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WORLD-LEADING RESEARCH

Nobel Laureate and Professor Emeritus Arthur McDonald speaks at an unveiling event for the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute, a partnership of eight universitiesand five affiliated research organizations, held Thursday, May 10 at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts.

Institute named in honour of Nobel LaureateBY ANNE CRAIG,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Queen’s University is cement-ing its reputation as a worldleader in astroparticle physicswith the official launch of a newnational research network dedi-cated to understanding some ofthe universe’s deepest mysteries.

The Arthur B. McDonald Cana-dian Astroparticle Physics Re-search Institute is a partnership ofeight universities and five affili-ated research organizations.Headquartered at Queen’s, the in-stitute came to fruition as a result

of the $63.7 million investment theuniversity received in 2016 fromthe Government of Canada’sCanada First Research ExcellenceFund.

“The launch of this new insti-tute represents a major step for-ward for our efforts to create aworld-leading astroparticlephysics research network, build-ing on an area of research expert-ise for the university andCanada,” says Queen’s PrincipalDaniel Woolf. “We are also hon-oured today to be naming thisnew institute after one of Canada’smost accomplished and celebrated

researchers, Nobel Laureate andQueen’s emeritus professor Dr.Arthur B. McDonald.”

Over the past year and a half,

the institute has been buildingmomentum, appointing a scien-tific director and recruiting 13 newfaculty members (out of 15 desig-nated positions) from around theworld. In total, 100 people, includ-ing faculty, staff, and studentsacross the country will be mem-bers of the institute, all working toadvance its research and outreachgoals.

“This new institute will bringtogether unique expertise fromacross Canada and leverages over$255 million of federal invest-ment, with matching amountsfrom provincial partners, sup-

porting astroparticle physics re-search over the last 20 years, in-cluding the leading experimentsat the Sudbury Neutrino Observa-tory (SNO) and the SNOLAB,”says Tony Noble, Scientific Direc-tor of the McDonald Institute.“Although the dimensions of theparticles we are studying areminute, the implications of thesediscoveries are monumental andfundamental to the very proper-ties of science and our under-standing of the formation andevolution of the universe.”

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“The launch of this new instituterepresents a major step forwardfor our efforts to create a world-leading astroparticle physicsresearch network, building on anarea of research expertise for theuniversity and Canada.”

– Principal Daniel Woolf

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New interim provost appointedtom harris moves into role after benoit-antoine bacon is named next president of Carelton University

BY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Principal Daniel Woolf an-nounced on Friday, May 4 the ap-pointment of Tom Harris as in-terim provost and vice-principal(Academic), effective July 1, 2018.

Dr. Harris will move to the rolefrom his current position as vice-principal (Advancement). He willsucceed Provost Benoit-AntoineBacon who announced on Tues-day, May 1 his upcoming depar-ture from the university to be-come the president andvice-chancellor of Carleton Uni-versity in Ottawa this summer.

“Vice-Principal Harris is an ex-perienced and knowledgeable sen-ior leader who will provide conti-nuity on the university executiveteam and ensure progress on themany strategic priorities being im-plemented by the provost’s office,”says Principal Woolf. “These in-clude such important initiatives asenhancing indigeneity, diversityand inclusion on campus, support-ing the hiring of 200 new facultyover five years as part of facultyrenewal, implementing our inter-nationalization strategy, promot-ing research and innovation, andcompleting the $100 million Inno-vation and Wellness Centre.”

Last summer, Vice-PrincipalHarris announced he would bestepping down as head of Ad-vancement at the end of June 2018.His new appointment will see himstay on the university’s executiveteam until a new provost is re-cruited, following a search processthat will include the university’snext principal.

“The leadership at Queen’s isstrong and committed to driving

progress on our strategic direc-tions. I’m looking forward toworking closely with peopleacross the university as interimprovost and vice-principal (Acad-emic),” says Vice-Principal Harris.

Vice-Principal Harris has deeproots at Queen’s. He graduatedfrom the university with a Bache-lor of Science in 1975 and returnedin 1986 as a faculty member andQueen’s National Scholar in theDepartment of Chemical Engi-neering. He was department headbefore serving as dean of the Fac-ulty of Engineering and AppliedScience from 1996 to 2007. He thenbecame vice-principal (Advance-ment) in 2010 and successfully ledthe Initiative Campaign, withbenefactors contributing $640 mil-lion for a range of university pri-orities, well over the original tar-get of $500 million.

Vice-Principal Harris is also an

internationally-recognized re-searcher for his work in mathe-matical modelling and applica-tions of statistics in chemicalengineering. He is a fellow of theChemical Institute of Canada andCanadian Academy of Engineer-ing and received the Golden Ap-ple from the Queen’s EngineeringSociety for Excellence in Teachingand Learning.

Dr. Harris will be succeeded onJuly 1 as vice-principal (Advance-ment) by Karen Bertrand, who isjoining Queen’s from Guelph Uni-versity where she is associate vice-president, Major Gift Advance-ment, as previously announced.

Dr. Bacon will serve as the 15thpresident and vice-chancellor ofCarleton University.

“This is an exciting opportunityfor Benoit, and I look forward tocontinuing to work with him, inmy capacity as chair of the Council

of Ontario Universities, in his newrole as president of Carleton Uni-versity,” says Principal Woolf. “Hehas demonstrated strong leader-ship and has made significant con-tributions to Queen’s; I wish himsuccess, and thank him for all hehas done to advance our univer-sity’s academic mission, promoteresearch, strengthen our interna-tional presence, and enrich the stu-dent experience. Queen’s has along tradition of recruiting andtraining leaders, and I am sure thatBenoit’s experiences here, and inhis prior roles, will stand him ingood stead at Carleton.”

Dr. Bacon joined Queen’s in2016 from Concordia Universitywhere he was also provost. Dur-ing his time as Queen’s provost,he has worked with the deans todesign and implement an ambi-tious five-year faculty renewalplan aiming to hire 200 outstand-ing new full-time professors,worked to enhance indigeneity,diversity and inclusion on cam-pus, and accelerated the imple-mentation of Queen’s Interna-tional Strategy.

He also led the negotiations to-wards Queen’s highly successfulsecond Strategic Mandate Agree-ment with the Government of On-tario.

Committed to research and in-novation at Queen’s, he made im-portant modifications to thebudget model to better support re-search, contributed to the namingand expansion of the Dunin-Desh-pande Queen’s Innovation Centre,and oversaw the construction ofthe $100-million Innovation andWellness Centre which will openin the fall of 2018.

Tom Harris, left, has been appointed interim provost and vice-principal(Academic) effective July 1, replacing Benoit-Antoine Bacon, right, who is leavingQueen’s to become the president and vice-chancellor of Carleton University.

Planning underway to welcome students for fall term BY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

The 2017-18 academic year hasjust wrapped up, but Queen’s isalready encouraging students,staff, faculty and the near-campuscommunity to think ahead to the2018 fall term.

The university is introducingseveral changes to the fall termschedule, including changes toresidence move-in day and thefirst day of classes.

More than 4,500 students willbe moving in to their residence onthe Saturday of Labour Day week-end, Sept. 1, 2018, instead of theusual Sunday.

Thousands of upper-year stu-dents living in the near-campuscommunity are also expected toarrive in town over that weekend.

With so many people movingaround the campus area on theSaturday, the impact on local traf-fic will be significant.

“We are working closely withour municipal community part-ners to plan for the increase intraffic on the Saturday, ensuringnew students know what to doand where to go when they arrive,and making the community awareof changes to the first-week sched-ule,” says Ann Tierney, ViceProvost and Dean of Student Af-fairs. “Our goal is a smooth week-end for everyone, as we welcomeour students to Queen’s and theKingston community.”

The changes also include start-ing classes on the first Thursdayin September and are the result ofthe introduction of a fall break

into the academic calendar. Fol-lowing the residence move-in dayand welcome to campus on Satur-day and Sunday, faculty-specificorientation activities will takeplace Monday, Sept. 3 throughWednesday, Sept. 5. Regularclasses will run Thursday and Fri-day, and will be followed by con-tinued faculty-specific and univer-sity orientation events throughoutthe weekend.

There are several varsity gamesand campus activities scheduledall week.

Advancing move-in by one day,and starting classes the followingThursday, retains six days of orien-tation activities, has minimal im-pact on sessional dates, offers anew four-day break in late Octo-ber, during a high-stress period in

the term, and maintains pre-examstudy days in December.

Reducing the time betweenmove-in and the start of classes isalso consistent with the recom-mendations of a working groupthat reviewed undergraduate ori-entation and developed a sharedvision for an inclusive and accessi-ble welcome to Queen’s.

“We will be communicatingwith our students, faculty, staffand the community over the sum-mer to ensure they have accurateand timely information aroundthe changes being introduced thisSeptember to move-in and orien-tation week,” Tierney adds.

Information and updates fornew students can be found at theResidences and Housing webpage(residences.housing.queensu.ca).

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Ahmed Hassan receives E.W.R. Steacie awardprofessor in the school of Computing is one of only 10 Queen’s faculty to be honoured with this prestigious NserC fellowship

BY ANNE CRAIG,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Canadian leader in softwareengineering, Queen’s Universityprofessor Ahmed Hassan was hon-ored with the 2018 E.W.R SteacieMemorial Fellowship. He is onlythe 10th Queen’s faculty memberto receive this prestigious honour,since the award’s creation in 1965.

The award is presented annu-ally to up to six researchers nation-wide by the Natural Sciences andEngineering Research Council ofCanada (NSERC) to enhance thecareer development of outstandingfaculty members who have earneda strong international reputationfor their original research. Fellowsreceive a research grant of$250,000 over two years and arerelieved of teaching and adminis-trative duties during this period.

The Gazette recently inter-viewed Dr. Hassan, who holds theNSERC/BlackBerry Industrial Re-search Chair in Software Engi-neering and the Canada ResearchChair in Software Analytics at theSchool of Computing, about thisprestigious research award.

What does the E.W.R. SteacieMemorial Fellowship mean toyou and your research?

Before I talk about what itmeans, let me briefly tell youabout what I do. My research usesmachine learning and data analyt-ics to dig into the rich, yet rarelyexplored, stores of information as-sociated with software systems.We analyze not only the computercode of these systems, but everypiece of information gathered dur-ing their development and opera-tion: design notes, prior codechanges, user reviews, debugging

histories, online discussions, andlogs. By mining through these richyet rarely-leveraged informationsources, we can intelligently guideand support the evolution of thesecomplex systems. For example, wecan figure out that a system is notperforming as expected eventhough no one ever documentedthe expected behaviour, or trulyknows it (such is the case for mostcomplex large-scale systemsnowadays). We can also foretellfuture troubles long before theyimpact users. This line of work iscalled Mining Software Reposito-ries (MSR), a field of research thatI co-founded around 15 years ago.

The Steacie Fellowship is ahuge honour and an incredible ac-knowledgment of not only myteam’s work but also of the wholeMSR field. Each year NSERCawards six Steacie Fellowshipsacross all science and engineeringfields nationwide. In the past 50-

plus years, only 13 computing re-searchers ever received this greathonour. Hence, the fellowship is agreat recognition of the impact ofour work and the importance ofthe MSR field on software systemsand society in general. The awardis also a huge vote of confidencefor other Canadian researchers inthe MSR field, given Canada’scommanding position in this field.

I am very grateful for the won-derful support from everyone atthe School of Computing andmany others throughout Queen’s.It feels great to have Queen’s atthe podium.

As one of the top software en-gineering researchers in Canada,what is your most important con-tribution so far and what was itsimpact?

Research results in any engi-neering discipline are best judgedby their impact on practice, a goodamount of my team’s innovations

are already adopted in practiceand are in use on a daily basis.However, over the years I havecome to the realization that peopleare really what shapes a field morethan our greatest ideas. I am verygrateful to the continuous supportand hard work of my team.

The work I am most proud of isgrowing and nurturing a very vi-brant and top-notch team of inter-national leaders. Over the years, Istrived to ensure the diversity ofmy team, the Software Analysisand Intelligence Lab (SAIL), withmembers coming from all over theworld – Bangladesh, Belgium,Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt,Ethiopia, Germany, India, Iran,Japan, Mexico, the Netherlands,Pakistan, Thailand, Vietnam, Rus-sia, Saudi Arabia, and the UnitedStates, just to name a few. It istruly an amazing experience see-ing such diverse backgroundsworking together and exceling onthe world stage.

Today, many of them are lead-ers at very successful companiesin Canada, including IBM, Black-Berry, and Amazon. Being a pro-fessor myself, I am particularlyproud of the ones who becameprofessors. Seventeen of my priorlab members are now tenured ortenure-track professors at re-search-intensive universities onevery continent except SouthAmerica. To put things in perspec-tive, over the past five years, halfof all new software engineeringfaculty positions in Canada (eightout of 16) and Australia (three outof six) are from SAIL at Queen’s.These researchers continue tohave a strong and demonstrableimpact on software research andpractice worldwide through theirown trainees and by serving im-

portant leadership roles in someof computing’s top conferencesand journals.

What goals are you setting foryourself in regards to research?

My goals remain the same – do-ing top research with a strong andmeasurable impact on practice.That said, the Steacie Fellowshipgives me the freedom to think ofthe next big step and to take muchhigher risks than I would usuallytake so we can ensure that Canadamaintains its leadership in soft-ware engineering research andpractice worldwide.

What advice do you have forstudents starting their careers incomputer science?

Never underestimate your abil-ity to change the world. Comput-ing is a young and very welcom-ing field. Your chances of meetingand interacting with the re-searchers from your textbooks arehigh, and these people arefriendly, supportive, and quite of-ten willing to take great chancesand risks on you. I co-foundedMSR as a PhD student and I be-came Canada’s youngest Indus-trial Research Chair with supportfrom NSERC and BlackBerry,thanks to people who are willingto take big risks on a younger me.

Anyone can produce world-leading research as long as theyare committed and are not afraidto tackle the hard problems.Canada is a software engineeringpowerhouse and a leader in com-puting. We are shaping and en-abling many of today’s innova-tions (from deep learning tomobile email). There are manyamazing opportunities and tons ofhard problems waiting for you, socome join us as we shape the fu-ture of our world.

Ahmed Hassan (School of Computing), back row centre, stands between Ministerof Science and Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities Kirsty Duncan andPrime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with other recipients of the 2018 E.W.RSteacie Memorial Fellowship, following a meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawaon Tuesday, May 1.

Four Queen’s faculty named Canada Research ChairsBY DAVE RIDEOUT,COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Every year, the Government ofCanada invests approximately$265 million through the CanadaResearch Chairs (CRC) Programto attract and retain some of theworld’s foremost academic talent.On May 3, 2018, four Queen’s re-searchers were appointed to Tier 1and Tier 2 CRC roles – two ofwhom have been newly selectedand two who were renewed foranother term.

“The Canada Research ChairsProgram continues to nurture ex-citing research being conducted atinstitutions across the country,”says John Fisher, Interim Vice-

Principal (Research). “Here atQueen’s we are very proud to havenot only two of our current chairsrenewed to their roles, but to alsohave two faculty members ap-pointed as brand new chair hold-ers. Their leadership within theirrespective academic disciplinesrepresents the research excellenceour university strives to achieve.”

Tier 1 Chairs are recognized bytheir peers as world leaders intheir respective fields, while Tier 2Chairs are recognized as emergingleaders in their research areas.Queen’s will receive $200,000 peryear over seven years for each Tier1 Chair and $100,000 per year overfive years for each Tier 2 Chair.Currently, Queen’s is home to over

40 Canada Research Chairs.Developed in 2000, the CRC

program promotes research excel-lence in engineering, natural sci-ences, health sciences, humanities,and social sciences.

Queen’s new and renewedCRCs are:

Guojun Liu (Chemistry) hasbeen renewed at the Tier 1 CanadaResearch Chair in Materials Sci-ence. Dr. Liu’s research is focusedon the development of nanostruc-tured polymer materials for vari-ous applications, including the re-finement of filters that may beable to separate water from or-ganic solvents.

Zongchao Jia (Biomedical andMolecular Sciences) has been re-

newed as the Tier 1 Canada Re-search Chair in Structural Biology.Dr. Jia and his team are workingto understand and affect the func-tion of several atypical protein en-zymes in both bacteria and hu-mans with the aim of developingantibiotic and therapeutic applica-tions.

Gabor Fichtinger (Computing)has been newly appointed as theTier 1 Canada Research Chair inComputer Integrated Surgery. Dr.Fichtinger’s research program willconcentrate on novel technologiesfor minimally invasive medical in-terventions that use computationalimaging, spacial navigation, androbotics to transcend human limi-tations, and ultimately improve

accuracy and precision.Kyla S. Tienhaara (Australian

National University) has beennewly appointed as the Tier 2Canada Research Chair in Econ-omy and Environment. Dr. Tien-haara is joining Queen’s from theAustralian National University,and will be analyzing the meritsof ‘Green Keynesianism’ – an economic model in which govern-ments take on more active andregulatory roles to bolster botheconomic growth and the adop-tion of climate change mitigatingmeasures.

Visit the Canada ResearchChair Program website (chairs-chaires.gc.ca) for more informa-tion.

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It was a time for celebration as the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute was unveiledduring a special ceremony, top, at the Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts on Thursday, May 10. A number of specialguests attended the event, including Kate Young, Parliamentary Secretary for Science, who shared a photo with Dr.McDonald, bottom left. Also unveiled was a new Visitor Centre for the McDonald Institute at Stirling Hall, bottom right.Cutting the ribbon, were, from left: Barbara Crow, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Science; Nathalie Ouellette, Communications,Education and Outreach Officer for the McDonald Institute; Tony Noble, Scientific Director of the McDonald Institute; andBenjamin Tam, a graduate student in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy.

Queen’s and partner institutionslaunch national research centre

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In addition to advancing re-search into areas such as the mys-teries surrounding dark matterand neutrino science, the institutehas a mandate for scientific out-reach and to develop unique un-dergraduate and graduate studentprograming and opportunities.

“The McDonald Institute’s ex-tensive research community andavailability of funding for under-graduate and graduate studentsmeans that students will be able tocontribute to the astroparticlephysics community and the largerphysics community as a whole,”says Liz Fletcher, master’s stu-dent, McDonald Institute. “By fos-tering of an amazing research en-vironment across all of theMcDonald Institute partner insti-tutions, there will be an increasein opportunities for students toget involved, especially at the un-dergrad level, from summer posi-tions to thesis and independentstudy projects.”

Along with the official launch

and naming, the McDonald Insti-tute also unveiled a new VisitorCentre located in Stirling Hall atQueen’s along with a new website.The Visitor Centre will feature avirtual reality setup that will al-low guests to travel though spaceand experience a solar storm. Thecentre will also have an aug-mented reality sandbox that willteach guests about gravitationalfields in an interactive and tactilemanner.

“Centres like the McDonald In-stitute Visitor Centre can help usbetter understand the world andlearn how scientists like Dr. Mc-Donald and his colleagues areworking to bring light to a darkuniverse and discover answers toits many mysteries,” says DeanBarbara Crow. “What is so greatabout this space is that it makescomplex scientific problems andresearch accessible and under-standable for community mem-bers, teachers, and students of allages who are interested in learn-ing more about how the universeworks.”

For Dr. McDonald, the creationof the institute will enable the con-tinuation of his research and keepCanada and Queen’s in a leadingposition within the field.

“With SNOLAB, Canada hasbecome an international centre forthe experimental elements of as-troparticle physics,” says Dr. Mc-Donald. “Our new institute addsto that strong international capa-bility through the development ofa strong personnel componentwithin Canada – it has created anew generation of researchers inthis field.

“Additionally, the institute cre-ates an intellectual centre for inter-action between theorists and ex-perimentalists on topics at thecutting edge of particle astro-physics. This is already resultingin a number of experiments at theforefront of topics that will helpus to understand the worldaround us and how it has evolved.

“With the institute, I am con-vinced that this will continue andkeep Canada and Queen’s as aleader in this area of research.”

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DistinguishedUniversity Professorprogram to recognizeexceptional facultyBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

Queen’s University has createda new program to celebrate someof its top internationally recog-nized researchers. The Distin-guished University Professor pro-gram was recently approved bythe Senate and it will be open toall individuals holding a full-timeacademic appointment at Queen’s.

“The Distinguished UniversityProfessor designation is the highestresearch-related honour the uni-versity can bestow on a facultymember whose pre-eminent contri-butions to research in a particularfield of knowledge are recognizedboth nationally and internation-ally,” says Principal Daniel Woolf.“As a reflection of the highly presti-gious nature of the program, thenumber of awards shall normallybe limited to approximately oneper cent of those holding academicappointments at Queen’s.”

A call for nominations will beissued each fall to the universitycommunity and a special advisorycommittee will meet to considerall nominations put forward in thewinter. It will then make a recom-mendation to the principal onwhich nominees, if any, should bedesignated as a DistinguishedUniversity Professor.

Once a professor has been cho-sen for the designation, they willthen have the opportunity to selectfrom a list of approved honorificnames to form part of their officialtitle, which will be styled as“[Honorific Name] DistinguishedUniversity Professor.” As an exam-ple, the professor could then beknown as the “Jane Smith Distin-guished University Professor.”

“The creation of this list of hon-orific names also creates an oppor-tunity for the university to cele-brate people who have madesignificant and lasting contribu-

tions to Queen’s and to Canadiansociety,” says Principal Woolf.“Along with being incredible re-searchers and educators, many ofthose up for consideration werealso trailblazers who through theirwork at Queen’s and beyond pro-moted the rights of women, In-digenous Peoples, and racializedpeople.”

A small working group hasbeen created to develop a long listof honorific names and everyonein the Queen’s community is in-vited to submit suggestions, keep-ing the following criteria in mind:

• Names are intended to reflecta wide variety of academic andpersonal backgrounds of individ-uals with a connection to Queen’s;

• The individuals should havehad a significant impact nationallyor internationally in their field ofstudy or work;

• Names shall normally bethose of persons who are deceasedor who otherwise are at such astage in their life and career suchthat their legacy is well-estab-lished; and

• Individuals who have al-ready been honoured with thenaming of a building on campuswill not normally be considered,as the working group feels thatthe program is an opportunity torecognize those whose contribu-tions have not yet been acknowl-edged in a prominent way at theuniversity.

Once the list of honorificnames is finalized, names can beadded or removed over time as itwill be reviewed every three tofive years. To suggest possiblenames for the program, send anemail to [email protected].

The terms of reference for theprogram, and the membership ofthe working group, are availableon the website of the UniversitySecretariat (queensu.ca/secretariat).

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Honorary degrees recognize exceptional leadersThe presentation of honorary

degrees is one of the many tradi-tions of convocation. This spring,seven recipients will be honoredduring the ceremonies. All recipi-ents were selected by Queen’scommunity members for theircontributions to the local commu-nity, Canadian society, or theworld.

The honorary degree recipientsthis year include:

Phil GoldDoctor of Science DSc Ceremony 2: Thursday, May

24 at 2:30 pmPhil Gold is

the executive di-rector of theClinical Re-search Centre ofthe McGill Uni-versity HealthCentre at theMontreal Gen-eral Hospital (MGH) and the Dou-glas G. Cameron Professor ofMedicine and Professor of Physi-ology and Oncology at McGillUniversity. He has served as theInaugural Director of the Good-man Cancer Centre, Chairman ofthe Department of Medicine atMcGill, and Physician-in-Chief atthe MGH.

Dr. Gold’s early research led tothe discovery and definition of theCarcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA),and the subsequent CEA bloodtest. In 2006, the Phil Gold Chairin Medicine was inaugurated atMcGill University. Dr. Gold wasinducted into the Canadian Med-ical Hall of Fame in 2010, and alsoreceived the Life Time Achieve-ment Award from McGill Univer-sity and the inaugural McGill Uni-versity Faculty of Medicine GlobalAchievement Award in 2011.

Dr. Gold has received nationaland international recognitionthroughout his career, includingthe Gairdner Foundation AnnualInternational Award (1978), Medi-zinische Hochschule, Germany(1978), the Johann-Georg-Zimmer-man Prize for Cancer Research(1978), the Isaak Walton KillamAward in Medicine of the CanadaCouncil (1985), the National Can-

cer Institute of Canada R.M. Tay-lor Medal (1992), the Queen Eliza-beth II Jubilee Medal (2002), andmany other accolades, includinghonorary degrees from a numberof universities.

Isabel BassettDoctor of Laws LLD Ceremony 5: Friday, May 25 at

4 pmProfession-

ally, Isabel Bas-sett was chairand CEO ofTVOntario,MPP and Minis-ter of Citizen-ship, Cultureand Recreationfor the Government of Ontario,and host and producer of awardwinning documentaries on CFTOTV, which focused on social issuessuch as sexual abuse, mentalhealth, and teen gangs.

Now retired, Ms. Bassett is afacilitator using her know-howand connections to work for gen-der parity. She advocates to getyoung people more involved inpolitics and for more diversity onboards and in senior managementpositions. She is now adding hervoice in support of the McMichaelGallery to awaken the public toCanada's little known treasurehouse of Canadian Art.

Indira SamarasekeraDoctor of Science DSc Ceremony 12: Thursday, May

31 at 4 pmIndira Sama-

rasekera servedas the 12th pres-ident and vice-chancellor of theUniversity ofAlberta from2005 to 2015. Shealso served asvice-president (Research) at theUniversity of British Columbiafrom 2000 to 2005. She is currentlya senior advisor for Bennett JonesLLP and serves on the Board ofDirectors of the Bank of Nova Sco-tia, Magna International, andTransCanada. Dr. Samarasekerawas appointed by the prime min-

ister to serve as a federal memberto the Independent AdvisoryBoard for Senate Appointmentsuntil 2017.

Dr. Samarasekera is interna-tionally recognized as one ofCanada’s leading metallurgical en-gineers for her ground-breakingwork on process engineering ofmaterials, especially steel process-ing. Dr. Samarasekera was ap-pointed an Officer of the Order ofCanada in 2002 for outstandingcontributions to steel process en-gineering. In 2014, she was electedto the National Academy of Engi-neering in the U.S., the profes-sion’s highest honour.

As a Hays Fulbright Scholar,she earned an MSc from the Uni-versity of California in 1976 and aPhD in metallurgical engineeringfrom the University of British Co-lumbia in 1980. She has receivedhonorary degrees from the Uni-versities of British Columbia,Toronto, Waterloo, Montreal, andfrom Western University inCanada, as well as Queen’s Uni-versity in Belfast, Northern Ire-land.

Valerie Tarasuk Doctor of Science DSc Ceremony 13: Friday, June 1 at

10 amValerie Tara-

suk is a profes-sor in the De-partment ofNutritional Sci-ences and DallaLana School ofPublic Health atthe Universityof Toronto.

Dr. Tarasuk’s research includesCanadian food policy and popula-tion-level dietary assessment, butmuch of her career has focused onincome-related problems of foodaccess in Canada. She played apivotal role in the implementationof food insecurity monitoring inCanada and has helped spearheadefforts to use monitoring data toinform programming and policydecisions. Dr. Tarasuk has ledPROOF, an interdisciplinary re-search program investigatinghousehold insecurity in Canada,

since 2011. In 2017, Dr. Tarasuk washonored by the Canadian Nutri-tion Society with the Earle WillardMcHenry Award for Distin-guished Service in Nutrition.

John Baird Doctor of Law LLDCeremony 14: Friday, June 1 at

2:30 pmJohn Baird

served as a sen-ior cabinet min-ister in the Gov-ernment ofCanada. Mr.Baird spentthree terms as aMember of Par-liament and four years as Ministerof Foreign Affairs. He also servedas President of the TreasuryBoard, Minister of the Environ-ment, Minister of Transport andInfrastructure, and Leader of theGovernment in the House of Com-mons. In 2010, he was selected byMPs from all parties as Parliamen-tarian of the Year. He is currentlya senior business advisor withBennett Jones LLP.

Mr. Baird holds an HonoursBachelor of Arts in Political Stud-ies from Queen’s. He volunteershis time with Community LivingOntario, the Prince’s Charities,and is a board member of theFriends of Israel Initiative.

Hugh Segal Doctor of Law LLD Ceremony 15: Monday, June 4

at 10 amNow the

fifth electedprincipal ofMassey Collegeand a strategicadvisor at thelaw firm ofAird and Berlis,LLP, Hugh Se-gal has spent his career in suchpublic service roles as the associ-ate Cabinet Secretary (Federal-Provincial Affairs) in Ontario andthe chief of staff to the prime min-ister. In Ontario, he was involvedin the negotiations to patriate theCanadian constitution and createthe Charter of Rights and Free-

doms. Mr. Segal chaired the Sen-ate Committee on Foreign Affairsand International Trade and theSpecial Senate Committee on Anti-Terrorism between 2005 and 2014.He served as Canada’s special en-voy to the Commonwealth and amember of the CommonwealthEminent Persons Group on reformand modernization, human rights,and rule of law.

A former president of the Insti-tute for Research on Public Policyin Montreal, a senior fellow of theCanadian Institute of Global Af-fairs, and a distinguished fellowof the Munk School of Global Af-fairs, the Queen's School of PolicyStudies, and the Smith School ofBusiness, Mr. Segal holds hon-orary doctorates from the RoyalMilitary College of Canada andthe University of Ottawa.

Douglas CardinalDoctor of Law LLD Ceremony 21: Wednesday,

June 6 at 2:30 pmOriginally

from Calgary,Douglas Cardi-nal’s architec-tural studies atthe Universityof British Co-lumbia took himto Austin, Texaswhere he achieved his architec-tural degree and found his passionfor human rights initiatives. Mr.Cardinal has become a forerunnerof philosophies of sustainability,green buildings, and ecologicallydesigned community planning.

Mr. Cardinal has receivedmany national and internationalawards, including 20 honorarydoctorates, gold medals of archi-tecture in Canada and Russia, andan award from the United NationsEducational Scientific and Cul-tural Organization (UNESCO) forbest sustainable village. He wasalso titled an Officer of the Orderof Canada, one of the most presti-gious awards that can be given toa Canadian, and he was awardedthe declaration of ‘World Masterof Contemporary Architecture’ bythe International Association ofArchitects.

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The Faculty of Educationwelcomed more than 300new teacher-candidates inthe Bachelor of Educationand Diploma of Educationprograms on Wednesday,May 2, the first day for theprograms. The new arrivalswill spend the next 16months at Queen’s apart fromtheir practicum placements.

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Viewpoint offers faculty, staff and students the opportunity to reflect on a wide range of topics related to Queen’s and post-secondary education. email submissions or ideas to [email protected] point.

A more inclusive, diverse, and welcoming institutionIn this column, first published

on the Principal’s Blog(queensu.ca/connect/principal/),Principal Daniel Woolf reflects onthe year that has gone by since thepublication of the Principal’s Im-plementation Committee onRacism, Diversity, and Inclusion(PICRDI) final report, and theTruth and Reconciliation Commis-sion (TRC) task force final report.

BY DANIEL WOOLF, PRINCIPALAND VICE-CHANCELLOR

Just over ayear ago, thePrincipal’s Im-plementationCommittee onRacism, Di-versity andInclusion (PI-CRDI) and theTruth andReconciliationCommission (TRC) Task Force

presented their final reportsabout how to make Queen’s amore inclusive, diverse, and wel-coming institution, and one thatalso values and reflects Indige-nous histories and perspectives.Since then, many people acrossthe institution have been workingtowards these goals and I’mpleased with the progress wehave made so far.

In April, we released the one-year implementation reports forPICRDI and TRC and in the re-ports you will find very extensiveupdates on all of the initiativesand projects that have takenplace. This first year has focusedon building the foundation weneed to guide long-term, sustain-able change.

Most notably, this includes ex-panding Deputy Provost TeriShearer’s profile to cover our di-versity and inclusion portfolio,establishing the University Coun-cil on Anti-Racism and Equity

(UCARE), instituting the Office ofIndigenous Initiatives and ap-pointing Kanonhsyonne (JaniceHill) as the first Director of In-digenous Initiatives, as well ashaving all areas of the universitydevelop and implement theirown plans for addressing theTRC and PICRDI recommenda-tions.

Klaus Hansen

lives lived is a space to share your memories of a Queen’s community member who recently died. email your submissions to [email protected]

We need to continue the dia-logue that has begun with allmembers of the community.

The long-term change we arestriving for will only happenwhen everyone—students, fac-ulty, staff, and the broader com-munity— is both committed toand engaged in the process, andunderstands that being a diverse,inclusive, and welcoming institu-tion enhances our academic mis-sion, our student experience, andour research. We will be astronger, better Queen’s for doingthis work.

There is a saying, “Nothingworth having comes easy.” Cer-tainly we believe that having adiverse, inclusive, and welcom-ing institution is not just worthhaving, but something we musthave. To get there takes a lot ofhard work, and we’ve seen atremendous effort over the pastyear.

However, I want to emphasize

that we will not consider ourwork to be complete once wehave ‘checked all the boxes’ onthe lists of recommendations. Wemust continue to prioritize andwork towards these ideals.

New ideas and initiatives willalso emerge and be championedfrom every corner of the univer-sity. I encourage you to read theimplementation reports to get abetter understanding of what wehave collectively accomplished.

I thank everyone who has con-tributed to these initiatives overthe past year and those who con-tinue to lead the charge. I lookforward to ‘year two’, using themomentum we have built to cre-ate positive change at Queen’s.

The Principal’s ImplementationCommittee on Racism, Diversity,and Inclusion (PICRDI) final report,and the Truth and ReconciliationCommission (TRC) task force finalreportf are available at the princi-pal’s website (queensu.ca/principal/).

lives lived.‘Proudest achievements were the works of his students’BY JAMES STAYER

Klaus Hansen, Professor Emer-itus (History), died on March 29,2018, at the age of 86 from compli-cations of Parkinson’s disease atArbour Heights long-term care fa-cility in Kingston.

He had suffered from this ill-ness in a particularly severe formsince October 2015, when he wasno longer able to remain at hishome with hiswife, Joan. Hesuffered fromdementia con-nected withhis illnessduring his lasttwo years andfive months,loyally sup-ported by hiswife and fourchildren, Eric,Chris, Evan, and Britt, as well asby his younger brother, Uwe.

In his last years Klaus, al-though no longer himself a prac-tising Mormon, was preoccupiedwith his family’s connection to theChurch of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which began when hispaternal grandmother and severalof her children, among them hisfather Heinrich, were baptized in

the chilly waters of Kiel harbourin the fall of 1917. So Klaus grewup a Mormon in the Third Reich.During the war Klaus and Uwewere evacuated to Ebermannstadtin northern Bavaria to escape Al-lied bombing, and were soonjoined by their mother, MinnaPaetau Hansen. When Americantanks occupied Ebermannstadt onApril 14-15, 1945, Klaus was soonbefriended by the Americans.Having already learned English inschool, and showing his life-longgift for languages, Klaus wassoon acting as a translator. Afterthe German surrender, Mormonconnections served the Hansenswell. His father Heinrich became aliaison officer between the U.S.military government and localGerman authorities in three south-west German counties; and Klaus,who accompanied his father to in-terview for that job, made such animpression with his fluent English(with a perfect American accent)that he was hired on the spot as anoffice assistant by the Americanauthorities.

Finally, in 1951, the Hansenssailed from Hamburg to NewYork, got jobs in Syracuse, withthe help of a Mormon sponsor,and bought a 1935 Packard for$100, which they drove to Utah –

the Mormon center that Heinrichhad long aspired to reach. Theirdestination was Provo, the homeof Brigham Young University,where Klaus was encouraged toenroll, and directed into jobs toearn money to pay for his tuition.Eventually Klaus’s mother got ajob as an RN and the three maleHansens worked at Utah StateHospital, Utah’s mental institu-tion. Klaus’s education was inter-rupted in 1953, when he wascalled to the Swiss-Austrian LDSmission. Returning to BYU, hecompleted a BA, then an MA inhistory, finishing in August 1959.Meanwhile, he met Joan PatriciaDunn, a native of RockawayBeach, New York City. Joan hadbeen an Air Force officer, con-verted to Mormonism, and at-tended BYU, earning a BA and anMA. They married on Dec. 28,1959, beginning a marriage of 58years.

Klaus completed his PhD atWayne State University, Detroit, in1963. He taught at Ohio State andUtah State University, before com-ing to Queen’s in 1968, where hetaught until his retirement in 1996.He specialized in antebellum U.S.history, and wrote at his retire-ment that his proudest achieve-ments were “the works of his stu-

dents, who have published onPerry Miller, Emerson andRousseau, Mormonism and Amer-ican culture, and the feminism of19th-century farm women.” Klaustaught graduate and undergradu-ate courses at Queen’s, supervised20 MA theses, and four PhDs. Hiscourses explored the social reali-ties of slavery in the U.S. Southbefore the Civil War, and the waveof religious revivals that spreadover western New York State’s“Burned-over District” in theearly 19th century. Here Klaus wasstudying the American worldfrom which the Mormons arose.He had ambitions to publish onwider subjects than Mormonism,but in fact his significant pub-lished legacy centers on Mor-monism – specifically, the Mor-mon evolution from 19th-centuryambitions to set up a PromisedLand in the West outside theUnited States to a vastly success-ful 20th-century adaptation toAmerican denominationalism.

Klaus’s two books, Quest forEmpire: The Political Kingdom of Godin Mormon History (Michigan StateUniversity Press, 1964) and Mor-monism and the American Experience(University of Chicago Press, 1981)are thematically focused on theCouncil of Fifty, a topic which fas-

cinated him ever since he was anundergraduate at BYU in the1950s, and whose significance wasfully validated by the central au-thorities of the LDS Church only inSeptember 2016 – about a year af-ter Klaus’s illness made it impossi-ble for him to continue to writehistory.

The LDS leadership for a longtime obstructed study of the Coun-cil of Fifty, locking its recordsaway in 1974 when Klaus was inSalt Lake City, trying to do furtherresearch. But this resistance waseventually abandoned. Klaus stim-ulated an area of Mormon studiesin which a good number of histori-ans and theologians interpretedthe Council of Fifty from variousperspectives. Finally, in September2016 the First Presidency of theLDS Church opened its past toscholarship by publishing the min-utes of the Council of Fifty. KlausHansen’s career accomplishment isto have pioneered in a previouslyclosed historical subject of majorsignificance.

A Celebration of Life for Dr.Hansen will take place on Satur-day, May 26 from 1 to 3 pm at theUniversity Club.

James Stayer is a professor (re-tired) in the Department of History atQueen’s.

The long-term change we arestriving for will only happen wheneveryone – students, faculty, staff,and the broader community – isboth committed to and engagedin the process, and understandsthat being a diverse, inclusive andwelcoming institution enhancesour academic mission, our studentexperience and our research. Wewill be a stronger, better Queen’sfor doing this work.

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Highlights of Queen’s experts in the media from April 23-May 10Queen’s in the news.NEWSPAPERS

Kathy Brock(political studies,smith school ofbusiness, schoolof policy studies)told the guardianUk that connect-ing doug Ford todonald trump is a false comparison;shared her reactions to the first on-tario leaders debate, as part of apanel of political observers cri-tiquing it for the ottawa Citizen.

Roel Vertegaal (school of Com-puting) spoke to the times Uk, say-ing that his team’s telehuman 2hologram system injects missing el-ements of communication into long-distance conversations that cannotbe achieved with a skype or Face-time video chat.

Bailey Gerrits (political studies)spoke about the ‘incel’ communityfollowing the toronto van attack inarticles published by Usa today andNational post. the Usa today articleappeared on over 37 local abC, NbC,Cbs and FoX affiliates across theUnited states. the Canadian press ar-ticle appeared in the National post,huff post and CtV News as well as48 other outlets across Canada.

Louis Delvoie (Centre for Inter-national and defence policy) had hisregular column published by theWhig-standard, and spoke about thedivide between religion and secular-ism.

Eugene Lang (smith school ofbusiness, school of policy studies)co-authored a globe and Mail op-edabout Canada’s pursuit of a seat onthe UN security Council.

Bruce Pardy (law) was quoted ina National post column on electricitycosts, saying that statutes can over-

ride iron-clad provisions in a con-tract because that is the nature oflegislative supremacy.

Ed Struzik (school of policy stud-ies) wrote for the la times about theheightened risk of wildfires in Cali-fornia as the arctic warms.

Jay Engel (school of Medicine,oncology, surgery) says in thekingston Whig-standard that whilechemo and radiation therapy cansometimes get the job done, themain treatment plan for cancer issurgery.

Tim Abray (po-litical studies)spoke to thetoronto star, huff-post and ipoliticsfollowing thecrowd-for-hirerally by theprovincial progressive Conservatives.

Chris Simpson (school of Medi-cine, division of Cardiology) saysoverstraining and pain, rather thanunderlying heart disease, are by farthe most common reasons for faint-ing on the toilet in an article pub-lished by hamilton spectator.

George Smith (smith school ofbusiness, school of policy studies)says in the National post that ateamsters strike against Cp railwould have a domino effectthroughout the economy.

Allen Champagne (Neuro-science graduate program, Centrefor Neuroscience studies) says in thekingston Whig-standard that theobjective of his football safety pro-gram is to determine what skillsplayers need to improve in order topromote a safer football game, with-out taking away the integrity of thesport. also appeared on globalNews.

David Lyon (sociology, law)

wrote an op-ed for the globe andMail and says Cambridge analytica’sdodgy dealings has given the socialmedia anthill and well deserved kick.

ONLINERoel Verte-

gaal (school ofComputing) saysin science dailythat in a profes-sional environ-ment his telehu-man technologywill do wonders for attendees look-ing to address colleagues with eyecontact or to more effectively man-age turn taking.

Antonio Nicaso (languages, lit-eratures and Cultures) says in an arti-cle for CbC online that the Mafia isnot just a bunch of criminals – it’s apower system.

Anita Jack-Davies (geographyand planning) wrote a piece for theConversation about navigatingracism on school campuses. thepiece also appeared in huffpost andthe National post.

Lisa Kerr (law) says in thelawyer’s daily that judges in sen-tencing are allowed to think aboutthe social context within which theoffence occurred, following an on-tario court decision on bias againstblack Canadians.

Nicholas Bala (law) says in thelawyer’s daily that the prospect oftestifying in court can be so uncom-fortable and traumatic for children,that many simply stay silent aboutsuffering sexual abuse.

R. David Andrew (school ofMedicine, biomedical and Molecularsciences) says that a toxin in a cer-tain coral causes brain cells to be-come ‘leaky’ and die quickly, in an ar-

ticle by yahoo! Canada; says paly-toxin is probably the most toxic sub-stance known to man in CbC online.

David Freedman (law) discusseshis views on a recent b.C. court deci-sion on competency in the lawyer’sdaily.

TELEVISIONRoel Vertegaal (school of Com-

puting) spoke to MsNbC about histeam’s telehuman 2 hologram tech-nology.

Tim Abray (political studies)spoke to tVo about possible strate-gies for each major provincial partyduring the upcoming ontario elec-tion campaign.

Lynda Colgan(education) spokewith CkWs andthe kingstonWhig-standardabout the sciencerendezvousevent.

Sharry Aiken (law) spoke to CtVNational Network News about theCanadian government’s new meas-ures to deal with irregular migration.

Kathy Brock (political studies,smith school of business, school ofpolicy studies) spoke to CtV Na-tional Network News about the can-didates ahead of the first ontarioprovincial leaders debate; says kath-leen Wynne must not focus all cam-paign efforts on doug Ford, sinceNdp leader andrea horwath appearsto be making inroads. her com-ments appeared in 44 other outlets,including the National post.

Christian Leuprecht (politicalstudies, school of policy studies) dis-cusses with global News the braveryshown by a police officer when itcame to arresting the suspect in the

toronto van attack.Margaret Biggs (political stud-

ies, smith school of business, schoolof policy studies) says on in an inter-view with tVo that one of thevirtues of having goals that all coun-tries at one point in time agree to,means that those goals endure be-yond political cycles.

RADIOChristian Le-

uprecht (politicalstudies, school ofpolicy studies)says from thevideo of a policeofficer arrestingthe toronto vanattack suspect that it appears the of-ficer is very experienced with stand-offs, in speaking with CbC’s the Cur-rent with anna Maria tremonti andNational post . he also commentedthat keeping the suspect alive willallow police to build a clearer pictureof the suspect’s motives. the storyalso appeared in the sudbury star,regina leader-post and MsN News.

MAGAZINESGeoffrey Hodgetts (school of

Medicine, Family Medicine) dis-cussed the Queen’s medical resi-dency program relationship with theFalkland Islands in an article for Uni-versity affairs.

Bruce Pardy (law) says federaland provincial jurisdictions overlapwhen it comes to the trans-Moun-tain pipeline, in Maclean’s Magazine.

Record year for student internships at Queen’sBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

With more than 250 studentscurrently on internship, theQueen’s University InternshipProgram, (QUIP), which providesstudents the opportunity to gainpaid work experience and ‘testdrive’ a career choice for 12 or 16months, continues to grow.

“It’s been a record year forQueen’s internships,” saysChelsea Elliott, Manager of Expe-riential Learning and Partner Re-lations at Career Services. “QUIPhas more than doubled in sizewithin the past two years alone.”

Thomas McRae, a fifth-year en-gineering student, recently com-pleted an internship at Mercedes-Benz Canada as a materialstesting and development intern.

He found that working with acompany for 12 months was agreat way to be exposed to an of-fice environment and be a part of

a team.“One of my most valuable ex-

periences was being able to seethe direct impact of my work,

and producing results based onacademic knowledge and engi-neering judgement gainedthrough three years of educa-tion,” he says.

The internships have proven tbe a win-win experience for stu-dents.

“Not only do internships allostudents a chance to apply whatthey’re learning in their academicprograms to the workplace, theyalso give them a chance to returnto their final year of studies withrenewed energy and deeper con-nection to course materials,” Ms.Elliott says.

Aliya Ali agrees. A fifth-yearbiology student Ms. Ali chose todo her internship in the relatedfield of healthcare at BaycrestHealth Sciences. She notes that

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her internship greatly benefitedher studies upon returning toQueen’s.

“During my internship, I hadto complete various grant applica-tions which helped me improvemy scientific writing style,” shesays. “Within my first semester ofbeing back, I have found that myassignments in classes are notice-ably better developed and writtenthan before I embarked on my in-ternship.”

Employers continue to hirefrom Queen’s to tap into a tal-ented pool of students from a di-verse array of programs. The 12-16month model allows for a rela-tively high return on investmentin training.

To learn more about QUIP visitcareers.queensu.ca/quip.

There are currently more than 250 students participating in the Queen’sUniversity Internship Program, (QUIP).

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oncampusCreating exceptional learning opportunitiesBY ANDREW CARROLL,GAZETTE EDITOR

When Erik Knutsen talks aboutteaching and learning it quicklybecomes clear that he is passion-ate about the topic.

It’s one of the reasons he re-de-signed three Faculty of Law corecourses.

For this work and his ongoingefforts to foster active learningand student engagement, Profes-sor Knutsen is the 2018 recipient ofthe Chancellor A. Charles BaillieTeaching Award, which recog-nizes undergraduate, graduate orprofessional teaching that has hadan outstanding influence on thequality of student learning atQueen’s University.

“Erik Knutsen’s dedication toproviding students with excep-tional learning opportunities istruly inspiring,” says Jill Scott,Vice-Provost (Teaching and Learn-ing). “He has purposefully re-designed his courses to ensurethat they are engaging, relevantand provide students with thekinds of hands-on experiencesand skills they will need in the le-gal profession. Professor Knutsenis deliberate and purposeful in hisuse of evidence-based pedagogiesand yet he also has the ability tomake learning come to life.”

The recognition, he says, ishumbling considering the numberof exceptional educators acrossthe various faculties and depart-ments at Queen’s. He also says thework wouldn’t have been possiblewithout the “incredible support”he has received from Dean BillFlanagan, associate deans, fellowfaculty members, and Queen’sLaw students.

In nominating Knutsen for theChancellor Baillie TeachingAward, Dean Flanagan pointed to

the trailblazing role he has takenin an area of study that has longbeen resistant to change.

“Erik is on the forefront of re-thinking how we can teach law ina way that is more engaging forour students and with betterlearning outcomes,” Dean Flana-gan says. “ He cares deeply abouthis students’ development andgrowth, continually finding newand innovative ways to teachthem about the law and also pro-fessionalism.”

In redesigning three corecourses in the Faculty of Law,Knutsen tried to place himself inthe position of the students withthe end goal of providing themwith the skills they need to be-come a lawyer. He then incorpo-rated as much active learning andstudent engagement as possiblethroughout each course to help

develop the skills they will needin the workplace.

That meant creating “experi-ences” for the students.

“So I took all the things Iwanted to impart in my coursesand thought of them that way, asexperiences rather than as didacticlearning/information,” he says.

Typically, he divides class timeinto three sections: a limited pe-riod of info delivery; an exercise orgroup work; and time for feedbackto discuss the lessons learned.

Take, for instance, selecting anexpert witness in a lawsuit, a keyskill for a lawyer but one they areunlikely to experience before actu-ally having to do it.

Traditionally, students wouldread about some recent cases anddiscuss it in class. That still hap-pens but under the redesign thestudents are tasked with selecting

an expert witness for a hypotheti-cal case. They are given the CVs ofactual expert witnesses and are re-quired to make a selection. Fur-ther, they have to defend their ex-pert’s qualifications withrelevance to the law and the caseand explain why they did notchoose the other experts.

“As a result, the students walkout of there with a totally differentexperience than had they readsome cases about what happenedto somebody else and we talkedabout the rules and reviewedthem. They had to apply it andthink about why, and it was madeto feel real to them,” Knutsensays. “So to me that is taking thelearning to a different place. Thesimple version is I’ve always toldmy students you have come hereto learn as much as you havecome here to have an experience.”

This teaching leadership andinnovation has extended to otherfaculties and departments as well,having taught a professional com-petencies course at the School ofMedicine, and contributing to theFaculty of Law’s foundationalcourse for Queen’s Undergraduatestudents (Law 201: Introduction toCanadian Law).

He is also a founding memberof the teaching team for the Mas-ters of Science in Healthcare Qual-ity program, a two-year interdisci-plinary blended/online programon patient safety for midcareerhealthcare professionals. The pro-gram is a joint effort between theSchool of Nursing, School of Medi-cine, Faculty of Law, Smith Schoolof Business, School of Policy Stud-ies, and Faculty of Engineeringand Applied Sciences. In additionto serving on the program designand approval team, Knutsen de-veloped and taught the courseLaw, Risk and Healthcare.

This work, he says, has beenimmensely rewarding.

“Best thing I ever did. Gettingout of your own world, an aca-demic silo setting, and learninghow other disciplines, other pro-fessors and other students operatehas been absolutely invigoratingbecause it forces you to challengeyour own assumptions about yourown discipline,” he explains. “If Imeet them halfway and they meetme halfway, it’s fantastic becauseas much as they are learningabout a world that they haven’tseen before, I am learning abouthow nursing, medicine, and man-agement operate. It’s fascinatingand different.”

More information about theChancellor A. Charles BaillieTeaching Award is available onthe Centre for Teaching andLearning website queensu.ca/ctl/.

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For his work re-designing three Faculty of Law core courses and his ongoing efforts to foster active learning and studentengagement, Erik Knutsen is the 2018 recipient of the Chancellor A. Charles Baillie Teaching Award.

Remarkable women, remarkable achievementsBY PHIL GAUDREAU, SENIORCOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

They overcome hurdles andobstacles to their success. Theycome from near and far, in manycases bringing with them theirfamilies and rich life experience.

They use their skills andknowledge to benefit others, in-cluding disadvantaged youths,victims of violence, and individu-als with physical or mental healthchallenges.

Above all, they pursue theirpassions, and they persevere, andon Saturday, April 28 14 femaleQueen’s students were recognized

for their achievements at the an-nual Ban Righ Foundation forContinuing Education Spring Cel-ebration.

“The Ban Righ Foundation wascreated to foster women’sachievements at Queen’s, andeach spring we have the opportu-nity to recognize another group oftalented women,” says CaroleMorrison, Director of the BanRigh Centre. “Congratulations toall of our award recipients, and aspecial thank you to those whoare improving the lives of womenhere at Queen’s, in Canada, andinternationally through their re-search, work, financial support,

and volunteering.”Among this year’s recipients is

Alyssa Aiello, who was presentedwith the Janet Bilton-Holst Award.The award recognizes a womanwho goes the extra mile to makethe Ban Righ Centre a welcomingplace for other students.

Ms. Aiello says the Ban RighCentre has been a ‘second home’during her time at Queen’s. Ms.Morrison says that while Alyssaworked as a summer student atthe centre, and since that time as amember of the student commu-nity, she has helped create thatsame welcoming environment formany others.

“Alyssa has played an ambas-sadorial role, introducing manyother students to the centre, chat-ting with new students, and vol-unteering on many committeesand at events,” she says. “We aregrateful for Alyssa’s positive en-ergy and willingness to share herwarmth with her peers, and pro-mote the centre as a comfortableinclusive space where studentscan work and connect.”

Ms. Aiello praises the supportof the staff, and her mother, as sheprepares to start her masters stud-ies in urban and regional planning– her third post-secondary creden-tial.

“My decision to return to post-secondary education was a deci-sion I made with the help of mymother,” she says. “I wanted morefor myself, and she assured me Icould have anything I set mymind to. The support I receivefrom her, and my family at theBan Righ Centre, has made a sub-stantial impact on my success atQueen's.”

The Ban Righ Foundation wasestablished to support the contin-uing formal and informal educa-tion of women, especially maturewomen returning to Queen’s. Tolearn more, visitbanrighcentre.queensu.ca.

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Introducing new faculty members: Ravi Prakashravi prakash is a new member of the Faculty of engineering and applied science

This profile is part of a serieshighlighting some of the new fac-ulty members who have recentlyjoined the Queen’s community aspart of Principal Daniel Woolf’sfaculty renewal plans, which willsee 200 new faculty membershired over the next five years.

Ravi Prakash (Electrical andComputer Engineering) sat downwith the Gazette to talk about hisexperience so far. Dr. Prakash isan assistant professor.

BY PHIL GAUDREAU, SENIORCOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Why did you decide to teach?My perspective has always

been to solve a research chal-lenge. I feel like I have alwaysbeen a mentor, even during myundergraduate studies. I was en-gaged in activities where I couldhelp students in junior years.

When I started my mastersand had some teaching assistantresponsibilities, I thoroughly en-joyed assisting undergraduates.Everyone has their calling, and itseemed like research and instruc-tion is mine. I have enjoyed it sofar – I must be doing somethingright.

What got you interested inelectrical engineering?

I think what attracted me toengineering most was the eager-ness to deliberate about real-world challenges, and growingup in resource-limited settings of-fered an excellent vantage pointfor that.

When I was doing my bache-lor degree in mechanical engi-neering at IIT Madras, I opted fora minor degree in biomedical en-gineering and was looking to de-velop microsystems for biomed-ical applications. I realized thereare more electronics to these sys-tems than mechanics. I had agood background for the transi-tion when it appeared the bestpossible department to continueresearch would be electrical andcomputer engineering.

In my past research, I have de-

lactate level, or levels of stress in-duced hormone cortisol for bio-monitoring applications. Two ofmy current students are workingon cortisol detection in sweat andsaliva, and detection of differentkinds of enzymes and antibodiesusing novel label-free organicbiosensors, in collaboration withfaculty members in Electrical andComputer Engineering, ChemicalEngineering, and the KingstonHealth Sciences Centre.

There is a health managementaspect to monitoring these bio-molecular concentration levels,but there are many devices al-ready available to track glucose.What we are trying to do is offera multitude of tests within thesame device through smart,multi-modal sensor integrationand implementing new data ana-lytic tools. Let’s say you’re doingathletic conditioning – these de-vices could help monitor lactate,pyruvate, glucose levels, measurebreathing rate, exhaled air com-position and the like. Or we canmonitor acute or chronic stressconditions in workplaces, such asthe military or healthcare facili-ties, where chronic stress and as-sociated conditions are a majorconcern.

I also have some tangential re-search interests in clean tech en-ergy sources. We are developingbio-supercapacitors with a com-pany in Ottawa which will use asustainable bio-electrolyte prod-uct in small and large footprintenergy storage systems. I have re-cently started working on a geo-physical sensing project – whichis more of a civil engineering and

environmental engineering do-main – but my interest is focuseon enhancing near-field sensingmethods for testing geomem-brane integrity as part of my sensor research.

Are you teaching as well?I have taught a few technical

electives, such as sensors and ac-tuators, and core courses in elec-tronics and digital electronics.This fall, I believe I will be teach-ing graduate courses in biologicasignal analysis.

This term, I had a large classwith about 270 students, whichcan be a bit overwhelming ad-ministratively. But I love being ithe classroom, and I enjoy beingin front of the avid learners atQueen’s who are both intelligentand willing.

What are you most proud of?I completed my undergradu-

ate degree at Indian Institute ofTechnology (IIT) Madras. IITs arworld-renowned institutions anif you have some idea of the population of India, you know thecompetition to get in is really rigorous. I believe we had about2 million students take exams pebatch. Only a handful – less than2,500 – are selected. I was rankedaround 700th nationwide.

I am also proud of some of thresearch I led during my PhD. Wwere developing some superhy-drophobic coating for new lab-on-chip tests and other biologicaassays. At the time, creating succoatings was rather expensive. Iconnected with a research teamin Athens, Greece and workedwith them on optimizing a rela-tively low-cost technique. We

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During my PhD and myNSERC postdoctoral fellowship, Idesigned molecular diagnosticmicrochips that did not requiresuch large, expensive clinicalequipment, allowing for potentiallow-cost and point-of-care appli-cations.

What do you hope to achievein your research?

My research is more focusedon physical and chemical sensorsnow, and less on biomedical de-vices.

I am looking to create dispos-able, flexible sensors and soft-wearable devices where a poly-mer patch on skin can detectanalytes such as glucose level,

ended up coming up with a verynovel way of developing super-hydrophobic coatings.

Doing a successful, interdisci-plinary project where I was heav-ily involved gave me a lot of con-fidence. I was able to combine myvarious experiences into fruitfulresearch outcomes.

Since that time, I have formednew research collaborations inGreece, as well as some in theU.S. and Germany. I have excep-tional collaborations acrossCanada, particularly in Ontario.

How are you likingKingston?

I love Kingston. There is somuch history in this town…and Icall it a town. It’s not really a city,is it? Coming from Calgary atleast, it seems like a town…butthere is so much culture and his-tory here.

I love the Victorian architec-ture, the limestone buildings andthe gorgeous waterfront. I misshiking though, being in Calgaryand near the Rockies, but I amplanning to head to Québec Cityat some point this summer to getsome hiking in.

I liked the weather in Kingstonlast year. This year, not so much.

It’s still a transition as my wifetransitions her work from Cal-gary to Kingston – when youleave a city where you have beenfor eight years, it takes time!

Other than hiking, any hob-bies or interests?

I love swimming. I haven’tmade it to the beach yet but Ilook forward to checking that offmy list.

I enjoy racket sports – tennisoutdoors, squash indoors. I alsohave a 11-month old blackLabrador retriever which means alot of training, walking, and otheroutdoor activities.

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Faculty RenewalPrincipal Daniel Woolf has

identified faculty renewal as ahigh priority for reinvestment bythe university in support of theacademic mission. The five-yearrenewal plan will see 200 newfaculty hired, which nearly dou-bles the hiring pace of the past sixyears.

Faculty renewal supportsQueen’s commitment to diversityand inclusion by giving the uni-versity the opportunity to seek,proactively, representation fromequity-seeking groups such aswomen, people with disabilities,Indigenous Peoples, and racial-ized individuals. It will also buildon Queen’s current areas of re-search strength.

Ravi Prakash is a new member of the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, specializing in Electrical and ComputerEngineering.

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Expanded space for athletics and recreationBY PHIL GAUDREAU, SENIORCOMMUNICATIONS OFFICER

Whether you’re a fitness enthu-siast, an intramural participant, ora varsity Gael, Athletics andRecreation hopes to see you in theInnovation and Wellness Centre(IWC) this fall.

“The IWC will be a hub whereevery aspect of campus life inter-sects, blending academic andwellness spaces and emphasizingthe links between physical andmental health and academic suc-cess,” says Benoit-Antoine Bacon,Provost and Vice-Principal (Acad-emic). “When completed, the proj-ect will be a signature building forQueen’s and a powerful catalystfor growth and change in the livesof our students.”

When the former Physical Edu-cation Centre was closed for con-struction in 2016, there were threegyms located inside. Once con-struction on the IWC is complete,two of the gyms will be re-opened, and the third will havebeen moved to the lower level.

“The IWC’s opening will meanhundreds of additional hours ofparticipation opportunities thatwill benefit all of our programs,from casual recreation and intra-murals to varsity sports and com-munity partners,” says Leslie DalCin, Executive Director, Athleticsand Recreation. “The new facilitieswill open up space in the Athleticsand Recreation Centre (ARC), al-

lowing us to provide additionalprogramming and equipment toaccommodate ever-increasing in-terest and demand from our entirecampus community.”

The IWC will also be home to ahigh performance training centrefor varsity athletes. This state-of-the-art resource, which will openin January 2019, will provide stu-dent-athletes with cutting-edge

equipment and technology, in-cluding a turf area and weightroom, on-site coaching, and an ef-ficient and productive training en-vironment.

The centre will include a 4,000-square foot weight room, a medi-cine ball power development wallto be used for throwing and catch-ing drills, and a 35-metre turf areafor movement, conditioning, andskills development.

“The combination of facilities,equipment, and dedicatedstrength and conditioning pro-gramming in the High Perform-ance Training Centre will allow usto create a unique training envi-ronment for our student-athletes,”says Ms. Dal Cin. “Moving theathletes out of the ARC will in-crease the availability of weightsand other equipment for all stu-dents looking to work out and getactive.”

Rounding out the Athletics andRecreation facilities in the IWC,visitors will also enjoy an activestaircase that encourages stair us-age, universal change rooms, and

student-athlete support offices.Collectively, the three gymnasi-

ums and training centre will beknown as ‘ARC South.’ The facilitwill be linked to the ARC throughan underground passageway.

Co-located with the new Ath-letic and Recreation facilities inthe IWC are other wellness serv-ices, student life programs, andacademic spaces. Placing all ofthese services under one roof re-flects the connection betweenwellness, the student experience,and student success.

The Innovation and WellnessCentre will be officially openingduring the 2018/19 academic year,and a grand opening is beingplanned for this fall. Follow thecentre’s progress via queensu.ca/connect/innovationandwellness/.

The creation of the IWC wasmade possible through $55 mil-lion in philanthropic support, in-cluding $40 million to revitalizethe facility. In addition, the federaland Ontario governments con-tributed a combined total ofnearly $22 million to this facility.

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When it opens in Fall 2018, the Innovation and Wellness Centre will offer threegyms, as well as the High Performance Training Centre.

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Navigating racism: Black graduate students need supportThis article was originally pub-

lished on The Conversation. Read theoriginal article at theconversation.ca.

BY ANITA JACK-DAVIES,DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHYAND PLANNING

I have mixed feelings about myexperiences in graduate school. Asa Black, first-generation Canadianand the first in my family to be-come a doctoral student, I did notunderstand the culture of theacademy. If I knew then what Iknow now as an adjunct professorteaching part time, I might havemade different choices.

Last year, CBC’s The Current ex-plored the topic of equity in Cana-dian graduate programs. Theshow, “Black PhD students callout inequity in Canadian acade-mia” featured the experiences ofdoctoral students, Huda Hassanfrom the University of Torontoand Sam Teckle, from York Uni-versity.

Both students shared experi-ences of racism and exclusion.

In fact, what prompted the dis-cussion was a tweet from Hassanthat offered to personally helpBlack students applying to gradschool with their entrance essays.Her tweet was shared approxi-mately 2,500 times. The storynever left me. That same day, Ialong with many others reachedout to Hassan to share mythoughts with her.

Almost a year later, I wonder ifmedia coverage of the issue ofracism and a lack of mentors forBlack graduate students hasprompted any systemic change inthe academy?

I wonder if an ethic of caremight support Black and othermarginalized students who arestruggling with getting into theacademy, staying the course andgraduating.

Philosopher of educationscholar Nel Noddings describesan ethic of care as that which aparent would use towards theirown children.

Educators must always askourselves, “would I make this de-cision in this way if this were mychild?”

Often, graduate programs lackformal initiatives to nurture andsupport marginalized students.Academic programs, with built-insupport systems for first genera-tion immigrant graduate students,

are critical to their success.

Other-mothering

In 2007, I was accepted into aPhD program at a Canadian uni-versity. At the time, I had littleknowledge of the new and intri-cate world that I was embarkinginto.

I was the first in my family tostudy at the doctoral level and thefirst to obtain a PhD degree. Myfamily in Trinidad wore my doc-toral-student status with prideand supported me.

However, as a first-generationstudent, I needed support beyondthe confines of my relationshipwith my thesis supervisor. Ineeded to belong to a communitythat would encourage me as I ful-filled key requirements of the pro-gram. These requirements in-cluded: the completion ofcoursework, writing the Compre-hensive Exam, getting through theethics process, collecting data,writing the dissertation and de-fending it.

While my thesis supervisor of-fered invaluable guidance aboutmy writing and about my disser-tation, I longed for somethingmuch more culturally familiar. Ineeded the support of other-moth-ers in and out of the academy.

Other-mothering can be de-scribed as the practice of raisingchildren who are not one’s own.Borne out of kinship practices inAfrica, other-mothering is highlyvalued in African American com-munities, the Caribbean and theAfrican diaspora. The Africanproverb, “it takes a village to raisea child” captures its spirit.

In higher education, the idea ofother-mothering is to move be-

yond the standard curriculum toensure the personal and academicsuccess of students. However,other-mothering is different froma mentor-mentee relationship.

The care that other-mothersprovide may even extend beyondthe university campus, to includecommunity members who buildrelationships with students asthey work towards their academicgoals.

Other-mothering on campus

In a study on faculty-studentengagement at historically Blackcolleges and universities, educa-tion scholar Alonzo M. Flowersand his team found that facultymembers who engaged in other-mothering practices consistentlyused an ethic of care with AfricanAmerican students. They forgedpositive interactions with studentsoutside of the classroom and men-tored students to ensure their aca-demic success.

African American students inthe study also emphasized thatother-mothering and an ethic ofcare resulted in feelings of in-creased connectivity to the campuscommunity, to being academicallychallenged and to feeling sup-ported in their academic pursuits.

At times, I required the sup-port of an academic other-motherwho could remove the veil thatshrouded so many of the policiesand practices that governed myprogram. I needed to speak tosomeone who would keep our ex-changes confidential. I needed toask questions about my future jobprospects or to share my experi-ences of being a mature doctoralstudent with responsibilities tomy partner and new child.

I needed to share what it feltlike to be the only Black woman inmy building, in my classes, thecafeteria, parking lot, graduatelounge, lecture halls and countlessother spaces where my Blacknessfroze in the icy waters of the ivorytower.

And while I did receive sup-port by reaching out to supportivefaculty members in departmentsacross the campus, Canadian doc-toral programs must recognize thecultural importance of other-mothering to students from cul-tures that rely heavily on ex-tended kinship networks forsupport, guidance and reassur-ance.

An other-mother would havebeen helpful to explain those un-written rules, or the hidden cur-riculum of the academy, that arecritical to a doctoral student’s fu-ture. For example, there was littlediscussion about criteria usedwhen choosing a dissertation ad-viser, the importance of choosingmembers of a dissertation commit-tee or how to tackle the disserta-tion itself. Everything seemedsteeped in secrecy and subjectivity.

The research ethics process had“rules” that were applied differ-ently to different students. Often, I

discovered what I needed to knowjust before the event occurred. Ifound graduate school detachedand unconnected from the largerpicture that had meaning for mylife and my career.

And while I was responsiblefor ensuring my success in gradschool, and I took that responsibil-ity seriously, the development ofan academic culture that normal-izes other-mothering practices —aimed at nurturing racialized andunder-represented students —will reduce the alienation of thefirst-generation experience, espe-cially when the student is “theonly one” or one of few.

Cultural capital & the academy

My graduate program pre-pared me well to be a scholar. Ihope to make this clear. However,some students enter graduate pro-grams with the cultural capital toexpertly navigate the academy.This cultural capital will impacthow such students forge relation-ships with faculty members andtheir ability to work on importantresearch projects.

These practices, along with astrong record of publishing, en-sures that the doctoral studentwill be on the right track in thepursuit of a tenure-track positionafter graduation. And while manyundergraduate programs in Cana-dian universities focus their atten-tion on reducing the attrition ratesof first-generation students, thesame effort is not being applied todoctoral programs.

In her book, Starting at Home,Nel Noddings asserts that all peo-ple “want to be cared for.” Thisrings more true in spaces whereBlackness is not expected to be.This rings true in the academywhere I was often unrecognizedas a “doctoral student” or mis-taken for everything but who Iwas, a PhD candidate.

In the academy, Blackness is of-ten read using a discourse of “sur-prise.”

In his essay “I’ve never had aBlack teacher before,” Carl James,professor of education at YorkUniversity shares how studentswere surprised that he was theprofessor of his course.

This discourse of surprise is of-ten accompanied by micro-aggres-sion, micro-insults and micro-in-validations that I enduredthroughout my program.

Black and under-representedstudents must be equipped to facethe challenges inherent in anydoctoral program. They must be-lieve that they possess the re-silience and fortitude to overcomethem, as well as to thrive.

I wonder if Canadian doctoralprograms are ready to start thedifficult conversations necessaryto make this vision a reality.

Some university students express their surprise when they participate in a course taught by a Black professor.

“I needed to share what it felt liketo be the only Black woman in mybuilding, in my classes, thecafeteria, parking lot, graduatelounge, lecture halls and countlessother spaces where my Blacknessfroze in the icy waters of the ivorytower.”

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Capturing the creativity of researchBY COMMUNIACTIONS STAFF

If you take a quiet stroll across the Queen’s cam-pus, you might find it hard to visualize what’s goingon inside our many buildings when it comes to re-search. And this is where the Art of Research photocontest comes in. The annual contest invites re-searchers in all faculties to submit striking images oftheir research in action. This year’s contest haddozens of submissions, each capturing a unique as-pect of the researcher’s work. From a Mars rover to amoment of resistance, the winners of the photo con-test showcased their research in creative and interest-ing images, demonstrating the importance of theirwork at the local, national and international levels.

The 2017-2018 contest had a slightly different for-mat, allowing entries from faculty, staff, students andalumni. Images were submitted to four categories:Community Collaborations, Invisible Discoveries,Out in the Field, and Art in Action. Prizes wereawarded to the top photo in each category, as well asin two other categories: Best Description and People’sChoice. Winners were selected by a panel of judges,and the People’s Choice winner was determined byan online vote from the Queen’s community.

“Each year we are excited and often surprised bythe images that are submitted. Each photo captures aunique perspective and together they contribute topeoples’ overall understanding and appreciation ofthe scope and the quality of the research being car-ried out here at Queen’s and around the world,” saysMelinda Knox, Associate Director, Research Profileand Initiatives.

Best Description - Inside Concord Floral - IsabelBader Centre for the Performing Arts, Kingston, ON,Naseem Loloie (Undergraduate student, Dan Schoolof Drama and Music): Under the heat of the lights, cov-ered in a stranger’s clothes, surrounded by the sights andsounds of the stage – this is when the actor’s transforma-tion comes to life. during theatre kingston’s productionof Jordan tannahill’s Concord Floral, the audience and ac-tors are seated inside an abandoned greenhouse – or atleast, a stage mimicking a greenhouse through set designby sean Mulcahy and lighting by Jennifer lennon. asboth an actor and an assistant director in this production,Naseem’s research focuses on costume, lighting, set andstaging and their transformative effects on the actor’s ex-perience as they become a character.

Community Collaborations - Exploring Worlds at Home -Mars Desert Research Station, Utah, James Xie (Undergraduatestudent, Engineering Chemistry): the Queen's space engineeringteam constructs a Mars rover each year to compete at the interna-tional University rover Challenge in Utah. Qset brings togetherover 40 students from engineering, science, commerce and the artsto design, build and operate the rover. the rover can autonomouslynavigate treacherous landscapes, collect geological data, analyzesamples and remotely operate machinery. It can be seen here gaz-ing out into the Utah desert. the rover is a culmination of countlesshours of volunteer work and generous support from both Queen’sand industry partners. the team was proud to be the top team inCanada at the 2017 competition.

People’s Choice - Biomimetic Scaffolds - Dupuis Hall,Queen’s University, Fei Chen (Staff, Chemical Engineering): theanterior Cruciate ligament (aCl) of the knee joint, one of thestrongest ligaments of the body, is also the target of traumatic in-juries. once injured, its healing potential is limited. the aCl mainlyconsists of packed and thick collagen fibres oriented along thelong axis in a wavy pattern, and this unique wavy pattern is essen-tial for providing load-bearing protection to the knee joint. thisseM image shows a bioengineered fibrous scaffold made from syn-thetic biomaterials with a wavy pattern, with amplitudes and wave-lengths similar to the collagen fibers present in a native aCl.

Art in Action - Unspooling Vermeer - Kimmel Center,Philadelphia PA, USA, Stephanie Dickey (Faculty, Art Historyand Art Conservation):Wherever I go, I look for evidence of howthe historical art I study impacts visual culture today. In “after Ver-meer 2,” an installation from 2006 by New york artist devorah sper-ber, 5024 spools of thread strung on steel chains recreate, upsidedown, the famous “girl with a pearl earring” painted by dutch artistJohannes Vermeer around 1665. My photo captures the viewer’sexperience of looking through a glass sphere in which the imagerights itself. Vermeer, whose paintings explored both optics and fe-male experience, would surely have appreciated this perceptivetransformation of his art.

Invisible Discoveries - Platinum Surface Electrochemistry -Queen’s Department of Chemistry, Derek Esau (PhD student,Chemistry): the single crystal of platinum gently hangs atop anelectrolyte surface. electrochemistry is a surface-sensitive field ofresearch, as the composition and atomic arrangement of the elec-trode drastically affect its properties. atoms in a single crystal arehighly ordered, and we are able to cut and polish a crystal in such away that we only expose one of the many possible surface arrange-ments. the single crystal electrode is balanced on the surface of theelectrolyte to ensure that only the polished surface is exposed.these experiments give us fundamental information about electro-chemical reactions, which are integral to the field of clean energy.

Out in the Field - Landscapes of Resistance - Lote Ocho, Iza-bal, Guatemala, Alexandra Pedersen (PhD student, Geographyand Planning): as a feminist/activist geographer, much of my doc-toral research has concentrated on Indigenous and non-Indige-nous communal experiences of violent development in guatemala.an emblematic case of community conflict with, and resistance to,transnational corporate interests comes from the remote commu-nity of lote ocho. there, Irma yolanda Choc Cac (pictured here) isone of eleven Indigenous Q’eqchi’ Maya women pursuing a civilcourt case against the Canadian mining company hudbay Mineralsfor sexual assaults allegedly committed during a violent eviction ofher community from their ancestral lands in 2007.

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spring convocation.Ceremony 1: thursday, May 24 at 10am - participating programs: educa-tion - Undergraduate programs.grant hall

Ceremony 2: thursday, May 24 at2:30 pm - school of graduate studies,school of Medicine, school of NursingHonorary Degree Recipient –phil gold, dsc. grant hall

Ceremony 3: Friday, May 25 at 10 am- smith school of business, school ofgraduate studies - participating pro-grams: Management; Mba - ameri-cas; Mba - executive; education -graduate programs. grant hall

Ceremony 4: Friday, May 25 at 1 pm -smith school of business - participat-ing programs: Mba - Queen's; accel-erated. grant hall

Ceremony 5: Friday, May 25 at 4 pm -school of graduate studies, smithschool of business - participating pro-grams: MFIN, MIb, MMa, MMIe, gdb,Mpa, MIr. Honorary Degree Recipi-ent – Isabel bassett, lld. grant hall

Ceremony 6: tuesday, May 29 at 10am - school of graduate studies, Fac-ulty of arts and science - participat-ing programs: biochemistry, life sci-ences. athletics and recreationCentre (arC)

Ceremony 7: tuesday, May 29 at 2:30pm - smith school of business - par-ticipating programs: Commerce. ath-letics and recreation Centre (arC)

Ceremony 8:Wednesday, May 30 at10 am - school of graduate studies,Faculty of arts and science - partici-pating programs: anatomy & Cell bi-ology; anatomical sciences; biomed-ical & Molecular sciences; Chemistry;Computing; epidemiology; Medicine;Microbiology & Immunology; Neuro-science; pathology; pediatrics; phar-macology & toxicology; physiology;public health sciences. grant hall

Ceremony 9: Wednesday, May 30 at2:30 pm - school of graduate studies,Faculty of arts and science participating programs: biology;physics; physics, engineering physics,and astronomy. grant hall

Ceremony 10: thursday, May 31 at10 am - school of graduate studies,Faculty of engineering and appliedscience - participating programs:Chemical engineering, engineeringChemistry, geological engineering;Mathematics and engineering; Min-ing engineering, gCCre. grant hall

Ceremony 11: thursday, May 31 at 1pm - school of graduate studies, Fac-ulty of engineering and applied sci-ence - participating programs: electri-cal and Computer engineering;engineering physics.grant hall

Ceremony 12: thursday, May 31 at 4pm - school of graduate studies, Fac-ulty of engineering and applied sci-ence -participating programs: designand Manufacturing; engineering -Civil, Mechanical; Mechanical andMaterials engineeringHonorary Degree Recipient – IndiraVasanti samarasekera, dsc. grant hall

Ceremony 13: Friday, June 1 at 10am - school of graduate studies, Fac-ulty of arts and science - participat-ing programs: kinesiology and healthstudies; physical and health educa-tion Honorary Degree Recipient –Valerie tarasuk, dsc. grant hall

Ceremony 14: Friday, June 1 at 2:30pm - school of graduate studies, Fac-ulty of arts and science - participat-ing programs: economics; Frenchstudies; Indigenous studies; lan-guages, literatures and Cultures; riskpolicy and regulation. Honorary De-gree Recipient – John russell baird,lld. grant hall

Ceremony 15: Monday, June 4 at 10am - school of graduate studies, Fac-

ulty of arts and science - participat-ing programs: aging and health;Classics; occupational therapy; physi-cal therapy; political studies; rehabil-itation science. Honorary DegreeRecipient – hugh david segal, lld.grant hall

Ceremony 16: Monday, June 4 at2:30 pm - school of graduate studies,Faculty of arts and science participating programs: english lan-guage and literature; history; Jewishstudies; Medieval studies. grant hall

Ceremony 17: tuesday, June 5 at 10am - school of graduate studies, Fac-ulty of arts and science

participating programs: Cultural stud-ies; drama; Film and Media; Music;philosophy; religious studies; stageand screen studies. grant hall

Ceremony 18: tuesday, June 5 at 1pm - school of graduate studies, Fac-ulty of arts and science participating programs: art historyand art Conservation; art leadershipand arts Management; Fine art; psy-chology. grant hall

Ceremony 19: tuesday, June 5 at 4pm - school of graduate studies, Fac-ulty of arts and science participating programs: environmen-tal studies; geography; geological

sciences and geological engineering;geology; Mathematics and statistics;Urban and regional planning. granthall

Ceremony 20:Wednesday, June 6 at10 am - school of graduate studies,Faculty of arts and science. participating programs: gender stud-ies, global development studies; so-ciology grant hall

Ceremony 21: Wednesday, June 6 at2:30 pm - school of graduate studies,Faculty of law. Honorary Degree Re-cipient – douglas Cardinal, lld.grant hall

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Five new exhibitions usherin Spring/Summer seasonBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

The Agnes Etherington ArtCentre launched its Spring/Sum-mer season on Friday, April 27,with the introduction of five newexhibitions.

Attendees were able to vieweach of the newly-arrived exhibi-tions – Chris Kline and Yam Lau:Weave; Gabrielle Kilian Sims:Hook; Artists at Work: PicturingPractice in the European Tradi-tion; The Art of African Ivory; andthe much-anticipated Charles F.Gibson: Events of a Military Lifein Kingston.

“Our season launch bringsartists, curators and art lovers to-gether to celebrate and savour thegreat visual and media art of ourtime along with treasures of thepast,” says Agnes Director JanAllen. “This spring, we are high-lighting recent acquisitions, andfive deeply original new shows,including a fresh installation ofthe Lang Collection of AfricanArt.”

FEATURE EXHIBITIONSChris Kline and Yam Lau: WeaveCanadian artists Chris Kline

and Yam Lau present Weave, atwo-person exhibition that reflectsprecise involvement in the fieldsof force of materials. The artists’respective works find surprisingaffinities: Kline’s tender and rigor-ous hand-coloured paintings con-trast with Lau’s gliding cinematicmovements through simulatedspace, while both artists are inti-mately involved with the entan-glement of idea and substance, be-ing and becoming, memory andform, especially as woven throughor across screens.

Artists at Work: PicturingPractice in the European Tradition

For the early modern artist of17th- and 18th-century Europe, thestudio was the site of the vitalstudy, creative exercise and net-work cultivation that fostered pro-fessional success. The relics ofthese practices are on display inArtists at Work: Picturing Practicein the European Tradition as a cel-ebration of the physical and intel-lectual pursuit of creativity. Fromimages of the studio to portraitsmeant to promote the artist’s repu-tation, the works in this exhibitionhave been assembled to describethe process of the early modernEuropean artist and reflect thecontinuation of this tradition intoCanadian conventions. Featuredartists include Jacques Philippe LeBas, William Etty, BaldassareFranceschini, Antonio Gabbiani,

Aert de Gelder, LudovicoGimignani, Willem Horst, IgnazSebastian Klauber, Bill Roff,William Sawyer, and AbrahamSusenier.

Gabrielle Kilian Sims: HookThis exhibition gathers a

poignant selection of GabrielleKilian Sims’s recent drawings. Fig-urative works in charcoal and ink,they are charged with the anguishof grief and explore the feelings ofdread, outrage and tendernesscompelled by conditions of entan-glement and loss. A Kingston resi-dent, her art has been exhibited inCanada, United States, Europeand Qatar and is held in publiccollections including the CanadaCouncil Art Bank.

The Art of African IvoryAfricans have traded raw and

carved ivory for centuries. Its lus-trous sheen makes it desirable, asdoes the brute majesty of itssource: Africa is home to theworld’s largest elephants. Acrosscontinents, ivory objects are usedin rituals—rites of prestige andpageantry rolled into one. Desiredby a range of bodies—political, so-cial, medicinal, religious—ivorysparks discussion of history and

debates about ecological andwildlife preservation. This exhibi-tion showcases works donated byJustin and Elisabeth Lang. Visitorswill discover how Africans haveused ivory to teach morality, con-vey social standing, heal wounds,safeguard communities and com-mercially profit.

Charles F. Gibson: Events of aMilitary Life in Kingston

While stationed in Kingston asan Ensign in 1831-1833, CharlesFrederick Gibson painted thelandscape and activities aroundhim. This exhibition features hisKingston watercolours and draw-ings, alongside works by othercontemporary artists, such as Lt.Edward Charles Frome, SirRichard Henry Bonnycastle andHarriet Dobbs Cartwright.Through Gibson’s eyes, we experi-ence Kingston of the 1830s, asevents of a military life unfold,both quotidian and monumental:from painting and sketching, todisease and ill-health, to the con-struction of the Rideau Canal andre-building of Fort Henry.

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Lega Artist, Democratic Republic ofthe Congo, ivory. Gift of Justin andElisabeth Lang, 1984 (M84-017)

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An (un)titled exhibitionBY COMMUNI CATIONS STAFF

Ontario Hall was filled withthe artwork of the Bachelor ofFine Art (BFA) program gradu-ating class, transforming thestalwart century-old buildinginto an art gallery for a week.

A total of 19 graduating stu-dents have staged their piecesthroughout the building for(un)titled, with each havingtheir own exhibition space. Thepieces ranged from large canvaspaintings to small sculptures tomultimedia installations fillingan entire room.

For the artists it is an oppor-tunity to stage their own exhibi-tion, bringing together the expe-riences they have gathered overtheir years at Queen’s, saysLeigha Stiles one of the studentco-chairs of the event.

“There’s a sense of pride inour program and what we’ve ac-complished this year, and for allfour years I have been here,” she

says, standing amongst herwearable sculptures. “It’s veryexciting but also sad in a waysince (our time at Queen’s and inthe program) is ending.”

Each student's exhibition dis-plays a research-based body ofwork that they have devoted anentire academic year to, pointsout Alejandro Arauz, Lecturerand exhibition liaison for theBFA program.

“If you look at the individualworks there is an interesting ar-ray of relevant, present and pastissues that are elaborated uponthrough visual art,” he says,adding that he is impressed bythe students’ overall efforts incoming together to prepare forthe show as well as the highstandard in their individualpractices. “The works that theymake contribute to various dis-courses and human understand-ing. It’s like a thesis paper excepthere it’s a visual thesis contribu-tion.”

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books.The Culture of Surveillance:Watching as a Way of Life By David Lyon (Sociology)

From 9/11 to the snowden leaks,stories about surveillance increas-ingly dominate the headlines. butsecurity and police agencies or inter-net and phone companies are notthe only players. surveillance is notonly ‘done to us’ – it is something wedo in everyday life. We submit to sur-veillance, believing that ‘we havenothing to hide.’ or we try to protectour privacy or negotiate the termsunder which others have access toour data.

at the same time, we participatein surveillance in order to supervisechildren, monitor other road users,and safeguard our property. socialmedia allows us to keep tabs on oth-ers, including complete strangers, aswell as on ourselves. this is the cul-ture of surveillance. Watching hasbecome a way of life.

this important new book ex-plores the imaginaries and practicesof everyday surveillance, at work, atplay, in school, at home, in both‘public’ and ‘private’ domains. Itsmain focus is not high-tech, organ-ized surveillance operations but ourvaried, often emotional, mundaneexperiences of surveillance that

range from the casual and carelessto the focused and intentional.

surveillance culture, david lyonargues, is not detached from the sur-veillance state, society and economy.It is informed by them.

he reveals how the culture of sur-veillance may help to domesticateand naturalize surveillance of unwel-come kinds, weighing which kindsof surveillance might be fostered forthe common good and human flour-ishing.

for the record.NOTICESRenewal, tenure, promotion ap-

plicationsUnder the terms of the Collective

agreement between Queen’s andQueen’s University Faculty associa-tion for faculty, librarians andarchivists, aug. 15 is the deadline forregular faculty to apply for renewal,tenure or promotion; librarians andarchivists to apply for renewal, con-tinuing appointment or promotion;and adjuncts to apply for promotion.

Members must notify their unithead of their intent to apply for re-newal, tenure, continuing appoint-ment, or promotion by July 1.

articles that refer to these proce-dures include: article 24 – employ-ment equity; article 30 – renewal,tenure and promotion for tenure-track and tenured Faculty Members;article 31 – renewal, Continuing ap-pointment and promotion for librar-ian and archivist Members; article32.6 reappointment and promotionof adjunct Members; and appendixo – aboriginal participation in re-newal, tenure or promotion Commit-tees (or in the case of librarian andarchivist Members, Continuing ap-pointment).

ANNOUNCEMENTSCraig Jury Memorial Summer

Studentship in Cancer Research re-cipients announced

Queen’s Cancer research Insti-tute (QCrI) is pleased to announcethe names of this year’s recipients ofthe Craig Jury Memorial summerstudentship in Cancer research.

this endowment fund was estab-lished in 2005 through a gift fromerma Jury (arts 1963), in memory ofher son Craig, and is awarded on thebasis of high academic achievementand a demonstrated interest in can-cer research, to a full-time under-graduate student in the Faculty ofhealth sciences or the Faculty ofarts and science to participate in asummer studentship in the Cancerresearch Institute at Queen’s Univer-sity.

thanks to funds from the estateof Franklin Clayton Weaver, QCrI wasable to offer an additional Craig JuryMemorial summer studentship inCancer research.

Congratulations to the four recip-ients in the division of Cancer biol-ogy & genetics (Cbg) in QCrI:

Carrie Wei, a third-year bsch lifescience student under the direction

of dr. lois Mulligan (project title: “In-tracellular movement of multiple en-docrine neoplasia type 2 (MeN2) retproteins in human cancer”).

Zier Zhou, a second-year bschlife science student under the direc-tion of dr. Neil renwick (project title:“analyzing microrNa expressiondata from neuroendocrine and con-trol tumours from various anatomicsites”).

Isabelle Grenier-Pleau, a fourth-year bsch arts and science (bio-chemistry) student under the direc-tion of dr. sheela abraham (projecttitle: “assessing biomarkers forChronic Myeloid leukaemia”).

Jack Yao, a third-year bsch artsand science (biochemistry) studentunder the direction of dr. andrewCraig (project title: “defining targetsof tumor suppressor microrNas inmalignant melanoma”).

human resources.Job postings Full details regarding job postingscan be found at queensu.ca/humanresources/careers.n

Competition Number: J0418-0846Position Title: Manager, Finance department: awards Salary: $62,922 Grade: 9 Job Type: permanent (Continuing)Closing Date: May 22n

Competition Number: J0418-0728Position Title: Coordinator, Interna-tional agreements and partnerships Department: associate Vp Interna-tional Salary: $58,454Grade: 8

Job Type: permanent (Continuing)Closing Date: May 21n

Competition Number: J0418-1277Position Title: director, Queen’s Uni-versity International Centre Department: Queen’s University In-ternational CentreGrade: 10 Job Type: permanent (Continuing)Closing Date: May 22

Successful Candidatesn

Job Title: Cancer research study Co-ordinatorDepartment: Canadian Cancer trialsgroupCompetition: J0617-1075Successful Candidate: Constancelaroche-lefebvre

Job Title: student development Co-ordinator (UsW local 2010)Department: student experienceofficeCompetition: J0118-0237Successful Candidate: sara alin

Job Title: postgraduate program Co-ordinatorDepartment: department of surgeryCompetition: J0218-0851Successful Candidate: Nicole desmidt (department of surgery)n

Job Title: business ManagerDepartment: University secretariatand legal CounselCompetition: J0118-0075Successful Candidate: suzan Moase(associate Vp International)n

Job Title: Caretaker (CUpe local 229)Department: physical plant services

Competition: J1217-0172Successful Candidate: sean gaultonn

Job Title: timetabling administratorDepartment: office of the Univer-sity registrarCompetition: J0118-0206Successful Candidate: Merry hor-ton (Undergraduate admission)n

Job Title: teaching and learning Co-ordinatorDepartment: office of the provostand Vice-principal academicCompetition: J1217-0650Successful Candidate: Mahsa gho-lami (applied science - Faculty of-fice)n

Job Title: administrative assistant(UsW local 2010)Department: regional assessmentresource Centre

Competition: J0218-0071Successful Candidate: heidi gal-loway-bourgoinn

Job Title: Internship Coordinator,QUIp (UsW local 2010)Department: Career servicesCompetition: J0218-0059Successful Candidate: Melissa duggann

Job Title: privacy/security officerDepartment: ICes Queen's healthsciences research FacilityCompetition: J0118-0314Successful Candidate: patrick bald-winn

Job Title: social Worker Department: Family MedicineCompetition: J1217-0790Successful Candidate: JessicaWaller

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Valuable connections made throughQueen’s on Parliament Hill DayBY COMMUNICATIONS STAFF

The nation’s capital had a littlemore Tricolour in it on Wednes-day, April 18 thanks to the first-ever Queen’s on Parliament HillDay.

The event was hosted to high-light the university’s areas ofstrength in research and innova-tion while demonstrating supportfor the federal government’s re-cent investments in fundamentalresearch. A total of 35 researchersmade the trip to Ottawa, alongwith senior administrators andstaff members.

A reception, hosted by SenatorJoseph Day, a Queen’s alumnus,

featured seven key themes: Skillsfor tomorrow. Today; EmbracingReconciliation; Innovation and En-trepreneurship; A Cleaner Future;Finding Insights in Data; BuildingBlocks of the Universe; AdvancingHealth and Wellness.

Speakers at the event includedPrincipal Daniel Woolf, ProfessorEmeritus and Nobel Laureate ArtMcDonald, as well as a number ofpolitical figures including KateYoung, Parliamentary Secretaryfor Science, Senator Day, Kingstonand the Islands Member of Parlia-ment Mark Gerretsen, and opposi-tion Members Brian Masse andMatt Jeneroux

“This was an eye-opening day

at Parliament Hill for the Queen’steam and, I hope, for the MPs,Senators and staff who met withus,” Principal Woolf says. “Withthis being the first Queen’s on Par-liament Hill Day event in recentmemory, I believe we have createda solid foundation upon which wecan continue to build the impor-tant relationships and connectionsthat exist between Kingston andOttawa. I’m grateful to the faculty,staff and students who took thetime to participate, even duringspring exam time.”

Approximately 80 parliamen-tarians and staff visited the recep-tion to meet with the Queen’s del-egation.

The delegation to the first Queen’s on the Hill Day gather for a team photo as theday’s events get underway on Wednesday, April 18. The event was hosted tohighlight the university’s areas of strength in research and innovation whiledemonstrating support for the federal government’s recent investments infundamental research.

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