Awards and recognition
Announcing the Terrie Easter Sheen Graduate Award
Sep 11, 2020
We are delighted to be establishing a named graduate award in honour of Terrie - it is a fitting celebration of her outstanding contributions to the University and her support of graduate students in Gender Studies.
Congratulations to the Class of 2020
Jun 02, 2020
Congratulations to all undergraduate students convocating with a degree or certificate in Gender Studies.
Katherine McKittrick inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
May 04, 2020
Queen’s University professor Katherine McKittrick has been inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as an International Honorary Member in social sciences.
Karen Lawford receives Indspire Laureate Award
Feb 04, 2020
Representing the highest honour the Indigenous community bestows upon its own achievers, the Indspire Awards were created in 1993, in conjunction with the United Nation’s International Decade of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
Katherine McKittrick receives American Association of Geographers' Award for Anti-Racism Research and Practice
Mar 11, 2019
Dr. Katherine McKittrick of Queen’s University has not only contributed to the study of race and gender through her prodigious scholarly output, but she has been a consummate mentor to various students and faculty of color.
Katherine McKittrick named to the Royal Society of Canada
Sep 12, 2017
Katherine McKittrick, Associate Professor of Gender Studies, has been named to the Royal Society of Canada’s (RSC) College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists program.
Claire Gummo Rhodes Scholar Winner
Queen's Gazette - Nov 23, 2016
Claire Gummo, a Gender Studies Minor student, has been chosen as Queen's 57th Rhodes Scholar. This prestigious scholarship to the University of Oxford is worth over $100,000 and will allow Claire to pursue a Master of Philosophy in Comparative Social Policy.
Katherine McKittrick receives Ban Righ Foundation Mentorship Award
Oct 21, 2016
Katherine McKittrick was named the inaugural recipient of the Ban Righ Foundation Mentorship Award for her continuing mentorship of students at Queen’s and across Canada.