Campus Beat

In this episode, we are joined by Dr. Anne Ellis, Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Biomedical and Molecular Sciences at Queen’s University and lead researcher on a new study on Covid-19 transmission and immunity among 500 Faculty of Health Studies students. Dr. Ellis and her large team of colleagues received over $223,000 in federal funding to conduct this study that will involve...

In our first segment of this episode, we are joined by Karen Bertrand, Vice Principal (Advancement) at Queen’s University.  From Bertrand, we learn about the extraordinary $14,000 gift to Food Banks Canada made recently by the Class of 2020.  The donation is part of a new initiative entitled   #180For180 that marks the University’s 180th year. Bertrand also talks about this Queen’s ini...

Dr. Bishal Gyawali, Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health Sciences and Clinical Fellow, Department of Oncology joins us in this episode.  We chat about the recent study called “An Analysis of Contemporary Oncology Randomized Clinical Trials from Low/Middle-Income vs. High Income Countries” published in the latest virtual edition of JAMA Oncology.   This international study w...

In this episode, we chat with Dr. James Reynolds, Associate Dean, School of Graduate Studies at Queen’s University.  From him, we learn about the process of implementing a new tuition policy whereby international PhD students will be assessed the same tuition as that of domestic students commencing Fall 2021.  Dr. Reynolds talks about the tasks of Working Group on Graduate Student Success ,...

In this special extended episode of Campus Beat, we have an extraordinary conversation with Jacalyn Duffin MD, PhD, Emerita Hannah Chair in the History of Medicine at Queen’s University and recent induction as a Member of the Order of Canada . We chat about this important achievement but spend much of our conversation talking about a lifetime of research adventure.  Dr. Duffin shares her sto...

On January 18th 2021, Queen’s University announced that it has partnered with five other universities to create a new fellowship program expanding opportunities for Indigenous and Black students pursuing doctoral degrees in engineering. Dr. Kevin Deluzio, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean, Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at Queen’s University joins us in this epis...

In this episode, we have two great conversations.  First we welcome Dr. Jane Philpott, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine at Queen’s University and former Minister of Health and Minister of Indigenous Services for the Government of Canada.  Dr. Philpott chats with us about the upcoming Bell Let’s Talk: Mental Health in Diverse Communities virtual ev...

Professor David McDonald (Global Development Studies) returns to Campus Beat to discuss Public Banks and Covid 19: Combatting the Pandemic with Public Finance , the groundbreaking follow-up to his co-edited collection Public Water and Covid: 19 Dark Clouds and Silver Linings . In this episode, we learn about public banks and their significance and their role in relieving financial challenges for h...

Dr. Chris Simpson, Vice-Dean (Clinical), School of Medicine at Queen’s University, Medical Director of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Association and cardiologist at Kingston Health Sciences Centre has been appointed as Ontario Health’s Executive Vice-President, Medical, effective February 1, 2021. Dr. Simpson, who will overtake his new position on February 1st 2021 while st...

Dr. Katherine McKittrick, Professor of Gender Studies and researcher in the areas of black studies, anti-colonial studies, cultural geographies and gender studies joins us for the first 45 minutes of this special extended edition of Campus Beat.  McKittrick chats with us about the new Black Studies program at Queen’s University scheduled to launch in Fall 2021, the motivations behind the pro...

Don Drummond, Stauffer-Dunning Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University joins us in this episode. Drummond discusses a white paper he co-wrote that calls for revolutionizing Canada’s approach to seniors’ care entitled ‘Aging Well.”  He talks about the current state of care for Canadian seniors, issues COVID-19 has revealed, the cost...

On this week’s episode, we chat with Brielle Thorsen, Master of Applied Science Candidate in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, the Student Programs and Outreach Assistant, Aboriginal Access to Engineering, and Winner of the  $30,000 Order of the White Rose Scholarship from Polytechnique Montreal. Polytechnique created the scholarship as a to the victims as well as the w...

Dr. Ian Garner, Academic Skills Outreach Coordinator in Student Academic Success Services at Queen’s University returns to Campus Beat in this episode.  Garner chats with us about obstacles students face in staying well, organized and prepared for exam writing especially in light of the new challenges COVID-19 has presented.  He also talks about Test Anxiety, how students can recognize it an...

Dr. Chrisopher Deluca, Professor in the Faculty of Education and Associate Dean School of Graduate Studies at Queen’s University joins us in this installment of Campus Beat.  Deluca chats with us about an article he recently co-wrote with Profs. Don Klinger (University of Waikato) and Louis Volante (Brock University) in The Conversation entitled “ University Admissions Tests Like the S...

Emelie Chhangur, the new Director and Curator of the Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University joins us for this episode!  Chhangur who joined the Agnes on October 1st, Chhangur is a leading voice for experimental curatorial practice in Canada and is celebrated nationally and internationally for her process-based, participatory approach to curating and will now steer the Agnes as it moves...

Dr. David McDonald, Professor in the Department of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University joins us in this episode.  Dr. McDonald sheds light on the new collection he has co-edited entitled Public Water and Covid 19: Dark Clouds and Silver Linings .  The chapters in this free e-book released November 9th 2020 provide the first global overview of the response of public water operato...

In this episode of Campus Beat, we are joined by Dr. Mark Walters, Dean and Professor of Law in the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University.  We discuss the motivations and recommendations made to remove Canada’s first Prime Minister, Sir John A. MacDonald’s name from the law school’s building at Queen’s.  Mark sheds light on the work of the Advisory Committee including...

Erin Leblanc, Adjunct Lecturer and Director of Strategic Program Development and Accreditation at the Smith School of Business and co-host of CFRC’s weekly program Gender Talk” joins us in the virtual studio for this episode.  She chats about her newly released memoir, Stranger in the Mirror: The Search for Me , and sheds light on her teaching at Queen’s and her advocacy work in...

In this episode, we chat with Maggie Doidge, co-chair of Queen’s Dancerema about their upcoming Quest4CF event. Queen’s Dancerama is a club that aims to raise money for CF Canada.

Maleeka Thaker (Sci ’19), Master’s student in the School of Environmental Studies chats with us in this segment about bird collisions into campus windows, her research in this area, and the prevention project she has launched in collaboration with the Office of Sustainability at Queen’s University involving the placement of dotted film into some building windows around campus.

Dr. Mark Richardson, Education and Outreach Officer for the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute (the McDonald Institute) joins us in this episode.  Mark talks about upcoming Fall 2020 events such as Art of Dark Matter (October 30th), collaborations with the Agnes Etherington Art Centre on the Drift Artist in Residence Exhibit as well as a new partnership with Let&#...

In this episode, Dr. Myra Hird, Professor of Environmental Studies, Director of the Canada Wasteflow Program, Queen’s National Scholar and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada joins us in the virtual CFRC studio. Prof. Hird talks about the Federal Government’s October 7th ban of single use plastics in Canada by the end of 2021, potential unintended consequences of this ban on the environmen...

Join us for an exclusive Campus Beat interview with Professor Arthur McDonald, Nobel Laureate in Physics and the Gordon and Patricia Gray Chair in Particle Astrophysics, Emeritus in the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy at Queen’s University. Professor McDonald chats with us about his collaborative work with Canadian and international colleagues on the Mechanical Venti...

Dr. Jane Philpott, Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine at Queen’s University joins us in our virtual studio for this special episode of Campus Beat.  Dr. Philpott shares details about her co-edited multidisciplinary collection Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19 (University of Ottawa Press 2020) including the book’s development,...

Join us for a great conversation with Dr. Lee Airton, Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies in Education at Queen’s University.  Their latest co-edited collection with Dr. Susan Wooley (Colgate University) entitled Teaching about Gender Diversity: Teacher-Tested Lesson Plans for K-12 Classrooms with Canadian Scholars Press was released in August 2020.  Dr. Airton chats about th...