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Queen’s must address the lack of mental health supports for graduate student workers

Written on September 2, 2021. Posted in Opinions.

Graduate teaching assistants (TAs), teaching fellows (TFs) and research assistants (RAs) at Queen’s perform work that is necessary for successful course delivery and research output in the university. We work as the fulcrum upon which course delivery is carried out, liaising between students and instructors,...

New podcast highlights graduate student research

Written on March 2, 2021. Posted in News.

A group of four Queen’s graduate students turned their school project into a podcast everyone can listen to. Last semester, Erica Shardlow, Saskia de Wildt, Kiera McMaster, and Sam Mishos came together in associate professor and Canada research chair Heather Castleden’s GPHY/EPID 836 class: Qualitative...

SGPS offers virtual office hours to students

Written on June 1, 2020. Posted in News, Student Politics.

While SGPS President Justine Aman said the Society is focused on staying up to date with the needs of graduate and professional students, she acknowledged there’s more work to be done. Aman, who began her term in May, has found students are forming a network of support in different sectors of their...

Graduate students push for summer tuition suspension, worry about lack of income

Written on April 9, 2020. Posted in News.

As the University maintains summer tuition fees, graduate students have been left with their financial stability hanging in the balance during the COVID-19 pandemic. After creating a letter campaign that brought forth more than 800 letters from students advocating for the suspension of summer tuition,...

Report finds food insecurity among female-identified graduate students, international students

Written on February 7, 2020. Posted in News.

Female-identified graduate students with family responsibilities are the most likely to experience food insecurity at Queen’s, a recent report found. The Food Insecurity Working Group, established by Interim Provost and Vice-Principal Tom Harris last June, spent the fall term reviewing data and practices...

Graduate peer support centre to open this month

Written on September 20, 2019. Posted in News.

The SGPS will open a new peer support centre for graduate students, according to the Society’s vice-president (Graduate), Leo Erlikhman. The new service will be up and running within the month of September, pending the finalization of a formal agreement with the University. In an interview with The...

Queen’s student talks mental health at Jack Summit

Written on March 15, 2019. Posted in News.

Queen’s student Grace Wedlake attended the annual Jack Summit to discuss mental health before a federal minister. Wedlake, a graduate student in the first year of her master’s program at Queen’s, was one of 12 young adults chosen for their participation in jack.org. The organization seeks to...

New space opens for graduate students on campus

Written on January 11, 2019. Posted in News.

This December, the SGPS and Stauffer Library celebrated the opening of the Helen Howard Graduate Students Reading Room. On the third floor of Stauffer Library, the Helen Howard Reading Room is a success for the SGPS, which was concerned over the need for grad student specific spaces on campus....

News in Brief: Week 8

Written on October 29, 2018. Posted in News.

Office of University Ombudsman under review The Office of the University Ombudsman will be under review to assess its effectiveness, the University announced last Thursday. Established in 2014, the University Ombudsman was founded to fit the role of Coordinator of Dispute Resolution Mechanisms—a...

New space to increase grad student interaction

Written on January 13, 2017. Posted in News.

Any graduate students who have ever had to compete against undergrads for a seat in Stauffer Library will be happy to hear that a new study space is about to open, reserved solely for them. Primary organizer Sebastian Gorlewski, Vice President (Graduate) for the Society of Graduate and Professional...

Welcome to grad school

Written on September 23, 2016. Posted in Opinions.

Recently The Queen’s Journal shed some light on the reality of how graduate students’ funding packages can be drastically changed from their original agreement. However, certain aspects about this reality warrant more attention — especially regarding how graduate student poverty and professional...

Graduate students facing cuts to funding packages

Written on September 13, 2016. Posted in News.

Back in March, graduate student Melissa Forcione received her first funding package offer letter from the Queen’s Department of Geography and Planning. Months later, she found herself scrambling when that funding package was revoked. Forcione, PhD ’20, joins a number of graduate students whose funding...

Law Student’s Society holds election forum for candidates

Written on February 2, 2016. Posted in News.

The Queen’s Law Student Society (LSS) held its first election forum on Jan. 28 in the Law lounge of Sir John A. Macdonald Hall. The only contested position in this year’s election is for Vice President (Academic), while the other four positions have candidates running unopposed for a vote of confidence. The...

SGPS addresses concerns raised about restructuring

Written on January 15, 2016. Posted in News.

The Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) council passed a motion on Tuesday to look into the society’s hiring practices after students raised concerns about the council’s restructuring of the society’s commissions. Graduate students raised concerns last week about a vote by council...

SGPS transparency called into question

Written on January 8, 2016. Posted in News.

A recent restructuring at the Queen’s graduate student society has led to the removal of several commissioners, setting off an inflamed debate over the transparency of executive decisions. The Society of Graduate and Professional Students (SGPS) now has four commissions – the social, athletics, equity...

Student initiative needed

Written on September 17, 2014. Posted in Editorials.

Universities can offer as many career resources as they want, but it doesn’t matter if students aren’t taking their own initiative. A recent study found that Ontario university graduates are increasingly jobless, with employment rates far lower than before the late-2000s recession. Humanities graduates...

Teaching goes both ways

Written on February 11, 2014. Posted in Features.

These days, your undergraduate experience isn’t complete without Teaching Assistants. This semester, there are 1,435 Teaching Assistants (TAs) working in undergraduate classrooms at Queen’s. They help in facilitating student learning and act as a first point of contact in ever-growing classes. Stephanie...

Students accuse public agency of misconduct

Written on May 28, 2012. Posted in News.

An Ontario government agency was accused of academic misconduct last month after two Queen’s graduate students claimed a report they authored appeared on the agency’s website containing changes they hadn’t agreed to. Jennifer Massey and Sean Field filed a complaint with the Higher Education Quality...

Tag: graduate students

Queen’s must address the lack of mental health supports for graduate student workers

New podcast highlights graduate student research

SGPS offers virtual office hours to students

Graduate students push for summer tuition suspension, worry about lack of income

Report finds food insecurity among female-identified graduate students, international students

Graduate peer support centre to open this month

Queen’s student talks mental health at Jack Summit

New space opens for graduate students on campus

News in Brief: Week 8

New space to increase grad student interaction

Welcome to grad school

Graduate students facing cuts to funding packages

Law Student’s Society holds election forum for candidates

SGPS addresses concerns raised about restructuring

SGPS transparency called into question

Student initiative needed

Teaching goes both ways

Students accuse public agency of misconduct

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