Many sexual and reproductive health services and resources are available at Queen's and in the community. Students are encouraged to reach out to the service and resource providers for more information.
Services and Resources
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Queen’s Student Wellness Services booked appointments and services provided include publicly funded physical, sexual and mental health care. All Personal Health Information is confidential and not shared within Queen's University or elsewhere without your written consent, other than in event of an emergency.
Services offered include:
- Birth Control (including IUD insertion)
- PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis)
- Testing & treatment for sexually transmitted infections (STIs) such as Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Syphilis, and HIV
- Gender-affirming medical care, including hormone therapy and surgery assessments.
- Prenatal care from a family doctor until patients need to see an OB-GYN
- Termination of Pregnancy: the clinic does not prescribe abortion pills but may refer patients to the Lakeside Clinic if an abortion is wanted. Self-referral to the clinic is also available.
Student Wellness Services offers offer one-on-one appointments with mental health professionals, groups, events and trainings, plus an online self-directed tool called Therapy Assistance Online (TAO). More information.
Yellow House Student Centre for Equity and Inclusion is an on-campus building is operated by the Division of Student Affairs as a dedicated space for student clubs committed advancing social justice, anti-racism, equity, diversity or inclusion on campus. The programs and functions of this House are meant to create a safe and accountable space for students who identify as Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, and/or as People of Colour (QTBIPoC) to feel safe, to create community, to be empowered, to celebrate their identity and to flourish.
For students at Bader College, sexual health services are free and available regardless of sex, age, ethnic origin and sexual orientation on the NHS.
The Sexual Health Resource Centre is a confidential, non-judgmental, sex positive, pro-choice, queer positive, non-heterosexist and feminist information and referral service for questions regarding sex, sexuality and sexual health.
In 2020, the University committed to installing and stocking free menstrual products on campus. A Queen's student club, Queen's Period, is working for menstrual equity within the Queens and Kingston communities.
The university has partnered with the Alma Mater Society to expand access to free menstrual products on campus. Pads and tampons are available in dispensers located in a number of high-traffic buildings to make menstrual products more physically accessible in the Queen’s community.
To date, menstrual products have been made available as follows:
- The university installed free product dispensers in the Queen’s Centre in 2020, followed by more in the libraries, and some residences.
- Dispensers have also been installed by Queen’s Facilities in the Athletics and Recreation Centre, following recommendations from a recent AMS student survey about increasing access to products.
- Housing and Ancillary Services worked with the Residence Society to add dispensers and dedicated disposal units in all residence buildings with foodservice locations: Leonard, Jean Royce, Ban Righ, and Victoria Halls, and Smith House.
- Dispensers are also currently located in Goodes Hall, and the Queen’s Cancer Research Institute.
- AMS Take1Leave1 baskets are currently in restrooms in the LaSalle and Rideau Buildings, the Queen’s Centre, and the Journal House.
The availability of free menstrual products on campus helps advance United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 3, Good Health and Wellbeing.
SexLab, led by Dr. Caroline Pukall, Canada Research Chair in Sexual Health, Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Director of the Sex and Relationship Therapy Service at the Psychology Clinic at Queen’s University, is devoted to sexual health research, with the goal of contributing scientific knowledge to further our understanding of sexual health. We are an inclusive, collaborative, and sex positive group with a keen interest in clinical practice and knowledge translation.
- Education on Queer Issues Project: EQuIP seeks to create a safer environment for individuals at Queen’s and in Kingston of all sexualities and gender identities. EQuIP strives to create a fun, welcoming, and educational community for queer and queer-positive individuals while advocating for human rights and raising awareness about queer-related issues.
- Levana Gender Advocacy Centre: The Levana Gender Advocacy Centre is a student-funded Queen’s University organization committed to creating and nurturing a radical community of Kingston students and residents. Devoted to fighting gender oppression and advocating for broad ideas of gender empowerment for those of any or no gender, Levana operates on anti-oppressive practices.
We encourage units, departments, faculties, student clubs and students to suggests services or resources to add to this list. Contact us.