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Fall Term Break Task Force hosts consultations

Written on October 7, 2021. Posted in News.

To make comprehensive recommendations on future fall term breaks, Queen’s Fall Term Break Task Force launched a survey for the Queen’s community. READ MORE: Senate will take up motion to extend fall term break pilot William Nelson, Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) at the Faculty of Arts and...

Computing Student’s Association to survey students on fall reading break

Written on November 22, 2019. Posted in News.

The Computing Student’s Association (COMPSA) will send out a survey to gauge student opinion on the fall term break, according to COMPSA President Nana Boateng. Following the rejection of the 2021-22 academic calendar at the Arts and Science Faculty board meeting due to concerns over the structure...

Arts and Science Faculty Board rejects 2021-22 academic calendar

Written on November 15, 2019. Posted in News.

At a Nov. 8 Arts and Science Faculty Board meeting, a motion to approve the 2021-22 academic calendar year was rejected. The calendar didn’t pass due to concerns over the structure of the current fall midterm break, which gives students two days off at the end of October. This year’s fall break was...

Letter to the Editor: April 11

Written on April 8, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

There seems to be some confusion over what the Sessional Dates Framework proposal does and does not propose. I am writing to try and clear up questions you might have. Senate is only being asked to endorse a Sessional Dates Framework and a set of principles that it represents. Senate is not being...

Letters to the Editors: March 24

Written on March 24, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

Re: Queen’s Alive has no place on campus The discussions my social work peers, professors and I had were a highlight of my university career. Though on opposite ends of the abortion debate, we valued each other’s contributions. Isn’t that what education is about? Not according to Kyle Curlew, who...

Cut Senate a break

Written on March 24, 2016. Posted in Editorials.

If you want to write an angry letter about how important Orientation Week is to you, you should be writing to your faculty, not Senate. Since the Principal’s Commission on Mental Health released a report recommending a fall term break in 2012, the Senate Committee on Academic Procedures (SCAP) has...

Final fall reading week proposal to be voted on in April

Written on March 11, 2016. Posted in News.

After three years of consultation, Queen’s may have a fall reading week for the 2017-18 school year. The Senate Committee on Academic Procedure (SCAP) will be proposing a motion to create a fall term break at the April Senate meeting. Discussion about a fall term break began in 2012 after the Principal’s...

AMS to write letter to Senate on fall reading week concerns

Written on March 4, 2016. Posted in News.

AMS Assembly voted to write a letter to a member of the Queen’s Senate regarding a fall reading week, and voted to amalgamate the AMS and SGPS clubs offices at their latest meeting on Thursday. All motions passed, including authorization for the current AMS executive to lobby the federal government...

Proposed fall term break presented to Senate

Written on February 26, 2016. Posted in News.

The Feb. 23 Senate meeting began with Principal Daniel Woolf asking for a moment of silence for a Queen’s student who passed away on January 29. He left the student unnamed out of respect to his family. Woolf also announced at the meeting that Queen’s will be spending $1 million over the next three...

Fall break survey divides faculty societies

Written on January 15, 2016. Posted in News.

On Thursday, the AMS executive released the results of the fall reading week break survey to members of AMS Assembly. Commissioner of Academic Affairs Tyler Lively, ArtSci ’16, told the assembly that the AMS found that the results were evenly split between those in favour of the reading week and...

EngSoc stands against proposed fall reading break

Written on January 14, 2016. Posted in News.

The Queen’s Engineering Society (EngSoc) took an official stance against the proposed fall reading week on Wednesday in a statement released on their Facebook page. According to their statement, representatives of EngSoc council collectively agreed to take a public stance. “The Engineering Society...

Students give feedback on potential Fall Reading Week

Written on November 27, 2015. Posted in News.

Over the past month, the AMS has opened the floor for students to voice their opinions on the possible implementation of a Fall Reading Week. The AMS hosted two Town Hall meetings in Wallace Hall — on Nov. 9 and Nov. 16 — where students were encouraged to pose questions and give feedback on the logistics...

A small break, a big difference

Written on November 13, 2015. Posted in Opinions.

With today’s growing awareness of mental health on university campuses, Queen’s students seem to have it pretty good in terms of access to services. Student Wellness Services, AMS Peer Support Centre, the Jack Project and other initiatives on campus all offer an outlet for counselling and advice on...

Where, oh where is our fall reading week?

Written on October 24, 2014. Posted in Lifestyle.

When I began studying at Queen’s, fall reading week was something given only to the magical lands of Laurentian and the University of Ottawa, and well, they seemed really far away, so it was understandable. Yet, when I started hearing about friends at University of Toronto and McMaster getting four-day...

No plans for fall reading week

Written on November 4, 2011. Posted in Features.

University of Ottawa students took a week-long break in October for the first time as part of their newly-created fall reading week. Next year, Ryerson students will join the trend toward a fall-term break for university students. Trent University, University of Toronto and University of Calgary...

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Fall Term Break Task Force hosts consultations

Computing Student’s Association to survey students on fall reading break

Arts and Science Faculty Board rejects 2021-22 academic calendar

Letter to the Editor: April 11

Letters to the Editors: March 24

Cut Senate a break

Final fall reading week proposal to be voted on in April

AMS to write letter to Senate on fall reading week concerns

Proposed fall term break presented to Senate

Fall break survey divides faculty societies

EngSoc stands against proposed fall reading break

Students give feedback on potential Fall Reading Week

A small break, a big difference

Where, oh where is our fall reading week?

No plans for fall reading week

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