Launched in fall 2019, the Faculty of Arts and Science Strategic Plan sets out clearly articulated pathways to strengthening and expanding our vision in the 21st century.
The Strategic Plan provides a clear vision and a set of principles, priorities, initiatives and metrics to guide us through the next five years.
This is the first Strategic Plan for the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen’s.
The Faculty embarked on its strategic planning process in the fall of 2018, with a series of consultations involving online surveys, formal submissions from academic departments and student associations, as well as focus groups and town halls involving staff, undergraduate and graduate students, new faculty members, program coordinators and department heads, Faculty Board members, the Dean’s Council, and alumni. Two working groups were established, Strategic Planning and Equity Advisory, to review and synthesize these wide-ranging submissions.
Last week, the Department Heads took part in a Land Acknowledgement workshop. They learned what a land acknowledgement truly means and how to personalize it to each person. Thank you Dale, Laura and Amy for showing us this insightful process. #FASStrategicPlan #SupportingFASStaff pic.twitter.com/Gq7cwXOzUa
— Queen's U ArtSci (@QUartsci) December 18, 2019
On Wednesday, the Department of Gender Studies held a Grand Opening of a new gender-neutral, accessible washroom. The washroom is located at the south end of Mac-Corry in the D wing, 5th floor beside the elevators. #fasstrategicplan #transformourspaces pic.twitter.com/vqtRu8zvQb
— Queen's U ArtSci (@QUartsci) December 13, 2019
Thank you to all that attended the Welcome Reception for this years recipients of the Pre-Doctoral Fellowships for Indigenous Students. Congratulations Zachary, Patricia and Leslie! pic.twitter.com/nMphPlCqnk
— Queen's University Arts and Science Faculty News (@QUASfacultynews) November 28, 2019
We want to extend our sincerest thanks to Physical Plant Services for the beautiful sparkle on the floors of Watson Hall! It looks amazing! pic.twitter.com/zEd2f8g5nH
— Queen's University Arts and Science Faculty News (@QUASfacultynews) November 26, 2019
The Faculty of Arts and Science has established its Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, & Indigeneity (EDII) Implementation Committee.
The Faculty of Arts and Science has announced the recipients of this years Pre-Doctoral Fellowships for Indigenous Students.
This opportunity, started in 2018, is designed to recognize outstanding scholarship among Canadian Indigenous PhD candidates. The initiative provides each fellow with an annual stipend of $34,000 and up to $3,000 for research and conference travel. In addition, each fellow will be appointed and compensated separately as a Term Adjunct to teach a half-course (three unit) university course.
During their year at Queen’s, these five scholars will each teach a course within the Faculty of Arts and Science, engage with local Indigenous peoples and communities, broaden their networks, and complete their doctoral work to receive their degree from their home institution.The 2019-20 Pre-Doctoral Fellows are:
Lesley Belleau
PhD Candidate, Indigenous Studies, Trent University
Patricia Panjunen
PhD Candidate, Department of Philosophy, University of Guelph
Zachary Smith
PhD Candidate, Department of History, University of Toronto
The timeline for the Strategic Plan is presented below.
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The Strategic Planning Working Group consisted of 1 faculty member from each cognate as elected by the cognate faculty members, 1 staff representative, the Dean, the Vice-Dean, an undergraduate student representative, and a graduate student representative. The working group focused on what questions were asked during the process, reviewing and analyzing the data collected through the consultations and survey, and in collaboration with the Dean’s office staff, drafting the final strategic plan for approval at Faculty Board.
Barbara Crow, Dean (Chair)
Gordon Smith, Vice-Dean
Marc Dignam, Science representative
Christine Sypnowich, Humanities representative
Marcus Taylor, Social Sciences representative
Zsuzsa Csergo, Social Sciences representative
Heather Drouillard, Staff representative
Leo Erlikhman, SGPS representative
Sagal Sharma, ASUS representative
Erik Lockhart (Facilitator, Smith School of Business)
| Date | Time | Meetings Objectives |
| November 2 | Initial Meeting | |
| January 21 | 9:00-12:00 | Vision and Priorities for FAS |
| January 28 | 1:00-4:00 | Developing Strategies |
| February 1 | 9:00-12:00 | Measuring our Success, Review Draft Presentation to Faculty Board |
| February 18 | 9:00-11:00 | Review of Draft Document |
| March 4 | 9:00-11:00 | Second Review of Draft Document |
| March 11 | 9:00-11:00 | Final Review of Document |
The purpose of the Strategic Planning Working Group (SPWG) was to develop, on behalf of and in consultation/collaboration with all at the Faculty of Arts and Science, a 2019-2022 strategic plan for the Faculty. In doing so, the SPWG looked to build upon the University’s mission and vision, as well as identify key strategic goals and actions that the Faculty should focus on, at a Faculty-wide level, over the next 3 years.
Lisa Guenther (Philosophy), Adnan Husain (History), Samantha King (Gender Studies), Beverley Mullings (Geography), Dylan Robinson (Faculty of Arts and Science), Barrington Walker (History)
The Advisory Group composed of the above list of members, an ad-hoc group of interested and available faculty volunteers with relevant experience and scholarly expertise, came together to revise the draft FAS Strategic Plan through a diversity, equity, and inclusivity lens on three occasions. Initially in a meeting including Deans Crow, Jessup and Smith, and subsequently for two meetings of two hours each, the Advisory Group examined and discussed the Strategic Plan and devised new proposed language below. It complied action items it recommends the Faculty of Arts and Science take up to fulfill the vision and goals outlined in the Strategic Plan, and met to complete this work on April 10. The group then forwarded its action items andrecommendations to the Dean’s office by April 12th.
The Advisory Group recognizes that the Strategic Plan provides an opportunity to articulate aspirational goals and commitments for the Faculty to achieve the structural transformations outlined since the PAC-Berry Report (1991), through the Henry Report (2004), the DARE Panel Report (2009), the Senate Educational Equity Policy Revision (2009), the DET Taskforce implementation priorities (2009-11) and, most recently, the ongoing PICRDI and TRC processes. Central to many of these past reports was the principle of embedding diversity, equity, and inclusivity more centrally into the mission, decision-making, priorities, and processes of the university at all levels rather than as an isolated, ancillary or adjunct set of considerations. The Advisory Group attempted to do precisely this by making more specific and explicit the language and commitments expressed in the draft Strategic Plan. This approach was necessary to emphasize the importance of, and to create the opportunities for recognizing, diverse forms of knowledge that have not historically been sufficiently represented or accommodated at the university.
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