Office of the Principal and Vice-Chancellor

Threads for change

nld4 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 19:12:21 +0000

Threads for change nld4 Sat, 03/21/2026 - 15:12

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AmeIyoba Threads for Change is a student-led sustainable thrift event that transforms donated clothing into community impact. In response to the high volume of waste generated during student move out periods, this initiative collects gently used clothing, shoes, and accessories and redistributes them through an affordable pop up thrift sale.

The event promotes sustainable consumption by extending the life cycle of clothing and reducing textile waste, while also making affordable clothing accessible to students. All proceeds support the AmeIyoba Centre for Women and Children, a nonprofit organization focused on advancing access to education, health resources, and community support for women and children.

Through this initiative, we aim to foster a culture of sustainability, community engagement, and social responsibility on campus.

This event is open to all audiences and is free to attend. Registration is not required.

This event is a part of 91��Ƭ�� 91��Ƭ�� ’s participation in #SDGMonthCanada, a nation-wide commitment to mobilizing the SDGs across campuses.

Learn more about Ameiyoba

Not retreat but engagement

nld4 — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 02:23:27 +0000

Not retreat but engagement nld4 Fri, 03/20/2026 - 22:23

Continuing the Celebration: IWD 2026 Virtual Event

nld4 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 19:39:37 +0000

Continuing the Celebration: IWD 2026 Virtual Event nld4 Sun, 03/15/2026 - 15:39

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SDGs

Members of the Queen's community are warmly invited to a virtual event, continuing the celebration of International Women's Day (IWD) 2026.

Hosted by the Queen's Women's Network Employee Resource Group at Queen's, this 1-hour session will leverage the 'Reciprocity Ring' Framework to encourage conversations on reciprocity and support.

This event is a part of 91��Ƭ�� 91��Ƭ�� ’s participation in #SDGMonthCanada, a nation-wide commitment to mobilizing the SDGs across campuses.

This event is virtual (held on Zoom) and free to attend. A link will be provided the day of the session.

More information about the event

International Women's Day (IWD), celebrated annually on March 8, is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for advancing gender equality.

Every year, a new theme for International Women's Day is announced, to encourage conversations and this year's theme, Give to Gain, highlights the power of reciprocity and support. When people, organizations, and communities give generously, opportunities and support for women multiply. Giving is not subtraction—it's intentional multiplication.

Please note that capacity for this event is limited and registration is required.

We strive to host inclusive, accessible experiences that enable all individuals to engage fully. To request accommodation or ask about accessibility, please contact us via email.

Extra Awesome 2026 Coffeehouse

nld4 — Sun, 15 Mar 2026 18:44:48 +0000

Extra Awesome 2026 Coffeehouse nld4 Sun, 03/15/2026 - 14:44

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SDGs

Extra Awesome is a volunteer based program that offers academic support and facilitates physical activity for Kingston youth with exceptionalities. The Coffeehouse celebrates World Down Syndrome Day with an afternoon of performances, community, and fun 🌟. All money raised will go towards supporting Extra Awesome next year. There will also be a raffle to be entered with many fun prizes to be won.

Extra Awesome encourages anyone with a talent they want to share to join us for this celebration. Open to all audiences, this event is in-person and free to attend. To perform, register through the link below or learn more on our Instagram.

This event is a part of 91��Ƭ�� 91��Ƭ�� ’s participation in #SDGMonthCanada, a nation-wide commitment to mobilizing the SDGs across campuses.

Open to all audiences, this event is in-person and free to attend.

Queen's-BSIA International Migration and Mobilities Graduate Symposium

nld4 — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 22:31:14 +0000

Queen's-BSIA International Migration and Mobilities Graduate Symposium nld4 Sat, 03/07/2026 - 17:31

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SDGs

The QB-IMMGS brings together a community of students, scholars, and researchers working on the pressing global issues of migration, mobility, displacement, and borders.

The theme for the 2026 Symposium is Borders, and (Un)Bordering: Analyzing Migration and (Im)Mobility In An Era Of "Polycrisis". We invite papers that delve into the co-existence and interweaving of multiple crises such as an acute socio-economic crisis, ecological crisis, persisting racial injustice, conflict, health-care crisis the growth and the rapid spread of far-right populism, breakdown of international order and the denial / exclusion of citizenship rights. It also invites papers that explore resistance and practices of (un)bordering.

This event is a part of 91��Ƭ�� 91��Ƭ�� ’s participation in #SDGMonthCanada, a nation-wide commitment to mobilizing the SDGs across campuses.

Open to all audiences, this event is virtual and free to attend.

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How it works

Unlike a formal association conference, this Symposium is intended to be an inclusive and welcoming space for students to share their work, and to receive valuable feedback from their peers and faculty members.

Students can apply for a panel discussion if their work is in its later stages, or the roundtable discussion if they are at the beginning stages of their research.

The continued and increasing ambition of climate-concerned asset owners

nld4 — Sat, 07 Mar 2026 21:51:09 +0000

The continued and increasing ambition of climate-concerned asset owners nld4 Sat, 03/07/2026 - 16:51

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SDGs

In the face of headline-grabbing pullbacks and withdrawals of climate ambition among some actors, a group of climate-concerned asset owners has continued and even increased climate investing commitments and ambition. In this session, a spectrum of different asset owners will share the rationale behind their respective portfolio climate commitments and the approaches they are taking to achieve their goals.

Our panelists will discuss in practical terms what it took to set these goals and how they are being implemented including setting sub-goals, tracking performance, and stewardship. They will share the benefits and challenges of these efforts and reflections on how other asset owners, whether just beginning or already very advanced, can take the next steps in their portfolios’ climate journeys.

This event is a part of 91��Ƭ�� 91��Ƭ�� ’s participation in #SDGMonthCanada, a nation-wide commitment to mobilizing the SDGs across campuses.

Open to all audiences, this event is virtual and free to attend.

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Schedule

Noon-12:05 Introductory Remarks
12:05-12:45 Panel Discussion
12:45-12:55 Audience Questions
12:55-1:00 Closing Remarks

Teaching and Learning with Cultural Heritage: The Things of Health and Care

nld4 — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 17:20:26 +0000

Teaching and Learning with Cultural Heritage: The Things of Health and Care nld4 Fri, 03/06/2026 - 12:20

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SDGs

The second annual health humanities symposium. During this one-day event, academics, writers, healthcare professionals, students, museum workers, and more will come together for a series of lightning explorations of the intersection of health, the humanities, and things. What is a thing? This year, that is what the symposium asks as well. Must a thing be an object, or can it be a practice or a belief? And how can things be used to teach, learn, and heal?

This event is a part of 91��Ƭ�� 91��Ƭ�� ’s participation in #SDGMonthCanada, a nation-wide commitment to mobilizing the SDGs across campuses.

Open to all audiences, this event is in-person and free to attend.

Learn more and RSVP

Schedule

Each panel will be introduced with an artifact or artifacts from the Canadian Museum of Health Care

8:30 am – Welcoming Remarks

Dr. Allison Morehead, Department of Art History and Art Conservation, 91��Ƭ��
Rowena McGowan, Curator, Canadian Museum of Health Care

8:50 am - The Interdisciplinarity of Things

Dr. Jessica Sealey, Department of History, 91��Ƭ�� - Bodies on Display: Dissection Photography at 91��Ƭ��
Claire Stella Park, Graduate Student, Master of Arts in History, University of Ottawa - Spaces and Places as Objects of Care: Polio Clinics at the Victoria Public Hospital in Fredericton, New Brunswic
Dr. Allison Morehead, Department of Art History and Art Conservation, 91��Ƭ�� - Curating Interdisciplinarity: Lifeblood - Edvard Munch
Dr. Danielle Macdonald, PhD, RN, School of Nursing, 91��Ƭ�� - Bringing nursing philosophy to life through historical objects

10:10 am – The Protein Question: Science, Hype and Harm

Dr. Aditi Sen, Department of History, 91��Ƭ�� - The history of protein gap from the 1970s and how that failed in developing nations
Dr. Samantha King, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, 91��Ƭ�� - The Thingness of Protein: Mystery and Magnetism from Molecules to Meat
Ishita Rikhi, Life Sciences, 91��Ƭ�� - Protein and eating disorders

11:20 am – Exploring Medical Artifacts

Dr. Shelley McKellar, Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, Western University - A Tool of Healing? The 19th Century Tonsil Guillotine
Dr. Jenna Healey, Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine, 91��Ƭ�� - Compact Contraceptives: Teaching Reproductive History with the IUD

12:00 pm – Lunch

1:00 pm – Teaching Beyond the Classroom: Medical Education with Popular Culture

Dr. Dan Vena, Department of Film and Media, 91��Ƭ��, and Andrew O’Neil, film scholar [with Rowena McGowan] - Embracing the Macabre: Reflections on Curating a Medical Horror Film Series
Dorothyanne Brown, Grumpy Cat Press - They did what? Writing about medicine 91��Ƭ�� ’s history
Dr. Adam Blumenberg, Emergency Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center - The Time-Travelling Toxicologist

2:00 pm – Medical Heritage Institutions

Brendan Edwards and Nicole Kapphahn, 91��Ƭ�� Archives - Anatomy of Learning: Bringing Rare and Antiquarian Medical Texts into the Classroom
Logan Bale, Queen 91��Ƭ�� ’s Anatomy Lab - Unique Cadaveric Specimens to Represent Organ Systems for Usage in an Anatomy Teaching Centre
Phil Loring, Curator, Teknisk Museum, Norway - Care and repair: On mending medical artifacts
Kaitlyn Carter, Department of History, 91��Ƭ�� – Sawbones and Sightseers: The History of Medicine as a Tool of Critical Historical Interpretation

4:20 pm – Cultural and Epistemic Justice in Health

Zamrath A. Naazer, University of Toronto - The Physical Manifestations of Sufi Healing Through Time
Dr. Thomas Abrams, Department of Sociology, 91��Ƭ��, and Dr. Carlos Novas, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Carleton University - Disability and the Politics of Daily Living
Dr. Oyedeji Ayonrinde, Providence Care; Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, 91��Ƭ�� - "Brain Fag Syndrome": decolonizing and unlearning concepts of mental fatigue

Women, Disability, and Intersectionality: Designing for Equality and Leaving No One Behind

nld4 — Fri, 06 Mar 2026 14:59:56 +0000

Women, Disability, and Intersectionality: Designing for Equality and Leaving No One Behind nld4 Fri, 03/06/2026 - 09:59

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SDGs

Feminist Legal Studies Queen's will hold its annual International Women 91��Ƭ�� ’s Day (IWD) Conference on March 13-14, 2026 in a hybrid format at Robert Sutherland Hall. This year, the conference theme will focus on disability issues of particular relevance to women through an intersectionality lens.

Event times:

Friday, March 13 (1-8:30pm)
Saturday, March 14 (8:55am-4:15pm)

This event is a part of 91��Ƭ�� 91��Ƭ�� ’s participation in #SDGMonthCanada, a nation-wide commitment to mobilizing the SDGs across campuses.

Open to all audiences, this event is free to attend. Registration is required.

Bird-Friendly Campus Discussion Forum

nld4 — Thu, 05 Mar 2026 19:17:23 +0000

Bird-Friendly Campus Discussion Forum nld4 Thu, 03/05/2026 - 14:17

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SDGs

Join us on Monday, March 23rd for an open discussion forum on how we can make Queen's a bird-friendly campus!

Situated along a key ecological corridor for many local and migratory bird species, Queen's has a fundamental role to play in protecting our native bird populations, but bird collisions with windows are a major source of mortality in urban environments like Kingston.

Kingston is now making strides to become part of the national Bird Friendly City program by Nature Canada, and as a student-led group at Queen's University, we want to make sure Queen's can contribute to this amazing initiative!

For more information and to learn more about the Society for Conservation Biology Kingston Chapter's initiatives, please make sure to follow us on Instagram or check out our (new!) website.

This event is a part of 91��Ƭ�� 91��Ƭ�� ’s participation in #SDGMonthCanada, a nation-wide commitment to mobilizing the SDGs across campuses.

Open to all Queen's-affiliated audiences, this event is hybrid and free to attend. Registration is required.

Program:

At this event, we will discuss 1) why do bird-window strikes occur, 2) how are they preventable, and 3) what Queen's can do to make a meaningful difference. We hope participants can leave feeling more informed about this issue, as well as encouraged to take action in their own lives and in the Queen's community!

Exploring Careers with Impact: Aligning Your Path with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

nld4 — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 17:40:02 +0000

Exploring Careers with Impact: Aligning Your Path with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) nld4 Wed, 03/04/2026 - 12:40

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SDGs

In this workshop we will apply Design Thinking to planning the next steps in your career, paying particular attention to ways you can have social impact in your work through the UN SDG framework. Come prepared to brainstorm, experiment with ideas, and envision possibilities!

Geared toward students, this event is in-person and free to attend. Registration is required.

This event is a part of 91��Ƭ�� 91��Ƭ�� ’s participation in #SDGMonthCanada, a nation-wide commitment to mobilizing the SDGs across campuses.

Agenda:

At the end of the workshop you will be better able to:

Describe important personal qualities like your skills, values, interests to help inform your decisions about future career goals.
Consider future possibilities for your career path by using effective strategies, tools, and information.
Plan next steps to move you closer to your career goals.

Learn more about Queen 91��Ƭ�� ’s Career Guide to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.