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
QCAA Endorsements for QUFA Elections
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
Key Dates (inc. Today’s Senate)
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)
More Holes than Swiss Cheese: On the Idea to Create a College of Computing
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
Winners and Losers: A Wild Week at Queen’s
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
Deep Impact+: New Canada Chairs Program Steers Queen’s Towards High-Tech, Military, and Undemocratic Futures
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
QCAA Social! January 16, 4:30 pm
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!
Further Diminishing FAS? The Proposal to Allow FAS Students to take 12 External Credits
QCAA received the following commentary on the FAS proposal to raise the external credit allowance from 6.0-units to 12.0-units. (See “Motion Regarding Revisions to the Academic Program Regulation” in the FAS Faculty Board Agenda package for Friday, November 21). We are grateful to the readers who submit such analyses to us and invite others to … Continue reading Further Diminishing FAS? The Proposal to Allow FAS Students to take 12 External Credits
Show Up, Speak Up! State of FAS 2.0, Nov. 19
On Wednesday, November 19th, at 2:30 pm, in Humphrey Auditorium, the FAS Faculty Board will host a special ‘State of FAS 2.0’ update from the Dean. The Dean wrote in an email that his presentation will include an “update on FAS finances, ongoing work on financial recovery pillars, and future–proofing FAS.” Given this preview, and … Continue reading Show Up, Speak Up! State of FAS 2.0, Nov. 19
Guest Post: Are you Cracking Yet?
TW: Suicide This year’s Fall Reading Break has ended much like any other: I’m trying to recuperate my energy to keep going for another six weeks under the crunch of the austerity regime at my workplace—taking longer walks, cooking more elaborate meals, and doomscrolling a little less. But this year feels different. I find myself … Continue reading Guest Post: Are you Cracking Yet?
