March 19, 12:30 PM to 5:00 PM
Robert Sutherland Room 202

Please join us in sharing research-in-progress or proposed by graduate students working on African themes across diverse departments at Queen’s. This will also be an opportunity for us to show our respects to one of the founders of African Studies at Queen’s, and indeed, in Canada.

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Teaching Assistant Positions (May to August 2024) 
Department of Global Development Studies

In the context of the climate crisis, the seeming intractability of political-economic reliance on resource extraction is a major global socio-ecological problem and critical site of decolonizing struggle. However, a closer look at extractive regions, especially those on Indigenous lands, or traditional territories, reveals community-driven alternative approaches to resource governance and livelihoods.

Sara-Maya Kaba is one of the nine 2023-2024 Pathy Fellowship recipients and a DEVS Alum (2021). Funded by the Pathy Fellowship Foundation, in partnership with the Coady Institute, Sara-Maya has founded Aawaaz (اواز urdu: sound/voice).

Most of us spend our academic lives reading and writing, but there are many ways to learn and teach. This week, students in the new “Living Lake Ontario: From the Local to the Global” course learned how to express their thoughts about the lake with charcoal and paper.

The DEVS Department Student Council is thrilled to announce that the 2024 conference will be held on Sunday March 10, 2024 and the theme is Developing a Glocal Future:  Bridging Global and Local Perspectives. 

This is an excellent opportunity to expand your knowledge, build valuable connections, and contributed to academic discourse in your field of interest.

We encourage you to mark your calendars and look forward to your participation in this exciting event!

Stay tuned for more updates!

Queen’s is located on one of the greatest lakes in the world, but most students have little interaction with it during their time in Kingston. This interview with Professor David McDonald discusses why he developed this course: to introduce students to a range of historical and contemporary issues related to Lake Ontario, from the livelihoods of First Nations communities to fisheries, urban planning, sewage treatment and artistic engagement with the water.

After learning about safe fish eating in Lake Ontario from Colin Lake of the Ministry of Natural Resources, and then learning about efforts to revitalize fisheries in Akwesasne First Nation from Abraham Francis, the students got a lesson in how to clean fish from Chef Cody Balfour from Hospitality Services at Queen’s, followed by a sampling of freshly caught pike, perch and crappies direct from the lake the day before from Bay Williams Fisheries. A truly 100-mile diet!

A new course at Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., is offering students an opportunity to immerse themselves in Lake Ontario, both figuratively and literally.