SKHS news & updates
September 2020 | Issue #2
WELCOME BACK STUDENTS!
important dates

September
8th- First day of classes
21st - Last day to add Fall term and multi-term classes (Fall/Winter) without financial penalty

October
12th - Thanksgiving – no classes
26th to 30th - Fall mid-term break – NO CLASSES

November
2nd - Last day to drop Fall term classes without academic penalty
11th - Remembrance Day Service – classes cancelled between 10:30 and 11:30 am

December
7th - last day of class

How to use your Degree Audit Form
Join Vanessa McCourt, your Academic Advisor as she explains how to use your form effectively to ensure you are meeting your degree requirements.

For Kinesiology students
Monday, September 21 3:00pm-4:00pm ET
Meeting ID: 654 943 9604
Password: SKHS123

For Health Studies students
Tuesday, September 22 4:00pm - 4:00pm ET
Meeting ID: 654 943 9604
Password: SKHS123

If you cannot attend, you can book an advising appointment online.
Academic Consideration for Extenuating Circumstances

If you are too ill to write an exam do not contact your professor. Instead you must submit one of the two forms which are available 24 hours a day/7 days a week.
Self Declaration for Brief Absence – limit of 72 hours.
Short-Term Extenuating Circumstances – will effect you beyond 72 hours.

Students seeking ongoing academic accommodations should register with Queen's Student Accessibility Services (QSAS). For further information, please contact the QSAS Intake Coordinator at: [email protected]
Academic Resources
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ASUS Peer Tutors ASUS Peer Tutoring (APT) is a new and improved service that partners upper-year students who have excelled in courses with students who need some help. At $15 per hour, APT is both the cheapest tutoring service in Kingston, and the highest paying undergraduate job on campus. 

PASS Peer Academic Support Service (PASS) is a volunteer service that is run through the Faculty of Arts and Science to assist first-year students. The service is designed to ease student transition into university and to promote academic success.
SASS Student Academic Success Services offers academic support to students who wish to develop their skills in critical thinking, reading, learning, studying, writing, and self-management. We can help you improve your time management and organization increase your motivation and reduce procrastination.
Departmental Tutors Many departments offer tutoring services. Depending on the course, search the Queens website to find the department and tutors available.
Kin Tutors is organized by PHEKSA to connect tutors with students in KIN courses. Email Ryan Chen to request a tutor.
Career Services has resources for you about job searching and careers during this time of physical distancing. Got career questions and not sure where to start? Drop-in to our remote career advising any Monday to Thursday from 1:30pm-3:30pm through MyCareer.
other resources
There are LOTS of resources to help you succeed mentally, emotionally, physically!
Upcoming Events
What is Queen's Reads?

Through events and programming, Queen's community members are invited to meaningfully participate in critical and creative conversations that are inspired by the Queen's Reads books with a specific focus on questions concerning equity, diversity, and inclusion; community dialogue; and resilience.
  
Other Side of the Game by Amanda Parris

I don’t think you can expect society to change if you’re not ready to take the first step. In the 1970s Beverly walks into an office of Black activists, wanting to join the Movement, and has to prove she’s committed enough to fight. Some forty years later, in the Hip Hop Generation, Nicole reunites with her ex-boyfriend on a basketball court, wondering where he’s been, when a police officer stops them.
In this striking debut, Amanda Parris turns the spotlight on the Black women who organize communities, support their incarcerated loved ones, and battle institutions, living each day by a ride-or-die philosophy, strengthening their voices and demanding to be heard.

Free Copies Available for Queen's Community Members

A free copy of Other Side of the Game is available for all Queen’s students, faculty, and staff. The e-book can be downloaded through the Queen’s University Library. Click here to use your NetID to download your e-book.
Other News
Calling all post-secondary students in Canada:

Have you participated in the Canada Health Literacy Survey yet?
A Spotlight On...
Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung
Four Queen’s University researchers have been elected to the Royal Society of Canada, which is one of the highest recognitions for Canadian academics in the arts, humanities, and the social and natural sciences. Dr. Amy Latimer-Cheung was named as a member of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists for her research encouraging people to be more physically active.

If you would like to highlight a student or faculty member in SKHS, please email Vanessa McCourt