This is a directory of wellbeing-related resources on campus. The resources are searchable by name, department, and community. The resources can be sorted by area of focus as outlined in the Campus Wellbeing Framework - culture, belonging and social connection, personal wellbeing and places.
Note: for accurate program or service information, please click on the link (resource name). This directory is only updated periodically. While we strive for accuracy, it is possible that service offerings may have changed since this directory was published.
If you know of a Queen's wellbeing-related resource not in this directory, please tell us about it.
Click the boxes below the column headings - Department, Wellbeing Area of Focus or Community column - to filter results.
(Employees may choose to see resources available to you by clicking on the down arrow at the top of the Community column.)
| Registrar's Office | Personal Wellbeing |
The Change Name form allows an individual to change their name to their preferred name. |
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| School of Nursing |
Culture |
The QUCFC initiative seeks to assist parents and caregivers on campus to nurture their families and pursue their scholarly and work responsibilities. |
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| School of Rehabilitation | Culture |
The Clinical Education Awards in Occupational and Physical Therapy were established to recognize excellence in teaching by clinical preceptors who are affiliated with the School of Rehabilitation Therapy at Queen's University. |
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| Queen's Faculty of Education | Personal Wellbeing |
Queen’s Community Cupboard is a space that accepts non-perishable food items and new school supplies daily |
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| Faculty of Health Sciences | Culture |
The mission of the Continuing Professional Development and Faculty Development is to provide challenging and innovative interprofessional educational opportunities, to meet the learning needs of healthcare practitioners in our region, to promote evidence-informed, cost-effective, collaborative, patient-centred healthcare. |
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| Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing |
Counselling Services supports the personal, academic and social development of students at Queen’s University by providing a range of programs and services appropriate to student needs. |
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| QUIC - International Centre |
Personal Wellbeing |
The Cross-Cultural Counsellor works with the Queen’s University International Centre to provide support and guidance for international students. |
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| ASUS | Belonging and Social Connection |
Every department within the Faculty of Arts and Science has a Departmental Student Council (DSC) which aims to bridge the gap between professors and students. In addition to the events and services that many DSC’s plan and provide, they also serve an important advocacy function on campus, working alongside the Commissioner to address a variety of student concerns. |
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| School of Graduate Studies | Belonging and Social Connection |
The Dissertation Boot Camp is designed to enable you to make substantial progress in writing your thesis in a supportive and distraction-free environment and to join a community of other thesis writers. |
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| School of Graduate Studies | Belonging and Social Connection |
Dissertation on the Lake is a five-day, four-night writing retreat on the shores of Elbow Lake, 30 minutes north of Kingston. This program was first offered in 2014 by the School of Graduate Studies to provide graduate students with the opportunity to write in a relaxing and inspiring environment, setting aside the distractions of daily life at home. |
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| AMS | Places |
The Earth Centre offers Queen’s students, faculty and community members an opportunity to transform their environmental concern into positive action through green consumerism and innovative discussion. The Earth Centre encourages students to engage in positive dialogue about the environment through exposure to new information and opinions on environmental topics. The products The Earth Centre carries offer a more sustainable, responsible alternative to students’ consumer needs. |
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| Queen's Faculty of Education | Personal Wellbeing |
The Education Students Mental Health Initiative (ESMHI) is an initiative that aims to support the mental health and well-being of all Faculty of Education students, with the overall objective of enabling and assisting students in supporting themselves and others. |
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| Human Resources | Personal Wellbeing |
EFAP is a confidential, professional counselling and wellness service that is there to provide support for those times when a little extra help is needed. The program provides access to masters' level counsellors, a full suite of lifestyle and specialty services, plus a variety of online services. |
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| Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing |
Engineering & Applied Science, Commerce Society, Residence Society |
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Empower Me(Counselling) |
AMS, SGPS, Student Affairs, Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing |
All students at Queen’s University will access to Empower Me, a holistic mental health and wellness service that seeks to enhance the resilience of the student community by supplementing existing on-campus resources. This confidential counselling service will be available 24 hours a day, seven days a week in several different languages. Students will be able to speak to a counsellor in-person, by telephone, by secure video connection, or through an online messaging platform. The counselling provided through Empower Me aims to be culturally sensitive and inclusive of all faiths and genders. Access Empower Me via your student health plan at studentcare.ca. |
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| Human Rights and Equity Office | Culture |
Hate crime and hate propaganda have long been issues of concern for Kingston and Queen's University community members. While the community has come together on many occasions to condemn blatant forms of harassment and discrimination, hate activity can, at times, be a challenge to address. How do we seek justice for crimes committed under the cloak of anonymity? How do we negotiate fine lines between freedom of expression and respect for the rights and dignity of communities vulnerable to hateful attacks? This project is part of a series of initiatives developed by the AMS Social Issues Commission and the Queen's Human Rights Office to respond to the issue of hate groups and hate activity, and to educate community members about these issues. |
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| Engineering Society | Belonging and Social Connection |
The Professional Development Team helps you build connections with industry and alumni and improve your professional skills. They are here to share the many possible career paths following an engineering degree and preparing you for your transition into the industry. They help prepare you by providing services and resources to develop your professional skills and the networking opportunities to get your foot in the door. |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Culture |
These advisors offer off academic support to engineering students. |
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| Engineering Society | Belonging and Social Connection |
EngSoc oversees some forty-five student-run initiatives ranging from design projects to services to fun social events. Their job is to make sure we arm students with the necessary out of class skills to cut it in any line of work, and make sure we have fun doing it! |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Culture |
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen's University has been a leader in engineering education innovations for several decades. They include the Integrated Learning initiatives, development of the team project-based design and professional practice experiences in first year and second year, multidisciplinary industry-based design courses, faculty-wide development of a design sequence in every year, and outcomes-based assessment. |
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| AMS | Places |
ExamBank is a full-text repository of Queen's University final examinations from the last 10 years. Excluded from the database are confidential exams, mid-terms, and exams administered privately by instructors. |
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| Commerce Society | Belonging and Social Connection |
The Exchange and Transfer Committee (ETC) is a group of diverse commerce students who are dedicated to integrating exchange students in the Queen's community. ETC helps exchange students with their transition to Queen's through a variety of initiatives aimed at building meaningful relationships with fellow students and the Kingston community. |
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| ASUS |
Culture |
Exchange Buddies is a program designed to pair upper year Arts and Science students with international exchange students studying at Queen’s with the goal of integrating exchange students into life in the Queen’s and the Kingston community. |
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| School of Graduate Studies | Culture |
The Expanding Horizons website is intended to be a one-stop shop for graduate resources that can help you achieve your academic and professional goals while at Queen's. |
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| Queen's University Faculty Association | Culture |
QUFA is the certified bargaining agent for approximately 1200 faculty, librarians, and archivists at Queen's University. QUFA advances the interests of its Members by promoting equity in recruitment and hiring, by fostering a positive work environment free of discrimination and interference, and by providing appropriate representation for all Members. |
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| Faith and Spiritual Life |
Personal Wellbeing |
Faith and Spiritual Life offers multi-faith, non-judgmental support for religious, spiritual, personal, and financial problems, concerns or crises. As part of Student Affairs, Faith and Spiritual Life strives to facilitate a welcoming, peaceful, and safe space. Chaplains can also provide support, ceremonial services, interfaith community development and spiritual support to students, faculty, and staff. |
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| Student Experience Office | Belonging and Social Connection |
The Student Experience Office provides orientation activities for students who are living in residence. Activities include Queen's Welcomes U, Saturday Night Activities, Campus Tour, Queen's Football Game, ResSoc, Existere |
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| Bader College |
Personal Wellbeing |
Based on student interest we arrange specialist trainers to come to Bader College to hold fitness classes. In the past these have included Kickboxing, Zumba, Kettlebell, Yoga, and Military Circuits. Fitness classes may involve an extra cost to students. |
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| Athletics and Recreation | Personal Wellbeing |
Fitness Plus includes a variety of classes and mix up your workout while being lead by experienced instructors motivated to make you sweat. |
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| AMS, SGPS | Personal Wellbeing |
The AMS/SGPS Food Bank serves confidential and non-judgmental food service to members of the Queen’s community. As a non-profit organization, they aim to provide their clients with food services in the most comfortable environment and for the funds to be put towards the upkeep of the Food Bank itself in the purchasing of fresh fruits, vegetables, milk and other items on a weekly basis. |
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| Athletics and Recreation |
Personal Wellbeing |
The ARC offers a small selection of free classes each week during the school year for all members to attend |
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| Human Rights and Equity Office | Culture |
This program is designed to provide staff and faculty at Queen’s with valuable knowledge and skills to work and lead in an inclusive work environment. It seeks to engage Queen’s staff and faculty in conversations, discovery, and learning about diversity and equity principals and to provide resources, knowledge, and tools required to make Queen’s an inclusive campus. |
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| Engineering Society | Belonging and Social Connection |
Golden Words, founded in 1967, is a non-profit satirical newspaper published by the Engineering Society of Queen’s University. It addresses relevant campus issues whenever applicable with a humorous perspective. |
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| ASUS |
Personal Wellbeing |
Good Times Diner is a local soup kitchen that provides hot meals to low-income individuals in the Kingston community every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 4-7PM. This service runs out of St. Paul’s Anglican Church and is always looking for volunteers. |
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| Centre for Teaching and Learning | Culture |
The Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) offers a monthly drop-in for graduate student and post-doc teachers where you can ask questions and get one-on-one support on the changing landscape of teaching and learning from our team of Education Development Associates (EDAs). Whether you are a new or an experienced teacher, they help you achieve your teaching and learning goals! |
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| Student Affairs | Personal Wellbeing |
The Green Folder is a resource that helps to identify and respond to students in distress. |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Culture |
This guidebook is intended to help acquaint you with the resources in the Faculty, and help you start your teaching role. |
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| School of Graduate Studies | Personal Wellbeing |
Habitat is your graduate environment. Find information and support for your personal, professional, and academic well-being. This includes information on health services, support for students with families, living in Kingston, and entertainment and recreation. |
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| Queen's School of Law |
Belonging and Social Connection |
The Happiness Project facilitates confidential peer matching of law students facing similar mental health or physical health challenges for mutual personal support and reinforcement of positive coping strategies. |
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| AMS, SGPS | Personal Wellbeing |
The Health and Dental Plan exists to help students pay for the health services they need. It is a collective health and dental plan that has been put in place by the student association. This group Plan is unique in that it helps fill the gaps in provincial health care, while offering coverage that is competitively priced. The coverage includes health, dental, vision, and travel benefits. It covers the unexpected and provides you with preventive care services to keep you in good health. |
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| Bader College | Personal Wellbeing |
The Health Clinic at Bader College offers on campus support for students in all areas to do with health. |
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| Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing |
Health Promotion is a student-focused service that aims to support and improve student health and well-being. Working across the interconnected domains of physical, mental and social health, and following an evidence-based public health framework, we use a diverse range of activities to encourage increased individual and community control over factors that affect health. Health Promotion works to foster knowledge and skills and the policy and environmental supports to help students engage in safer and healthier lifestyles |
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| Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing |
Student Wellness has a number of resources that are tailored to post-secondary students on various health topics |
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| Faculty of Health Sciences | Culture |
The OPDES Educational Scholarship team is happy to support your research initiatives during any part of the research process—grant writing, data collection and analysis, and knowledge translation activities. We have a team of qualified methodologists who specialize in quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research, as well as program evaluations and needs assessments. We also help to build capacity by mentoring learners in the Faculty of Health Sciences who are members of your research team by teaching them about research or evaluation processes. Our services include the following:
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| Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing |
Queen’s Student Health Services provides professional health & wellness services to Queen’s students. These services are offered in a safe, caring, respectful and empowering environment, which is directed towards optimizing students’ personal, academic and overall wellbeing. We offer: doctors appointments, nursing appointments, immunizations, psychiatric servics, walk-in clinic, mental health nurse and transfer of records. |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science |
Culture |
Engineering Society has how-to guides to help guide and answer students questions |
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| School of Nursing | Culture |
In order to encourage participation by members of the Indigenous community in their post-secondary education, Queen’s School of Nursing offers Indigenous candidates an additional and alternative pathway for admission to the first year of a full-time, first-entry undergraduate degree program. |
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| Four Directions Indigenous Centre | Culture |
Every year, Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre (FDISC), on behalf of the University, the Indigenous Council of Queen’s University (ICQU) and the Vice-Provost and Dean of Student Affairs, presents graduating Indigenous students with special gifts during their convocation ceremonies (Spring and Fall). |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Places |
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science is pleased to present the Integrated Learning Centre, a unique facility designed to support new and exciting initiatives in undergraduate engineering. |
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| QUIC - International Centre | Culture |
Intercultural Awarness if a five-part series of workshops which will help them to recognize that gaining intercultural awareness requires a commitment to life-long learning |
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| QUIC - International Centre | Culture |
The IETP provides competency-based training for various groups of international educators: those entering the field of international student advising, study/work abroad advising, as well as professionals at a mid-career level; it has also developed a course for individuals not directly involved in the profession but who are increasingly required to be aware and effective in an intercultural workplace, and special focus workshops that deal with issues relevant to a broad range of professionals |
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| Athletics and Recreation |
Personal Wellbeing |
The ARC offers free intramural sports where students can get together and play sports as a team. |
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| Bader College |
Personal Wellbeing |
Intramurals are always a popular part of the student experience and are a great way to get involved with peers and staff outside of the classroom. The sports vary each semester and are determined by student interest, but have included dodgeball, indoor soccer and volleyball. |
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| SGPS | Personal Wellbeing |
ISIC is the only globally recognized Student ID for students currently studying full time at High school, College or University. |
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| Career Services | Culture |
Queen's Career Services places emphasis on how it all adds up, all the different parts of your Queen's Experience. |
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| Queen's School of Law | Belonging and Social Connection |
Queen’s Law launched the Law & Leadership Summer camp in the summer of 2018 in partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Kingston & Area and the Kingston Police. The Camp demystifies the law for local youth aged 9-12, giving them an opportunity to learn alongside law students and other members of the legal sector within Kingston about the place of law in our society and its capacity to affect change for the better. |
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| Human Resources | Personal Wellbeing |
The Human Resources Learning and Development Department facilitates a number of programs targeted to physical health. Workshops in the Learning Catalogue that are aimed at helping staff maintain a degree of personal/professional wellness, these include: Emotional Intelligence, Learn and Use your Strengths, Mindfulness, PERMA: A Model of Psychological & Social Well-being, Personal Resilience. |
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| Human Resources | Culture |
LinkedIn Learning (previously called Lynda.com) offers almost 6,000 courses taught by industry experts and relating to business, technology and creative skills; you are able to bookmark videos, create playlists, take notes, use practice environments, and manage your profile and interests and maintain a transcript. |
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| Arts and Science | Culture |
Live chat with a student service team to help you find what you are looking for and avoid having to go into the office in person. This chat feature is only available through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences with the Peer Academic Support Services - so if you need help with courses, solus, PIC, etc. it will work. |
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| Campus Security and Emergency Services |
Culture |
The Emergency Report Centre is a service that can be used if you work alone at night, on weekends or holidays available to anyone at Queen's. Their number is 613-533-6080 and you can report: where you are working, how long you will be there, and the phone number of the closest phone. |
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| Hospitality Services | Personal Wellbeing |
Meal plans can be purchased at any time during the academic year, and by any upper year student not on a meal plan, including Graduate Students.There are weekly plans for those who want a certain amount of meals every week, or annual plans where you can use the meals any time during the academic year. Their meal plans turn your student card into an all-access pass for eating on campus. |
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| Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing |
Life is full situations that influence our moods, thoughts, and behaviours. While it’s normal to feel sad, nervous, or angry, when these feelings start to interfere with daily life and linger over weeks or months it could be a mental health problem.We offer a number of programs designed to help students, faculty and staff support those experiencing mental health problems. |
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| Queen's School of Law | Belonging and Social Connection |
At Queen’s Law, training in advocacy is an integral part of our students’ legal education. First-year students often complete an oral advocacy exercise in their small sections and may participate in the Hicks Morley Moot in labour law. |
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| Career Services | Culture |
They are the central provider of career education and employment support services at Queen's University for undergraduate, graduate students and recent alumni from all disciplines. |
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| QUIC - International Centre | Personal Wellbeing |
Non-academic advising is available to international members of the Queen’s community through the Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC). |
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| Student Wellness Services | Culture |
Note taking as an accommodation is available ONLY to students who have documented disabilities and are registered with QSAS. Note taking is approved for students with disability-related functional limitations that makes it difficult for them to access academic information presented in class. |
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| RARC *External | Belonging and Social Connection |
On-Line to Success (OLTS) and Successful Transition Online and Mentoring Program (STOMP) are two transition programs run by RARC. The programs are for students going from secondary to post-secondary school, and take place from March-June. OLTS is for students in Grades 11 and 12 with learning disabilities, ADHD and/or Autism Spectrum Disorders. STOMP is for students in Grades 11 and 12 with mental health disorders, including (but not limited to): depression, anxiety, eating disorders, and OCD. |
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| Bader College | Personal Wellbeing |
The Bader College on-site counselor helps students with their academic, mental and health needs. |
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| Queen's Faculty of Education |
Belonging and Social Connection |
Established in 2008, the Open Studio is a community program offered to people from Kingston and the surrounding area to experience various forms of art-making. The aim is to provide informal arts learning opportunities to participants of all ages. Participants have introductory exposure and exploration within a medium, under the guidance of a practicing artist. |
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| SGPS |
Culture |
The SGPS also organizes an Orientation Week and a range of fun and exciting social events throughout the year. |
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| Queen's School of Law | Culture |
Queen’s has established a new partnership with Pathways in our efforts to increase community engagement and outreach in Kingston as well as exposing law school to students who have been traditionally under-represented. Pathways to Education provides support services to at-risk high school aged youth to help them successfully graduate from high school and transition into postsecondary education, training or employment. |
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| Student Wellness Services |
Personal Wellbeing |
The Peer Health Educators (PHEs) are a group of thirty-five volunteers from Student Wellness Services that provide health outreach to students throughout campus. The PHEs organize and deliver presentations, outreach booths and workshops on a broad range of health topics including nutrition, mental health, safer substance use and sexual health to help students make healthy choices and lead balanced lives. |
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| Student Experience Office | Culture |
We want you to succeed and thrive at Queen’s, and we’ve designed the QSuccess program to help you do that. Through ongoing engagement and 1-on-1 mentoring, QSuccess aims to support first-year students develop the skills they need to succeed academically, personally, and socially, and make the most of their university experience. QSuccess can help you:
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| AMS | Culture |
The Peer Support Centre is a group of dedicated student volunteers who provide welcoming, confidential, and empathetic peer-based support to students at Queen’s University. Students are encouraged to come and speak with their volunteers who will listen and offer support for any and all issues. |
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| Human Resources | Culture |
The Queen's Pension Plan (QPP) is designed to ensure you have income security when you reach your normal retirement date.When combined with personal savings, RRSPs, and government retirement plans, the QPP provides long-service employees with a level of retirement income which is comparable to or better than the average retirement income provided by other Canadian universities. |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Personal Wellbeing |
The personal counsellor meets with students to discuss the stresses they may be facing and suggest coping mechanisms to ensure they are kept on track. |
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| Arts and Science | Culture |
Personal Credit Interests were created in order to encourage students to explore subject matter outside their program of study and to promote interdisciplinary study. All upper-year Arts and Science students will be permitted to designate up to 6.0 units of degree-credit courses for pass/fail grading, thereby minimizing any risk to the students’ GPA. Such courses designated for pass/fail grading will be referred to as Personal Interest Credits (PICs). |
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| Athletics and Recreation | Personal Wellbeing |
The ARC is offering personal Training services with a choice of in-person and virtual training packages! |
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| School of Rehabilitation | Personal Wellbeing |
The Physical Therapy Clinic at Queen's provides physical rehabilitation services to the Queen's and Kingston community while enhancing clinical education and research opportunities within the School of Rehabilitation Therapy. |
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| Human Rights and Equity Office |
Personal Wellbeing |
The purpose of the Positive Space Program is to encourage the celebration of sexual and gender diversity at Queen's, so that all members of the Queen's community are affirmed and supported. Participants (students, faculty, staff) post Positive Space stickers in their work, living, or study areas to encourage such celebration. They seek to overcome both overt and subtle forms of discrimination and harassment, to avoid making assumptions about anyone's sexual orientation or gender identity, and to signal that all are welcome. |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Culture |
Many department keeps a list of available tutors for their courses: Physics Tutor List, Calculus Tutor List, Chemistry Tutor List are available on the site. |
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| Queen's School of Law | Culture |
Each year, PBSC at Queen's offers a number of community placement projects, where law students provide free legal services to local organizations. By participating with PBSC, law students develop their legal skills and increase access to justice. The program reflects the legal needs of community organizations in Kingston and in the surrounding area. |
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| School of Nursing | Belonging and Social Connection |
As an emerging leader in integrated knowledge translation, QcHcQ supports knowledge creation, capacity building, knowledge exchange, and policy development. |
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| Commerce Society | Culture |
Academic Advisors are located in the Commerce Office and are available to discuss program requirements, courses, progression rules, and other topics related to academics. They can also provide referrals to other services. They are only available for Commerce Students. |
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| Commerce Society | Belonging and Social Connection |
The Queen's Commerce Athletics Committee (QCAC) is made up of 23 Queen's Commerce students organizing athletic events for the student body |
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| Commerce Society |
Culture |
The Diversity and Inclusion Officers are the people to talk to about ways to improve diversity and inclusion in the commerce program or ComSoc. |
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| Commerce Society | Personal Wellbeing |
If you are struggling with mental health issues, the Ombudsperson can act as a support body and connect you with appropriate on-campus resources. Additionally, if you have complaints or concerns regarding the Commerce Program or ComSoc, please reach out to the Ombudsperson. |
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| Commerce Society | Belonging and Social Connection |
The Queen’s Commerce Society (ComSoc) aims to aid in the development of committees, conferences, and student life at the Smith School of Business. |
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| AMS | Places |
The garden, located at West Campus, provides a gardening opportunity to Queen's community members and creates a space where people can come together and share experiences and learn new skills. This popular initiative has been operating since 2010 and consistently has a waiting list for spots. Interested gardeners are encouraged to sign up as early as possible, as garden plots will be assigned on a ‘first come first serve basis.' |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Belonging and Social Connection |
The student design teams at the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science offer students at all levels a chance to apply their budding academic and practical knowledge to a variety of challenging real-world projects. |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Culture |
At Queen's, the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science recognizes that many students turn to their parents on a daily basis for advice and support. Therefore, they have prepared this Parent Guide to help you understand what your son/daughter could encounter and how best to advise them when they meet the typical hurdles associated with university life. |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Belonging and Social Connection |
The Faculty of Engineering and Applied Sciences provides a tour specifically for prospective Engineering Students |
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| Queen's School of Law | Culture |
Students take on real work that directly clinic clients and our community, under the supervision of duty counsel and clinic directors. The clinics cover everything from poverty law to business law, and co-location means you learn from your fellow students in other clinics while developing hands-on expertise in your own. |
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| Queen's School of Law | Culture |
In partnership with student representatives Queen’s Law hosts a fall & winter event and the profits raised will go to support the local partner organizations. |
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| Queen's Learning Commons | Places |
The Queen's Learning Commons is both a hub of services supporting formal academic programs and a meeting place within Stauffer Library. It encompasses physical and online environments accommodating different approaches to learning. The QLC provides resources, workshops and seminars, and one-on-one professional consultations for students who want to enhance or develop skills. |
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| AMS | Personal Wellbeing |
This guide can serve as a useful tool for learning about and accessing local food at Queen’s University and in our nearby Kingston community. It shows how accessible and convenient getting local food can be. |
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| Student Experience Office | Belonging and Social Connection |
Queen’s Reads is a common reading program that aims to engage the Queen’s community in a dialogue. |
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| Queen's School of Law | Culture |
Through the Queen’s Law Career Services Manager (CSM), students will have access to a number of online resources and timely information on upcoming workshops, networking opportunities, recruitment events and job postings. |
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| Campus Security and Emergency Services | Personal Wellbeing |
The Rape Aggression Defense (R.A.D.) system provides women basic information on personal safety, awareness, risk reduction and avoidance. R.A.D. teaches practical defensive techniques that require no special skills. This is employed as women learn to be more aware of their surroundings. R.A.D. also offers the opportunity to test these learned skills on a real person during an optional simulated attack session. |
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| Faith and Spiritual Life | Personal Wellbeing |
The Reflection and Prayer Services offers quiet spaces are being developed across campus where students and staff can take time for reflection, meditation and prayer to empower them in their daily life. |
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| ASUS | Personal Wellbeing |
The Reflection Room is the perfect location for studying, meetings, events, and socials on campus. It is fully equipped with furniture, a fireplace, and a complete AV system. It can be booked by all groups on campus and can host up to 60 people. |
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| RARC | Belonging and Social Connection |
Regional Assessment and Resource Centre (RARC) provides appropriate, accurate, comprehensive and effective assessment services and follow-up services to the Queen's University student population and to persons with specific learning disabilities in the south-eastern region of Ontario. |
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| Hospitality Services | Personal Wellbeing |
The Registered Dietitian and Wellness Manager is dedicated to making the food on campus more delicious, nutritious, sustainable and easier to navigate for those with dietary allergies and restrictions. |
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| Athletics and Recreation | Personal Wellbeing |
The ARC offers an "a la carte" option. For your convenience, you do not need to be an ARC member to register for a special interest class. These programs are fun yet challenge and empower you to achieve your health and fitness goals. |
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| School of Rehabilitation | Personal Wellbeing |
The purpose of the Rehab Society is to provide channels of communication amongst its members, to act as a medium through which the diverse needs and interests of the Rehabilitation Therapy student body are served within the Faculty of Health Sciences, and to facilitate communication between the members and faculty and other governing bodies of the University, the community, professional organizations, and clinical placements. |
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| Faculty of Health Sciences | Personal Wellbeing |
The Research Centre's mission is to enhance the health and well-being of the people of Canada and the world through research, research education, and the translation of new knowledge into practice. |
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| Residence Life | Places |
Residence Desk Service Representatives are available 24 hours a day and provide access to security and emergency services, assistance with facilities and maintenance issues, mail, check-in and check out as well as general information. |
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| Residence Life | Belonging and Social Connection |
RLCs and ARLCs are available during business hours to answer questions regarding community or resident concerns. |
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| Campus Security and Emergency Services | Culture |
Campus Security provides escorted walks from one point on campus to another for staff, faculty and students when Walkhome is off duty. This service is provided at any time, day or night, all year round. |
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| Engineering Society | Belonging and Social Connection |
Science Quest is a not-for-profit science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) based program operated on the campus of Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario that provides STEM educational programming to youth from junior kindergarten to grade 8 in and around the Kingston community. Science Quest strives to engage and empower youth through their educational in-classroom workshops, summer camps and school year clubs sessions, all of which work towards sparking an interest in STEM within the 5000+ youth we reach annually. |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Culture |
Section 900 and J Section are safety nets that allow students who have academic difficulties in the fall of their first year a chance to recover and proceed into the second year with a clear record. |
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| Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing |
Self-help workbooks from Student Wellness Services are designed to help students. Workbooks include: (1) Your Best You: Improving your mood (2) Your Best You: Managing your anxiety (3) Just As I Am: The practice of self-care and compassion |
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| Campus Security and Emergency Services | Places |
SeQure is a mobile safety app for Queen's students. It provides quick access to campus security resources, including the campus security emergency line, and student government services such as AMSWalkhome. |
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| Human Rights and Equity Office | Personal Wellbeing |
The objective of the Online Training: Sexual Harassment tool is to provide students, staff and faculty with the basic knowledge and skills required to prevent and respond to the types of sexual harassment situations that occur within academic environments. Using interactive tools such as questionnaires and case studies, the Online training helps users recognize situations in which sexual harassment may be occurring, and provides useful information about rights, legal obligations, and resources. Users may also opt to receive a certificate of successful completion. |
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| AMS | Personal Wellbeing |
Sexual Health and Resource Centre or SHRC offers confidential, non-judgmental, feminist, queer-positive, pro-choice, sex-positive and non-heterosexist information and referral service. SHRC sells safer sex products & sex toys at cost. |
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| Human Rights and Equity Office | Culture |
If you or someone you know has experienced sexual violence of any kind, you can access a variety of supportive services both on and off-campus with the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response being the main resource. |
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| SGPS | Personal Wellbeing |
The Athletics and Wellness Commissioner is responsible for organizing and planning all athletic and wellness events held by the society. The Commissioner works closely with the Queen’s Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC) and Student Wellness Services (SWS) to represent the interests of SGPS members. |
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| SGPS | Personal Wellbeing |
To help students pay for the health services they need, a collective health and dental plan has been put in place by your student association. This group Plan is unique in that it helps fill the gaps in provincial health care, while offering coverage that is competitively priced. The coverage includes health, dental, vision, and travel benefits. It covers the unexpected and provides you with preventive care services to keep you in good health. |
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| SGPS | Culture |
The SGPS Peer Academic Advisor program is here to help graduate and professional students navigate the complexities of academia during their time at Queen’s. Many questions can arise throughout seeking a graduate or a professional degree related to funding, academic resources at the University, communication strategies, and more. |
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| Arts and Science | Culture |
Academic consideration for an extenuating circumstance may include but is not limited to:
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| Student Experience Office | Culture |
The SOAR program aims to help ease the transition of incoming first-year students and their families. Participants have an opportunity to learn about academic expectations, resources, learning strategies, and common student transition issues, as well as meet upper-year students, tour a residence room, and have their questions and concerns addressed. |
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| Faith and Spiritual Life | Culture |
Free your voice and find your song with this inclusive and uplifting meditative practice. Soulful Singing is an active meditative practice that promotes joy, mindfulness, creativity and community. They share songs and chants through the oral tradition, in inclusive, heart-opening gatherings that focus on presence, not performance. |
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| RARC *External | Belonging and Social Connection |
The STEPS program (Successful Transition from Elementary to Post-Secondary) is a two-year program for students with learning disabilities and their families in the Kingston and surrounding areas. The aim of the program is to assist students with learning disabilities to make a successful transition from elementary to secondary school and beyond. Program activities include information and training sessions for students and parents/guardians during the school year, as well as week-long summer programs to teach Adaptive Technology and prepare for high school. |
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| Student Academic Success Services | Culture |
Student Academic Success Services offers academic support to students who wish to develop their skills in critical thinking, reading, learning, studying, writing, and self-management. They welcome Queen’s undergraduate and graduate students at all stages of program completion and all levels of ability. |
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| Queen's Library | Places |
Student Assistantships and Experiential Learning provides students to work up to 10 hours per week, reporting to a library supervisor. They have defined projects and/or roles in developing and delivering services. |
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| Four Directions Indigenous Centre | Culture |
Queen’s SAGE is an interdisciplinary and cross-institutional peer-mentoring program designed to support Aboriginal graduate students with the successful transition into and completion of their graduate programs. SAGE is also a student-driven mentor/support program, designed to increase Indigenous graduate students’ comfort level and relative ease within their programs, the university and the community as a whole. |
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| Sustainability Office | Culture |
Sustainable Queen's is a dynamic community, bringing together campus and Kingston partners pursuing climate action and sustainability efforts in all their forms. |
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| Hospitality Services | Personal Wellbeing |
Swipe It Forward Queen’s is a pilot initiative aimed at helping to address some of the food insecurity issue’s on campus through the donation of meals from students with meal plans. The program, which runs during the academic year, is designed to provide short-term, urgent support to students in need. It is accessible by a referral from program partners. |
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| Faculty of Health Sciences | Culture |
Teaching Awards are to support teachers to who an outstanding job. Students and Peers can nominate a candidate by completing a nomination form and submitting it to the Dean's Office by the deadline. |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Places |
The mission of the Centre is to encourage, enable and support the innovation activities of students, professors, entrepreneurs, regional and Canadian companies through incubators, accelerators, joint courses, workshops, internship opportunities, seminar series, conferences and business plan competitions. |
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| Human Rights and Equity Office | Culture |
The Human Rights and Equity Office aims to advance a culture of human rights, equity and inclusion by inspiring and educating community stakeholders through developing and implementing innovative strategies in employment and educational equity; providing information, advice and assistance to individuals or groups at Queen’s regarding protections available under polices and legislation; providing non-judgmental sexual violence prevention and response support; and improving access for everyone on campus by removing barriers, encouraging accessibility, and promoting the duty to accommodate. |
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| School of Graduate Studies | Belonging and Social Connection |
The Lake Shift is a thesis writing retreat for doctoral students only from Ontario universities. The retreat provides graduate students with structured time to write, workshops on tips for effective dissertation writing, opportunities to network with other graduate students and all in a beautiful location. The objective of the retreat was to enable graduate students to make substantial progress in writing their thesis and to develop foundations to maintain that momentum. |
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| Inclusive Queen's | Culture |
A student-funded organization committed to creating and nurturing a radical community of Kingston students and residents devoted to fighting gender oppression and advocating for gender empowerment. |
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| Human Resources | Personal Wellbeing |
Thrive is a week-long series of events focused on building positive mental health for Queens Students, faculty, and staff. This initiative is hosted within the Queens community to help promote positive mental health and to help reduce the stigma that is still related to mental health. |
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| Human Rights and Equity Office | Culture |
Together We Are is a positive community of people celebrating equity, diversity and inclusion in the Queen’s and broader Kingston community. Together We Are is a safe and collaborative space where dialogue and discussion can occur. Together We Are is for the passionate, the curious and anyone looking to join a positive, community of people committed to diversity, equity and inclusion. |
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| RARC | Belonging and Social Connection |
RARC has developed a comprehensive Transition Resource Guide for students transitioning to post-secondary education. This guide is a one-stop-shop for students with disabilities to learn what they need to know to be prepared for post-secondary school in Ontario. Students can find information about their rights and responsibilities, how to access accommodations at post-secondary, as well as detailed information about each post-secondary institution in Ontario. The Transition Resource Guide is meant as a starting point as you search for the best post-secondary institution for you. |
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| Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Culture |
Douglas Tutorials are an optional free service to help you through first year. It is a service meant to cater to your needs providing for additional academic assistance. It is a service run by students, for students. Their hired tutors are at the top of their class and excel in math, physics and chemistry. They have been hired because they are friendly, fun-loving and approachable as well as smart and experienced tutors. They are very excited to meet with you and will have special sessions running each week to help you survive your midterms and to run into your finals with full confidence. |
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| Student Wellness Services | Culture Personal Wellbeing |
The U-Flourish Project is a longitudinal study that examines the well-being and academic success of students over their first year at Queen’s. The findings of the survey will help us to develop services and initiatives that will ensure a successful transition to university life. This survey is being done in collaboration with the University of Oxford. |
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| QUIC - International Centre | Personal Wellbeing |
The Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC) offers many services and activities that support international students, visiting scholars, researchers and postdoctoral fellows during their time in Canada. The health and safety of the participants is an important part of the planning of these services and events. |
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| AMS | Culture |
Walkhome is a student-run safety service in Kingston, Ontario. They provide safe walks to students both on the Queen’s University Campus and within the Kingston community. They are a completely anonymous and confidential service, so their staff members do not wear any clothes identifying them as a Walkhome team. Walkhome are inclusive to all students on campus, no matter your year or faculty. When you request a walk, teams of one male and one female student will accompany you to a destination of your choosing. Whether you want enjoyable conversation, safe escort for your walk, or friends to accompany you, Walkhome is the place to call! |
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| School of Graduate Studies | Culture |
Graduate students may be interested in attending an assortment of workshops across theme areas in order to earn a not-for-credit Certificate in Professional Development in the process. Expanding Horizons offers workshops in six(6) skill areas and students who complete at least one (1) workshop from each of the six areas and a minimum of 12 workshops in total will receive a certificate of completion from the School of Graduate Studies. |
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| Transpass Program | Queen's Facilities | Personal Wellbeing |
Queen's University is a member of Kingston Transit's Employer Transpass Program. There are many benefits to participating in the program, including:
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| Fireplace Room | Office of Indigenous Initiatives | Places | The fireside lounge is a designated Indigenous space open to all students and available for regular use. The room features comfortable seating, a fireplace, Indigenous art and a large dream catcher that hangs above the fireplace. | Students |
| ASUS Reflection Room Poster Photo | Office of Indigenous Initiatives | Places | The ASUS Reflection Room in Kingston Hall was gifted to the Arts Science Undergraduate Society (ASUS) by Queen’s Alumni. In 2016, the room underwent a revitalization project and was renamed the Reflection Room, to acknowledge the historical and continuing impacts of colonization in Canada and its implications on the Indigenous staff, students, and community at Queen’s. The Arts Science Undergraduate Society and the Faculty of Arts Science acknowledge that Queen’s University is situated on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee territories. |
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| Sacred Medicine Garden (Mshkiki Gitigan | Ononhkwa Nikahehto:ten) | Office of Indigenous Initiatives | Places | This garden is home to a number of traditional plants and Medicines. Consult with the ATEP office if you are interested in harvesting any of the plants prior to doing so. |
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| The Aboriginal Teacher's Education Program Lounge | Office of Indigenous Initiatives | Places | The Aboriginal Teacher's Education Program (ATEP) Lounge provides a vast library of resources available to students, staff and faculty. The lounge is periodically used for classes and workshops. Smudging can be done in this space and Medicines are available. |
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| Aboriginal Access to Engineering Student Room | Office of Indigenous Initiatives | Places | The Aboriginal Access to Engineering (AEE) Student Room provides a space for Indigenous engineering students to gather, predominantly to study. | Students |
| The Welcoming Room (Kanonhweratónhtshera | G’di-mikwanim) | Office of Indigenous Initiatives | Places | This is a communal gathering space and Indigenous classroom on campus. It is a multipurpose space that can be used to hold Indigenous ceremonies and events, as well as, academic courses with a focus on Indigenous content and culture. This space can be booked by the community for events and ceremonies from 5:30 - 11 p.m. Monday to Friday and on weekends. |
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| Centre for Teaching and Learning | Centre for Teaching and Learning | Culture | The Centre for Teaching and learning is the academic service unit that promotes and supports quality teaching and builds teaching and educational leadership capacity in direct support of Queen’s students’ learning experiences. They support evidence-based, innovative and sustainable strategic program enhancement initiatives, and encourage and support emerging, grassroots investigations of novel approaches to teaching and learning. | Faculty |
| Queen's University International Centre (QUIC) | QUIC-International Centre | Culture | Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC) is a support service for all members of the Queen’s community and through its activities promotes an internationally informed and cross-culturally sensitive learning environment. | Students |
| Recreational Clubs | Rec Club |
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Queen's offers various recreational clubs to aim to bring together and provide space for those interested in certain athletic activities. | Students |
| Recreational Run Club | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | Join Peer Health Educator (PHE) volunteers for weekly beginner/intermediate runs during the fall and/or winter terms if you want to start running, increase your distance, improve your time, and/or simply find some running buddies. | Students |
| Career Services | Career Services | Culture | Career Services helps undergraduate students, graduate students and recent alumni from all disciplines. We offer a comprehensive range of accessible services to support and empower you in making informed decisions about your career, further education and employment next steps. | Students |
| Queen's Student Accessibility Services (QSAS) | Student Wellness Services | Culture |
QSAS supports individuals with various types of disabilities and access needs ranging from mild to complex. Professional staff connect directly with each student to develop individualized accommodation plans and offer the following supports and services:
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| Queen's Clubs (Sports) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Social Issues & Advocacy) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Science & Engineering) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Religious & Cultural Identity) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Public Service) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Music & Theatre) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Media & Publications) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Health & Wellness) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Government and Politics) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Environment) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Discussion and Debate) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Common Interest & Social) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Arts) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Queen's Clubs (Academic) | Queen's Club | Belonging and Social Connection | Student clubs are a great way to meet people with common interests. They enhance what you learn in the classroom – and give you the chance to embrace your passions. | Students |
| Dogs on Campus | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | During the fall and winter terms, join St. John’s Ambulance (SJA) Therapy Dog and their handler for a walk around campus. | Students |
| Designated Moving Space | Queen's Library | Personal Wellbeing | The designated movement space was created in answer to the inherently stationary nature of study. Students, staff, and faculty who are looking for an active study or research break are invited to make use of this space, which features equipment such as stationary bike desks, a bosu balance trainer, a stability ball, and medicine balls, as well a place to engage in quiet activities, such as lunges, squats, planks, and yoga poses. |
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| Understanding Substance Use | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | This 8-week psycho-educational program is for students who are experiencing issues related to substance use, misuse, or abuse. Students will have the opportunity to engage in topics related to substance use and learn how it affects their lives in different ways, This group is open to students from Queen’s University and St. Lawrence College Attendance is not required at every session; students are encouraged to attend any sessions they might find helpful. | Students |
| PEGaSUS Group for Survivors of Sexual Violence | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | This 8-week professionally facilitated group is a safe space for students who have experienced sexual violence. Through support and education, you will get an opportunity to gain skills and strengths that build resiliency and lead to a sense of self-empowerment. | Students |
| Learn to Deal with Stress and Anxiety | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | This 6-week psycho-educational group is for students who experience stress and anxiety that may feel overwhelming. You will learn how to better understand your anxiety and learn proven strategies to cope better so you feel less overwhelmed. | Students |
| Navigating University with Autism | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | This 9-week professionally facilitated group is designed to help students with autism succeed in a university environment. You will get an opportunity to come together to share strengths and learn strategies to successfully navigate an environment designed for the neurotypical. | Students |
| Managing Powerful Emotions | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | This professionally facilitated 10-week therapy group is for students who are struggling to manage overwhelming emotions. It is designed to help you deal with crises and teaches you to control unhelpful behaviours. This group is open to any Queen’s student living in Ontario. | Students |
| Group Psychotherapy | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | This professionally facilitated 10-week group allows students to share what is troubling them the most and helps them understand that you are not alone with their struggles. This group encourages you to share your concerns in a safe space and is open to any Queen’s student living in Ontario. | Students |
| Mindfulness for Stress Reduction and Anxiety | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | A one-hour practice over 6 weeks for students who want to improve their focus and decrease stress. Students will get the opportunity to experience a variety of mindfulness exercises in an environment that allows them to ask questions and receive feedback. In addition, the group provides accountability to keep you on track as you integrate the practice of mindfulness stress reduction into your daily life. | Students |
| Mason Jar Soup and Stews | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | Register to receive a FREE Mason Jar that contains all the ingredients and spices to prepare a quick, easy and healthy soup or stew which makes approximately 4 servings. | Students |
| Mindful Moments Program | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | Weekly drop-in group sessions that allow students to learn a variety of mindful practices, including Mindful Self Compassion and Mindful Meditation, that they can incorporate into their day. | Students |
| Fresh Food Box | Student Wellness Services | Personal Wellbeing | Peer Health Educator (PHE) volunteers put together Fresh Food Boxes for students to order and pick up on campus. Boxes contain all the fresh produce and key ingredients to prepare a quick, easy and healthy recipe which makes approximately 4 servings. | Students |
| Principal’s Conversation | Principle and Provost Office | Culture |
Principal and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane engages with the Queen’s community in open conversations about the values and direction of the university. |
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| Promise Scholars | Student Awards | Personal Wellbeing |
The Promise Scholars program is a comprehensive initiative designed to reduce financial barriers and increase access to Queen's for local, first-generation students. The program provides dedicated financial, academic, and career support to help students complete their degree. |
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| Yellow House | Yellow House | Culture |
The Yellow House* is a safe, comfortable and accountable space for queer and racialized students to create community, to feel empowered, to empower others, to celebrate and to honour their histories. The Yellow House team seeks to engage students in initiatives that actively dismantle oppressive, racist and colonial ideologies and practices. With a strong belief that the ability to create community is integral to student wellness, the Yellow House is a safe space for marginalized students to simply be; a space where QTBIPOC students can connect with one another to benefit from the power of community to support, to uplift and stand together. |
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| Student-Supervisor Relationships | School of Graduate Studies | Culture |
The School of Graduate Studies has expanded supportive resources for students and their supervisors. This work builds on supervisory materials and workshops to strengthen student-supervisor relationships. |
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| Community Housing | Community Housing | Culture | Community Housing manages the student rental properties owned by Queen’s University. This includes two apartment complexes located at west campus – An Clachan and John Orr Tower– as well as a variety of apartments and houses in the University District around campus. | Students |
| Employee Resource Groups | Inclusive Queen's | Culture |
Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) help create an inclusive workplace by giving equity-seeking groups a formal structure within an organization to support their unique needs. ERGs provide opportunities for community building within organizations. They can also give employees opportunities for professional development and help the organization recruit and provide appropriate feedback to employees. When managed and used effectively, ERGs also provide an avenue for employees to learn more about diverse groups. ERGs may coordinate activities such as networking events, speaker series, professional development activities, and mentoring programs. ERGs may also provide development opportunities for employees including project and budget management, public speaking practice, and chairing meetings. |
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| Mitchell Hall | Queen's Buildings | Places |
Mitchell Hall is the central location of Student Wellness Services. In addition, Mitchell Hall also houses other student services such as academic and research spaces. |
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| Ban Right Centre | Ban Righ Centre | Places |
The Centre is an inclusive community that serves undergraduate, graduate, professional, domestic, immigrant, and international women students. They support students participating in online learning and those attending classrooms at Queen’s University. Services include:
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| Queen's University Academic Calendar | Academic Calendar | Places | The digital Academic Calendar is used to view courses and degree plans, as well as deadlines, academic regulations, and policies. | Students |
| Queen's Student Experience Survey | Principle and Provost Office | Culture | A campus climate survey gathered information from Queen’s students about overall campus culture and climate, including experiences, perceptions, and behaviours with respect to diversity, inclusion, and sexual violence at the university. | Students |
| Declaration of Commitment to Address Systemic Racism | Principle and Provost Office | Culture | Queen's University senior leadership and deans, led by Principal and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane, pledge immediate actions to confront discrimination. | Students Staff Faculty |
| For Us By Us: Resources to Support QTBIPoC Student Success | Yellow House | Culture | Resources that empower, build, and support students in the Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous and People of Colour communities on campus by centralizing and highlighting information, resources, and spaces pertinent to QTBIPOC students' lives. | Students |
| Absences and Academic Accommodations | Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Culture | This page was created to help students in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science (FEAS) understand and navigate the policies and procedures for requesting Academic Consideration and Academic Accommodation. | Students |
| EngSoc Mailbox | Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Culture | Located in the EngSoc student lounge in the ILC, this mailbox is a great spot to submit your feedback on all sorts of things, including academics. Leave your letter in a sealed envelope, addressed to who it best concerns (ex. Academic Feedback, ERB, etc.) | Students |
| The Adaptive Technology Centre (ATC) | Queen's Library | Places |
The Adaptive Technology Centre (ATC), located in room 120, Stauffer Library, offers a range of services, computers, assistive devices, specialized software, and quiet study space. |
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| Trans Family Kingston | Kingston Community | Culture | A group of people that meet to support trans identifying people by sharing stories and offering assistance in navigating barriers faced by trans people. | Students Staff Faculty |
| The American Indian Science and Engineering Society | Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science | Culture | The American Indian Science and Engineering Society offers STEM-focused programming such as conferences, hackathons, scholarships, internships, professional development and career resources, and leadership development summits. | Students |