On the path to understanding
With funding provided by TD Friends of the Environment and support from the Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na Culture and Language Centre in Tyendinaga, the Office of Indigenous Initiatives at Queen’s University and in partnership with the Kingston Indigenous Language Nest (KILN), the Queen’s University Biological Station (QUBS) has created four multi-lingual interpretative signs and five trail app stations reflecting local Indigenous cultural heritage.
³ÉÈË´óƬ marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Dressed in orange, campus community members gather to reflect on residential school legacy and commit to ongoing learning and collaboration.
Celebrating student scholars
Recipients of Queen’s access and diversity scholarship programs gathered for a reception that offered inspiration, community building, and meaningful connection.
Indigenous mural creates welcoming space for students
Always a hub of activity, the lobby in Humphrey Hall has a new addition, a mural that represents a space of sharing and mutual respect between the Anishinaabe, Mississaugas of the Ojibways, and Haudenosaunee.
Connecting students with EDII events and resources
A new central calendar highlights initiatives and opportunities for equity-deserving students and allies.
Building a community of consent
Queen’s is taking part in Consent Awareness Week to help make campus safer and more inclusive.
Unique conference examines Indigenous cinema
Cancelled for the past two years because of the global pandemic, the Revisioning the Americas Through Indigenous Cinema conference is returning to Montreal and Kahnawà :ke as part of the Montréal First Peoples Festival.
Professor gives a voice to Canadian Indigenous poet
During a recent keynote lecture, Songs of Hope from a Mi’kmaw Community, by Faculty of Arts and Science Professor Gordon E. Smith (Dan School of Drama and Music) at the Canadian University Music Society conference at Acadia University situated on Mi’kmaki, the traditional territory of the Mi’kmaq, he talked about Rita Joe and the impact of her poetry.