New staff and faculty members can take advantage of professional development opportunities and resources offered by various units at Queen's that support and advance your career.
Professional Development and Campus Resources
Employee Learning and Development
Queen's employees have a wide range of professional development and learning opportunities offered through the Human Resources Learning Catalogue. Stand-alone workshops, certificate programs, and leadership learning options are offered throughout the year.
New Faculty Member Orientation
Plan to attend the New Faculty Orientation session, held annually in mid-August and hosted by the Office of the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic).
National Centre for Faculty Development and Diversity
Queen's is an institutional member at NCFDD. As a member, you can get access to on-demand resources, programs, and webinars developed to help you combat faculty burnout and live a full and balanced life.
Human Rights and Equity Education
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The Human Rights and Equity Office provides education in human rights, equity, accessibility and sexual violence prevention and response. Our educational programs build community awareness, increase knowledge and address systemic barriers to inclusion. Learners can engage in the content via asynchronous learning modules, in-person sessions or virtually. Challenge your assumptions by signing up for the HREO Learning Challenge with modules curated for faculty and staff.
Support for Teaching
The (CTL) supports the instructional development activities of individual teachers and academic units, and encourages university policies and practices that promote good teaching.
Liaison librarians work with faculty to provide course-related instructional sessions and programs, and to ensure that the library's collections support the curriculum needs of departments and faculties at Queen's.
Centre for Teaching and LearningSupport for Research
The Vice-Principal Research portfolio collaborates with researchers to increase research funding and impact from the early stages of grant applications to knowledge mobilization, and many steps in between – including research ethics and compliance, research security, research agreements, and partnerships and commercialization.
Whether you are in the early years of your career or are a seasoned researcher coming from a different institution, we are here to support you in achieving excellence in research and scholarship.
Office of the Vice-Principal (Research)Support for Students
Student Affairs provides programming and services to support our students' university experience.
Access information and tools for supporting student wellness, responding to students in distress, academic skills resources, career exploration, and experiential learning opportunities.
Several units within in the Student Affairs portfolio also offer support and services to university employees.
Find resources to support studentsFaculty-specific information
Our faculties also offer onboarding resources and other academic-related information specific to their academic unit.