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Research and innovation
Promoting women in STEM
Queen鈥檚 University鈥檚 (WiSE) is a student-run organization that promotes female involvement in STEM disciplines through networking and mentorship opportunities for women in the Queen鈥檚 and Kingston communities.
Women in Science Queen鈥檚 (WiSQ) is an employee resource group for women looking to explore and build upon their careers at Queen鈥檚 while at the same time helping foster equity within science. Their goals include promoting discussions about gender bias in science; incentivizing the active participation and leadership of women; and establishing a visible, equitable, diverse, and inclusive community promoting the development and retention of women across all scientific disciplines.
Teaching and student life
成人大片 recognizes that the values of equity and diversity are vital to and in harmony with its educational mission and standards of excellence.
Educational equity at Queen's
The Senate Educational Equity Committee (SEEC) supports our institutional goal of achieving educational equity at Queen鈥檚. Additionally, the Senate鈥檚 Educational Equity Policy outlines our commitment to and understanding of educational equity, as well as our implementation and accountability processes.
Policies of non-discrimination against women and transgender people
Queen鈥檚 has several policies that prohibit discrimination, including our Harassment and Discrimination Prevention and Response Policy and our Policy on Sexual Violence Involving Queen鈥檚 University Students. Both programs outline our anti-discrimination measures as well as the processes for addressing harassment and/or discrimination on our campus.
Positive Space
The Positive Space program offers visibility and support to 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Program participants help to create positive spaces at Queen鈥檚 by avoiding making assumptions about anyone鈥檚 sexual orientation or gender identity and by signaling that all are welcome. Positive Space stickers posted at the entrance to work, living, or study areas, and on personal belongings encourage the Queen鈥檚 community to celebrate the gender and sexual diversity that exists on campus and to work to overcome subtle and overt forms of discrimination and harassment.
Women鈥檚 mentorship opportunities and educational supports
The Queen鈥檚 Women鈥檚 Network (QWN) Mentorship Program offers 10-month mentorship programs for women-identifying employees looking for mentorship from senior academic staff. The Smith School of Business provides MBA for female-identifying groups, which aim to enable more women to ascend to the senior ranks of management.
Queen's Art of Research Submission: Women in Mathematics by Stefanie Knebel, PhD Student (Mathematics and Statistics), 成人大片
Queen鈥檚 is a family-friendly university
As a child-friendly campus, we have implemented initiatives through our that help parents and caregivers on campus to nurture their families while pursuing their scholarly and work responsibilities.
Student Conduct and CARE offers supports to students with children by providing comprehensive information on resources available at Queen's and off-campus from education programs to private breastfeeding friendly spaces and change table locations.
The Queen鈥檚 Daycare Centre provides affordable on-campus childcare. The Queen鈥檚 Daycare financial assistance program provides subsidized childcare and other financial assistance for students with dependents and/or families, while the Childcare Support Plan provides reimbursement for eligible expenses to faculty and staff.
Community impact
Empowering women in politics
The is Canada鈥檚 premier undergraduate conference which seeks to empower women in politics. The two-day event brings together more than 150 students from across the country and provides participants with the necessary skills and connections they need to succeed.
Supporting entrepreneurs
Over the past three years, more than 1,300 women have been supported by the Women Entrepreneurs Can (WE-CAN) project led by Queen's Partnerships and Innovation in achieving their entrepreneurial goals. Supported by a $3.2 million grant from FedDev Ontario, WE-CAN empowers women in the Kingston region with the tools, resources, expert mentors, networks, and community building needed to take their businesses to the next level.
Administration and operations
Maintaining high ethical standards
In 2022, Queen's Board of Trustees approved the Improper Acts Reporting Policy to promote a culture of honesty, transparency, and accountability to maintain high ethical standards in all the university's activities. The policy enables all members of the university community to report what they believe to be an Improper Act, such as the contravention of university policies or regulations and relevant laws, and creating a danger to the life, health, or safety of persons or to the environment, for review and possible investigation, without concerns of reprisal.
Tracking enrolment and representation
To better understand our progress in ensuring equitable enrolment at Queen鈥檚, we compile an annual Division of Student Affairs Enrolment Report, which provides information about incoming first-year undergraduate and graduate students, including enrolment information for international, self-identified Indigenous, and first-generation students, as well as retention and graduation rates.
Queen鈥檚 also regularly tracks our efforts to increase the representation and engagement of students, faculty, and staff from equity-deserving groups through Inclusive Queen鈥檚. Through outreach programs and targeted recruitment, we also encourage applications by women in subjects where they are underrepresented. Additionally, we track women鈥檚 likelihood of graduating compared to men鈥檚, and develop plans to close any gap. Through these measurements, we are proactively building a campus that welcomes and reflects diverse identities, cultures, and perspectives.