Respectful engagement at Queen's

Dear members of the Queen’s community,

Over the past week, our institution has been faced with new challenges that have been felt across the Queen’s community, including an ongoing labour disruption.

This moment serves as a reminder of the fundamental role that universities must play in fostering a plurality of views, encouraging rigorous debate, and upholding the right to free expression. At Queen’s, we are steadfast in our commitment to these freedoms, recognizing the vital contributions made by dialogue, demonstration, and labour action within the bounds of the law.

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At the heart of it all

It is doubtful whether many members of the university community in Ontario – whether the alumni of its 23 publicly assisted institutions or the faculty members and staff working for the good of current students and the advancement of knowledge across the province – will look back on 2024 as a year of hope and promise. While the mission of higher education is itself always inspiring and heartening, the circumstances within which that mission had to be prosecuted over the last year have been unpromising to say the least.

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Union Gallery Exhibition – Repeat Glacier Photography

Start Date

Tuesday March 4, 2025

End Date

Saturday May 10, 2025

Time

11:00 am - 4:30 pm

Location

Union Gallery’s Main Space

Works by Erin Rendell, MSc student in Geography at Queen’s, are part of the current exhibition in the Union Gallery 'We Carry Each Other’ which features repeat photography of glaciers from Axel Heiberg Island, Nunavut. Erin's work includes repeat photography and soundscape recordings that aim to highlight interaction between human and non-human actors, and leaves room for the viewer to develop knowledge about the arctic.

Advancing SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation

In person, during Union Gallery' working hours, open to all!

 For more information and the schedule, visit the Union Gallery website or the Queen's Journal.

 

Sneak Peak - Queen's Imagines the Future Online Gallery

Date

Thursday March 27, 2025
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Virtual

The Faculty of Education Arts Infusion Committee is excited to launch a sneak peak of its online gallery to share art submissions for the Queen's Imagines the Future festival. Faculty, staff, and students in the community submitted artworks to capture their conceptions of the future in connection to our festival mission: to stretch ways of feeling, thinking, acting and being in relation to climate change and to imagine ways forward. The gallery will be released online on March 27 at educarts.ca

The online gallery will showcase a selection of artworks, which can be accessed through our website. Please also check out the the in-person gallery hosted at the Faculty of Education Library from April 16 to May 8th. Join us for our gallery celebration event on April 23 from 12:30 to 1:30. Tour the gallery, have snacks, and engage in climate conversations sparked by the art submissions. For more information contact becca.evans@queensu.ca

Hosted by: Faculty of Education, Arts Infusion Committee

Advancing SDGs 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities and 13: Climate Action

Virtual, open to all, registration not required!

 To learn more, or to submit artwork, visit the Faculty of Education site

Women Plus Water Conversations - Water Towers: Mountains and Glaciers

Date

Thursday March 20, 2025
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Location

Online platform

In celebration of the inaugural World Day for Glaciers (March 21) and World Water Day (March 22), the third Women Plus Water 2025 Conversation focuses on the world's water towers - mountains and glaciers. The conversation will provide insights into what motivates the research and exploration of glaciers, the connection between glaciers and people, and the experience of our guests working in this male-dominated field.

Hosted by Dr. Corinne Schuster-Wallace, Executive Director of the Global Institute for Water Security, University of Saskatchewan.

Featuring: Dr. Laura Thomson, Canada Research Chair, Department of Geography and Planning, Queen's University; Sunwi Maskey, Cryosphere Research Associate, International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD); Caroline Côté, Adventure Cine Artist, Endurance Athlete.

Advancing SDGs 5: Gender Equality, 6: Clean Water and Sanitation, and 13: Climate Action.

Virtual, open to all, registration required.

 For more information and to register, visit the Global Institute for Water Security's website

Poster of the Women Plus Water Conversations event.

Celebrate International Women's Day

Date

Friday March 7, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

Biosciences Complex Atrium

Members of the Queen’s Community (faculty, staff and students) to are invited to celebrate International Women’s Day (IWD) event, hosted by the Queen's Women's Network, Women in Science at Queen's, the Chair for Women in Engineering, and affiliates with the support of the Inclusive Community Fund.

International Women’s Day (IWD), celebrated annually on March 8, honours the achievements of women across all aspects of life - social, economic, cultural, and political - while also advocating for gender equality. This year's international theme is #Accelerate Action.

The event provides an opportunity to build community within the university, gain information about Women's focused groups across campus, and enjoy light refreshments. Donations will be collected in support of Kingston Interval, house, which provides support and resources for women and children in crises.

Hosted by: Employee Resource Group, Queen's Women's Network, Women in Science at Queen's, and Women in Engineering

Advancing SDG 5: Gender Equality

In person, open to all, registration required!

 For more information and to register, visit the EventBrite page. 

Celebration of International Women's Day poster

Emerging Issues in Aboriginal Law

Date

Monday March 17, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm

Location

Law Building, 128 Union St., Room 515

Explore Aboriginal title, Métis rights and the honour of the Crown in an in-depth look at Thomas Isaac's new sixth edition of Aboriginal Law. The event will be chaired by the Aboriginal Law Group.

Hosted by: Queen's Faculty of Law

Open to all, hybrid options available. Registration Required. 

Advancing SDGs 10: Reduced Inequalities, and 16: Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

 For more information and to register, visit the Queen's Law website. 

Emerging Issues in Aboriginal Law event poster.

FLSQ Conference 2025

Date

Friday March 28, 2025
12:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Location

Robert Sutherland Hall

In honour of National Women's Day, the Feminist Legal Studies Queen's will be hosting a conference on "Promises, Praxes, Paradigms: Knowing and Acting for Change 30 years after the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action." Dr. Nicole Redvers (DPhil, Nd, MPH) has been invited as the Keynote speaker and will be touching on the the Indigenous determinants of planetary health and respect of the feminine.

Hosted by: Feminist Legal Studies Queen's and the Queen's Faculty of Law

Beginning late afternoon, open to all, hybrid options available. Registration Required. 

Advancing SDGs 5: Gender Equality, and 10: Reduced Inequalities.

 For more information and to register, visit the FLSQ Conference 2025 site

Feminist Legal Studies Queen's SDG Week Conference Poster

Teaching with Cultural Heritage Towards Health Equity and Justice

Date

Wednesday March 19, 2025
8:30 am - 5:00 pm

Location

George Teves Room, University Club

Faculty members and students share how they engage with cultural heritage and communities to inspire students and colleagues to think deeply about health and its inequities. In a series of panels and lightning talks, presenters will share how they include cultural heritage - art, film, media, literature, books, collections, material culture, architecture, etc. - in their teaching activities.

Hosted by: Faculty of Arts and Science, Queen's Health Sciences, and the Museum of Health Care

Advancing SDGs 3: Good Health and Wellbeing, 4: Quality Education, 10: Reduced Inequalities, 17: Partnerships for the Goals

All day event, open to all, drop-ins welcome!

 For more information and the schedule, visit the Museum of Health Care website.

The event is funded by Matariki Network Research Seed Fund, the Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, and the Nugent Fund.

 

Poster with Teaching with Cultural Heritage Towards Health Equity and Justice event information