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$400,000 donated by former Board of Trustees member under investigation

Written on February 4, 2022. Posted in News.

David Sharpe, Law ’95, resigned from Queen’s Board of Trustees and as chair of the Queen’s Law Dean’s Council in 2021. Sharpe is currently under investigation by the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) for fraud in relation to his company Bridging Finance. According to the OSC, Bridging Finance...

Board of Trustees meeting welcomes Honourable Murray Sinclair as 15th Chancellor

Written on May 14, 2021. Posted in News.

With warm welcomes and appreciative farewells, the Winter 2021 semester concluded with a Board of Trustees meeting on May 7. The Board discussed new annual policy statements on health and safety, student health and wellness, and sexual violence prevention and response. The meeting commenced with a...

Queen’s now projects reduced deficit of $16.5 million

Written on April 2, 2021. Posted in News, University.

The University’s Operating Fund is now projecting a reduced deficit of $16.5 million, instead of the budgeted $24 million deficit, according to a report submitted to the Board of Trustees in March. The original projection was based on the operational conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, which contributed...

Board of Trustees: Principal Deane warns against ‘hangover effects’ of COVID-19

Written on March 9, 2021. Posted in News, University.

The Board of Trustees met for an open session on March 5 over Zoom. Principal’s Report In his report, Principal Patrick Deane acknowledged the work of staff, alumni, and the broader Queen’s community under the restraints of pandemic life and looked ahead to what he deemed the “light at the end of...

After budgeting for $24 million deficit, Queen’s projects $29.6 million in losses for 2020-21

Written on December 9, 2020. Posted in News, University.

At last Friday’s Board of Trustees meeting, Donna Janiec, vice-principal (finance and administration), provided a report on Queen’s financial projections for the 2020-21 year. The report, which was provided for informational purposes only and not discussed at the meeting, shows projections of a $29.6...

Board of Trustees: Principal Deane talks new policy for naming buildings

Written on December 8, 2020. Posted in News, University.

The Board of Trustees gathered for its final meeting of the year over Zoom last Friday. “We spent a lot of time thinking about things that have gone well for the University and rightly turning our minds to things that need to be improved at Queen’s,” Mary Wilson Trider, chair of the Board of Trustees,...

Queen’s approves revisions to sexual violence policy

Written on December 7, 2020. Posted in News, University.

The Board of Trustees approved the amendments to the Policy on Sexual Violence at a meeting on Friday. “We had a special meeting of the Audit and Risk Committee on Nov. 12 to address some of the proposed changes to the Policy on Sexual Violence Involving Queen’s Students,” David Allgood, chair of...

AMS President demands more respect from University administrators

Written on September 29, 2020. Posted in News, Student Politics.

AMS President Jared den Otter asked the University to show student leaders more respect through consultation and collaboration in pandemic-related planning at the Board of Trustees meeting on Sept. 25. “I’m sure we’re all facing similar struggles as a result of the pandemic,” den Otter told the board....

Principal Deane calls Queen’s global rankings ‘depressing’

Written on September 29, 2020. Posted in News, University.

Principal Patrick Deane called the global standing of Queen’s a “critically important issue” in his address to the Board of Trustees on Sept. 25. “It has never been more important to think strategically about the future of our University,” Deane said. “That includes some of these persistent challenging...

Board of Trustees welcomes new chair

Written on June 29, 2020. Posted in News, University.

The Board of Trustees welcomed Mary Wilson Trider as its new chair on June 1. Wilson Trider, Comm ’82, an alumna of Smith School of Business and chief executive officer of Almonte General Hospital and Carleton Place & District Memorial Hospital, is the first University Council representative...

Faculty of Law launches consultation on naming of Sir John A. Macdonald Hall

Written on June 25, 2020. Posted in News, University.

This story was updated with new information on June 26 at 1:30 p.m. Following calls from the community, the Faculty of Law committed to a formal consultation process reviewing the name of its building, Sir John A. Macdonald Hall, on June 25. In a statement, the Faculty of Law said the consultation...

Queen’s signs climate change charter

Written on June 24, 2020. Posted in News, University.

Queen’s has signed onto a new climate change charter as part of its goal to become carbon neutral by 2040. The University announced on June 18 it had become a founding signatory of Investing to Address Climate Change: A Charter for Canadian Universities. The Charter captures a set of principles aimed...

Community calls for removal of Sir John A. Macdonald’s name from Faculty of Law building

Written on June 19, 2020. Posted in News.

As the Kingston community reflects on representations of local history, many are calling for the removal of Sir John A. Macdonald’s name from the Faculty of Law’s building. Sir John A. Macdonald, who lived and worked in Kingston, was Canada’s first prime minister. He is also remembered for his role...

Board of Trustees clarifies its climate change endorsement

Written on May 19, 2020. Posted in News.

Before the Board of Trustees voted on the agenda at its May 8 meeting, Donald Raymond, chair of the Board, addressed the community’s “misinterpretation” of its earlier climate change recommendations. “It’s come to my attention there’s been some confusion in the Queen’s community about the recommendations,”...

Queen’s concerned out-of-province students will avoid campus in September

Written on May 12, 2020. Posted in News.

At the May Board of Trustees meeting last Friday, Principal Patrick Deane said the University is concerned out-of-province students may avoid travelling to Kingston in the fall. According to Deane, there have been several surveys conducted about the pandemic-related concerns of incoming students....

Activists celebrate passage of new climate measures

Written on March 10, 2020. Posted in News.

On Friday, the Board of Trustees passed the final recommendations set out by the Climate Change Task Force, including a pledge to reduce the carbon intensity of the University’s oil and gas investments. The Task Force was formed in December 2019, after the Board heard a presentation by Queen’s Backing...

Trustees pass climate change action recommendations

Written on March 10, 2020. Posted in News.

The Board of Trustees unanimously approved the recommendations of the Climate Change Action Task Force, including a pledge to reduce the carbon intensity of the University’s investments. Climate activists on campus, stifled in 2015 by the University’s decision not to divest from oil and gas, are calling...

Trustees to vote on climate action recommendations

Written on March 6, 2020. Posted in News.

Queen’s Board of Trustees will vote on a number of climate action recommendations on Friday night, including whether to make more information about its investment practices available to the wider public. Presented by the Board of Trustees’ Climate Change Action Task Force, the body will vote on whether...

Chair in Women in Engineering position approved by Board of Trustees

Written on January 14, 2020. Posted in News.

At its December meeting, the Board of Trustees approved a new position for a Chair in Women in Engineering. The position will be in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science. The appointment for the position is a five-year term. The proposal...

Student group continues to press Trustees on divestment

Written on January 10, 2020. Posted in News.

At December’s Board of Trustees meeting, Nick Lorraway (ArtSci ’20), president of Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) delivered refined divestment proposals, aiming for more feasibility. After rallying with students on Sept. 27, QBACC made its first appearance of the year at a Board...

QBACC heading back to Board of Trustees with more student support

Written on November 22, 2019. Posted in News.

On Sept. 27, Queen’s Backing Action on Climate Change (QBACC) representatives presented the Board of Trustees with a list of demands to address the climate crisis on campus. Two months later, little headway has been made. While QBACC has been gathering support for their advocacy efforts across multiple...

Board of Trustees receives 2018-19 internal sexual violence report

Written on October 8, 2019. Posted in News.

Queen’s Board of Trustees received its second-ever internal sexual violence report at its Sept. 27 meeting, outlining data from the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response office for the 2018-19 year. During the reporting period from Sept. 1, 2018 to Aug. 31, 2019, the report found that 133 students...

At first Trustees meeting, principal pledges to restructure office for accessibility

Written on October 1, 2019. Posted in News.

The Board of Trustees gathered for its first meeting of the 2019-20 academic year on Sept. 27—marking Principal Patrick Deane’s first official appearance in front of the Board since he assumed his office on July 1. Principal’s Remarks In his report to Trustees, Deane said he wants to restructure the...

QBACC appeals to Trustees at first meeting of academic year

Written on October 1, 2019. Posted in News.

After addressing more than 500 students at Friday’s climate strike, representatives from QBACC headed into Richardson Hall to bring their demands to Queen’s Board of Trustees. QBACC President Nick Lorraway (ArtSci ’20) and Vice-President Sam Green (Sci ’20) attended the first Board of Trustees meeting...

New sexual violence policy now in effect

Written on September 9, 2019. Posted in News.

The draft sexual violence policy approved by the Board of Trustees in May is now in effect, with no changes. “A comprehensive review process of the Policy on Sexual Violence Involving Queen’s University Students was initiated in May 2018, and the updated policy was approved by the Board of Trustees...

AMS food bank fee no longer mandatory

Written on July 29, 2019. Posted in News.

After two years of financial stability, the AMS food bank will face funding shortfalls in the 2019-20 school year. In a July meeting with the University’s Division of Student Affairs (DSA) to discuss ancillary fees under the Student Choice Initiative (SCI), the AMS executive was informed the food...

Queen’s receives first sexual violence report

Written on March 15, 2019. Posted in News.

According to the report, 82 students sought support from the Office of the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Coordinator, while 31 formal complaints of sexual violence were made to the university from 2017-18. The report is the first Queen’s-specific data on sexual violence the University...

Undergraduate trustee election sees sole candidate

Written on January 21, 2019. Posted in Elections, News.

With the Undergraduate Trustee position uncontested this year, the AMS unanimously confirmed Tyler Macintyre, Sci ’20, to begin his election campaign on Thursday. The position is tasked with representing the voice of undergraduate students before the Queen’s Board of Trustees. Macintyre told The...

Trustees ratify policy renewals

Written on October 15, 2018. Posted in News.

On Friday, the Board of Trustees renewed policy items following their recommendations from previous Senate recommendations. In April, The Senate Advisory Research Committee approved the five-year review report on the Centre for International Defence and Policy, subject to ratification by the Board...

Botterell renovation nearly $2 million overbudget

Written on July 30, 2018. Posted in News.

Following the recommendation of the Capital Assets and Finance Committee, the Board of Trustees approved a $1.9 million budget increase for the ongoing renovation of Botterell Hall on May 11. The budget for the Biomedical Research Facility revitalization—initially $31.9 million—is now $33.8 million. The...

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