Kanonhsyonne (Janice Hill), Queen’s Associate Vice-Principal (Indigenous Initiatives and Reconciliation) has spent multiple decades in service to the Indigenous communities in the Kingston and Tyendinaga regions, as well as across Canada. Her life’s work has been honoured with the 2024 Indspire Award in Education. 

AVP Kanonhsyonne is one of 12 people to be recognized by Indspire this year, an organization that has been celebrating excellence in the Indigenous community since 1985. The organization’s awards series has taken place since 1993. 

Principal and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane has announced that award-winning broadcast journalist Shelagh Rogers (Artsci’77) will become the 16th Chancellor of Queen’s University. University Council members confirmed her selection in a meeting today following a process led by an advisory committee with wide-ranging representation from across campus.

With the goal of improving and updating its spaces, Queen’s Library is renovating Joseph S. Stauffer Library’s main floor. This project - the first major renovation to Stauffer Library since it opened in 1994 - will enhance accessibility and create a more welcoming and modern space for patrons. 

Renovating one of Queen’s University’s most beloved and most used spaces requires extensive planning and deliberation, and after considering numerous options, the decision was made that an eight to 10-week summer closure will minimize impact during the academic year. 

We can’t feel it or see it without proper equipment, but the Earth is constantly bombarded by tiny particles from outer space, including neutrinos (subatomic particles with no electric charge and very little mass) and cosmic rays (also very small, but electrically charged). Astrophysicists around the world are constantly thinking of ways to detect and study such particles, in the hope that they can teach us about the universe and its history. 

The Special Recognition for Staff Awards recognize staff, nominated by their peers, who have gone above and beyond their day-to-day activities to create a lasting positive impact across the Queen’s community. For 2023, two teams and six individual staff members are being celebrated for their excellent work and accomplishments. Award recipients and their guests are invited to a private reception in May with Principal and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane to celebrate their tremendous achievements.

For most people, a simple prick of the finger is nothing more than a fleeting discomfort, quickly forgotten as they carry on with their day. But for others, that tiny puncture is far more than a momentary inconvenience, and can create a domino effect of complications, revealing hidden health challenges.

Today, Budget 2024 was tabled in Parliament by the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance. Along with $734 million to support major research and innovation infrastructure in Canada, Budget 2024 pledges to provide $45.5 million over five years to the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute (McDonald Institute).

Recent education policy changes and protests about sex education reveal increasing concern and polarization over how sex and gender identity are taught in public schools in Canada. They also expose the significant role now played by school boards in constructing the meaning of gender identity and gender expression.

Kristin Moriah (English and Gender Studies) is about to dive into yet another voyage to the past. An expert in African American literature and Black Feminist studies, she has just received the Marie Tremaine Fellowship from the Bibliographical Society of Canada.

An estimated 6,000 people gathered on Tindall Field and other vantage points across Queen’s campus to share in the wonder of a total solar eclipse at 3:22 p.m. on Monday, April 8.  

For months prior to the rare celestial phenomenon, the university and local partners were engaged in planning and preparation to ensure the community was ready for a safe and educational eclipse experience.