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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...

City shifts University District Safety Initiative communications plan

Written on November 22, 2019. Posted in News.

Kingston “demolished” its University District Safety Initiative (UDSI) communications budget for 2018 on one month of signage on campus, according to emails obtained by The Journal through a freedom of information request. In the summer of 2018, the City of Kingston booked tripod signage...

What you need to know about Queen’s new budget

Written on July 29, 2018. Posted in News.

This month, Queen’s Board of Trustees approved the University’s 2018-19 operating budget to tackle faculty recruitment, research and a growing pension solvency deficit. The budget, set out in a multi-year framework, retains many of the central commitments in last year’s operating budget, with some...

2018 provincial budget focuses on mental health, employment

Written on April 5, 2018. Posted in News.

On Mar. 28, the Ontario provincial government released their 2018 budget which focuses on healthcare, mental health, education and Indigenous issues. In January of this year, the provincial government invested $465 million into a medicare expansion. OHIP+: Children and Youth Pharmacare, covers...

Senate recap Mar. 27

Written on March 29, 2018. Posted in News.

The Senate meeting on Mar. 27 touched on a variety of topics, including the upcoming provincial elections, the University’s 2018-19 preliminary budget and an updated Strategic Research Plan. Principal’s report In his oral report, Principal Daniel Woolf addressed the upcoming provincial elections with...

AMS holds annual corporate general meeting

Written on March 23, 2018. Posted in News.

On Mar. 15, the AMS held their annual corporate general meeting to update students on the state of the corporate side of the AMS. The meeting included various presentations on budgets and risk and ended with the election of four students to the AMS Board of Directors. Board of Directors report On...

SGPS stripped of $120,000 in new tentative agreement

Written on January 26, 2018. Posted in News.

After a previous collective agreement between the University and Public Service Alliance Canada Local 901 (PSAC) expired in April of 2017, the two sides reached a new tentative agreement on Dec. 20 of that same year. PSAC Local 901, a union that represents professional graduate students, has been...

Provost & VP Finance & Administration deliver public budget presentation

Written on October 13, 2017. Posted in News.

In what he called “the spirit of transparency,” Provost Benoit-Antoine Bacon delivered a public presentation about the University’s 2017-18 operating budget alongside Vice-President (Finance and Administration) Donna Janiec on Wednesday. The October 11 presentation reviewed the operating budget, which...

Provost Bacon brings lively approach to budgeting prior to TRC discussion

Written on March 24, 2017. Posted in News.

While “budget presentation” doesn’t normally inspire a lively attitude, Provost Antoine-Benoit Bacon demonstrated an abundance of enthusiasm during the March 21 meeting of Senate. Speaking to the crowd in Robert Sutherland Hall, Bacon announced that Queen’s operating revenue for the 2017-18 year,...

AMS Assembly discusses Bystander Intervention Training

Written on November 18, 2016. Posted in News.

During an unusually short AMS Assembly this Thursday, Vice-President (University Affairs) Carolyn Thompson proposed that everyone in attendance develop a proposal or suggestion regarding their thoughts on Fall Term Break and bring them to the next assembly. Thompson stressed that they “need some...

SGPS council meeting highlights internal privacy issues

Written on September 16, 2016. Posted in News.

On September 13, the Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) held their first council meeting of the academic year. Putting aside recent rumours at the SGPS-affiliated pub, The Grad Club, allegedly jeopardizing SGPS member’s health and dental plans, the SGPS meeting instead focused on...

Record-breaking Q was costly self-celebration, not celebration of students

Written on September 13, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

For University administrators, $9,000 may seem like dispensable money. But for many students, it’s a year’s worth of rent, one year’s tuition or a dent in our student loans. This week we were reminded that the University is more eager to pour potential into a 2-hour-long publicity stunt than do something...

UPDATED: Ontario’s new budget to cover tuition for post-secondary students

Written on March 1, 2016. Posted in News.

Post-secondary students from lower income houses will soon be paying little to nothing to attend universities and colleges in Ontario. On Thursday, the Ontario government introduced the Ontario Student Grant (OSG) to offset the financial burden on university and college students. The province will...

Computer Science is here to stay

Written on February 11, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

Take 10 seconds to look around you. What do you see? I bet your smartphone, tablet or laptop are within arm’s reach. Magical though they may seem, these products are not the result of the supernatural or divine. They’ve mostly originated in the last 20 years thanks to the hard work of people with...

IT items to be sold at the Campus Bookstore

Written on January 29, 2016. Posted in News.

With the closing of the Campus Computer Store at the end of April, the Campus Bookstore will be expanding their selection of personal IT items. The University made the announcement in October that they would be closing the store. The Gazette has now reported that personal IT items will be available...

Smaller courses left behind by newest budget model

Written on January 8, 2016. Posted in Features.

Three years ago, students piled into cars headed into a forest north of Kingston for the first run of a course that, financially, shouldn’t exist. Development Studies faculty Dr. Richard Day and Robert Lovelace teach “Re-Indigenizing People and Environments.” As a summer course, it ends an online...

Queen’s pulls plug on Campus Computer Store

Written on November 6, 2015. Posted in News.

Following a year-by-year trend of financial losses, Queen’s has decided to close its on-campus computer store. The University reported a growing deficit for the technological retail outlet in its review of ancillary operations during the 2014-15 academic year. Due to its findings, the review recommended...

Budget cuts divide university

Written on November 6, 2015. Posted in Features.

Queen’s custodial staff have continued to cope with layoffs as the University navigates a series of financial woes. In April 2014, 17 Physical Plant Services (PPS) employees were laid off while six more employees had their hours nearly halved. The layoffs meant cleaning in certain areas was reduced,...

Fashion on a budget

Written on September 29, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

Living on a student budget can be difficult, especially when a new season brings in fashion trends to die for. Some students might think shopping on a slim budget is impossible, but I’m here to debunk that theory. To follow are the best and most affordable shops in Kingston that’ll keep both your...

Savvy saving on textbooks

Written on September 15, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

Like many university students, I have approximately 40 cents to my name, and textbooks have a price tag that makes my heart skip a beat (or five). Thankfully, I’ve found a way to be sale savvy; I haven’t paid full price for a textbook this year, and I don’t plan on doing so ever again. Below are my...

It's all about the money

Written on March 6, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

Hi, my name is Chloe, and I’m a shopaholic. Despite my parents’ best efforts and a financial literacy test I took in grade 12, I could be much better at managing my money. It’s not that I don’t know how. I’ve successfully operated my life on a budget before. But it took coming to the brink of financial...

Eating well on the cheap

Written on March 6, 2015. Posted in Lifestyle.

You’re broke. Tuition costs and rent payments have bled your bank, and you feel a pang of guilt every time you pull out your debit card. You’ve sold everything you possibly can on “Free & For Sale”, down to the last gently-used mascara. But just because you’re broke doesn’t mean that you can’t...

Product Dupes

Written on January 21, 2013. Posted in Lifestyle.

By Trilby Goouch Blogs Editor Product dupes: a university student’s best friend. In case you’re unfamiliar with the term, product dupes, or duplicates, are products that provide the same function as high-end brands but at a fraction of the cost. I scoured makeup blogs, product review websites and...

QJAdvice: Holiday presents

Written on November 7, 2012. Posted in Lifestyle.

Dear QJAdvice: The holidays are coming up and I’m at a loss for what to get my girlfriend. Her and I have very different budgets (she likes to spend $100+ on a present, while I have a much smaller budget.) I tried to suggest that we establish a price limit but she was against it. I’m worried...

Budget concerns restrict research

Written on October 25, 2011. Posted in News.

Due to budget restrictions, the University hasn’t subscribed to every scholarly journal requested by faculty and students. The decision limits research and studies conducted at the University, says Sam Kalb, the scholarly communication services co-ordinator for the Queen’s Library System. During Open...

Budget breakdown

Written on July 26, 2011. Posted in Lifestyle.

Over $500 of shaving cream is just one of the interesting line items found on a Frosh Week budget. “In the past we’ve bought out some stores,” Head Gael David Coulson said, adding that it’s used during Frosh Olympics which includes events like human curling. As the largest faculty, Arts and Science...

University plans to delete deficit by 2013

Written on June 28, 2011. Posted in News.

This fiscal year is projected to be the University’s last in deficit. Queen’s 2011-12 operating budget features a plan to bring the current $14.2 million deficit to zero by April 30, 2013. The budget was approved at a May 6 Board of Trustees meeting. “The Board gave us some very definite instructions...

Queen's shackled by small budget

Written on June 28, 2011. Posted in Features.

A Queen’s official says there are still no concrete plans for development on the former women’s prison, which was purchased by the University in 2007. Queen’s spent $2.8 million to buy the prison facility, which had been vacant for seven years. Anne Browne, associate vice-principal of facilities,...

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