Learning Facilities and Spaces

• Live Building  |  Integrated Learning Centre (ILC)
  The Live Building, housed in the Integrated Learning Centre, is a living lab. The ILC's mechanical, electrical, and structural systems are monitored in real-time and left open to view, showing how sustainable practices can be incorporated into building design.

• Chernoff Hall
  Chernoff Hall has more than 14,000 square metres of space - 5,000 of which is devoted to labs - and is occupied by the Department of Chemistry.

• School of Medicine Building
  Opened in fall 2011, the School of Medicine Building hosts a state-of-the-art teaching clinic, lecture halls and teaching spaces, simulation labs, surgical/technical skills labs, small-group and seminar rooms, info-commons and virtual learning spaces, and student study spaces.

• Goodes Hall
  Home to Queen's School of Business, Goodes Hall combines a restored 45,000 square foot 110-year-old Victorian schoolhouse with 68,000 square feet of state-of-the-art classrooms, student breakout rooms, and faculty offices. The building has recently undergone a 75,000 square foot expansion, opened September 15, 2012.

• Biosciences Complex
  Home to the Biology Department, the School of Environmental Studies, and three Chemical Engineering labs, the Biosciences Complex provides faculty, researchers, and students with sophisticated equipment and high-tech laboratories. It also houses a leading-edge Phytotron, including six research-quality greenhouses and 26 plant growth chambers.

• Stauffer Library
  Located in a five-storey building, Stauffer Library is the largest library on campus, with room for approximately 1.5 million volumes, six kilometres of bookstacks, and study and research space for more than 1,200 students.

• Queen's Centre / Athletics and Recreation Centre (ARC)
  Opened in January 2010, the Queen's Centre/ARC is a multi-purpose complex that integrates academics, sport and recreation, and student and community activities. The ARC hosts a 38 x 25 metre pool, gymnasia (including a main gym that seats 2,000 spectators), squash and racquetball courts, ~25,000 sq. ft. of fitness space, 4 dance/yoga studios, and 4 designated spin/fitness and combat rooms. The building also hosts a food court, fireside lounge, retail, and student club space.

• Herstmonceux Castle
  Located in the countryside of East Sussex, England, the Castle is home to the Bader International Study Centre (BISC) - a home-away-from-home for students from all over the world who go there to share an unparalleled experience characterized by small class sizes, integrated hands-on field studies, and a diverse faculty and student population.

• Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts
  COMING SOON! Opening in 2014, the Isabel Bader Centre will include a 560-seat concert hall, sound studio and recording facilities, cafe and exhibition space, art gallery, and film screening room. Music and Drama, Film and Media, and Art students will all interact and collaborate in common teaching rooms, joint courses, and shared spaces and services.

• Magnetic Resonance Imaging Facility, Centre for Neuroscience Studies (CNS)
  CNS is a hub of multidisciplinary research and teaching aimed at improving our understanding of the brain. It houses a Siemens 3 Tesla whole-body MRI and supports research spanning the physical, biological, and medical sciences.

• Biological Station (QUBS)
  Located 50 km north of Kingston, QUBS covers more than 3000 hectares of land. The main facility consists of 32 buildings, including a library, 12 separate laboratory areas, an aquarium house, and accommodations.

• Innovation Park
  Innovation Park is a facility where academic, industrial, and government researchers cultivate ideas, identify and transform important technological discoveries and, with the aid of commercialization and market development experts, propel innovations into the marketplace.

• Glaxo Wellcome Clinical Education Centre (GWCEC)
  With 12,650 square feet of uniquely designed learning space, the GWCEC provides interactive classrooms, examination/interview rooms with one-way glass, observation areas, and audio-visual capabilities for remote viewing and recording. The skills development lab has the capacity to replicate in-patient and ambulatory health care settings.

• Patient Simulation Lab
  Located in the Medical School Building, the Patient Simulation Lab is an 8,000 square foot lab space with four rooms for high-fidelity mannequin simulation and two large surgical skills labs.

• Human Media Lab
  Opened in May 2012, the Human Media Lab is a futuristic space, designed to inspire students through a creative and flexible workplace environment. It also serves as an interactive playground, allowing students to hack and experiment with the architecture and space as a user interface.

• Human Mobility Research Centre (HMRC) and Lab
  A partnership between Queen’s and Kingston General Hospital, the HMRC facilities include specialized labs for connective tissue, bio-simulation, tissue processing, prosthesis design, software development and gait analysis, and one of the world's first computer-enhanced surgical suites.

• Observatory
  The Queen's Observatory houses a 16-inch reflecting telescope for students studying physics and astronomy.

• Phytotron
  The Phytotron is a climate-controlled greenhouse that facilitates research in biology.

• Art Conservation
  The Art Conservation facilities house specialized microscopes and other equipment for conservation science.

• High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL)
  The HPCVL is a cluster of fast and powerful Sun computers at five Ontario universities and two colleges, including Queen's University.

• Sudbury Neutrino Observatory / SNOLAB
  Sudbury Neutrino Observatory is an underground science laboratory specializing in neutrino and dark matter physics situated 2 km below the surface in a mine near Sudbury, Ontario. SNOLAB is an expansion of the existing facilities constructed for the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory solar neutrino experiment.

• Queen's Learning Commons
  Both a hub of academic support services and a meeting place in Stauffer Library

• Law Lounge
  Well known for its collegial atmosphere, the Law Lounge is central to the student experience. Newly renovated for fall 2012!

• About Library group study rooms (including the Stauffer Library Fireplace Reading Room)

• Booking rooms in the JDUC, MacGillivray-Brown Hall, Queen's Centre, and Mackintosh-Corry Hall

• Common spaces in Residences

• ASUS Red Room
  A study lounge in Kingston Hall that is open five days a week and also available for booking.

Library: Queen's Libraries have worked collaboratively to leverage the opportunities created by advances in technology, and our digital collections continue to expand.

ITServices: Resources and support includes...

• Facilities and Equipment:
  • Emerging Technology Centre: Where faculty members, staff members, and students can explore new and existing learning technologies.

• Learning Resources:
  • Moodle: A learning management system for supplementing face-to-face instruction, for collaborative research and project-based group work, and to deliver academic courses on the web.
  • Clickers: Used to provide students in large classes with a more interactive learning experience.

• Audio Visual and Multimedia:
  • Lecture capture
  • Electronic Classroom Support
  • Videoconferencing
  • Podcasting