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[ Norman Vorano standing on shoreline ]
Blind Date with Knowledge
November 1, 2016

Preserving Culture in Art: The North Baffin Drawings

Queen's researcher Norman Vorano, Curator of Indigenous Art at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and Queen’s National Scholar, is a leading figure in the study of Inuit art and its evolving political and cultural landscape in the Arctic.

[Photo of birds credit: Philina English]
Blind Date with Knowledge
October 1, 2016

Where Science Meets the Wild

Students and researchers have used Queen’s University Biological Station (QUBS), covering 3,400 hectares of dense forests and lakes north of Kingston, as a resource for 70 years.

[Alice Vibert Douglas and colleagues at Yerkes Observatory, Chicago, 1925 (Queen's University Archives)]
Blind Date with Knowledge
October 1, 2016

From Sole Scholarship to Collective Enterprise: 175 Years of Research at Queen’s

One of the oldest universities in Canada, research at Queen's University has left an indelible mark on the Canadian, and international, landscape of scholarly progress.

Dr. Heather Jamieson samples soil near the Giant Mine in Yellowknife]
Blind Date with Knowledge
October 1, 2016

Gender Parity in Research means Fixing a “Leaky Pipeline”

Queen’s made significant and successful efforts to attract women researchers to campus through the 1980s, including through such programs as the Queen’s National Scholar Program.

[welding image]
Blind Date with Knowledge
October 1, 2016

Innovations and Incubators: Commercializing Research

When it comes to commercializing research, Queen’s has long been a leader among Canadian universities with the establishment of Innovation Park and the Office of Partnerships and Innovation.