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Karen Lawford
Blind Date with Knowledge
February 12, 2020

Queen’s Indigenous health researcher named Indspire Award winner

Queen's researcher Karen Lawford honoured for outstanding career achievements in health.

[Award-winning research building skin on Grant Hall]
Blind Date with Knowledge
February 12, 2020

Critical funding for health research

Canadian Institutes of Health Research funds $3.95 million in grants to seven Queen’s researchers.

[Compass North launch event]
Blind Date with Knowledge
February 12, 2020

Boosting women-led tech companies in Kingston and region

Queen’s University and L-SPARK launch acceleration program for Kingston-area technology businesses run by women.

[Image of trash bundles]
Blind Date with Knowledge
January 8, 2020

Diving into microplastics: Addressing our "wicked" waste problem

Microplastics – They are in the food we eat, the air we breathe, and the water we consume, and we are still learning about what this means for our health, the health of our environment, and our future. How do we tackle this “wicked” problem? Queen’s researcher Myra Hird believes the answer is in our own consumption habits.

[Will Kymlicka receives the SSHRC Gold Medal from Ted Hewitt, President of SSHRC, left, and Charles Taylor, Canadian philosopher and professor emeritus, McGill University]
Blind Date with Knowledge
December 16, 2019

Will Kymlicka receives SSHRC Gold Medal

Queen’s professor and researcher is awarded one of the highest honours for the social sciences in Canada.