Important messages, dates and news from the Faculty office.

Friday February 8, 2019 from 3:30pm to 5:30pm

Committee of Departments

 

Tuesday February 12, 2019 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm
Arts Graduate Council Meeting

Thursday February 14, 2019
Think Grad Studies Day

Thursday February 14, 2019 from 9:30am to 11:30am
Fireplace Series: Kindness and Interconnectivity

 

Friday February 15, 2019 from 3:30pm to 5:00pm
NO Faculty Board (Cancelled)

 

Monday February 18, 2019
Family Day (classes will not be held)

 

Tuesday February 19, 2019 to Saturday February 23, 2019
Winter mid-term Reading Week

 

museMarketing MUSE - Date Survey

Marketing MUSE, our annual marketing, communications, and recruitment conference available to all staff and faculty of Arts and Science, is fast approaching. In order to ensure that as many interested participants as possible are able to attend, we invite all potential attendees to fill out our survey by February 15 and let us know their date preferences. The results will help us to pick a firm date.

MUSE is a day-long marketing and recruitment conference, done Ted Talk style with 30-minute sessions throughout the day on topics such as Web Publish, Content Creation, Digital Marketing, Recruitment Best Practices, and Social Media. Lunch is included for all participants. See last year's schedule here.
facultyboardFaculty Board - Cancelled

This month's Faculty Board, scheduled for  February 15, has been cancelled.
majorsMajor's Night

February 28, 4:00pm-7:00pm, Grant Hall 
 
Please plan to attend and work with your DSC's about what they are planning for your tabletop displays - this is when your old blueboard displays can be updated and used along with other interesting artifacts. We will bring plenty of Major Maps for you to hand out at the event.
mbohMarch Break Open House

March 9, 2018 in BioSciences Atrium
 
8:15am Departments and Volunteers arrive
9:00am-2:00pm (Departmental / Academic Fair) 
9:30am - 3:00pm (Prof Talks, tours available)

Please contact  Sarah Chapman as soon as possible to discuss ideas or submit a Prof Talk, space tour, or other special event during the open house. Deadline to submit events is  February 21, 2018.

We will bring your banners, major maps, and grad maps to the event, but feel free to bring 3D artifacts that represent your discipline to dress up your table. Non-3D objects are not required nor recommended. 

As usual, we will provide coffee and snacks for all volunteers.

Our Think Grad Studies Days on February 14 and March 7 are fast approaching.  We are advertising and have just launched a contest on Facebook with a trip to Queen's on February 14 as the prize.
 
Please help us spread the word about our Think Grad Studies Days and contest! We have attached our  poster  a nd powerpoint slide . We would appreciate it if you would:
  • promote the event on your website, including a link to our registration page at thinkgradstudies.ca
  • share our Facebook event, Facebook contest post, and Tweet
  • post the poster in your department and ask your faculty and current graduate students to post it on their office doors
  • encourage your applicants to attend and to enter our contest on Facebook. They can enter the contest by showing us who they would like to go to Grad School with by tagging them in our Facebook contest post before Tuesday at noon.
  • forward the poster and powerpoint slide to your colleagues in similar departments at other universities and request that they share it with their students (and with their colleagues to share with their students).
Please also feel free to take advantage of the the hotel rates below to recruit students.
  • Donald Gordon Centre: $99.00 single occupancy; and $119.00 double occupancy. Guests should mention the code "mid-winter special" when booking. See donaldgordoncentre.com.
  • Holiday Inn Waterfront: $124.99 + tax per night. Parking is an extra $22 per day. Guests need to mention the code "QGW" when booking (once the dates have been put into the system). Contact Anna Marie Devos by phone at 613-549-8400 x 2660, by email at reservations@hikingstonwaterfront.com, or call toll-free at 1-800-HOLIDAY.
  • Hochelaga Inn: $138 + tax per night. Guests need to mention that they are booking for a Faculty of Arts and Science Grad Studies event and the price we have negotiated. See hochelagainn.com.
indigenousPre-Doctoral Fellowships for Indigenous Students

Please help us spread the word about our Pre-Doctoral Fellowships for Indigenous Students by forwarding the information below to faculty members at other universities who may have students that would be interested in our Fellowships and asking them to share this poster and our Facebook event and Tweet.
 
The Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen's University is pleased to invite applications for three one-year Pre-Doctoral Fellowships for Indigenous Students. The Fellowships are open to Indigenous students enrolled in a PhD program and working on doctoral research in the creative arts, humanities, social sciences, or natural and physical sciences at an accredited university other than Queen's University.  Candidates must have completed all doctoral degree requirements except the final doctoral project (e.g. dissertation). They will be expected to complete their doctoral project during their tenure as a Fellow in order to receive their degree from their home institution. The Fellowship holder is required to relocate to Kingston while completing their research in order to teach one course in the Faculty of Arts and Science and contribute to intellectual life at Queen's University.  

The award includes a $34,000 annual stipend, as well as wages for teaching and funds for research and conferences. Find out more and/or register for our webinars on February 14 or March 7 at QUartsci.com/predocs . The application deadline is April 1, and the Fellowships start on July 1, 2019.

Set around a fireplace in Queen's Stauffer Library, this conversation aims to spark interdisciplinary thought and ideas.  Queen's Jacqueline M. Davis (Professor in Philosophy) and Paul Grogan (Professor in Terrestrial Ecosystem Ecology) will meet for an impromptu and stimulating conversation, seeking both common and uncommon ground. After the conversation, the audience is invited to join in. Learn more here, and please join us on February 14 from 10am to 11:30am in the Fireplace Reading Room in Stauffer Library. Coffee and tea will be available at 9:45am.

Paul Grogan is interested  in how the plants, animals and soil organisms of terrestrial ecosystems interact with each other and with their physical environment. Understanding t he se   inter-relationships between biology and the flows of energy and nutrients is the basis for predicting how terrestrial ecosystems will respond to changes in climate, land-use, and other perturbations.

Jackie Davies is a mother, teacher, immigrant and settler who has spent most of her life in Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe territory, much of it at Queen's. From her undergraduate studies in Life Sciences, Psychology, and Philosophy to her current affiliations with Philosophy, Gender Studies, Jewish Studies, and Cultural Studies, Jackie is convinced of the epistemic necessity of interdisciplinarity.

Discussion points may include: 
  • For humans, does interconnectivity equate to interdependence?
  • Is kindness becoming more or less common?
  • To what extent is kindness a genetically endowed trait?
  • Are interconnectivity and kindness fundamentally linked?
  • What are some of the implications of being conscious of interconnectivity?
phdawardFAS Awards for Project-based & Portfolio PhD Research - March 15 Deadline


The FAS Awards for Project-based & Portfolio PhD Research provide financial support for students pursuing doctoral research who are undertaking a project option and/or a portfolio PhD (see the application form for a description of the three options available to students pursuing a PhD).  The Award supports costs directly related to the completion of the degree to a maximum value of $3,000.  The deadline is March 15. Please spread the word to your PhD students and their supervisors.

The Professor Frank Pearce Prize ($1,500) was established in September 2016 by the Steve and Sally Stavro Family Foundation, in honour of Professor Emeritus Dr. Frank Pearce. The prize will be awarded to the Master's or PhD level student ( enrolled in the Department of Sociology, Department of Political Studies, Department of Geography and Planning, Department of Philosophy, or the Cultural Studies Interdisciplinary Graduate Program) who submits the best 5,000-word essay on the topic of radical critical theory and social justice.

The prize is available to funding-eligible Master's- or PhD- level students . The recipient of the prize will be selected by a committee, chaired by the Vice-Dean or a delegate, consisting of faculty members and a representative from the Arts and Science Advancement team. Find out more and apply here by March 8.

The School of Graduate Studies would like to encourage graduate students and faculty members to attend their Research Showcase, which is being held from 5pm - 6.30pm on February 14 (the same day as our Think Grad Studies Day). The Showcase will take place in the DDQIC Event Commons in Mitchell Hall. Light refreshments will be served.   Register here.

The 2019 Art of Research photo contest is an opportunity for Queen's faculty, students, staff, and alumni to showcase their research, scholarly, and artistic work. The competition is aimed at providing a creative and accessible method of sharing and celebrating the groundbreaking research being done by current and past Queen's community members.

The act of research is a beauteous endeavor, whether done in a group or alone, whether in the lab, field, studio, or archives. The subject of the photograph or images is limited only by your imagination. Capture a moment under the microscope, in the lab, or on your computer.

The deadline to submit your photo is March 1, 2019. There will be eight prizes of $500 awarded.

The 2019 contest will allow entries into four categories:
  • Community Collaborations
  • Invisible Discoveries
  • Out in the Field
  • Art in Action
Find out more and apply here.
convocanadaThe Conversation Canada - Workshop Invite

Queen's researchers are invited to attend one of two workshops with Scott White, Editor-in-Chief of The Conversation Canada, on February 14.
 
The effective international news platform has helped over 22,000 researchers worldwide mobilize their research to millions of readers seeking evidence-based, informed news on issues of importance. Since becoming a founding member of The Conversation Canada in late 2017, 86 Queen's researchers have contributed 118 articles resulting in over 1.5 million reads.
 
The workshops will demonstrate how Queen's faculty and students can leverage this platform to promote their research and contribute to dialogue on issues of international importance.  There will also be an opportunity to learn how to develop and test potential article pitches (bring some ideas!), and for previous authors to share their experiences writing for the platform.
 
Please register via Eventbrite For more information on the workshop, please contact Kayla Dettinger, Research Promotion Coordinator.
jamaicanAn Afternoon with the Jamaican High Commissioner to Canada

The Queen's African Caribbean Students' Association (ACSA) would like to extend an invitation to an afternoon networking event with Her Excellency, Janice Miller, the High Commissioner for Jamaica to Canada, taking place on February 9 from 2-4 pm at the University Club.
 
If you are interested in hearing Her Excellency's presentation, engaging in discussions, and networking with other attendees, please RSVP here.  In addition, more information can be found on the Facebook event page.
intloppoInternational Opportunities

Call for Applications of Teaching Fellow positions for 2019-2020 at Sciences Po, France

Sciences Po welcomes applications from post-doctoral and doctoral students near the end of their PhD for one-year teaching positions on one of its four Anglophone undergraduate campuses in France: Reims, Menton, Dijon, or Le Havre. Each campus focuses on a world region and offers a 3-year Bachelor of Arts degree in History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, Law and Quantitative Methods. Courses are taught in English. The successful applicant's area of expertise will be relevant to the disciplines taught at Sciences Po and to the world region the campus focuses on.
 
Details about the application process, curriculum, and deadlines are available here. Please consider sharing this opportunity with your post-docs and PhD candidates who are nearing completion.

Faculty Mobility Program for Emerging Leaders in the Americas (ELAP)
Internal Queen's Deadline: February 11, 2019

The ELAP Faculty Mobility Program provides Canadian faculty with short-term opportunities to teach or conduct research in Latin America and the Caribbean, at the college, undergraduate, and graduate levels.

Find more information  hereProfessors cannot apply directly, the applications have to be submitted by Queen's URS.
 
Canada-China Scholars' Exchange Program
Deadline: March 1, 2019

The Canada-China Scholars' Exchange Program (CCSEP) for outgoing students, faculty, and researchers to China offers short-term scholarships to Canadians wishing to study abroad in China. Scholarships are awarded for studies, research, language studies, or a combination of studies and language studies at participating Chinese institutions.
 
Find more information about CCSEP here.
 
Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED)
Deadline: 5 March 2019

The Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development (SEED) program provides incoming students, from member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), with short-term exchange opportunities for study or research in Canadian post-secondary institutions at the college, undergraduate, and graduate levels. The SEED program aims to reduce poverty in the developing countries of ASEAN and to achieve the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
 
Find more information about SEED here.
 
Competition open for Latin American and Caribbean citizens: Student Exchange Program, 2019-2020
 
The short-term exchange scholarships promote partnerships, student mobility, and research collaborations between Canadian, Latin American, and Caribbean post-secondary institutions.
 
Canadian post-secondary academic institutions can now submit scholarship applications on behalf of students, faculty, and international liaison officers/managers from eligible countries by  March 21, 2019.
 
Only applications submitted directly by Canadian post-secondary institutions will be considered.
 
Interested candidates are invited to contact their home institution's international office to learn about institutional partnerships and collaborations with Canadian institutions. Home institutions in Latin America and the Caribbean will then provide the eligible candidates' documentation to the Canadian institutions.
 
For full program and application details, visit each scholarship program's guidelines page.
University of St Andrews Global Fellowship Scheme (Scotland)

The Global Fellowship Scheme provides prestigious awards enabling talented scholars to spend anywhere between one week to a month at St. Andrews to undertake a course of research and study, explore potential collaborations, enhance existing relationships, advance research work, or simply to find the space to think in an inspirational environment. Global Fellowships are open to researchers based outside the UK who can demonstrate a strong commitment to quality research and collaboration. Expenses for Global Fellows will be covered by the Fellowship for the duration of a visit of between one week and one month.
 
Learn more and apply  here.