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KINGSTON — Planning for the fall term is underway at Queen’s University, with the goal of returning to in-person, on-campus learning.

When the AMS hired its Senior Management team for the 2021-22 year, one service was missing from the list of new hires: The AMS Pubs Service (TAPS). “TAPS will remain closed until further notice,” Alex Samoyloff, AMS vice-president (operations), wrote in a statement to The Journal.  TAPS, which operates the Queen’s Pub and the Underground, was closed ahead of the 2020-21 year because of COVID-19 public health guidelines and University restrictions which prevented the John Deustch Univers...

Principal’s Report In his report, Principal Patrick Deane acknowledged the work of staff, alumni, and the broader Queen’s community under the restraints of pandemic life and looked ahead to what he deemed the “light at the end of the tunnel.”  Deane asked the Board to think about what the ambitions for the University’s future can be in the context of a strategic framework and what constraints remain in place for the University post-pandemic.  “If the enthusiasm that the community ...

Following community activism and consultations, Queen’s has lowered tuition fees for international PhD students. The University announced Jan. 27 that international PhD students will pay the same tuition fees as domestic PhD students, starting in September 2021. The decision was made based on the recommendations posed in the Working Group on Graduate Student Success’ September 2019 report.  “The new tuition assessment will help Queen’s recruit and retain exceptional PhD students from ...

Photo:  Queen’s will be receiving additional funding from the Ontario government to increase mental health resources for students. The provincial government announced on Feb. 9 it would be investing an additional $7 million to increase mental health resources during the COVID-19 pandemic. Queen’s will be receiving approximately $195,800 to put toward mental health supports. Conversations surrounding increasing mental health supports have dominated the Queen’ sphere this year, with emphas...

Credit:  Journal File Photo Though Queen’s had announced it was planning two in-person Homecoming celebrations in October, Principal Patrick Deane cancelled those plans this morning. “[W]e have made the difficult decision to cease any preparations for an in-person event this fall due to concerns arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. Homecoming 2021 will be entirely virtual,” Deane wrote in a statement. The decision was made after consultations with the University’s healthcare partners, ...

Homecoming 2021 to Be Entirely Virtual Says Principal Principal and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane announced in a statement on February 9th 2021 that all Homecoming 2021 events will be virtual. This statement follows announcements made in January about plans to host two Homecoming events in October 2021.   Deane stated the early announcements were made to assist in the planning needed for a safe Homecoming experience.   Following conversations with university and community stakeholders, the ...

Queen’s University no longer plans to host an in-person Homecoming this fall.

Spanish property buyers to recoup €3 million UP TO twenty Donegal homebuyers who were caught cold by the Spanish property market crash are expected to recoup much of the €3m they paid for holiday homes that were never built. A ruling in Spain’s supreme court in December 2015 opened the way for hundreds of Irish people to claim directly from the banks rather than property developers, who promptly declared themselves bankrupt. It has been estimated Irish buyers are owed hundreds of millions...

Queens Principal Issues Statement following Racist Zoom Hack of Lecture February 3 2020.  Queens University Principal and Vice Chancellor Patrick Deane issued a statement following a racist zoom attach that took place on February 2nd during a guest lecture from Yale Professor Dr. Kathryn Lofton at the School of Religious Studies.   Dr. Loftons lecture  entitled “The Present Life of Blasphemy: Kanye West in American Popular Culture,” occured over Zoom on February 2nd and discussed the c...