The Department of Global Development Studies at Queen’s University extends its innovative approach to the field of development studies with its newly approved Ph.D. program.

Welcoming its first cohort in 2018, the PhD in Global Development Studies will prepare students to apply advanced development research within a rapidly changing global policy context.

Global Development Studies at Queen’s enjoys well-established pedagogical profile at the graduate level that gives us a clear identity within the Canadian and international context.  

The DEVS Department is pleased to announce Nick Pearce as this year’s recipient of the Eileen Krieger Award.

The award is in memory of former DEVS student Eileen Krieger who passed away in 2003 and seeks to honour a graduating student in the DEVS program who demonstrates the qualities that were cherished in Eileen: strong extra‐curricular involvement at Queen’s University, a positive and energetic attitude, strong leadership skills, and excellent academic standing.

Congratulations to the 2019 DEVS graduates.  As shared at the convocation reception “One person cannot do everything but everyone can do something”.  Wishing you the best in your future endeavours.

 

At the end of October 2017, the DEVS Department celebrated with Professor Villia Jefremovas who is our first faculty member to retire.

Professor David McDonald is the recipient of the Frank Knox Award for Excellence in Teaching.  This award is to recognize and acknowledge Queen’s University professors that demonstrate an outstanding commitment to the education of their students through their remarkable teaching.  This is a student initiative wherein students at large are responsible for determining the recipients of the award each year, and DEVS is thrilled that Profesor McDonald has been selected as the 2017/2018 recipient.

On the 20th of September 2019, DEVS hosted a team of seven administrators from the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), Johannesburg, who are researching best practices for graduate-level education.

Congratulations to the 2019 DEVS students who convocated on Wednesday November 13, 2019.  As shared at the convocation reception “One person cannot do everything but everyone can do something”.  Wishing you the best in your future endeavours.

The Robert Sutherland Prize is presented annually to a graduating and self-defined student of colour who has shown leadership and initiative at Queen's University, most specifically in the area of anti-racism and anti-oppression in the aim of crating a more inclusive campus climate.