Important messages, dates and news from the Faculty office.
Important Dates

Monday November 9
Registration for winter and summer courses
 
Wednesday November 11
Remembrance Day observance (Classes cancelled 10:30 - 11:30 a.m EST.)
 
Sunday November 15 from 9:00am - 2:00pm EST
SOLUS will be out of service to permit crucial updates

In addition to the bookable seats in the library, students may now book additional spaces across campus, including seats in Mackintosh-Corry Hall. Book now: https://library.queensu.ca/help-services/bookable-seats
convocationVirtual Convocation and the FAS Virtual Convocation Celebration

The School of Graduate Studies Virtual Convocation is November 10 and the university has invited our fall graduates to this virtual convocation. For more information, please see queensu.ca/registrar/students/graduation/ceremonies/fall-2020
 
The Faculty of Arts and Science will be having a Virtual Convocation Celebration for all of our 2020 graduates, as well as their families and friends. It will take place at noon on November 18. Everyone is welcome to join in - space is not limited and it's going to be a virtual celebration like we have never had before! Register now: https://www.queensu.ca/artsci/convocation2020
thriveThrive Week 2020

Queen's Thrive is a campus-wide initiative designed to promote positive mental health for all students, faculty, and staff. Thrive exists to encourage dialogue about balance, community engagement, social support, and healthy lifestyle choices. Check out their website here: https://www.queensu.ca/thrive/
Are you a graduating master's student? Find out about the Pathy Foundation Fellowship, which is now accepting applications for the 2021-22 cohort. 

The deadline is November 12, 2020. See the attached graphics for more information.
 
The Pathy Foundation Fellowship is an exciting opportunity for graduating students from Queen's (one of only five universities in Canada eligible) to engage in an intensive 12-month leadership program designed to support them in implementing a community development project anywhere in the world.  Successful candidates will receive up to $40,000 in funding and receive formal training in Community Change at the Coady International Institute.  
 
The 12-month fellowship is for graduating undergraduate and masters students who have: 
  • The capacity and potential to develop as effective change-agents;
  • A meaningful connection with a community of their choosing anywhere in the world; and
  • An innovative idea of how this community could be strengthened. 
For more information, please email Derya Güngör at d.gungor@queensu.ca.
 
More information can be found at www.pathyfellowship.com. 1-1 student advising appointment requests can be sent to pathyfellowship@queensu.ca.
contagion
Contagion Cultures Lecture Series
 
This series is a Faculty of Arts and Science collaboration which helps to make sense of this pandemic through the expertise and insights of Arts and Science faculty members.

The series is live-streamed on Zoom every Tuesday at 4:00 PM EDT/EST.

Upcoming events:

November 17 -"A divine infection": Religious communities and the epidemiology of COVID-19: Shobhana Xavier, Department of Religious Studies, Eun-Young Lee, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies

November 24 - Political Litigation Regarding COVID - Gregory Tardi, Institute of Parliamentary and Political Law

For more info on the series and to register please visit: https://www.queensu.ca/sps/events.
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