Teaching and Learning
Centre for Teaching and Learning
³ÉÈË´óƬ's Centre for Teaching and Learning supports the advancement of teaching and learning to enhance the academic experience of all Queen’s students.
Explore the centrally booked classrooms available for academic, academic ad hoc, and non academic bookings and events. Find information on classroom spaces including building location, number of student seats, features for teaching and learning, classroom technology, and accessibility.
Educational Technology
Report an Issue in a Teaching or Learning Space
Contact information for the ITS Classroom Support Team. Please have ready for ITS: information about your building, classroom number, laptop port, and the issue you are experiencing, so that the ITS can help you troubleshoot.
PeopleSoft Student System Support
³ÉÈË´óƬ uses PeopleSoft information systems to manage student records. Find information to assist you in submitting and approving student grades, and training materials for a variety of topics such as finding your class, and uploading grades using spreadsheet upload, self-service, or a grade roster.
Queen's OnQ website has been developed to support students, instructors, TAs, and support staff in their use of onQ, the Queen's Learning Management System (LMS).
OnQ Instructor Support Information - How Can We Help?
For OnQ/Ed Tech drop-in sessions and one-on-one support.
This webpage provides step-by-step instructions on how to create an OnQ course, add enrollments to an existing course, and how to add additional resources, such as Turnitin, to an OnQ course.
For information on: how to access and pin your course in OnQ, change your course image, editing your course homepage and widgets, adding contact information, creating an announcement, and adding calendar events. Also, learn how to copy content from an existing course and how to activate your course.
Learn about roles and permissions, and how to enrol students, instructors, and TAs.
For information on course layout options, building a table of contents, adding or deleting topics or modules, adding new content, and adding existing assignments and quizzes to a module.
Learn about the variety of communication tools within OnQ: chat, managing your classlist, discussions, creating groups, creating announcements, etc.
This is your go-to resource for all things related to OnQ assessment: creating and managing assignment folders, grade book set up, creating, managing, and entering grades, and creating and managing quizzes, rubrics, surveys, awards, and certificates.
This resource has been created for the Department of Political Studies as a repository of information relevant to remote teaching and learning that is available across various units at Queen's. Technology tools, instructional videos, and best practices are shared here. If you require assistance with a particular tool or have questions related to remote course delivery, please reach out to Samantha Martin at pols.officeassist@queensu.ca.
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The Accessibility Hub is a central online resource for accessibility at Queen’s University. The Accessibility Hub provides support and feedback concerning accessibility initiatives, and serves as an online community for those seeking information on disability and accessibility issues on campus.
Drafting an Equity Statement for your Syllabus policy memo (PDF)
The Drafting an Equity Statement for your Syllabus policy memo was adopted by the Department of Political Studies in October 2019. Including an equity statement on course syllabi is one of the recommendations of the Equity Issues Committee that can help increase diversity and inclusion in teaching. This memo includes some resources and guidelines that can help instructors.
POLS Anti-Racism Curriculum Revision Tool
The POLS Anti-Racism Curriculum Revision Tool was developed in 2020 by the anti-racism advisor to serve as a reference for course development or revisions, for integrating race and anti-racism as a consideration in curriculum development, ensuring meaningful BIPOC representation on syllabi and fostering an inclusive learning environment. The tool is wide-ranging, allowing instructors to reflect on questions that include everything from how to reflect on the discipline of Political Studies itself to the practical tasks of including more BIPOC voices. Instructors are not required to use this tool, but rather are encouraged to use it to continue to reflect on their courses and teaching.
Resource Bank: Race, BIPOC and Global Perspectives in IR
The Resource Bank: Race, BIPOC and Global Perspectives in IR is a living document, developed as a collaborative initiative between IR Faculty and graduate students in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University, as well as collaborators from other institutions.
An onQ course has been created for the Resource Bank: Race, BIPOC and Global Perspectives in IR, accessible only to Queen's students and employees at this time. Enrollment instructions are available here: How to Self IR resource bank.pdf
If you have questions or additions, feel free to send them to rbgir.pols@queensu.ca.
Library Resources
Quick Links
The Bader International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle
Teaching Fellowships
This training resource covers all aspects of Teaching Fellowships in the Department of Political Studies, including: applying for a fellowship, mandatory AODA and health and safety training, offers of employment, contract payment, course content, and other important information.
Scholarships, Bursaries, Grants, and Work-Study Programs
Ontario Graduate Scholarships (2022/2023)
Queen's Graduate Calendar link to Other External Awards
Queen's Graduate Student Conference Award (contact Graduate Assistant gradpols@queensu.ca)