Tag: global development

Global Development Studies students host Indigenous Expo

On Saturday, Global Development Studies (DEVS) students hosted the first ever Indigenous Exposition. The event was hosted by the DEVS 221 class in collaboration with Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre and the extended Queen’s community. With over 100 visual posters set up in Wallace Hall, the...

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Perspectives: Talks On International Women's Day

By Trilby Goouch Blogs Editor Last week I had the pleasure of attending the Queen’s Half The Sky dessert night. The event featured 3 speakers who spoke about women’s rights in third world countries. Suffice to say I was incredibly moved and inspired by what I took away from the night. When it comes...

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Why you should think twice before volunteering abroad

By Alex Laidlaw (ArtSci ’12) Former General Director, Queen’s Project on International Development After reading this post about why everyone should consider volunteering abroad, I wanted to provide a counterpoint. There are many reasons why someone shouldn’t undertake short-term international...

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Why You Should Volunteer Abroad

By Trilby Goouch Blogs Editor I was lucky enough to partake in a two-week service trip to the Dominican Republic in 2008, and to this day I consider this to be the happiest two weeks of my life. My school was involved with the organization PowerTrips Inc., a program that organizes high school aid...

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Students to conduct research in South Africa

Master’s student Leslie Wells had to change her thesis on South African HIV policy due to lack of available information. But, thanks to a new global development studies exchange program, Wells, MA ’12, will be doing her own ground research as early as July. Queen’s is one of 38 Canadian post-secondary...

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