Updates, Announcements, and Calls to Action


  • Thanks for reading and sharing these newsletters, with special appreciation to those who have been sharing with staff, faculty and students in your departments.  If you just found us recently, you can see the 13 previous editions of this newsletter on this website. Here you will also find recordings of…

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  • How many people in FAS are going to be laid off? When? How is the work going to get done after the layoffs happen? 1. The Faculty of Arts and Science Faculty Board is meeting today, Friday, April 19th at 3:30 pm in Mac-Corry B201 or via Zoom. The agenda…

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  • Well, this week started in spectacular fashion! Thanks to all the Queen’s astronomers, the CUPE and USW members, and others who helped us watch the eclipse with enough knowledge to make some sense of it, with our free glasses, and with the ease that came of not really having to…

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  • JOINT MEMBER ASSEMBLY Thurs April 4, 2024 at 12 pm From a Unity Council press release: “Leaders of several unions representing almost 5,000 employees of Queen’s University and Aramark will host a public assembly for their members on Thursday, April 4, at 12pm at the Main Gym, Queen’s Athletic Recreation Centre (ARC),…

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  • It’s the last week of classes! And next week starts with the eclipse! 1. It’s been great to see our dusty, end-of-winter campus covered in posters for the Joint Members Assembly that will be held on Thursday, April 4th at noon in the ARC gym. This event has been organized…

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