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The project will be completed in three phases, the earliest of which is scheduled for completion in September 2009. This first phase will include the new Varsity Gymnasium, Aquatic Centre, Fitness and Weight Centre and School of Kinesiology and Health Studies.
The project will be completed in three phases, the earliest of which is scheduled for completion in September 2009. This first phase will include the new Varsity Gymnasium, Aquatic Centre, Fitness and Weight Centre and School of Kinesiology and Health Studies.

====Queen's Centre Controversy====


===Centre for Automotive Materials and Manufacturing at [[Queen's University|Queen's]] and [[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] ===
===Centre for Automotive Materials and Manufacturing at [[Queen's University|Queen's]] and [[Royal Military College of Canada|RMC]] ===

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For other educational establishments called Queen's, see Queen's University (disambiguation) and Queen's College.
Queen's University
File:QueensUniversityCrest.png
MottoSapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas
(Latin, "Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times.")[1]
TypePublic University
EstablishedOctober 16, 1841[2]
Endowment$660 million[3]
ChancellorA. Charles Baillie
PrincipalKaren R. Hitchcock
Undergraduates13,500[4]
Postgraduates2,900
Location
Kingston
,
Ontario
,
Canada

44°13′30″N 76°29′42″W / 44.224997°N 76.495099°W / 44.224997; -76.495099
CampusUrban, 57 ha (141 acres)
Library2,000,000 volumes[5]
ColoursBlue, Gold, and Red      [6]
AffiliationsG13, AUCC, IAU, COU, ACU
MascotBoo Hoo the Bear[1]
Websitehttp://www.queensu.ca
Queen's Logo

Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. In 2007, Queen's was ranked among the top 100 universities internationally by the Times Higher Education Supplement (THES).[7] The institution was founded on October 16, 1841, pre-dating the founding of Canada by 26 years.[2] The first classes were held March 7, 1842 with 13 students and 2 professors.[1] Queen's was the first degree-granting institution in the United Province of Canada and the first university west of the maritime provinces to admit women, and to form a student government.[8][1] Its founders modelled their nascent college after the University of Edinburgh for the Scottish university's tradition of academic freedom, authority, and moral responsibility.[9] Beyond the Kingston campus, the university has an International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle, East Sussex, England, formerly the home of the Royal Greenwich Observatory.

Institution

Queen's currently has approximately 13,500 full-time undergraduate students and 2,900 graduate students.[4] The average entrance grade for 2006 was 87%.[4] Queen's University requires applicants to submit a Personal Statement of Experience (PSE) with their grades. Queen's today has 18 faculties and schools,[10] listed below:

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Theological Hall

Queen's features three schools that are, in effect, full faculties through their relative autonomy:

Prominent student organisations at Queen's include the Alma Mater Society, the oldest student government in Canada which hires over 500 Queen's students; the Society of Graduate and Professional Students; the Queen's Bands, the largest and oldest student marching band in Canada; the Queen's Journal, one of the oldest student newspapers in Canada and the oldest current publication at Queen's; Golden Words, a weekly humour newspaper; the Queen's Tricolour Yearbook, founded in 1928, is one of Canada's remaining annual university yearbooks covering all faculties and schools;[1] Queen's First Aid; and the Queen's Players, a unique improvisational sketch comedy troupe.[11] There are over 300 more student clubs, organisations, and societies at Queen's.

Students and faculty

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Queen's University commerce students

As of 2007 Queen's has 13,583 undergraduate students and 2,900 graduate students.[4][12] The Queen's student body represents 98 different countries, with students from every Canadian province and territory. Alumni reside in 158 different countries.[10] The Queen's physics department is one of the largest groups involved in the international Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute. The Institute manages the world-famous SNO experiment, which demonstrated that the solution to the solar neutrino problem was that neutrinos change flavour (type) as they propagate through the Sun. While the actual experiment is located 2 km below the Earth's surface in an active CVRD Inco mine in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, the Queen's collaborators do much of their work in Queen's Stirling Hall (a lab noted for its circular design and the large Foucault pendulum in its main atrium). Queen's physicist and SNO director Art McDonald has won both the Herzberg Prize, Canada's top science honour, and the American Physical Society's Tom W. Bonner Prize for nuclear physics.

History

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Plaque unveiled by Her Majesty the Queen to commemorate the granting of Queen's University's Royal Charter.
Queen's First Principal Rev. Dr. Thomas Liddell.

Queen's University was founded on October 16, 1841, when its first principal, Thomas Liddell, arrived in Kingston from Scotland carrying the Royal Charter of Queen Victoria, which established Queen's College as an educational institution.[1][13] Originally affiliated with the Presbyterian Church of Canada, in connection with the Church of Scotland (see the Presbyterian Church in Canada as it was called after 1875), it was established to instruct youth in various branches of sciences and literature.[1]

The university became a secular institution in 1912 and, in that year, Principal Daniel Miner Gordon oversaw the drafting of a new university constitution.[2] Queen's Theological College remained in the control of the Presbyterian Church in Canada, until 1925, when it joined the United Church of Canada, where it remains today.[2]

The first student government in Canada was established at Queen's in 1858 in the form of the Dialectic Society, which is known today as the Alma Mater Society.[11]

Queen's celebrated its sesquicentennial anniversary in 1991 and received a visit from Charles, Prince of Wales, and his then-wife, Diana, to mark the occasion.[1]

Campus

Biowall in Beamish-Munro Hall, Applied Science building

Being one of the oldest universities in Canada, the Queen's campus is renowned for its picturesque old limestone buildings and unique Romanesque Revival and neo-gothic architecture. Indeed, several buildings are over a century old, including Summerhill (1839), Old Medical (1858), Etherington House (1879), Theological Hall, (1880), Carruthers Hall (1890), Victoria School (1892), Ontario Hall (1903), Kingston Hall (1903), Grant Hall (1905), and Kathleen Ryan Hall (1907).[14] The main campus contains most of the teaching and administrative buildings packed into a relatively small space; walking time from one end of campus to the other is approximately 15 minutes. Adjacent to the campus, and within the same walking distance, is the Kingston General Hospital which is affiliated with Queen's, and is a designated National Historic Site as it served as the location of the first parliament of the Province of Canada in 1841. There is also a smaller expansion known as "West Campus" which is approximately 1 km west of the main campus limits. The West Campus holds additional student residences, Duncan McArthur Hall (which houses the Faculty of Education), and Richardson Memorial Stadium (home of the Queen's Golden Gaels). On 11 September 2007, Queen's announced the purchase of the former Federal Prison for Women, an 8.1-acre parcel of land that served as a correctional facility from 1934 to 2000 and was then sold by the Canada Lands Corporation.[15] Although plans have not been officially announced, it is expected that the Prison for Women site will ultimately house the Queens University Archives, currently stored on main campus in Kathleen Ryan Hall. Using fund donated by notable alumnus Dr. Alfred Bader to build a performing arts centre, Queen's has also purchased the 3-acre J K Tett Centre, a waterfront property with historical buildings home to many artistic and community organisations. [16]

George Munro Grant (1835-1902), principal of Queen's College, now Queen's University.

Although the campus is relatively small and the buildings densely packed, there are many open green spaces and deciduous trees that create a park-like atmosphere. The campus is currently undergoing extensive upgrades and beautification along University Avenue, the main thoroughfare, to increase safety and aesthetic appeal.

The campus is on the shore of Lake Ontario and has easy access to two lake-front parks, favourite locations for students to relax and unwind. The campus is also located approximately 10 minutes' walk from the city's downtown.

Centres

International Study Centre

The International Study Centre (ISC) is housed in Herstmonceux Castle, which was donated to Queen's in 1993 by alumnus Alfred Bader.[17] Herstmonceux Castle is in southern England and provides a base for field studies by its students throughout Northern England, and the European continent. The courses available range from English Literature to Geography to Mathematics, with many of the courses specially designed to take advantage of the location of the ISC. Instructors and students are not exclusively from Queen's, but attend from across Canada, the United States, Mexico, Europe, Japan, China, Scandinavia and elsewhere.

Students attend classes Monday through Thursday and are encouraged to use their three day weekend to experience Europe. Field trips are required for all courses, although some are more field trip heavy than others (e.g. history and art history). There are also two non course-specific field trips that are included in the programme fees. In the past, the first semester trip has been to Scotland and Northern England, while the second semester trip has been to Paris, Brussels and Bruges.

Queen's University Observatory

Herstmonceux Castle is famous for its gardens and grounds, as well as its proximity to the old Royal Observatory but students at the ISC can also enjoy a small gymnasium and a student pub within the Castle called the Headless Drummer.

Queen's Centre

In October 2004, Queen's University announced a $230-million plan to create a sports and recreation complex called the "Queen's Centre" over two city blocks. It is expected to take more than ten years from design to completion.

The plans include the building of a six-lane track, an Olympic-sized arena, 25-metre pool, eight basketball courts, substantially more gathering and meeting space than is currently available, fitness, aerobic, locker and food space, and a new home for the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies (formerly School of Physical and Health Education).

The university has also unveiled a slogan for the centre: "Where mind, body and spirit come together".

The project will be completed in three phases, the earliest of which is scheduled for completion in September 2009. This first phase will include the new Varsity Gymnasium, Aquatic Centre, Fitness and Weight Centre and School of Kinesiology and Health Studies.

Centre for Automotive Materials and Manufacturing at Queen's and RMC

  • The mission is to support and promote research and education in the field of advanced materials and manufacturing at Queens and RMC[18]

Centre for International Relations at Queen's University

  • Established in 1975, the mission is to conduct research in matters of national and international security and other aspects of international relations. The Centre has strong links with the Royal Military College of Canada.[19].

High Performance Computing Consortium (HPCVL)

Fuel Cell Research Centre at Queen's and RMC

  • The mission is to advance the knowledge base for addressing the key technology challenges to the commercialisation of fuel cell applications. [22]

GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's and RMC

  • Founded in 2001, the GeoEngineering Centre at Queen's University and the Royal Military College of Canada mission is to innovate and advance knowledge in geotechnical, geohydrological, geochemical, geomechanical and geosynthetics engineering. The Centre has been housed on the first floor of Ellis Hall at Queen's University since July 2004.[23]

Rankings

National rankings/figures

Queen's University from the air 1919

Queen's was ranked second in Canada in the Medical-Doctoral category of the Maclean's University Rankings (2006 edition) despite refusing to participate in the latest survey along with twenty-three other universities, over concerns with the data collection and analysis. (Maclean's completed the survey using Access to Information requests, ranking Queen's below only McGill University.[24][25]) Queen's University received an 'A' grade in The Globe and Mail University Report Card, scoring more A pluses than any other university. Queen's has the greatest rate of student retention in Canada, at 96.6%.

The university was ranked 88th in the world in the 2007 Times Higher Education Supplement rankings, a jump from 176th in 2006.[7] Queen's University has 148 Canada Millennium Scholarship holders, the most attending any Canadian university.[26] In addition, 54 Queen's Alumni are Rhodes Scholarship holders.[27]

Queen's School of Business

A Queen's School of Business press release mentions that "Queen’s MBA has been ranked #1 for the second time in a row by BusinessWeek magazine’s influential biannual ranking of MBA programmes outside the US, with five Canadian schools dominating the top ten. The last time the ranking was released by the US publication, in 2004, Queen’s School of Business also commanded the top spot".[28]

Sports, clubs, and traditions

Alumni

The Queen's University Alumni Association was founded in 1926 and the following year began publishing its magazine, the Queen's Alumni Review.[1] Initially the publication appeared nine times each year, but today it is a 64-page Time-sized quarterly with a circulation of 103,000. The Review is Canada's oldest university publication.

Famous for its well established links between Alumni and prominent business leaders, Queen's 'NetworQ' won the Harris Connect Achievement Award for "Best Career Advisor Network" in 2007. Other finalists included Yale, Harvard, Wellesley, and Mount Holyoke colleges.[29][30]

Football

Richardson Memorial Stadium

The Golden Gaels won three consecutive Grey Cups in 1922, 1923 and 1924.[31] The Golden Gaels also won the Vanier Cup as the top university football team in CIS in 1968, 1978, and 1992.[32]

Hockey

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The ladies' hockey team, in full skirts, in 1917.

In the early days of hockey competition, the Queen's hockey team was a regular in Stanley Cup Challenge Games by challenging in 1895[33],1899 and 1906. In 1926, Queen's was the Eastern Canadian Champions, but lost the Memorial Cup series to the Calgary Canadians for the national championship.

The varsity team will play at the Kingston Memorial Centre following the demolition of the Jock Harty arena while the new arena (part of the Queen's Centre project) is being constructed.

Radio

Main article: CFRC-FM

CFRC, the Queen's University radio station, is the second longest running radio station in the world, surpassed only by the Marconi companies. The first public broadcast of the station was on October 27, 1923 when the football game between Queen's and McGill was called play-by-play. CFRC operates to the present day and broadcasts at 101.9 MHz.

Queen's jackets

Each faculty at Queen's sports its own distinctive jacket, the unique colour of which is determined by the programme type. The material is almost exclusively leather, though historically there were times when the jackets were made of other materials such as nylon. Students often sew distinctive bars or patches onto their Queen's jackets to make them more distinctive and individual. Patches include major of study and faculty society mottos, as well as the official school crest with university motto and other assorted symbols. However, according to tradition, additions may not be made until the completion of the first year of study.

As of 2007, the jacket colours are:[34]

  • Arts & Science: scarlet
  • Applied Science (Engineering): gold (usually dyed purple to varying degrees)
  • Medicine: blue
  • Commerce: burgundy
  • Computing: black
  • Concurrent Education: midnight blue
  • Law: black
  • Music: black
  • Nursing: Light Blue
  • Kinesiology and Health Studies: dark blue

In the case of Arts (before expansion as Arts & Science), Applied Science, Medicine, and Commerce, the jacket colour is the same as the toorie on each faculty society tam, the wearing of which was introduced in 1925.[citation needed] In the case of Arts, Science and Medicine, the colours were derived from the University Tricolour of Red, Gold, and Blue.[35] Before gaining greater autonomy, Commerce was under the Faculty of Arts, and as such its colour was derived as a different shade of the Arts colour.[citation needed] In the relatively newer faculties, however, this colour link is not present.

Students of Applied Science (Engineering) have taken to dying their jackets purple a tradition that was originally established to honour the British Navy's Engineers as the colour they are represented by is purple.

Military service

US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt speaking at Queen's after receiving his honorary degree

Queen's students served in both the Great War and the Second World War. Approximately 1,500 students participated in the First World War and 187 died.[1][36] Months before Canada joined the Second World War, US President, Franklin D. Roosevelt, came to Queen's to accept an honorary degree and, in a broadcast heard around the world, voiced the American policy of mutual alliance and friendship with Canada.[1] Roosevelt stated, "The Dominion of Canada is part of the sisterhood of the British Empire. I give to you assurance that the people of the United States will not stand idly by if domination of Canadian soil is threatened by any other Empire."[1] Canada, during the Second World War, had the participation of 2,917 Queen's graduates and the sacrifice of 164.[1][37] The Victoria Cross was awarded to Major John Weir Foote, Arts '33, Canadian Chaplain Service.[38][1]

Today, numerous Queen's students serve in Kingston's naval reserve division, HMCS Cataraqui (which administers the University Naval Training Divisions programme for reserve officers), and Kingston's local militia regiment, The Princess of Wales' Own Regiment.[39]

Notable students, alumni and faculty

Main article: List of Queen's University people

In addition to an illustrious list of alumni, several notable persons have also held administrative positions at the University.

Sir Matthew Regan, Sir Sandford Fleming, former Prime Minister Sir Robert Laird Borden, and former Governor General Roland Michener have all served as Chancellor of the university

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Queen's Encyclopedia". Retrieved 2007-01-19.
  2. ^ a b c d "History - Beginnings". Retrieved 2007-04-29.
  3. ^ ""Queen's Pooled Endowment Fund Quarterly Investment Report – March 31, 2007"" (PDF).
  4. ^ a b c d "Where Do Queen's Students Come From?". Retrieved 2007-04-29.
  5. ^ "Opportunities for Giving". Retrieved 2007-08-04.
  6. ^ Queen's University Visual Identity Standards [Accessed 15 May 2007]
  7. ^ a b THES. "2007 THES QS World University Rankings" (PDF). pp. pp. 2. Retrieved 2008-01-06. {{cite web}}: |pages= has extra text (help)
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Queens_at_a_Glance_2007 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ Calvin, Queen's University at Kingston, 1841-1941, Hunter Rose, Toronto, 1941
  10. ^ a b "About Queen's". Retrieved 2008-02-23.
  11. ^ a b "Ams - Our History". Retrieved 2007-04-30.
  12. ^ See Queen's at a Glance - Quick Facts [Accessed 29 April 2007]
  13. ^ "Queen's University Royal Charter". Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  14. ^ History of Queen's Buildings
  15. ^ Press Release:
  16. ^ Press Release:
  17. ^ The Castle in Herstmonceux - Life at the Castle [Accessed 30 April 2007]
  18. ^ camm.queensu.ca/
  19. ^ http://www.queensu.ca/cir
  20. ^ http://qnc.queensu.ca/story_loader.php?id=3cd4c2811b9c5
  21. ^ http://innovation.gc.ca/gol/innovation/site.nsf/en/in01981.html
  22. ^ www.fcrc.ca/
  23. ^ www.geoeng.ca/
  24. ^ http://www.mcgill.ca/reporter/39/06/macleans/ Top three schools in the Macleans Rankings
  25. ^ http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/September2006/18/c7274.html Maclean's files Freedom of Information requests with 22 universities
  26. ^ "www.queensu.ca/about/2005/QAR/QAR_chap2.pdf" (PDF). Retrieved 2007-05-09.
  27. ^ "qnc.queensu.ca/campusnews_article_loader.php?id=45670ac55f303". Retrieved 2007-05-09.
  28. ^ "www.businessweek.com/bschools/05/emba_profiles/queens.htm". Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  29. ^ "www.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/COLC/conference/can2006.html". Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  30. ^ "Alumni Connections - 2006 Achievement Award Winners". Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  31. ^ "History of the Grey Cup". Retrieved 2007-01-25.
  32. ^ "Past Vanier Cups". vaniercup.ca. 2007. Retrieved 2008-01-07.
  33. ^ Legends of Hockey [Accessed 30 April 2007]
  34. ^ See: Queen's Medicine 2006 Class Crest Designs [Accessed 25 July, 2006]
  35. ^ See: “University Colours,” Queen's Encyclopedia. [Accessed 30 December, 2007]
  36. ^ "Queen's Remembers: The First World War". Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  37. ^ "Queen's Remembers: The Second World War War". Retrieved 2008-01-06.
  38. ^ "Veteran Affairs Canada: John Weir Foote". Retrieved 2007-01-25.
  39. ^ "Queen's Alumni Review Index". Retrieved 2008-01-06.
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