Important messages, dates and news from the Faculty office.
Important Dates and Deadlines

Friday, July 13, 2018 at 12:00 pm
New Faculty - Welcome to Campus BBQ - RSVP

Monday, July 16, 2018
Deadline for responses to Academic Consideration Survey

Monday, July 16, 2018 - Friday, August 3, 2018
Course Registration/Enrolment Period

Friday, July 20, 2018
Feedback on Tri-Agency Policy due

Monday July 23, 2018 from 12:00pm to 12:30pm
Reserves on 1st Year Courses are Removed (for 1st Year Students Only)

regdatesUpcoming Registration Dates

As registration draws nearer, we wanted to remind you of some upcoming dates, and also that we will need someone available in the department (Undergraduate Chair or Assistant) who has the power to make decisions (timetabling, requisite override, plan changes, etc.) during the entire registration period.
 
Please find this year's course registration timeline here.
 
If you have any questions, please contact Cindy Butts.
surveyAcademic Consideration Survey for Instructors

Dear instructors,
 
The Faculty of Arts and Science is undertaking a review of its Protocol for Short-Term Academic Consideration, developed in response to the Senate Policy on Academic Consideration for Students in Extenuating Circumstances (2017), an outline of which can be found here .
 
As part of this review, we have developed a survey to provide you with an opportunity to give us your feedback on your experience with the protocol.  Please access the survey here, which should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.  We would appreciate receiving your response by July 15, 2018.  Please note that all survey responses will be analyzed in aggregate/group format.    
 
For additional reference, here are links to the Senate Policy and to the Faculty of Arts and Science Protocol:
 
 
Thank you,
Johanne Benard
Associate Dean (Studies)
Faculty of Arts and Science 
triagencyDraft Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy - Consultation
 
Dear colleagues,
 
Your feedback is invited on the draft Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy released in June 2018 for consultation. Please send comments to open.scholarship.services@queensu.ca by July 20, 2018 . Your feedback will be used to inform an institutional response. The Tri-Agency also welcomes comments directly from individuals.
 
The policy includes the following requirements for research data management (RDM):
  1. Institutional data management strategies;
  2. Researcher data management plans;
  3. Data deposit.
Queen's has growing expertise and services to help researchers manage their research data and meet the draft requirements.
 
Institutional Strategy
 
In December 2017, Queen's launched a project to establish a digital planning framework , as the first phase in developing a digital strategy for Queen's driven by our core mission of learning and research. Under this umbrella, the Queen's Digital Scholarly Record Working Group Report (April 2018) provided a foundation for an institutional strategy for the dissemination of research results including the management of research data. The following principles were proposed to guide the university's institutional strategy: Value, Openness, Inclusivity, Collaborative platforms, and Engaged researchers (VOICE). Queen's University Library has completed local RDM surveys. The surveys were a national collaborative project with the Portage RDM Survey Consortia to understand researchers' practices and needs in order to develop services to support research data management. Local training is being developed to aid researchers in the management of their research data.
 
Data Management Plan and Data Deposit
 
Queen's University Library provides a Research Data Management Service that includes expertise, knowledge, and consultation on data management concepts, plans, and tools such as the Portage Network's DMP Assistant . The library also provides consultation and assistance for depositing data into institutional and disciplinary data repositories.
 
We welcome your comments.
 
Karina McInnis, Executive Director, University Research Services
Courtney Matthews, Head, Open Scholarship Services, Queen's University Library
visitingscholarVisiting Scholar Program - 2018-2019 
 
A separate fund to be administered by the Faculty Deans has been established to encourage academic visits by women, visible minorities, aboriginal peoples, and people with disabilities. This is not to be confused with the International Visitors Program.  
 
Guidelines for Recommendation can be found here. The Principal's Office will establish an Advisory Committee to review all applications and make recommendations to the Dean on those proposals deemed worthy of funding. Decisions should be made by early September 2018.  
 
Please forward your application(s) directly to Diane Reid by August 17, 2018.