Category: Events

Call to Action: Come to the ARC gym at noon!

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), 284 Earl Street, Kingston.”Leaders of several…
FAS Faculty Board this Friday, Mar 22. Come out to vote for transparency and good process!

Recognizing that the Faculty of Arts and Science must take measures to address the budget deficit at Queen’s, a group of concerned faculty, staff, and students from the Faculty of Arts and Science are proposing a motion concerned with the process through which these measures have been decided. Although Faculty leadership has undertaken extensive work…
Tuesday, March 19th from 1:30-3:00 – Adjuncts and Austerity

As Queen’s community members continue to navigate conditions of austerity and budget cuts, we know that these cuts are felt most severely by folks in precarious and temporary positions. This event will focus on adjunct experiences of budget cuts, in the context of university austerity. Please join us on March 19th from 1:30-3:00 pm for a…
University Governance 101: A virtual teach-in, Thursday, March 14, noon.

In recent weeks there has been a lot of discussion of collegial governance and the fact that universities have decision-making bodies that differ from those in business or in other large institutions. This short teach-in, organized in collaboration with faculty and students at Concordia University, offers a quick introduction to the basics of university governance,…
Are You Ready to Rally?

The Week of Action Against Austerity Begins Monday! QCAA’s Week of Action Against Austerity (WAAA) is just days away! Are you ready to join us? In a historic show of cross-campus solidarity, students, staff and faculty will come together for a series of events to educate ourselves and mobilize towards a better Queen’s. The WAAA…
Week of Action Against Austerity, March 4-8, 2024

Week of Action Against Austerity Begins Monday, March 4 at 12:00 pm with a hybrid teach-in about the threat to our university posed by consulting firms, benchmarking, and the politics of ratings.
Anti-Austerity Reading Group Feb 13, 5:30pm @ Grad Club

Join QCAA and Queen’s Students Vs Cuts on Tuesday, February 13th, 5:30-7:30pm, on the 2nd floor of the Grad Club, for a Reading Group about austerity, vampiric consulting firms, and university restructuring. Verhoeven, D., & Eltham, B. (2023). “Nousferatu”: Are corporate consultants extracting the lifeblood from universities? Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies, 1–23.…
Anti-Austerity Social: Tues Feb 6, 5pm, Grad Club

Please come out to our first QCAA anti-austerity social at The Grad Club (162 Barrie St.)! Join Students, faculty and staff for informal conversation about the budget cuts, parasitic consulting firms, and how we can fight back. The event will be 5-7pm and is child-friendly. We hope to see you there!