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Queen's School of Religion Officially Launched
On March 23, 2010 at 2:30 pm, 169 years after the founding of the College, the Queen's School of Religion was launched at an official ceremony. It was a historic occasion, marking the inauguration of Canada's first School of Religion.
The Queen's School of Religion came to birth as a result of a new strategic plan adopted by the Board of Management and Faculty Board in the fall of 2007. It recognizes the strength of the Department of Religious Studies and its increased undergraduate and graduate enrolments. From the 1970s, the Department of Religious Studies has been operated by the College on behalf of the University.
The value in becoming the Queen's School of Religion lies in the potential to forge stronger links with the University and achieve administrative efficiencies by bringing intellectual scholarship and faculty resources into one academic unit. The Queen's School of Religion is responding to the need to increase understanding of and engagement with religious difference. The QSR offers the best opportunity to respond to the growing student interest in religious studies, while continuing to preserve the school's original purpose of providing graduate and professional theological programs.
Seventy-five people attended the official launch. Words of welcome and introduction were provided by QSR Principal Jean Stairs. Speeches were given by QU Principal Daniel Woolf, Interim Vice-Principal Academic, Bob Silverman, Chair of the QSR Board of Management, Bruce Hutchinson and Head of the Department of Religious Studies, Bill Morrow.
Also in attendance were Dean Alistair McLean and Associate Dean Gordon Smith, Faculty of Arts and Science; Associate Vice-Principal and Dean of the School of Graduate Studies, Janice Deakin; QU Secretariat, Gail McAllister; Program Coordinator for Theological Education, The United Church of Canada, Steve Willey; QSR Communication Consultant, Rob Wood; QSR IT Consultant, Nancy Simon; members of the QSR Board of Management and its committees; faculty; religious studies and theology students; staff; friends and media representatives.
Principal Woolf's Remarks
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Bill Morrow's Remarks
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