senate Educational Equity Committee, has been offered the position, which falls under the Vice-Principal (Academic)’s portfolio. The position will assess and implement recommendations from the Henry Report, released in 2006, which highlights how Queen’s falls behind in issues in diversity, specifically hiring and recruiting practices.Continue...

ASUS Academics Commissioner Michael Ghazal says he thinks quality indicators are essential to maintaining Queen’s good reputation.
  • 13 years 4 months ago

Up to Par to set the bar

A report released last week by the Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) says Canada lacks a coherent vision for post-secondary education standards.

Up to Par: The Challenge of Demonstrating Quality in Canadian Post-secondary Education says as enrollment in college and university becomes more commonplace, post-secondary institutions are increasingly under strain, which is further exacerbated by the economic downturn.Continue...

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Contributors of the Month

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Society of Graduate and Professional Students Vice-President (Finance and Services) Amir Nosrat says he thinks the proposal follows a trend in Canadian universities to create barriers.
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Freeze warms students to Queen’s

A tuition freeze for international students is up for debate at this Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting.

University Registrar Jo-Anne Brady said the proposal, supported by the Vice-Principal (Academic)’s office, could be approved at the board’s Dec. 4 meeting.Continue...

  • 13 years 4 months ago

Principal’s passage to India

Last weekend he was in Quebec City for the Vanier Cup but this Saturday, Principal Daniel Woolf will be travelling a bit farther and with a different agenda.

Woolf will accompany Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty on an eight-day trip to India on Dec. 5.Continue...

AMS Vice-President (Operations) Leslie Yun says Tricolour Outfitters is making more in clothing sales than its budgeted figures.
  • 13 years 4 months ago

Mid-year check on AMS services

The AMS services are financially on track at the mid-year mark, AMS Vice-President (Operations) Leslie Yun said.

Although all of the services’ financial statements as of Oct. 31 show a deficit, most are close to their budgeted deficit figures and some services are showing a lot of improvement, she said.Continue...

Students jump into the 14-lane pool in the new Athletics and Recreation Centre early Tuesday morning.
  • 13 years 4 months ago

Gym, food court open

Industrial-sized fans were still drying the paint on the walls as the long-awaited Queen’s Centre finally opened its doors at 6 a.m. on Tuesday.
“We’ve really wanted this for so long,” Associate Vice-Principal (Facilities) Ann Browne said.Continue...

  • 13 years 4 months ago

Video: Vanier Cup 2009

The sights and sounds of the Queen's Gaels' Vanier Cup victory over the University of Calgary Dinos Saturday Nov. 28th, 2009 at Laval University.Continue...

Gaels fans brought signs from more than 500 kilometres away to support Queen’s in the Vanier Cup in Quebec City on Saturday at Université Laval’s PEPS Stadium.
  • 13 years 4 months ago

Seeing it through the fans’ eyes

It’s 7:30 a.m. on Saturday morning and the parking lot in front of Université Laval’s PEPS Stadium is already bustling with activity.
Laval fan Réal St. Amant said he’d been in the parking lot
since 5 a.m. grilling up countless chicken wings and racks of ribs on his trailer-mounted charcoal barbeque for his friends.Continue...
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Historic comeback caps Vanier Cup win

Queen’s win in Saturday’s Vanier Cup will outlive everyone who watched it. The biggest second-half comeback in Vanier history is sure to live forever in Queen’s football folklore.Continue...

  • 13 years 4 months ago

Campus Catchup

Four University of Toronto students who dressed up in blackface—and one student who wore white face paint—for a Halloween party were asked to apologize after photos of their prize-winning costumes surfacedContinue...

Director of Campus Planning and Development Audrey Kaplan says the University’s getting better and more complete information about what the campus has in place for accessibility.
  • 13 years 4 months ago

Access denied

Auditors will complete an accessibility scan of Queen’s today to bring the University up to provincial standards by
January 2010.
The province, which mandated accessibility improvements by 2010, aims to have accessibility for all Ontarians by 2025.Continue...

Prinicpal Daniel Woolf says he will present strategies to bring Queen’s to a balanced budget at next weekend’s Board of Trustees meeting.
  • 13 years 4 months ago

Budget situation ‘desperate’

Queen’s financial situation looks bleak unless drastic cuts are made in the operating budget, Principal Daniel Woolf said in a financial update to the University
yesterday afternoon.
Woolf spoke to a packed room in Robert Sutherland Hall. The speech was broadcast in an overflow room in Ellis Hall and was also broadcast in Jean Royce Hall on West Campus.Continue...

  • 13 years 4 months ago

Clinic opens Monday

Queen’s will open a flu vaccine clinic on Monday to all students and faculty members. The clinic will run from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Grant Hall.
Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health physician Dr. Kieran Moore said the University will receive about 2,000 doses of the H1N1 vaccine.Continue...

Daniel Myran, Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change co-director, says the Council of Ontario Universities document doesn’t set specific targets on climate change.
  • 13 years 4 months ago

Agreeing to greening

Yesterday, Queen’s joined 18 other universities in signing the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) climate change agreement.
Titled Ontario Universities: Committed to a Greener World, the document was endorsed by all COU member institutions and outlines the commitment to make each university’s operations
more sustainable.Continue...

The Athletics and Recreation Centre’s upper-level gym facilities will open on Dec. 1. The lower gym, which suffered damage from a flood on Aug. 11, will open in January.
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All aboard Queen’s ARC

Queen’s new Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) will have a soft opening on Dec. 1, Athletics and Recreation Associate Director of Facilities and Business Development Herb Steacy said.
New equipment will be installed in the ARC this weekend in preparation for the opening, which will see some gym facilities open for use at 6 a.m on Tuesday.Continue...

The football team celebrates winning the Mitchell Bowl after a shock 33-30 win over the first-ranked Laval Rouge-et-Or last Saturday at Richardson Stadium.
  • 13 years 4 months ago

Gaels vie for top prize against Dinos

The Queen’s football season has lasted as long as it possibly could have.
The Gaels left on Tuesday for Quebec City. On Saturday they’ll play the University of Calgary Dinos in the Vanier Cup at PEPS Stadium—the home field of the Laval Rouge-et-Or.Continue...

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