Solidarity. Not Austerity.
Queen's ran a $160 million surplus in 2025-26, including an $87.5 million operating surplus, according to the Draft Audited 2025-26 Consolidated Financial Statements released by the Board of Trustees Audit and Risk Committee this week. Don't get excited about potential relief from austerity, though: None of this extra income is being allocated to where it's … Continue reading A Giant Budget Surplus and Other Updates
We're back after a much needed summer break, but the fight against austerity continues. Amidst a worsening anti-labour climate at Queen's, and a chaotic registration period as students scramble to enrol in an ever decreasing number of course offerings, QCAA members were eager to review the terms of QUFA's new Tentative Agreement (TA). The agreement … Continue reading QUFA Releases Tentative Collective Agreement for Review
QUFA Executive Committee elections are fast approaching, and it looks like these will be the most lively races in a long time! QCAA is heartened by the energy with which QUFA members are taking up union work. Robust member mobilization is the very foundation of pushing back against austerity and other attacks on the university. … Continue reading QCAA Endorsements for QUFA Elections
With so much going on over the next couple of weeks, QCAA has made a schedule of key dates. Hope to see you there, there, and there! __________ SENATE, Thursday, April 16, 2:30 pm, Notice of Motion: “Creation of a New Academic Entity.” Here, Senate will learn about the Provost’s plan to create the category … Continue reading Key Dates (inc. Today’s Senate)
On April 8, over 200 members of the Queen’s community showed up to the Faculty of Arts and Science (FAS) Town Hall, where the idea of transforming the School of Computing into a “college” within FAS was the sole item on the agenda. QCAA has spoken with many attendees since the meeting, and, to a … Continue reading More Holes than Swiss Cheese: On the Idea to Create a College of Computing
Not known for his morale-boosting or consensus-building, Provost Evans has plumbed new depths in recent weeks. Here, we focus on his approach to three key issues of serious consequence to the future of the university: The abrupt departure of Interim Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science, Bob Lemieux, on March 26; the plan … Continue reading Winners and Losers: A Wild Week at Queen’s
Over the last several weeks, faculty, staff, and students have been asked to rearrange schedules at the last minute; we’re pulled into job talks and appointments committee meetings through hushed tones with the promise that we might land a Big Researcher. Most of the appointment processes underway are part of the Canada Global Impact+ Research … Continue reading Deep Impact+: New Canada Chairs Program Steers Queen’s Towards High-Tech, Military, and Undemocratic Futures
Greetings QCAA readers! It may be a new year, but Queen’s is still a hot mess. Here are some of the highlights from the first month of 2026. It’s not news that the provincial government and Queen’s administration are trying to shrink the arts, humanities, social sciences, and even some basic sciences in the post-secondary … Continue reading From Leaks to Geeks
You are invited to QCAA's first social of the year. We'll be gathering at the Grad Club after FAS Faculty Board, which typically ends between 4:00 and 4.30 pm. We hope to see you there!
Dear Dean Lemieux (Bob), I attended the FAS Town Hall in Humphrey Auditorium yesterday, and left feeling grateful to be in the privileged position of being able to retire next year. I think the most depressing aspect of the Town Hall was the lack of any discussion of what we are doing as an institution … Continue reading “Empty and Hollow Inside”: One Reader’s Response to the FAS Dean’s Town Hall
