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Yaser Al-Mtawa, a PhD candidate in the Queen’s School of Computing, hugs his nieces, Malak, 5, and Maram, 3. Mr. Al-Mtawa helped his brother’s family, as well as three others, come to Canada with thesupport of the Kingston and Queen’s communities.

Syrian families arrive with Queen’s community’s helpBY ANDREW CARROLL,GAZETTE EDITOR

It’s a beautiful winter day. Thetemperature is cold but not bit-ing. The air is filled with light,fluffy snowflakes, the kind thatcover the ground in a soft whiteblanket.

Two young girls, still not usedto the chill, excitedly walk out oftheir new home, dressed inbrightly-coloured coats, snowpants and boots, their bright eyesglimmering from the narrow gap

between their hats and scarves.It’s a typical Canadian scene

in January. But for these girls andtheir family it is anything buttypical.

Only months ago the familywas living in Jordan in a campfor refugees who had escapedthe chaos in Syria.

Their journey to Kingston,and safety, was started by theiruncle, Yaser Al-Mtawa, a PhDstudent and researcher at theQueen’s School of Computing,and completed with the support

of numerous community organi-zations and individuals.

Two years ago, Mr. Al-Mtawatraveled to meet his brother andhis family at the refugee camp. Itwas an experience he will neverforget.

Their home for three yearswas a tent and the conditionswere deplorable, especially for afamily with three young chil-dren.

“They didn’t have anything,the basics – clean water, electric-ity, a decent place to live. Even

the streets were like a desert,” hesays. “It’s a miserable life.”

It was a shock to see his lovedones, and so many others, insuch dire conditions, one thatwould set him on the path ofbringing them to Canada wherethey could be safe and start to re-build their lives.

Back in Kingston, Mr. Al-Mtawa sought the support fromthe Islamic Society of Kingstonand the Four Rivers Presbytery.After the first meeting withthem, the Save a Family from

Syria group was established.Later, the Queen’s communitywould become a powerful asset.

The response was overwhelm-ing and as a result Save a Familyfrom Syria has been able to spon-sor four families – including thatof his brother and brother-in-law.The organization is currentlyworking on sponsoring a fifthfamily.

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BY MARK KERR, SENIORCOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Principal Daniel Woolf an-nounced Benoit-Antoine Baconwill serve as Queen’s nextprovost and vice-principal (acad-emic). He will begin his five-yearterm on Aug. 1, succeeding AlanHarrison.

“I am delighted to welcomeDr. Bacon to Queen’s University.As an academic leader and re-searcher, he possesses the skillsand experience necessary to helpus build on the university’sachievements of the past severalyears and to enhance furtherQueen’s reputation for academicexcellence, which has been a cor-nerstone of this institution sinceits founding nearly 175 yearsago,” Principal Woolf says.“Benoit-Antoine is an accom-plished, enthusiastic and ener-getic administrator who bringsmany strengths to the job. I andthe other members of the senioradministrative team look forwardto working with him to advancethe university’s many prioritiesincluding our commitment toachieve and maintain financialsustainability.”

Dr. Bacon has held the posi-tion of provost and vice-presi-dent, academic affairs, at Concor-dia University since 2013. Prior tojoining Concordia, he served asthe dean of the Faculty of Artsand Science and associate vice-principal of research at Bishop’sUniversity.

“I am thrilled to be offered thisopportunity at one of Canada’sleading universities,” Dr. Baconsays. “There’s a real sense of ex-citement around Queen’s, with re-cent international achievementsand incredible support from the

alumni community. I look for-ward to working collaborativelywith the students, faculty, staffand leadership team to build fur-

ther on that momentum.”In addition to his administra-

tive responsibilities, Dr. Bacon hascontinued to conduct researchand teach in the field of cognitiveneuroscience. His work exploresthe links between brain activityand perception in the visual andauditory systems. Dr. Bacon willassume a tenured appointment atthe rank of professor in Queen’sDepartment of Psychology effec-tive July 1.

Alan Harrison was appointedQueen’s provost and vice-princi-pal (academic) in 2011. He will re-tire from the position when histerm ends on July 31.

“I would like to recognize

Alan's dedication to this positionover the past five years. He hasbeen tireless in execution of theoffice, and has been highly effec-tive in advancing the university’sacademic mission,” PrincipalWoolf says.

An advisory selection commit-tee chaired by Principal Woolf,which was assisted by BoydenGlobal Executive Search, con-ducted a comprehensive searchfor the new provost. From a ro-bust list of highly qualified candi-dates, the committee unani-mously recommended Dr. Baconfor the position, which was ap-proved by Queen’s Board ofTrustees.

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Benoit-Antoine Bacon will serve as Queen's next provost and vice-principal (academic), succeeding Alan Harrison. Dr.Bacon, who is a neuroscience researcher, has spent the last three years as the provost and vice-president, academic affairs,at Concordia University.

Work remains in anti-stigma battleBY ANNE CRAIG,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

In her fifth year as the BellCanada Mental Health and Anti-Stigma Re-search Chair,Heather Stuartis encouragedby the progressshe and herteam have madin the emergingfield of re-search. How-ever, she knowsher work is far from over.

“This chair is the only chair inthe world that focuses on this par-

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ticular area of research,” says Dr.Stuart. “It highlights a need forexpertise in an area that was com-pletely neglected before. Thechair has allowed us to buildbridges between the academicworld, media, programs, practi-tioners, people with mental ill-nesses, and their family members.However, as this chair is the onlyone of its kind in the world,there’s room for additional ex-pertise.”

The campaign to end stigmaaround mental illness will takecentre stage on Wednesday, Jan.27 during Bell Let’s Talk Day.

Dr. Stuart believes public out-reach events like this one and the

Bell Lecture on Mental Healthand Anti-Stigma are critical foradvancing the cause.

“We have made a huge impactand people are definitely talkingabout this,” says Dr. Stuart, whohas been a featured speaker at theBell lecture in previous years.“The people who participate inthese events are grateful we arerecognizing the stigma aroundmental health after it has been ig-nored for so many years. At theend of the talks, so many peoplelineup to meet me and the otherpresenters and talk about theirlives. We are validating their ex-periences in a way.”

In her own research, Dr. Stuart

is concentrating on intervention.Her goal is to create a tool kitthat’s accessible to everyoneacross Canada. To achieve thisgoal, she is focusing on findingcommunity partners and workingwith the Mental Health Commis-sion of Canada to develop bestpractices.

“Everyone wants to make adifference, but they need the re-sources to do a great job. It’s along term process, but I am look-ing forward to the day wheneveryone can work from the samedocument,” says Dr. Stuart.

For more information on BellLet’s Talk Day visit the websiteletstalk.bell.ca/en/.

Heather Stuart

“I am thrilled to be offered thisopportunity at one of Canada’sleading universities. There’s areal sense of excitementaround Queen’s, with recentinternational achievementsand incredible support fromthe alumni community.”

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Supporting a greener futureBY ANNE CRAIG,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

An international research proj-ect based at Queen’s Universitythat is focused on developingnew clean energy technologieshas received a $4-million grantfrom Natural Sciences and Engi-neering Research Council ofCanada (NSERC).

The Engineered Nickel Cata-lysts for Electrochemical CleanEnergy (Ni Electro Can) researchteam, led by Queen’s researcherGregory Jerkiewicz (Chemistry),will use the NSERC DiscoveryFrontiers grant to develop thenext generation of nickel-basedmaterials, which will giveCanada’s energy sector a compet-itive advantage. The grant is onlygiven to one project once everytwo years.

“This project is an excellentexample of the impact thatQueen’s researchers are having inCanada and internationally,” saysDaniel Woolf Principal and Vice-Chancellor. “Our increasinglyglobalized world means it is im-portant to build connections andnetworks beyond our own bor-ders. Professor Jerkiewicz and hisinternational team are a prime ex-ample of how innovative, collab-orative projects remain at theleading edge of discovery.”

The research team aims to cre-ate affordable, alkaline fuel cellsfor the production of energy; de-velop new technologies for hy-drogen-based energy storage;and transform glycerol intovalue-added chemicals that willmake biodiesel productioncheaper and greener.

“Congratulations to Dr.Jerkiewicz and his team,” said theHonourable Kirsty Duncan, Min-ister of Science. “This DiscoveryFrontiers announcement is agreat example of the govern-ment’s commitment to fundamen-tal, discovery-driven researchthat addresses significant scien-tific problems and opens newhorizons. The Government ofCanada is committed to strength-

ening its support for fundamentalresearch that can create better to-morrows for Canadians.”

Currently, fuel cells employacidic electrolytes, which are ex-pensive because they requireplatinum catalysts. The Ni Elec-tro Can team is developing nickelmaterials that will be used in newalkaline fuel cell technologies,making them cheaper to build.The new nickel materials willalso find application in alkalinewater electrolyzers, thus makingthis technology more energy effi-cient. The new fuel cells and alka-line water electrolyzers will assistCanada in transitioning to the hy-drogen economy.

“Canada faces challenges asso-ciated with declining reserves ofnon-renewable energy sources,environmental pollution, green-house gas production and related

societal issues,” Dr. Jerkiewiczsays. “Building on Canada'sstrengths in the nickel, waterelectrolysis and fuel cell sectors,this project will lay the founda-tion for Canadian leadership inthe next generation of electro-chemical clean energy technolo-gies.”

Ni Electro Can includes 14Canadian researchers, seven uni-versities (University of Victoria,Simon Fraser University, INRSUniversité de Recherche, Univer-sity of Toronto, University of Ot-tawa and McMaster University),nine international researchersfrom seven countries, and a num-ber of industry partners.

Queen’s distinguishes itself asone of the leading research-intensiveinstitutions in Canada. The missionis to advance research excellence,leadership and innovation, as well asenhance Queen’s impact at a na-tional and international level.Through undertaking leading-edgeresearch, Queen’s is addressingmany of the world’s greatest chal-lenges, and developing innovativeideas and technological advancesbrought about by discoveries in a va-riety of disciplines.

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“Building on Canada'sstrengths in the nickel, waterelectrolysis and fuel cellsectors, this project will lay thefoundation for Canadianleadership in the nextgeneration of electrochemicalclean energy technologies”

— Gregory Jerkiewicz

Feedbacksought ondraft sexualviolencepolicyBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Queen’s University is seekingcomment on its updated draft sex-ual violence policy, which hasbeen modified to align with therecently introduced provinciallegislation and policies at otheruniversities in Ontario.

“This policy will be a criticalcomponent in our continuingwork on sexual violence preven-tion and response,” says Provostand Vice-Principal (Academic)Alan Harrison. “It aligns withprovincial legislation, recommen-dations from the university’s Sex-ual Violence Prevention WorkingGroup, and best practices acrossthe sector.”

An implementation team,chaired by the provost, has beenin place since July, advancing theworking group’s recommenda-tions. The draft policy, and all sex-ual violence education and train-ing programs and initiatives thathave been implemented to date,have been developed with exten-sive student input and involve-ment.

Most recently, Queen’s an-nounced the creation of a dedi-cated Sexual Violence Preventionand Response Coordinator posi-tion. The coordinator will be acentral point of contact for stu-dents, staff and faculty and willlead campus-wide education, re-sponse, support, training and ad-vocacy activities. The universityhas also introduced new educa-tion programming for studentsduring Orientation Week, creatednew resources and training forstudents, staff and faculty, andworked to enhance the profile ofsexual violence support serviceson and off campus with a newposter and updates to the GreenFolder resource.

The draft sexual violence pol-icy articulates the university’scommitment to addressing sexualviolence and the comprehensivesupports that will be offered to in-dividuals who have experiencedsexual violence. It also outlinesthe university’s responsibilities re-lating to awareness, education,training, and reporting.

The Queen’s community canomment on the draft policy byemailing [email protected] un-til Feb. 2, 2016.

The draft sexual violence pol-icy can be reviewed atqueensu.ca/secretariat/policies.

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Rising to the challengeBY ANNE CRAIG,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

A group of third-year law stu-dents at Queen’s University havecome together to welcome Syrianrefugees to Kingston.

Jess Spindler, Rosa Stall, KaishaThompson and Lauren Wilsonhave created the Queen’s LawRefugee Support Program after re-ceiving training through theRefugee Sponsorship TrainingProgram. The Queen’s LawRefugee Support Program is al-ready offering assistance to Peter(his name has been changed bythe Queen’s Law Refugee SupportProgram to protect his identity), a26-year-old who fled the deadlycivil war in Syria.

“We are now working to helphim deal with the realities of livingin Kingston,” says Ms. Spindler.“That includes shopping for gro-ceries, banking, getting a job anddealing with the cold weather.”

Ms. Thompson says it’s helpfulthat they are the same age as Peterso they can help him through theloneliness.

“Cultural isolation is a definiteissue so we are trying to get Peterto meet with other Canadians andmembers of the Kingston commu-nity who speak his language, peo-ple who understand where he iscoming from,” she says.

Initially, the Queen’s group wasgoing to help with paperwork fornew refugees. With the federalgovernment assuming those du-ties, they are now focused on

fundraising and helping refugeesresettle in the community. Theyhave launched a Tilt campaignwhich is getting close to $1,500.William Flanagan, Dean, Queen’sLaw, has been a key supporter inthe students’ efforts and the pro-gram is supervised by Queen’sLaw professor Lisa Kerr.

“The campaign has been goingreally well,” says Ms. Wilson. “TheDean and the entire law schoolhave been very supportive.”

“We are here to help and that

means many different things,”says Ms. Stall. “We are preparedto assist with any tasks and wantto continue to reach out as morerefugees arrive in the future.”

Arriving on Boxing Day, Peterwas the first of three Syrianrefugees who have been formallysponsored by a group of Queen’sfaculty, staff and alumni to arrivein Kingston. This group is alsosponsoring a young couple whoarrived in Kingston on New Year’sEve. They are now taking full-

time English classes and hope tostart volunteer activities soon.They are currently living tem-porarily with Sandra den Otter,Associate Dean of Graduate Stud-ies.

“It has been a rewarding expe-rience, and we’ve been astoundedby the response from the Queen’scommunity and the Kingstoncommunity,” says Dr. den Otter.“There has been an overwhelmingresponse to this opportunity forus to share the work of resettle-

ment with newcomers fromSyria.”

Organizations like ISKA (Im-migrant Services Kingston and thearea), KEYS employment services,Queen’s Family Health Team, andothers have been extremely help-ful.

Along with Sandra den Otter,Queen’s professors MargaretMoore, Zsuzsa Csergo, ElizabethGoodyear-Grant, John McGarry inPolitical Studies, Henry Laycockand Alistair McLeod (Philosophy)and Queen’s alumna France Pelli-cano are supporting the couple, incollaboration with several com-munity members.

In addition to the law studentgroup, graduate students fromHistory, Political Studies, andComputing have been activelysupporting the newcomers. Dr.den Otter says providing supportfor refugees gives Queen’s stu-dents a unique experience.

“Assisting in the settlement ofnewcomers from Syria is such avaluable form of community en-gagement and global citizenshipfor graduate students,” Dr. denOtter says.

For more information abouthow to assist visit the Queen’sLaw Refugee Support ProgramFacebook page, email JessSpindler [email protected] or tohelp in the settlement of the threenewcomers to Kingston pleaseemail Dr. den Otter [email protected] or Dr. Mooreat [email protected].

Working on the Queen's Law Refugee Support Program are, from left: Jess Spindler, Kaisha Thompson, Lauren Wilson andRosa Stall.

‘They have a better future for their kids’Continued from Page 1

“We were really impressed bythe generosity of the communityhere in Kingston. We got manyemails, many contributions, manydonations, in-kind donations,” hesays. “At first it was really hard tocollect the $35,000 (for the spon-sorship). We thought ‘How canwe do it? It’s a big amount.’ But itwas amazing, the response fromthe community, so we decided togo ahead and sponsor the otherfamily after we finished the appli-cation for the first family. So be-fore even the first family arrivedhere we were able to collect themoney for the second family. Itwas a really great opportunity tostart with this cause.”

The response from the commu-nity includes donations of furni-ture and clothes. Once the fami-

lies arrive all that is needed is torent a living space.

His brother’s family has beenin Kingston for close to sixmonths and is settling in quitewell.

“Now they are happier. Theyhave a better future for their kids.They always say ‘We are more se-cure, we feel alive again,’ becausereally there was a lack of every-thing (in the camp),” he says. “InJordan there was no education fortheir kids, no health services.Nothing. They cannot even go outof the camp without applying forapproval. It’s a bad situation.Now they have more opportuni-ties for their kids.”

At five years old, Malak is theoldest of the family’s three girls –along with Maram, 3, and Rahaf,2. She is enrolled in seniorkindergarten and is doing well,

her uncle says.“She is really happy,” he says.

“When I visit them, she is alwaysbringing books and showing me.Now she is even correcting mypronunciation. She arrived justsix months ago and she is correct-ing my pronunciation. This isgreat.”

The families that are now inKingston are very appreciative for

all that has been done for them, inCanada and within the commu-nity.

There are more families arriv-ing in Kingston through other or-ganizations as well and Mr. Al-Mtawa is volunteering as much ashe can to help his compatriots. Hehas another brother whose familyhas been stuck at the Syria-Jordanborder for two months followinga perilous escape from the front-lines.

He is optimistic that authori-ties will allow the family to enterJordan soon. The next step thenwill be to bring them to Canada,safe from the barrel bombs andshelling.

“I am willing to work withanyone who is willing to help Syr-ian refugees to settle here,” hesays, adding that it has been a re-warding experience overall.

However, it has also been diffi-cult to watch his homeland con-tinue to be torn apart by a brutalcivil war. Five years on, with thedeath toll exceeding 350,000 andmore than half the populationdisplaced both internally and ex-ternally, Mr. Al-Mtawa can onlyhope that peace will return some-day.

“I am happy to see many countries like Canada that are willingor welcoming for the refugees,”he says. “However, my happinessis not complete because the war isstill there. We need to push all theparties involved to find some po-litical solution.”

More information can befound atsaveafamilyfromsyria.org/kingston/index.htm. Donationscan be made through the site aswell.

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“We were really impressed bythe generosity of thecommunity here in Kingston.We got many emails, manycontributions, manydonations, in-kind donations.”

—Yaser Al-Mtawa

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New model of medical educationBY CHRIS ARMES,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Queen’s University School ofMedicine announced Tuesday,Jan. 19 that it will play a leadingrole in the Royal College of Physi-cians and Surgeons of Canada’sinitiative to transform specialtyeducation from a time-based sys-tem to a competency-based med-ical education system.

Under this new model, resi-dents are promoted once theyhave demonstrated competencyin a given field, rather than on aset timeline. As of July 2017, all in-coming Queen’s residents willstart their training using a compe-tency-based medical education(CBME) model, making Queen’sthe first medical program to com-plete the transition to the newmodel.

“One of the pillars of ourstrategic plan is to advance newways of training,” says Richard

Reznick, Dean of the Faculty ofHealth Sciences at Queen’s. “Assuch, the opportunity to help leadin a fundamental transformationof how we prepare the specialistsof the future, is not only exciting,but exactly what we said wewould do as part of our planningprocess.”

In addition to skills-based pro-motion, the CBME training modelalso calls for more frequent andmeaningful assessments, ensuringthat competent residents will

move through training in a moreindividualized and efficient man-ner, saving valuable resourcesand promoting excellence in theirpaths to independent practice.

“Queen’s institutional ap-proach captures the hearts andminds of our entire medicalschool by engaging all of our edu-cational leaders and faculty atonce,” explains Damon Dagnone,Faculty Lead for CBME atQueen’s. “We began working withour teaching hospitals on a cen-tralized approach over 18 monthsago, engaging our faculty, resi-dent trainees, the Royal College,patients and their families, andother Canadian medical schoolsalong the way. This is a journey ofdiscovery we are all taking to-gether.”

The Royal College mapped outa multi-year transition for all resi-dency programs in Canada in2014. However, in consultationwith the Royal College, Queen’s

University’s School of Medicinetook on a leadership role by de-signing and implementing a par-allel accelerated path to CBME,making a commitment that all in-coming Queen’s residents willstart their training using a CBME-based model by July 2017.

The university’s application toaccelerate the transition was ap-proved by the Royal College thispast November.

“Here at Queen’s we have theextraordinary educational leader-ship to accomplish this, in addi-tion to an incredibly dedicatedteaching faculty who are univer-sally committed to the best educa-tion for our residents. We allshare the same goal, and that is tograduate specialists who are moreskilled and more knowledgeablethan we might have ever imag-ined. That’s our goal, and that iswhy I am so excited about ourCBME initiative,” says Dr.Reznick.

Senior staffchangesaffect HRBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Caroline Davis, Vice-Principal(Finance and Administration), andAlan Harrison, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic), announcedThursday, Jan. 14 changes to sen-ior-level appointments in HumanResources and Faculty Relationsthat will take effect on Feb. 1, 2016.

Al Orth, Associate Vice-Princi-pal (Human Resources), has de-cided to step down from his posi-tion due to health reasons. Mr.Orth will become a part-time spe-cial adviser on a project to designand implement a Jointly Spon-sored Pension Plan for Ontariouniversities.

“Al Orth is an accomplishedhuman resources professional whohas an extensive background inthe field. In the five years he waswith Human Resources, he led anumber of initiatives to strengthenand improve services based on therecommendations of a comprehen-sive review that was carried out in2010,” says Vice-Principal Davis. “Iwould like to thank Al for his con-tributions since joining Queen’s in2011, including the improvementshe has brought about in relationsbetween Queen’s and its unions. Iwish him a speedy return to goodhealth.”

Dan Bradshaw will be ap-pointed interim associate vice-principal (human resources) andDan McKeown will be appointedinterim associate vice-principal(faculty relations). Mr. Bradshawhas been the director of faculty re-lations, and subsequently associ-ate vice-principal (faculty rela-tions) since August 2009.

“I would like to thank DanBradshaw for his leadership dur-ing his time in Faculty Relations.Among many accomplishments,Dan’s contributions have includedimproving relations with Queen’sUniversity Faculty Association, aswell as successfully negotiatingtwo renewed collective agree-ments on behalf of Queen’s,” saysDr. Harrison. “I look forward toworking with Dan McKeown inhis new role. He brings a wealthof experience to the position. Iwish them both every success intheir new appointments.”

Mr. McKeown has significantexperience as a practising labourand employment lawyer in pri-vate practice and as a senior in-house counsel. Prior to joiningQueen’s in 2014 as associate direc-tor of Faculty Relations, he wasmanaging counsel, Labour & Em-ployment, at CIBC.

“Here at Queen’s we have theextraordinary educationalleadership to accomplish this,in addition to an incrediblydedicated teaching facultywho are universally committedto the best education for ourresidents.”

— Richard Reznick

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Learning outcomes must be intentional, practicedThe following column was first published by

the Higher Education Quality Council of On-tario on their website.

BY PETER WOLF

Learning outcomes have been a key partof my professional life in higher educationfor the past 25 years. I completed a degreein social work at McGill University wayback in the 1980s and haven’t been a socialworker for a very longtime. While I still can remember some content Ilearned (rememberingwhat I had for breakfastis enough of a challengethese days!), most en-during is the systemsthinking approach I wasexposed to in a numberof courses and outside-of-class experiences,as well as the importance of compassion,community and the impact of individualand societal empowerment. These out-comes of my undergraduate experience – inother words the knowledge, skills and atti-tudes imparted – have been useful in al-most every aspect of my life.

It took me many years to understandand intentionally use what I learned. Itseems clear now that these outcomes werean implicit and intended part of my educa-tion; I can only imagine their impact hadthey been explicitly articulated and prac-ticed during those formative years. ThoughI certainly needed to create my own mean-ing of my undergraduate experience, know-ing and practicing what was intendedwould have furthered my ability to make

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sense of the many seemingly disparatelearning experiences that were part of mypostsecondary education.

For me, the current learning outcomesmovement in Ontario is about trying to en-sure that we are providing students with in-tentional opportunities to develop the en-during knowledge, skills and attitudes thatare valued in our programs, institutions anddisciplines. I hope that students leave with aset of capacities that will carry themthrough much of their lives, regardless ofwhether they use their learning in the spe-cific contexts in which they were taught.And yet, I suspect if you were to ask moststudents what they think of program out-comes, you would get a lot of blank looks inresponse. Although understandable, this isalso regrettable because generations of stu-dents are passing through our hallways aswe work through the details of fully engag-ing with students around learning out-comes.

Admittedly, some pedagogical ap-proaches for grounding learning outcomesare now well-established. For example, co-ops, research courses and community-en-gaged learning provide great opportunitiesfor consolidating and reflecting on previouslearning. Yet intentional opportunities forpractice, feedback and meaning-making arenot always fully integrated into the curricu-lum. And although many more approachesare being cultivated – for example, out-comes-based e-portfolios and capstonelearning experiences – it is difficult to findwell-established outcomes-based teachingand learning approaches embeddedthroughout many programs.

One emerging area of promise is co-cur-

ricular opportunities for students to inte-grate their own formal and informal learn-ing. At Queen’s University, for example, pi-lot projects are emerging to provide allstudents with outcomes-based e-portfoliosoutside of formal programs and curricu-lum. This approach does not require formalprogram engagement and allows for alltypes of student experiences, academic andotherwise. It is likely to be adopted bymany self-directed students and/or thosepreparing to enter the job market. But only

in combination with a more curricular ap-proach to aligning program outcomeswithin key learning experiences can wehelp ensure that the academic experiencefosters confident, well-educated, reflectiveand articulate citizens, knowledge creatorsand knowledge users…our students.

Peter Wolf is the associate vice provost,teaching and learning, and director of the Cen-tre for Teaching and Learning at Queen’s Uni-versity.

lives lived.A true scientist-practitioner in the study of psychologyA respected psychologist inthe Kingston community anddirector of the PsychologyClinic at Queen’s, Dr. KevinParker died Nov. 13. He was 63.

BY TESS CLIFFORD

Kevin Parker was a well-known and respected psycholo-gist, supervisoteacher andmentor in theKingston com-munity. He wathe director ofthe PsychologyClinic atQueen’s, a training clinic forgraduate students in clinical psy-chology, from 2007-2013. In this

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Prior to 2007 he was a psychol-ogist at Child and AdolescentMental Health Services at HotelDieu Hospital, as well as an Ad-junct Professor in the Departmentof Psychology at Queen’s Univer-sity. Kevin was a true scientist-practitioner – he was involved in anumber of research projects and

was often sought out as a statisticsconsultant, while also providingexcellent clinical service to manychildren, adolescents and families.

Kevin is remembered fondlyby his trainees for his straightfor-ward communication, quirkysense of humour, and metaphorsfor every situation. His influencehas spread beyond those he super-vised directly to those who havebeen supervised by his trainees.As a former trainee said “…somuch of what I do with my clientson a daily basis is the result ofKevin’s teachings. I now superviseother new clinicians and Kevin’swords often come out of mymouth during supervision.”

Kevin continued teaching andsharing his wisdom during his ill-ness and many have remarkedabout the grace with which he ac-cepted his terminal prognosis. In a

letter to his work community (stu-dents, colleagues, faculty, previoustrainees) he said: “Thank you all.For everything that I have given, Ihave received much in return. I amindeed grateful for what I havebeen given in this life.”

In his personal time, Kevin wasa keen canoeist and chorister, heenjoyed rugby and soccer and wasa man of many talents. Kevin wasknown for enjoying the simplethings in life – a cup of tea, andtime spent outdoors, especially atthe cottage he and his family built.He was very proud of his family –his three daughters and theirgrowing families brought him somuch joy. He was often sharingstories about them with his stu-dents and colleagues.

With the support of Kevin’sfamily, the university and the De-partment of Psychology, the Psy-

chology Clinic at Queen’s staffhave established the Dr. KevinParker Memorial Fund. Our goalis to develop a bursary in Kevin’sname for graduate students inClinical Psychology to fund par-ticipation in clinical trainingworkshops, with a special focuson clinical supervision. Donationsto this account will be used tosupport the development of thisaward, or support students and/orthe psychology clinic in otherways. We are so thankful for thisopportunity to continue to re-member Kevin and carry on hispassion for mentorship and clini-cal training. Donations can bemade at givetoqueens.ca/give/index.php/project/action/view/project/732.

Tess Clifford is the director of thePsychology Clinic at Queen’s.

flashback.

As beautiful as it is during the summer, Queen’s University can become a winter wonderlandfollowing a snowfall as seen in this photo from the early 1900s of children playing with sleds in thesnow behind Theological Hall. Kingston Hall is also visible in the background.

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Highlights of Queen’s experts in the media from Jan. 4-20Queen’s in the news.International

Larry Widrow(Astronomy) saidit’s possible for un-seen dwarf galax-ies to trigger allkinds of changesin their massivehosts, in National

Geographic and Science News.Jeffrey Collins (History) had his

op-ed on The Enlightenment pub-lished in the Wall Street Journal.

Randall Flanagan (Psychology)was interviewed in the Daily Mail (UK)on how our brains plan multiplecourses of action simultaneously be-fore deciding the best movement tomake.

NewspapersDon Drummond (Policy Studies)

argued that OECD policy prescrip-tions still sound, but key pieces miss-ing from Canada’s productivity puz-zle, in The Globe and Mail.

John-Kurt Pliniussen (Business)discussed “Uber-ization” and the fu-ture of traditional employment, inthe Toronto Sun.

Douglas Bland (Policy Studies)had his op-ed on closing CanadianForces bases published in the Ot-

tawa Citizen.Wagdy Loza (Psychiatry) was in-

terviewed by the Toronto Star aboutterrorists showing they can change.

Ariel Salzmann (History) com-mented on the Istanbul bombing andTurkey's tourism in the Toronto Star.

Martin Duncan (Astronomy) saysthere is a reasonable chance, but it isnot yet certain, that a ninth planetcould have been discovered beyondNeptune, in the Toronto Star.

Elaine Petrof'sMedicine) re-earch into a treat-ment for C. diffi-le receivesunding, in theingston Whig-tandard.

Nicolas Lamp (Law) spoke to theToronto Star about how Tran-sCanada has “good shot” in NAFTAchallenge over KeystoneXL rejection.

Wendy Craig (Psychology) wasfeatured in the Kingston Whig-Stan-dard after receiving the Order of On-tario for her work on bullying pre-vention.

Richard Reznick (Dean, HealthSciences) and Damon Dagnone(Emergency Medicine) spoke to theGlobe and Mail on how Queen’s Uni-versity will be the first institution inCanada to adopt competency-based

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Studies talked with the National Posabout selling Canada as more than acommodity-denominated economyhas been tried before, with limitedsuccess.

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erkiewiczChemistry) wasnterviewed byStation 14, CKWSTelevision, theKingston Whig-Standard and the

EMC about new NSERC funding.Ken Wong (Business) spoke to

CBC Online about the new HBC pro-gram that lets customers exchangeunwanted gift cards.

John Andrew (Geography) spokto CBC Online for an item on expertspredicting more pain for Calgary reaestate market.

Mark Green (Engineering andApplied Science, Civil Engineering)was featured on CBC Online andglobalnews.ca on how weathercould have played a role in the fail-ure of the Nipigon Bridge.

Christian Leuprecht (PoliticalStudies) was featured on CBC Online

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regarding the Taliban release ofColin Rutherford could be linked to

t peace talks; with ctvnews.ca aboutdocuments labelled secret or confi-dential do not always contain sensi-tive information.

Nicolas Lamp (Law) was inter-viewed by the Huffington Post aboutthe TransCanada NAFTA challenge.

Jill Scott (Lan-guages, Litera-tures and Cul-tures) spoke toGlobal News forOne year later:What’s next forCharlie Hebdo

and Paris?David Lyon (Sociology) stalked

with ctvnews.ca about the “great se-crecy” around the creation, make-upof no-fly lists.

Heather Stuart (Public Healthe Sciences) spoke to strategyonline.ca

about how Bell Let’s Talk Day will in-l clude her five tips to fight stigma.

David Gordon (School of Urbanand Regional Planning) was cited in“Walkable winter cities”, on BetterCi-ties.net.

TelevisionDon Drummond (School of Pol-

icy Studies) was interviewed by CTV

National Network News on the eco-nomic outlook.

RadioNicholas Bala (Law) said it is rare,

but not unheard of, for a broadcasterto face charges for breaching theYouth Criminal Justice Act, on CBCRadio One (Sydney).

Warren Mabee (School of Envi-ronmental Studies, Geography,School of Policy Studies) spoke toCBC Radio on the impact of fallingoil prices.

Allen Champagne (NeuroscienceGraduate Program) spoke to CBC Ra-dio about his effort to reduce con-cussions for young football players.

MagazinesNicholas Bala (Law) was in

Lawyers Weekly for an item on On-tario will decide international cus-tody case.

Brenda Brouwer (School of Re-habilitation Therapy) was featured inUniversity Affairs on how employers’perceptions hamper job prospectsfor PhD grads.

John Smol (Biology) was profiledin Canadian Geographic for the win-ners of the 2015 Royal Canadian Ge-ographical Society awards.

A community united by music, social change and childrenBY MICHAEL ONESI, ALUMNICOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

A violin, cello and viola canmake beautiful music. For the stu-dents in Sistema Kingston, an af-ter-school music program forat-risk children, those instrumentsare a source of pride and inspira-tion.

Earlier this school year, 20 stu-dents at First Avenue PublicSchool took part in SistemaKingston’s Paper to Wood Cere-mony. The kids exchanged theirpaper mache instruments – whichthey made during the first fourweeks of the program and used tolearn proper posture, care, andbow movement – for real violins,cellos and violas. The result was aceremony filled with joy, music,performances and proud familymembers.

“The kids’ desire to work hardenough to get to that special per-formance place, and to experiencethe achievement of performing islike nothing else,” says Jan LeClair, rincipal of First Avenue Pub-lic School. “The positive feedbackloop from your instrument, the au-dience, and your own efforts is acreative achievement that per-formance art intrinsically affords.”

“For most of these children, thiswas their first performance experi-ence and they rose to the occa-sion,” says Karma Tomm, directorof Queen’s Community Music whoinitiated and directs the program.

Akela Peoples, president andCEO of The Learning Partnership,the founding partner of SistemaKingston, found the ceremony in-spiring.

“Hearing that students nowsay ‘I can’t wait to go to school be-cause we have Sistema today’ cap-tures the essence of this program,”

says Ms. Peoples. “It helps stu-dents stay in school by providingthem with a sense of belonging tosomething bigger than them-selves. They are looking forwardto learning and that will pave theway to a bright future for them.”

The program is modeled on ElSistema, which started in 1975 inVenezuela by a musician/lawyer/politician/teacher who felt musiccan promote children’s healthypersonal development and helpchildren escape the cycle ofpoverty. Today there are more

than 400 Sistema-inspired musicprograms around the world.

Sistema Kingston’s mission isto promote “positive socialchange through the pursuit ofmusical excellence.” SistemaKingston is offered to children atno cost – the kids are only askedto make a commitment to the pro-gram and try their best.

“The vision of SistemaKingston is to inspire children toreach their full potential as indi-viduals, musicians and citizens.Sadly, our community is economi-cally divided, and there are largenumbers of children who simplydon't have access to opportunitiesthat others take for granted,” saysMs. Tomm.

Both the young musicians andthe university benefit from theprogram as it provides opportuni-ties for Queen's students as teach-ers, researchers and volunteers.There are several Queen's stu-dents from a variety of disciplinesvolunteering with the program. Acurrent PhD psychology researchproject is collecting data on musicperception from the program. Ju-lia Brook, an assistant professor ofmusic education at Queen’s, is in-volved in the research and evalua-tion of Sistema Kingston.

“Sistema Kingston provides aunique opportunity for Queen’sstudents to strengthen their con-nections to the Kingston commu-nity while enhancing their re-search and teaching skills.Personally, it is a privilege to bepart of this program, and to workwith such committed students,parents, grandparents, teachers,and community members,” saysDr. Brook.

After seeing the success of thePaper to Wood Ceremony, Ms.Peoples announced The LearningPartnership would make an addi-tional donation of $20,000 if it canbe matched by another partner. Tojoin make a gift in support ofmatching this generous offer for aworthy cause, visitgivetoqueens.ca

Sistema Kingston is an initiativeof Queen’s Community Music, incollaboration with the Limestone Dis-trict School Board and The JoeChithalen Memorial Musical Instru-ment Lending Library, with majorfunding from The Learning Partner-ship and additional support from theCommunity Foundation of Kingstonand Area, local businesses and pri-vate donors.

Students from First Avenue Public School take part in Sistema Kingston’s Paperto Wood Ceremony. Sistema Kingston is an initiative of Queen’s CommunityMusic.

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New name, same cancer fighting workBY MARK KERR, SENIORCOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Tucked away behind BotterellHall, a distinguished team of doc-tors, scientists, biostatisticians andstaff work every day to fight can-cer. Their discoveries have im-proved thousands if not millionsof lives worldwide.

But chances are you wouldn’tknow anything about their workfrom their organization’s formername: NCIC CTG.

That’s about to change with theadoption of a new identity. As ofMonday, Jan. 18, the only coopera-tive group in this country con-ducting the full range of cancertrials will be known as the Cana-dian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG).

“The new identity clearly de-scribes who we are and what wedo, while at the same time hon-ouring our past, present and fu-ture activities,” says Janet Dancey,Scientific Director, CCTG. “Formore than three decades, ourgroup has worked tirelessly to an-swer the most important questionevery cancer patient has: ‘What’sthe best treatment for me?’ Welook forward to fulfilling that rolefor years to come as the CanadianCancer Trials Group.”

Established in 1980 as the Na-tional Cancer Institute of CanadaClinical Trials Group, the organi-zation was commonly known byits acronym, NCIC CTG. The or-ganization’s core funder – theCanadian Cancer Society – andthe group’s senior leadershipidentified the need to re-evaluatethe identity to better reflect itsmission and mandate as well as

raise its profile among externalaudiences and key stakeholders.

“The Canadian Cancer TrialsGroup has a worldwide reputa-tion for its scientific excellence inthe fight against the disease,” saysDr. Richard Reznick, Dean,Queen’s Faculty of Health Sci-ences. “The new identity andname will serve to bring more at-tention to this group, which is animportant contributor to Queen’sresearch prominence.”

CCTG worked with UniversityRelations at Queen’s to developthe new name and identity. Uni-

versity Relations conducted nu-merous focus group sessions witha variety of stakeholders in orderto identify common themes andshared ideas upon which to basethe new identity and name.

“We are proud of both theprocess and the result,” Dr.Dancey says. “This exercise notonly helped us come up with anew identity, but the feedback andinput we received will be invalu-able as we seek to tell our storyand demonstrate the impact weare having on the world stage.”

The group is internationally

recognized, running trials in 40countries and partnering with re-searchers around the world. Lastyear, CCTG launched an interna-tional trial that has a good chanceof finding a cure for the biggestcancer killer in North America:non-small cell lung cancer. CCTGhas already redefined the medicalstandard of care for breast, lung,colon, lymphoma, prostate, brainand ovarian cancers. It has been fi-nancially supported by the Cana-dian Cancer Society since its in-ception. Visit the CCTG website tolearn more.

Team members gather after the official name change was announced from the NCIC CTG to the Canadian Cancer TrialsGroup (CCTG). The CCTG is the only cooperative group in Canada conducting the full range of cancer trials.

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KeepinghistoryaliveBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Anthony Wilson-Smith, presi-dent and CEO of HistoricaCanada, visited Queen’s Univer-sity on Thursday, Jan. 14, for apresentation on the organization’swork to bring Canada’s history tolight.

The main platform for this is theproduction of Heritage Minutes,60-second shorts that portray animportant event or person inCanada’s history, especially thosethat are little known or understood.

As Mr. Wilson-Smith points out,it is important for Canadians of allages to know their history better.

“I always say that our historyis the signpost that in many waysshows us how we got to where weare today, and not only that butgives us some indication of wherewe are headed or should beheaded, if we don’t heed lessonsof the past,” he says.

As the media market hasevolved so has Historica Canadaand its primary platform is online,where all the Heritage Minutesare available for viewing at histor-icacanada.ca, as well as the Cana-dian Encyclopedia, which covers abroader range of our history.

Favourite Heritage Minutes

Stephen Smith, PHD candidateHistoryLouis RielIt’s poignant and Ithink it’s very welldone. They kept itsimple. Sometimethere’s some bigCGI and because it’s not big budgetit does not come off well, but theLouis Riel one I found very poignant,very good, very to the point.

Alan English, History Professor War of 1812I think it shows apart of our historythat most peopleare not aware ofand also the vitalrole that the abo-riginal peoples played in the waragainst the Americans. Most Canadi-ans don’t know about that.

Tabitha Renaud, PhD candidateHalifax Harbour ExplosionIt’s the one withVince Coleman. Iwas really as-tounded thatsomeone wouldgive there life likethat to stop thetrain. He could have escaped but in-stead he went back to stop the train.

Members of the Queen’s community gathered on Thursday, Jan. 14 for the launch of Queen’s Human ResourcesFoundational Leadership Program at Four Points by Sheraton in downtown Kingston. The newest recruits are membersof the fourth cohort of the popular leadership development program. The 18-month-long program integratesmanagement skill acquisition with leadership development and provides networking opportunities with otherQueen’s managers in the program.

Enjoy a ‘Nightin Vienna’

The talented students, faculty,and alumni from Queen’s Musicwill be up front and centre as theQueen’s School of Drama and Mu-sic hosts its gala fundraiser.

A Night in Vienna, being heldSaturday, Feb. 6, at 7:30 pm, inGrant Hall, is a musical journey toVienna. For the event Grant Hallwill be transformed into a grandballroom where concertgoers willhave the opportunity to waltz thenight away, or just sit back andenjoy watching the professionalballroom dancers float across thedance floor while listening to thewonderful music of Vienna.

Tickets are available at the Is-abel Bader Centre for the Perform-ing Arts, or online at theisabel.ca.

For information contact ShirleyRoth, Queen’s School of Dramaand Music at (613) 533-6000 ext.74211 or [email protected].

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Partnering on Bachelor of ScienceBY ANNE CRAIG,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Queen’s University and St.Lawrence College are collaborat-ing on a new joint Bachelor of Sci-ence (Honours) advanced de-gree/diploma in biotechnologythat will produce career-readystudents to work in the emergingfield of biotechnology.

Students enrolling in the newBiotechnology Specialization Planat Queen’s University can earncredit towards the AdvancedDiplomas in Biotechnology at St.Lawrence, and vice versa.

“The university training willenhance participants’ theoreticaland research training, while thecollege environment will givethem hands-on technical expert-ise,” says Daniel Woolf, Principaland Vice-Chancellor of Queen’sUniversity. “Combined, the pro-gram will provide a transforma-tive student learning experience.”

Students may transfer aca-

demic credits between the two in-stitutions, resulting in the acceler-ated completion of both programs(a four-year BScH in biotechnol-ogy, and a three-year advanceddiploma in biotechnology) in justfive years.

Students can start thedegree/diploma at either institu-tion, and will spend between 2.5and 3.5 years at Queen’s, with theremaining time at St. Lawrence.The Bachelor of Science (Honours)biotechnology specialization willalso be available as a stand-alonefour-year degree program forQueen’s students. This programreceived approval at the sametime as the joint program.

“This partnership with Queen’sUniversity truly puts our studentsfirst. The joint program providesstudents entering St. LawrenceCollege or Queen’s with the op-portunity to earn both credentialsin just five years,” says GlennVollebregt, President and CEO, St.Lawrence College. “Providing stu-

dents with access to two outstand-ing institutions will help themprepare for a successful career inthe field after graduation.”

This memorandum of under-standing is the second with St.Lawrence College. The first is thejoint Bachelor of MusicDegree/Music and Digital Mediadiploma program. This five-yearprogram also combines the theo-retical knowledge of a Queen’s de-gree and the technical skills of aSt. Lawrence diploma.

Queen’s distinguishes itself as oneof the leading research-intensive insti-tutions in Canada. The mission is toadvance research excellence, leader-ship and innovation, as well as en-hance Queen’s impact at a nationaland international level. Through un-dertaking leading-edge research,Queen’s is addressing many of theworld’s greatest challenges, and de-veloping innovative ideas and techno-logical advances brought about bydiscoveries in a variety of disciplines.

gradstudies.SGS NoticesRegistration for Dissertation BootCamp now open

The Dissertation Boot Camp is de-signed to enable graduate studentsto make substantial progress in writ-ing their thesis in a supportive anddistraction free environment and tojoin a community of other thesis writ-ers. Each day begins with a very shortpresentation on practical tools andstrategies to use during the week.Boot Camp organizers create a sup-portive and encouraging writing en-vironment that is specifically de-signed to help students beproductive and write free of distrac-tion — no Internet access and cell-phone use except during lunchbreak, quiet, conversation free spaceand fresh, healthy food, and sharedmeals to foster a community amonggraduate students in the thesis-writ-ing phase.

Upcoming dates: Feb. 16-19. Thisis a free event.To register please visitqueensu.ca/sgs/dissertation-boot-camp

Open Thesis Defenses

Thursday, Feb. 4Sima Soltani, Computing, ‘IaaS

Cloud Service Selection Using Case-Based Reasoning’. Supervisor: T.P.Martin, CISC, K. Elgazzar, 524 Good-win Hall, 2:30 pm.

Wednesday, Feb. 10Daniel David Jones, Civil Engineer-

ing, ‘Containment of Organic Contam-inants Using Geosynthesis’. Supervi-sor: R.K. Rowe, 212 Ellis Hall, 1 pm.

Wednesday, Feb. 10 Wen Wu, Mechanical and Materi-

als Engineering, ‘Numerical Study ofan Impinging Jet with EmbeddedVortices’. Supervisor: U. Piomelli, 312McLaughlin Hall, 1 pm.

Thursday, Feb. 12 Alvine Christelle Kamaha, Physics,

Engineering Physics and Astronomy,‘Improved Limits On The Existence OfDark Matter. The Final Results FromThe PICASSO Experiment’. Supervisor:A.J. Noble, 201 Stirling Hall, 9:30 a.m.

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Leading the way in researchTed Hewitt, president of the

Social Sciences and HumanitiesResearch Council of Canada(SSHRC) visited Queen’s Univer-sity on Wednesday, Jan. 13, withexecutive vice-president BrentHerbert-Copley, to speak with stu-dents, faculty and administration.During his visit he participated ina roundtable with graduate stu-dents, met with Principal DanielWoolf and Steven Liss, Vice-Prin-cipal (Research), and presented anupdate on the ongoing and futurevision of SSHRC to faculty mem-bers and researchers in a townhall meeting. Afterwards, Gazetteeditor Andrew Carroll spoke withDr. Hewitt about the organiza-tion’s role in the ever-changingfield of research and researchtraining.

GAZETTE: Looking ahead,how can SSHRC ensure thatCanada maintains or improves itsposition as a global leader in so-cial science and humanities re-search and training?

TED HEWITT: Our mandate,in some respects, is not very com-plicated. As it is stated in the leg-islation that created us, there aretwo aspects to our mission: one isto promote and support researchand training in the social sciencesand humanities; and second, toprovide advice to the minister incertain areas that touch upon thismandate. One of the key thingsfor us, given the nature of themandate and its fundamental ob-jectives, is to deliver on it the bestway we can and ensure excellencein all aspects.

That entails making sure ourprocesses are maintained at a veryhigh level, that we compare inter-nationally, that we constantly un-dertake reviews and evaluations,that we listen, through visits likethis, to our colleagues, that we en-gage effectively with the academiccommunity and that we engageeffectively with government andwith other stakeholders.

We are also in the process of fi-nalizing our strategic plan for2017-2020. That is directed whollytowards maintaining the highquality of service and the highquality of operation withinSSHRC and we’re looking at do-ing that with a focus in three ar-eas: helping researchers build andmaintain excellence in researchand the changing research envi-ronment of the 21st Century,through inter-disciplinary work,international work, digital schol-arship and so on; focusing on theneed to leverage and developpartnerships that would allow usto expand the range, scope and

impact of our funding; and mak-ing sure that all of our stakehold-ers in the community and theCanadian public in general areaware of the importance of thiswork.

GAZETTE: How is SSHRCpromoting greater investment inCanadian research from the pub-lic, private and not-for-profit sec-tors?

TH: There are a couple of ele-ments to this. One is promoting astrong working relationship withgovernment, and in this case withthe new government, to makesure they are well apprised of thecontribution that we make to re-search in social science and hu-manities in Canada and, throughour mandate again, to govern-ment itself in terms of policy de-velopment and to assisting thegovernment to achieve its goals.This in turn assists us in makingthe case for new or additionalsupport that would help us to ex-pand the work that we do and toprovide those benefits at an ex-tended or expanded level.

The other piece is throughleveraging, which I mentionedearlier, which will enable us towork with partners outside gov-ernment, potentially – typicallyother agencies such as NSERC,CIHR and MITACS, but alsoprovincial governments. We wantto remove barriers where we canand to build opportunities for ourresearchers to more easily accessadditional funding programs.

GAZETTE: How is SSHRCpromoting greater international-ization of social science and hu-manities research?

TH: We are currently focusingour efforts in this regard on theTrans-Atlantic Platform, a Euro-pean Commission-funded multi-national collaboration bringingtogether research funding agen-cies across Europe, North andSouth America, in order to build aunique and effective funding plat-form for cross-agency research.That will launch with the first callin February 2016, we expect, inthe area of digital scholarship.Other areas of focus will be devel-oped by the consortium in duecourse.

The second way is actuallybuilt into SSHRC’s own fundingplatforms to encourage interna-tional collaboration. Currently, inmany programs, such as the Part-nership Grant Program, it is possi-ble for co-applicants on grants tobe located outside of Canada aslong as the primary applicant is inCanada. Through this mechanism,we are able to directly fund thework of partners in other coun-tries. It’s fairly simple – it’s one ap-plication, one assessment, oneoutcome.

GAZETTE: SSHRC’s plan toadvance open science by promot-ing open access and the steward-ship of research data will involvesignificant changes for institutionsand researchers including in-creased costs. How is SSHRC sup-

porting researchers and institu-tions as they comply with chang-ing program guidelines?

TH: First let’s look at the openaccess issue. The policy for thathas been in place since May 2015.For the researcher, the costs ofensuring compliance with thepolicy are eligible expenseswithin the SSHRC grantingprocess. Researchers may alsoplace near-final versions of theirpublication on their own reposi-tories or their own websites, solong as articles are searchable orfindable, which helps to reducecosts significantly, so long asthat’s permitted by the journal inwhich they published.

On the other hand we areworking with institutions andother organizations to ensure thatjournals, particularly Canadianjournals, libraries, other reposito-ries, are in a position to effectivelymanage the demand that will oc-cur as a result of the policy onopen access. It may not meanfunding per se since we typicallyfund researchers but it may meanworking with institutions, organi-zations and the journals to makesure they have or are able to de-velop the right kind of businessmodels that will allow them to ab-sorb the influx.

When it comes to data, that is alonger conversation as the focus inthe short term is on open access.However, to some extent we willbe looking to develop a similarapproach when it comes to datamanagement.

Ted Hewitt, president of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), takes part in a town hallmeeting held at Queen’s University on Wednesday, Jan. 13. Later, Dr. Hewitt spoke with the Gazette about the ever-changing challenges for the organization.

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Queen’s researcher ElainePetrof has been awarded majorfunding from the U.S. National In-stitutes of Health. The up to $1.2million will enable a multi-institu-tional team to further develop Re-poopulate, a synthetically derivedalternative to fecal transplants,used to treat recurrent C. difficileinfection.

Early trials of the defined mi-crobe cocktail with a small num-ber of patients at Kingston Gen-eral Hospital (KGH) have shownit to be highly effective in curingthe hard-to-treat, often fatal, dis-ease.

“We’ll be optimizing the for-mulation to test it in an early stageclinical trial,” says Dr. Petrof,(School of Medicine), a clinician-researcher at the Kingston GeneralHospital Research Institute(KGHRI). Dr. Petrof’s hospitalwork is being conducted throughthe Gastrointestinal Diseases Re-search Unit at Queen’s University.

Dr. Petrof is working with col-leagues at the University ofGuelph and Western Universityon the synthetic stool product.

“This funding is a tremendousboost for a very promising and in-novative discovery,” says RogerDeeley, Vice-Dean Research, Fac-ulty of Health Sciences andKGHRI president. “It will ensurethat Dr. Petrof and her team con-tinue to advance their efforts toaddress a common, widespreadand serious health threat. It iswonderful to see work being donein this exciting new research fron-tier being recognized in this way.”

While there are numerous C.difficile therapies being developedbased on human stool samples,Dr. Petrof’s group is the first toproduce a synthetic form of thebeneficial microbes, using culturesprocessed in a “robotic gut” biore-actor developed at the Universityof Guelph.

“We’re different from stooltransplants because we know ex-actly what’s in our mixture,” shesays. “This means a safer, more re-producible product.”

The group’s goal is to developa more effective fecal transplanttreatment for recurrent C. difficile.

“If this works, we’ve been ap-proached to expand it to other dis-eases,” Dr. Petrof says. “Emergingresearch is showing potential forthe use of fecal transplants to treatconditions such as ulcerative coli-tis and obesity.”

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queensu.ca/gazette n January 26, 2016 internationalGaining real-world international experienceBY ANDREW CARROLL,GAZETTE EDITOR

Now in its fourth year, theSchool of Urban and RegionalPlanning’s international course,which takes a group of Queen’sUniversity students to India towork on a planning project, is avital part of the program, one thatdifferentiates it from other plan-ning schools in Canada.

“This international course wasan experiment when it startedfour years ago. It’s not an experi-ment anymore,” says Ajay Agar-wal, an associate professor withSURP who leads the course. “It isvery successful, there is high de-mand.”

This year, the course returnedto Auroville, an intentionally-planned community, for a thirdtime where they were tasked withcreating a public participationframework to be used by the com-munity for planning and develop-ment projects. They stayed in thecity for 13 days in December.

Through the previous visitsthere has been a foundation oftrust built up between Queen’sand the community, to the point

where the residents and adminis-tration of Auroville look forwardto each new project and the returnof the students.

Dr. Agarwal says the main rea-son is that each group has deliv-ered a project report of profes-sional quality that is then used bythe community. This is not theo-retical work or a simulation.

This real world international

experience also is a draw for stu-dents to the course. No otherplanning school in Canada offerssuch an experience, he points out.

“It was a huge factor (for com-ing to Queen’s),” says CarolineMorrow (MPL’16), one of the 10students who took part in theproject. “When I was researchingschools, the first thing I would dowas look up what are the interna-

tional opportunities.”Before arriving in India for the

final phase of the course, the stu-dents conducted months of re-search, including interviewingmany of the people they would beworking with. The group alsoconducted a survey that received87 responses, which providedvaluable information.

The purpose of the course is tomirror that of a real consultationproject and the students werehard at work mere hours after ar-riving. There was a lot to be donein a limited amount of time.

One of the most difficult taskswas organizing logistics, says Dr.Agarwal, such as setting upphones, Internet connectivity andorganizing all the things neededfor the project. But that is part ofthe learning process, he adds. Inthe real world, not everything willgo as planned.

“I feel that adaptability is a bigthing we learned that I think willbe very valuable in terms of tryingto find a job because you canstress the fact that you did go to aplace you have never been beforeand worked effectively and cameout with a really good product,”

says Joanna Salsberg (MPL’16).“So it shows that your ability towork in tight circumstances andin a totally different place has in-creased from that experience.”

As Dr. Agarwal points out, theever-changing conditions andteamwork are key elements to thecourse.

“That’s a big learning outcomefrom this project. You really learnto work under very tight condi-tions as a team,” he says. “Every-body has to trust everybody elseand everybody has to respecteverybody else’s views and notget tied up about your ownviews.”

During their time in Aurovillethe workdays were long but theteam was able to complete two fo-cus groups, two workshops, threeinformation kiosks and a widerange of interviews.

“That’s a lot of work to do in 13days,” Dr. Agarwal says.

The group also presented theirwork to the Queen’s communityon Monday, Jan. 18.

For more information aboutthe course or to obtain a copy ofthe full project report, contact Dr.Agarwal at [email protected].

Team members from the intenational course for the Queen’s School of Urban andRegional Planning take time from their work for a photo in Auroville, India.

Photo contest is backThe Queen’s University International

Centre (QUIC) is once again seeking photosfrom around the world taken by Queen’sstudents.

The International Photo Contest is anopportunity for students to submit theirbest photos from abroad, or from their timein Canada. The contest allows students toshare their experiences and reflections oncultures and travel and is open to anyQueen’s student.

The categories for the contest are:• People and Culture

• Landscape (including nature andwildlife)

• Home away from Home• Critical Global IssuesA group of judges will select the win-

ning photos and prizes will be handed out.Submitted photos will be displayed at theQUIC Exhibit on March 8, from 4:30-6 pm.

Students may submit a maximum of twophotos and the deadline is Thursday, Jan.28. Submissions can be made through theQUIC website at quic.queensu.ca/about-quic/photo-contest/ or [email protected].

Last year’s QUICInternational PhotoContest grand prizewinner Pause wastaken by FentonIsaacs (Artsci’17). Itfeatures a cyclisttaking a break astraffic rushes by inSurabaya,Indonesia.

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Partnership focuses on customer analyticsBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

A new research centre harness-ing the power of data analytics hasbeen established at Smith Schoolof Business at Queen's University.

The Scotiabank Centre for Cus-tomer Analytics, created with $2.2million provided by Scotiabank,will bring together professors andstudents to collaborate with Sco-tiabank teams on applied researchin customer analytics to providedata-driven solutions.

“More and more organizationsare realizing the power of usingbig data and analytics as a com-petitive advantage,” said DavidSaunders, Dean, Smith School ofBusiness. “We are excited by themany opportunities the Scotia-bank Centre for Customer Analyt-ics will provide both students andfaculty, as well as the data-drivensolutions we will produce.”

The collaboration between Sco-tiabank and Smith School of Busi-ness will extend beyond appliedresearch to include community

building efforts that bring to-gether analytics practitioners andinnovators across industries. Sco-tiabank will also provide intern-ship opportunities for Queen’sPhD, MSc, Master of ManagementAnalytics and MBA students.

“Our customers expect simple,seamless and personalized serv-

ices; and data and analytics arekey to making this possible,” saidMichael Zerbs, Executive VicePresident and Co-Head, Informa-tion Technology, Enterprise Tech-nology at Scotiabank. “We recog-nize that analytics willfundamentally reshape the cus-tomer experience and Scotiabank

will be a leader in this transforma-tion. By using analytics, we canidentify the right products and ad-vice for our customers, at the rightstage of life, helping them becomebetter off. At Scotiabank, we knowthat partnerships, such as this onewith Queen’s, are essential fordriving success and evolving withour customers’ expectations.”

The centre will be co-led by twoSmith School of Business faculty:Yuri Levin, Chaired Professor ofOperations Management and Di-rector of the Master of Manage-ment Analytics program, andMikhail Nediak, Associate Profes-sor and Toller Family Fellow ofOperations Management, withparticipation from Smith Schoolfaculty members in ManagementScience, Operations Management,Marketing, and Business Econom-ics, as well as from the Queen’sSchool of Computing.

The Scotiabank Centre for Cus-tomer Analytics at the SmithSchool of Business is slated toopen in February.

The Scotiabank Centre for Customer Analytics has been created at the SmithSchool of Business with $2.2 million provided by Scotiabank.

BullyingpreventionworkhonouredBY CHRIS ARMES,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

In recognition of her continu-ing work in the field of bullyingprevention and the promotion ofhealthy relation-ships, WendyCraig (Psychol-ogy) has been in-vested to the Or-der of Ontario.

The Hon-ourable ElizabethDowdeswell,Lieutenant Gov-ernor of Ontario announcedWednesday, Jan. 13 that Dr. Craig,the co-scientific director of thePromoting Relationships andEliminating Violence Network(PREVNet), would be one of 25new members of the most presti-gious official honour in Ontario.

“I’m truly humbled by this ho-nour,” says Dr. Craig. “Throughthe partnerships in PREVNet,we’ve been able to make a signifi-cant contribution and impact. Imay be the co-scientific director,but this is really an Order of On-tario for PREVNet.”

Since forming PREVNet in2006, Dr. Craig has been a co-leader of this national initiativethat provides individuals and or-ganizations with the evidence-based knowledge, strategies, andtools to prevent violence. She hasbeen recognized, both in Canadaand internationally, as a leadingexpert on preventing bullyingand promoting healthy relation-ships amongst youth.

PREVNet’s bullying preven-tion toolkit has been disseminatedto every school in the province inan effort to provide educatorswith the support to address bully-ing in their schools and promotehealthy relationships. Moving for-ward, Dr. Craig says the plan is toensure that PREVNet’s toolkit isavailable to an even wider audi-ence.

“The next phase is focused onleveraging some of PREVNet’smost impactful tools, adaptingthem to the needs of the variousprovinces and territories inCanada, by collaborating withgovernment and industry to in-crease their impact,” says Dr.Craig.

The formal appointment cere-mony was held on Jan. 20 at theOntario Legislative AssemblyinToronto.

Wendy Craig

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events calendar.Wednesday, Jan. 27, Noon-12:30 pmLunchtime Breathing MeditationsBan Righ Centre, Third Floor Room,with Roberta Lamb. Protect yourmind against stress with a 30-minutebreathing meditation. All are wel-come – students, staff, faculty,women & men! Anyone who needsrelaxation and a calm mind. No med-itation experience necessary. Eachsession is self-contained.

Wednesday, Jan. 27, 1-4 pmNew Staff OrientationThe Human Resources Departmentwishes to invite all newly hired em-ployees (General staff, CUPE Local229, CUPE Local 254, CUPE Local1302, ONA, OPSEU, Research Grantsand Contract and Post Doctoral Fel-lows) to an orientation session.Please join us for an informative dis-cussion that includes presentationsfrom various University departmentsand services as well as essential hu-man resources information. Mackin-tosh-Corry Hall, Room B176.

Thursday, Jan. 28, 2:30-4 pmTeaching Development WorkshopSeries: Improving Communicationin a Quiet ClassroomThere are many reasons why educa-tors want students to speak in classand many reasons why students mayremain quiet. This session will beginfrom the premise that intelligent andcapable students are largely arrivingto class prepared and eager to learn,but that they hesitate or decline toparticipate in class discussionsnonetheless. This active workshopwill give you an opportunity to con-sider critical issues in classroom com-munication and align classroom ex-pectations with learning outcomes,using a variety of strategies designedto promote student-teacher and

peer-to-peer communication. F200Mackintosh-Corry Hall.

Thursday, Jan. 28, 7-7:45 pmDescartes's Divisive LegacyInspired by the portrait of the Frenchphilosopher Rene Descartes in the ex-hibition Singular Figures, we present alecture by Professor Carlos Prado onthis brilliant mathematician who is of-ten described as the father of modernphilosophy. Prado will touch on thephilosopher's historical position, fo-cusing on his divisive legacy: his dis-tinction between mind and body andon a most interesting and nearly uni-versal error in the interpretation ofDescartes' famous dictum: “Cogito,ergo sum” or “I think, therefore I am.”Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Tuesday, Feb. 2, 9 am-NoonEvent Planning: Essential StrategiesAn introduction to planning andstaging your Queen's event. Eventsare very public: they represent yourbrand, your profile, and reputation.They come with a high level of visi-bility and accountability, so it's es-sential that they are planned and ex-ecuted flawlessly. Events both largeand small, play a significant role infurthering strategic goals. Partici-pants will walk away from the ses-sion with many useful tools and tem-plates to facilitate future planning.Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room B176

Tuesday, Feb. 2, Noon-1 pmBrown Bag Lunch with Anna Kim,HEC MontrealAnna Kim will present “Tea Time:Temporal Coordination for Sustain-able Development”, written by her-self together with Tima Bansal (IveyBusiness School), and Helen Haugh(University of Cambridge). The previ-ous version of this paper won "Best

Paper on Social and EnvironmentalPractices" at the Academy of Man-agement, OMT Division (2015). Bringyour lunch. Goodes Hall, Room 100

Tuesday, Feb. 2, 7-8 pmMEGA CLASS (Cardio Kick)Enjoy a fun, motivating interval Car-dio Kick style class that will get youmoving and sweating in the maingym of the Queen's Athletics & Recre-ation Centre. This high-energy MegaCardio class is led by ARC Fitness In-structors to make a fun, motivatingworkout for everyone in the KingstonCommunity. Admission is $5 and allparticipates receive a T-Shirt, 45minute class and a chance to win achance to win a Fitbit Charge. Regis-ter in person today at the ARC

Wednesday, Feb. 3-Thursday, Feb. 11MacbethOne of Shakespeare's greatest

tragedies, Macbeth tells the story ofthe valiant Scottish soldier whoseencounter with three witches trans-forms his life. Macbeth and his wifebecome obsessed by the witches'prophecy that he will one day be-come king, and they embark on amurderous plan that begins with theassassination of the sitting king andbecomes ever wider and more sav-age. Evenings – Feb. 3-7, 9-11 at 8pm. Matinee – Feb. 6 at 2 pm. Pur-chase tickets online at www.theis-abel.ca/tickets; Box Office (12:30-4:30 pm); or at the door prior to eachperformance. Students/Seniors - $15| General Admission $22

Thursday, Feb. 4, 7:30-10:30 pmCarr-Harris CupThe world's oldest hockey rivalry hitsthe ice for the 130th year when theQueen's Gaels face off against theRMC Paladins at the Rogers K-Rock

Centre. $10 tickets are available atQueen's ARC customer service deskor Rogers K-Rock Box office. Studenttickets (RMC & Queen's) are free withvalid student card while supplies lastand will be available Monday, Feb. 1at the ARC.

Saturday, Feb. 6, 1-3:30 pmScience Discovery DayJoin us at Duncan McArthur Hall forour annual day for children to ex-plore and investigate the wonders ofscience and technology! An excitingafternoon of hands on scientific dis-covery for children and their familieshas been planned by pre-serviceteachers in the elementary educa-tion program at the Faculty of Edu-cation. For more information, con-tact Diane Lawrence [email protected] or 613533-6000 ext. 77229.

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Gaels to play at NBA All-Star eventBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

With the best basketball play-ers in the world set to descendupon Toronto next month for theNBA All-Star Game, the Queen’sGaels women’s basketball teamwill be among those taking centrecourt as part of the weekend fes-tivities.

As part of the NBA All-StarGame weekend Ontario Univer-sity Athletics (OUA) men’s andwomen’s basketball teams will besquaring off. On Saturday, Feb. 13,the five-time defending CISwomen's basketball championWindsor Lancers will take on theNo. 10-ranked Queen's Gaels,while on Sunday, the No. 5-

ranked Ryerson Rams men's bas-ketball team will tip off againstthe crosstown-rival University ofToronto Varsity Blues.

Both games will take place atthe Enercare Centre in Toronto,and are scheduled to tipoff at ap-proximately 4:30 p.m.

“We are extremely excited to beinvolved with such a high profileevent,” says Leslie Dal Cin, Execu-tive Director, Athletics and Recre-ation. “This opportunity for ourstudent-athletes to representQueen's and showcase the com-petitiveness and talent of OUAwomen's basketball in front of anNBA audience is tremendous.”

The game was originally sched-uled to be held at the Queen’s Ath-

letics and Recreation Centre.“I want to thank the OUA for

organizing such an event andQueen's for agreeing to this op-portunity,” says Chantal Vallée,Windsor Lancers head coach. “Itwill be the experience of a lifetimefor each of our programs to bepart of an NBA All-Star Weekendand we will all cherish thesememories for our lifetime.”

In addition to the OUA men'sand women's basketball games,Centre Court will also feature theNBA All-Star Celebrity Game onFriday night, as well as Saturday'sNBA All-Star Practice.

Tickets for the NBA All-StarCentre Court events are availableNBAtickets.com.

Kevin Bailie, goalie for the Queen’s Gaels men’s hockey team, is this year’srecipient of the Murray Douglas Scholarship. Seen here with Bailie are MurrayDouglas, left, and head coach Brett Gibson

Gaels goalie Bailiereceives DouglasscholarshipBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Kevin Bailie, goalie for theQueen’s Gaels men’s hockey team,is this year’s recipient of the Mur-ray Douglas scholarship.

Murray Douglas (Comm’72)and Donna Douglas (Arts’73) es-tablished the award to recognizethe academic and athletic excel-lence of a varsity hockey player atQueen’s University.

Mr. Douglas played varsityhockey for the Gaels from 1968 to1972 and continues to be one of theGaels most active alumni, makingsignificant contributions to theprogram year after year. His con-tinued interest in the Queen’shockey program stems not onlyfrom his playing days, but largely

due to the work of Dave Descent,the former Gael Force president,who acted as the varsity hockeymanager during Mr. Douglas’days at Queen’s. Donna Douglasalso played hockey for the Gaelsin 1969-1970.

Bailie is once again a corner-stone of the Gaels hockey team en-tering his second year at Queen’s.

In his first season he wasnamed the CIS Rookie of the Yearand to the CIS All-Rookie teamalong with being named the OUAEast MVP, OUA East Top Goalie,OUA East Rookie of the Year andan OUA East First Team All-Star.

Before coming to Queen’s heplayed four seasons in the OHLwith the Oshawa Generals andLondon Kinghts.

fit tips.Emergency Snack Stash

It’s 2 pm and your stomach is grumbling. Instead of running to thenearest convenience store for a quick fix (and let’s be honest, it’s always achocolate bar) get yourself an emergency snack stash.

Here are a few healthy, easy snacks you can stash in your desk to pre-vent the mid afternoon snack attack from going too far: trailmix, raisins,apples or oranges, whole wheat crackers with natural peanut butter,package of oatmeal, tea, almonds, granola, rice cakes or cashews.

For more healthy tips and ways to Get Your 150 visitgogaelsgo.com/150

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HRupdate.

T4 and T4A tax slipsavailable onlineBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Queen’s employees will have anew and convenient way to gettheir T4 / T4A slips in February.

With the new MyHR self-ser-vice, employees will be able to logon to MyHR to view and printtheir T4 or T4A slips instead ofwaiting to receive them by mail attheir home address. To receive theinformation electronically, employ-ees must give consent by Jan. 29.

Christina Blanchard, AssociateDirector, Payroll Services, says thenew option offers employees sev-eral benefits while also helpingthe university reduce printing andmailing costs.

“The electronic option will giveemployees access to their T4 orT4A slips a week or more beforethey would arrive by mail,” shesays. “T4 or T4A slips will be avail-able online for six years, startingwith 2015 information, so we antic-ipate employees will enjoy the con-venience of logging on to MyHRand accessing previous slips if they

need to do so in the future.”The process for viewing and

printing electronic T4 or T4A slipsvaries slightly depending onwhether or not you currently re-ceive your pay advice slip onlinethrough MyHR:

• Employees who currently re-ceive their pay advice slips elec-tronically (approximately 95 percent of all Queen’s employees) canlog in to MyHR and give consentbetween now and Jan. 29.

• Employees who still receivea paper copy of their pay adviceslips will, by default, receive ahard copy of their T4/T4A mailedto their home address. If theywish to receive an electronic T4 orT4A slip, they will need to opt into receive electronic pay adviceslips and then give consent for theelectronic T4 or T4A slips.

Visit the HR website for step-by-step instructions to give orwithdraw consent for receiving T4or T4A slips electronically. Addi-tional questions can be sent [email protected].

HRworkshops.Queen’s Human Resources offers a

variety of workshops as well as lunchand learn sessions. See below for moreinformation on upcoming sessions of-fered in the coming weeks. Visit the HRwebsite to view the entire learningcatalogue and to sign up.

Event Planning: EssentialStrategies

Tuesday, Feb. 2, 9 am-noon, Mack-intosh-Corry Hall, Room B176

Events come with a high level ofvisibility and accountability, so it’s es-sential that they are planned and ex-ecuted flawlessly. This workshop of-fers an introduction to planning andstaging your Queen’s event. Partici-pants will walk away from the ses-sion with many useful tools and tem-plates to facilitate future planning.

The File Cabinet in your ComputerTuesday, Feb. 2, 1-4 pm, Mackin-

tosh-Corry Hall, Room B176Become more efficient with your

time through the use of an electronicfile management system. Participantswill learn how to organize, store andname files in a consistent way. Partici-pants will have an opportunity to ap-ply their new skills using a case study.Part of the ‘Administrative Profession-als @ Queen’s Certificate’ program.

PREPAREWednesday, Feb. 3, 1-4 pm, Mack-

intosh-Corry Hall, Room B176This training is designed for front-

line staff who may encounter hostileor aggressive customers in the courseof their duties. Participants will learnto invoke four priorities essential toyour organization’s violence responseprocedures, and effectively debriefonce tension reduction occurs.

Learning to ListenThursday, Feb. 4, 1-4 pm, Mackin-

tosh-Corry Hall, Room B176Improving listening skills can ben-

efit all of us, both in our personal andprofessional lives. What are yourstrengths? Where do you need to'grow' in terms of your listening skills?Find out at this workshop, which fo-cuses on listening skills rather thanlistening styles. Part of the ‘Certificatein Workplace Communications’.

Managing the Risks inInternational Education

Wednesday, Feb. 10, 1-4 pm, Mack-intosh-Corry Hall, Room B176

Participants will gain an under-standing of the basic principles ofrisk management, including risk andresponsibility and liability issues foroutbound students and health andsafety issues for incoming students.They will be introduced to the vari-ous risk management concepts. Partof the ‘Certificate in InternationalPerspectives’.

for the record.APPOINTMENTSFaculty of Health Sciences

New appointments in the Facultyof Health Sciences:

• Mohammad Habib, AssistantProfessor, Psychiatry – Jan. 1, 2016

• Glykeria Martou, Assistant Pro-fessor, Surgery, Plastic Surgery – Jan.11, 2016

• Michael McDonnell, AssistantProfessor, Emergency Medicine –Nov. 15, 2015

• C. Janet Lui, Assistant Professor,Medicine, Hematology/Oncology &Ethics – Dec. 1, 2015

• Don Thiwanka Wijeratne, Assis-tant Professor, Medicine, General In-ternal Medicine – Oct. 1, 2015

• John Gonder, Assistant Profes-sor, Ophthalmology – Sept. 15, 2015

• Francisco Vera-Badillo, AssistantProfessor, Oncology – Sept. 15, 2015

• Robert Bechara, Assistant Pro-fessor, Medicine, Gastroenterology –Nov. 1, 2015

• Sita Bhella, Assistant Professor,Medicine, Hematology/Oncology &Ethics – Nov. 15, 2015

• Birgit Frauscher, Assistant Pro-fessor, Medicine, Division of Neurol-ogy – Dec. 1, 2015

• Mark Ormiston, Assistant Profes-sor, Biomedical and Molecular Sci-ences, Medicine and Surgery – Oct. 1,2015

• Lenora Duhn, Lecturer, Schoolof Nursing – Jan. 1, 2016

NOTICESUndergraduate Student SummerResearch Fellowships —applications invited

The Undergraduate StudentSummer Research Fellowships(USSRF) provides an opportunity forany continuing undergraduate stu-dents at Queen’s to develop their re-search skills under the guidance of afaculty researcher. Over the courseof the summer, students will de-velop a research project in social sci-ences, humanities, or creative arts.Students may consider projects indisciplines outside their own field ofstudy or outside of their focus studyareas, as well as those directly con-nected to their prime area of study.

Nineteen fellowships are avail-able on campus and two (with thepossibility of up to five) of the 2016fellowships will be offered to stu-dents whose projects take place atthe Bader International Study Centre(BISC) at Herstmonceux Castle, EastSussex, England.

Applications are due March 11.

Senate committee vacanciesposted – apply now

The Senate Governance and Nom-inating Committee invites faculty,

staff, and students to put their namesforward for membership on Senatecommittees. All existing vacanciesare listed on the vacancies page.

• Committee terms are usually fortwo years, with the number of meet-ings per year depending on the par-ticular committee's area of responsi-bility;

• Most terms will start Sept. 1,2016, but any exceptions are listednext to the committee name on thevacancies page;

• Application forms are availableon the Secretariat website for fac-ulty, staff, and students.

• NEW: You can apply for a Chairposition if you are interested in serv-ing as a committee chair. Chair va-cancies are listed on the vacanciespage and require a different applica-tion form.

Applications are due Feb. 10.Senate committees discuss issues

of broad interest to the academiccommunity and make recommenda-tions on policy and practice that areessential to the university's opera-tions and evolution. Committee workallows you to directly affect the wayQueen's functions as a teaching andresearch institution, and as a commu-nity of scholars, students, and staff.

Contact [email protected] ifyou have any questions.

human resources.Job postings Details regarding job postings –internal and external – can be foundat queensu.ca/humanresources/jobs.Applications for posted positions areaccepted by email only [email protected] beforemidnight on the closing date of thecompetition.n

Competition: 2016-014Job Title: Research Coordinator Department: Emergency MedicineHiring Salary: $50,405 (Grade 7)Hours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: Term Appoint-ment (1 year) Closing Date: 03-Feb-2016n

Competition: 2016-002Job Title: Senior Manager, Programand AdministrationDepartment: Queen's University Bi-ological StationHiring Salary: $60,770 (Grade 9)Hours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: ContinuingAppointmentClosing Date: 06-Mar-2016n

Competition: 2015-331Job Title: Sexual Violence Preven-tion and Response CoordinatorDepartment: Human Rights OfficeHiring Salary: $60,770 (Grade 9)

Hours per Week: 35Appointment Terms: ContinuingAppointmentClosing Date: 31-Jan-2016

Successful CandidatesJob Title: Events Assistant (USW Lo-cal 2010)Department: Alumni Relations andAnnual GivingCompetition: 2015-327Successful Candidate:MugayaBagambiire (Residences)n

Job Title: Administrative and Finan-cial Assistant (USW Local 2010)Department: Anethesiology andPerioperative Medicine

Competition: 2015-303Successful Candidate: Angela Leesn

Job Title: Recruitment Representa-tive (USW Local 2010)Department: Undergraduate Ad-mission and RecruitmentCompetition: 2015-315Successful Candidate:Michael Ben-incasa (Undergraduate Admission)n

Job Title: Bioinformatics SpecialistDepartment: High PerformanceComputing Virtual LabCompetition: 2015-265 & 2015-R026Successful Candidate: JeffreyStafford

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