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Queen’s professors win Ideas Worth Teaching Award

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Two Queen’s educators have won an Ideas Worth Teaching award for a business course that teaches students how to integrate traditional Indigenous ways of knowing with modern business practices in the workplace.   Lindsay (Kawennenhá:wi) Brant, Educational Developer in Indigenous Pedagogies and Ways...

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Queen’s student receives Pathy Fellowship

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This article was updated on April 6, 2021. Prishni Seyone, ArtSci ’20, was chosen to be a part of this year’s Pathy Fellowship cohort. She plans to use the funding to turn her non-profit, Starts with Youth, into a full-time job. With up to 12 people selected from universities across Canada to receive...

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Proposed JDUC design wins architectural award

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Canadian Architect magazine announced on Nov. 29 that plans for the JDUC revitalization project had won the 2019 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence.    The award jury lauded the sustainability focused designs and incorporation of historic features, describing them as complex and skillfully executed.   “Our...

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Journal staff nominated for international student journalism award

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The Online Journalism Awards listed Journal Managing Editor Iain Sherriff-Scott as a finalist for the David Teeuwen Student Journalism award last month. Nominated for Sherriff-Scott’s work on Queen’s unpublished foreign investments published last March, The Queen’s Journal is one of five finalists...

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Journal staff recognized for Best Campus Feature Story

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Former Journal Lifestyle Editor Josh Granovsky took home first place for Best Campus Feature Story at the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards on June 8, for his article “Standing strong in the face of antisemitism.”   “I was scared to acknowledge this kind of hate living right on my doorstep,” Granovsky...

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News in Brief

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This May, recently-retired Queen’s professor, Jacalyn Duffin, was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of fame—joining five others dubbed ‘medical heroes’ for their contributions to the field. Duffin served as the Hannah Professor of the History of Medicine at Queen’s from 1988 to 2017. She’s a...

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Queen’s professor honoured with Women in Mining award

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After a career spanning over 30 years, Queen’s professor Heather Jamieson has been recognized with a prestigious mentorship award. On March 5, Jamieson was awarded the 2019 Rick Hutson Mentorship Award at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada annual convention in Toronto. The award...

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Queen’s student writes award-winning essay honouring trustee

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Following his submission of an essay on the late Ernie Checkeris, Queen’s Curriculum Studies PhD student Jackson Pind won a Government of Canada History Award and a $2,000 cash prize. After spending 55 years as a member on the Rainbow District School Board, Checkeris was the longest serving school...

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Queen’s PhD student receives award for cancer research

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When Caitlin Miron arrived in France for an internship in 2015 with a collection of biochemical compounds in hand, she wasn’t sure where her work would lead. Two years later, she’s one of seven PhD students to be recognized by Mitacs for her outstanding cancer research.  On Nov. 21, Miron was granted...

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Queen’s researcher awarded prestigious fellowship

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Queen’s post-doctoral fellow Kelly Suschinsky has recently been awarded with the L’Oreal-UNESCO Excellence in Research Fellowship, a prestigious award honouring women working in science.  Awarded annually, the L’Oreal-UNESCO prize aims to help provide funding to Canadian research projects. This year,...

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News in Brief

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Dean receives prestigious award from Medical Council of Canada  Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences Richard Reznick was presented with the Medical Council of Canada’s 2017 Outstanding Achievement Award in the Evaluation of Clinical Competence.  Given out in Ottawa, the award recognizes an individual...

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Queen’s grad takes home provincial art award

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When Jessica Peterson was first told she had won the BMO 1st Art Competition for Ontario for her artwork Overindulgence, her immediate reaction was panic. “Oh my god,” she remembered, “I left [the painting] in a barn!”  The competition, hosted by the Bank of Montreal, is an annual showcase of undergrad...

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David Walker receives Padre Laverty Award for contributions

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On June 1st, the Queen’s University Alumni Association awarded David Walker with its highest honour.  The Padre Laverty award is presented annually to a Queen’s degree holder for their significant contributions to the Queen’s and Kingston community. Created in 1991, the award is named in the honour...

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Professor Ascough wins prestigious innovative teaching award

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Moving away from the traditional style of teaching to an interactive classroom, Professor and Director of the School of Religion Richard Ascough is a firm believer in trial and error. “We need to give people the room to experiment and even be willing to fail and admit failure. I want them to be able...

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Tricolour award winners announced

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On Monday Jan. 30, the five students to receive the Tricolour award were announced.    The Agnes Benidickson Tricolour award and induction into the Tricolour society is the highest tribute that can be paid to a student throughout their time at Queen’s.   A minimum of two students must nominate another...

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The Disraeli Project wins award forty years in the making

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Michel Pharand and his colleagues are joining the ranks of the many Queen’s faculty and alumni to be recognized for their innovative work in academia.  Pharand — a professor at the Royal Military College — and his team have been selected by a panel of judges to win the Robert Lowry Patten Award, which...

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Students awarded

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Eight recipients of the Agnes Benidickson Tricolour Award were announced this week, a near-record number for the past 30 years. The award is given to students who contribute to the University in non-academic and non-athletic capacities. The last time this many students received the award was 1984....

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Professor wins award

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A lifetime achievement award for professor Larry O’Farrell is the culmination of four decades of work in the dramatic arts at Queen’s. O’Farrell, a professor in the Faculty of Education, said the award is humbling. “After I was told I was receiving it, I looked up some of the people who had received...

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