News and Events
Alex Cuba to receive an Honourary Degree from Queen's.
Oct 12, 2022
A multiple Juno, Latin Grammy and Grammy award winning singer/songwriter, Alex Cuba has made Smithers British Colombia his home for over 20 years. This Honorary Degree recognizes his ongoing importance in the Canadian music world.
Information Session WITS University Exchange
Oct 06, 2022
Please join us October 6th for the Summer Semester Abroad in Johannesburg Information Session
Dr. Susanne Soederberg elected to the Royal Society of Canada
Sep 09, 2022
Congratulation to Dr. Susanne Soederberg for being elected to the Royal Society of Canada for her trailblazing research on how policymaking influences social inequalities at overlapping scales from local to global.
Dr. David McDonald publishes "Meanings of Public and the Future of Public Services"
Jul 29, 2022
Dr. David McDonald book entitled "Meanings of Public and the Future of Public Services" is a timely and carefully elaborated contribution to the long-standing debate about the significance of publicly funded and run essential services.
Associate Professor Celeste Pedri-Spade awarded the 2022 Principal’s Teaching and Learning Award
Jun 30, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Celeste Pedri-Spade on being awarded the 2022 Principal’s Teaching and Learning Award - Indigenous Education Award.
Live, Study, and Learn at WITS in Johannesburg in Summer 2023
Jun 01, 2022
NEW! Live, Study, And Learn In Johannesburg: Summer Semester Abroad at “the best university in South Africa” (Wits). Earn 9.0 credits in two months of intensive classes and cultural site visits.
12 Eventful Days in Havana - Renewing Experiential Education Abroad
Karen Dubinsky and Susan Lord (Queen's University) - May 31, 2022
In March 2020 Cuban jazz pianist Aldo López-Gavilán performed at Queen’s University, in what was the last live concert many of us saw for the next 2 years. The audience included 30 students who learned the next day we could not continue our Cuban Culture course in Havana.
Why you should consider DEVS as your program at Queen's University?
May 05, 2022
Dr. Marcus Taylor provides an overview of how you can develop leading skills and knowledge required for a changing world by choosing DEVS as your Major!
Dr. Reena Kukreja publishes her book "Why Would I Be Married Here?"
May 04, 2022
The Department of Global Development Studies congratulates Dr. Reena Kukreja on the publication of her new monograph “Why Would I Be Married Here?” published by Cornell University Press.
The first "This Is Evidence" exhibition held in Athens, Greece
Apr 18, 2022
This Is Evidence: Re-Picturing South Asian Migrant Men in Greece is a multi-media installation that features four groups of Bangladeshi and Pakistani migrant men living and working in Greece.
Dr. Rebecca Hall publishes her book "Refracted Economies"
Jan 27, 2022
The Department of Global Development Studies congratulates Dr. Rebecca Hall on the publication of her first book “Refracted Economies: Diamond Mining and Social Reproduction in the North” published by University of Toronto Press.
Professor Susanne Soederberg awarded the IPEG 2021 Book Prize
Jan 06, 2022
Congratulations to Dr. Susanne Soederberg on being awarded the International Political Economy (IPEG) Book Prize for her book Urban Displacements (published by Routledge).