Queen's TAs, RAs, and TFs are voting on a strike mandate this week. In preparation for job action, PSAC 901 is running information sessions for faculty members, who can register here. All members of the community are invited to sign a solidarity petition, which reads as follows: We are united in our concerns about the financial … Continue reading PSAC 901 Strike Preparation
Reader Responses to the Principal’s Bicentennial Vision, Issue #1
This is the first in our series of posts featuring your responses to the Principal’s Bicentennial Vision. A big thanks to all those who have copied us on their correspondence and a reminder to keep sharing your answers by cutting and pasting them into this anonymous form. Responding to the Principal’s preset questions, the colleague … Continue reading Reader Responses to the Principal’s Bicentennial Vision, Issue #1
CUPE Reaches a Tentative Settlement!
Join the celebration at 11:45 a.m. today (Monday, February 3) at Richardson Hall!
Support the Workers!
QCAA calls on all students, faculty, and staff to stand with CUPE workers fighting for a fair deal. Join the Support the Workers rally tomorrow, Thursday, January 30, at 11:45 a.m. at Richardson Hall. The 1000 tradespeople, custodians and caretakers, food service workers, and library, classroom, and lab technicians who keep Queen's running are facing … Continue reading Support the Workers!
FAS Faculty Board this Friday!
This is the venue to ask questions about modular degrees, entry pathways, the academic impact of staffing cuts, what FAS is doing to advocate for the retention of QGA funding for master’s students, and more. Please try to attend in person since the zoom link is livestream only. https://queensu.zoom.us/j/99758657092?pwd=TXB2S2F2aU8rM2pDeFBYT0cya1g2UT09 Meeting ID: 997 5865 7092 Passcode: … Continue reading FAS Faculty Board this Friday!
Queen’s to End QGA Funding for Master’s Students
On Thursday, September 19, the Society of Graduate and Professional Students released a statement announcing that the Queen's Senior Leadership Team plans to eliminate the Queen's Graduate Award (QGA) for new master's students in September 2025. The news sent shockwaves through the community as people grappled with the implications of this measure for a university … Continue reading Queen’s to End QGA Funding for Master’s Students
Open Letter from the Department of Biology
On September 12, the Department of Biology sent an open letter to senior administrators outlining the effects of recent budget cuts and the perils of further cuts. The signatories write: We hope this letter will inspire other faculties/departments/schools to speak out and communicate widely on this issue, and ultimately that this letter will engender a … Continue reading Open Letter from the Department of Biology
Smiling Our Way Through Austerity
In the aftermath of mass layoffs and ongoing budget cuts, the Faculty of Arts and Science has been running resiliency workshops for those employees who remain. Designed to show workers “how they can thrive under pressure,” the one-hour virtual sessions are led by certified mental health clinicians with Telus Health, the outfit with whom Queen’s contracts … Continue reading Smiling Our Way Through Austerity
No Equity in Austerity
Queen’s’ commitments to equity are once again under the spotlight as questions arise about the impact of June’s cuts on the university’s most marginalized members. When asked by QCAA for the equity profile of the 16 people laid off last month, Dean Barbara Crow provided the following statement: Queen’s does not discuss decisions regarding staff … Continue reading No Equity in Austerity
An Indictment of Leadership
One day prior to the Principal’s staff appreciation BBQ on July 4, and just five days after mass layoffs in FAS, QCAA learned that all members of the Queen’s Management and Professional Group (Grades 10-14) had been granted a pay increase of between 4.25 and 4.75%. Effective July 1, 2024, the salary range for members … Continue reading An Indictment of Leadership
Queen's Coalition Against Austerity 