Available Expert - Queen’s expert speaks to the UN’s new report on climate change
Queen’s expert, John Smol (Biology) is available to speak to the report issued by the United Nation’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change on August 9. Dr. Smol can speak to what this report tells us about climate change, how there are some negative impacts that are already inevitable, and what needs to be done going forward.
Queen’s researcher awarded NSERC Discovery Grant for breakthrough work in novel organic coatings
Available Expert - Queen’s expert speaks to Apple’s plans to scan US iPhones for child sexual abuse images
Queen’s expert Tommy Cooke (Surveillance Studies) is available to speak to Apple’s plans to scan photo libraries stored on iPhones in the US for known images of child sexual abuse. Dr. Cooke can speak to the potential ramifications this could have on privacy.
Funding provides leading-edge technological resources to researchers
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Ontario invests in research and innovation
Donation from alumnus provides elite access to research regarding the future of democracy
News Release - Multidisciplinary team of Queen’s researchers use genomics to rethink our approach to tackling plastic waste
For immediate release
July 21, 2021 – A team of Queen’s researchers has received a $7.9 million grant from Genomics Canada for a new project exploring a microbial platform for breaking down waste plastic, which can then be repurposed to produce recycled products. The multidisciplinary team is made up of Laurence Yang (Chemical Engineering), David Zechel (Chemistry), George diCenzo (Biology), and James McLellan (Chemical Engineering).
Rethinking our approach to tackling plastic waste
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Available Expert - Queen’s expert speaks to spyware as a global problem and threat to democratic freedom
Queen’s expert David Murakami Wood (Sociology) is available to talk about how spyware on phones has become an increasing concern. This follows the news of the Pegasus spyware potentially being used to target specific Indian politicians, journalists, and activists.
Dr. Murakami Wood says spyware is a global problem and a threat to democratic processes, freedom of the press, and individual and collective human rights. This is an issue, he says, that is not going to be dealt with effectively by countries or companies individually.
Extreme heat waves are putting lakes and rivers in hot water this summer
Queen’s students awarded national scholarships
Academic Calendar goes digital
Available Expert - High frequency rail line is “long overdue” says Queen’s planning expert
Queen’s expert Ajay Agarwal (Geography and Planning) is available to speak to the proposed high-frequency passenger rail corridor the federal government announced July 6th.
The rail lines, which would connect Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City, making it the largest transportation infrastructure project in Canada in decades.
Available Expert - Queen’s Dean of Law speaks to appointment of Canada’s first Indigenous Governor General
Queen’s constitutional law expert and Faculty of Law dean Mark Walters is available to speak to Mary Simon being named Canada’s 30th Governor General, including the significance of being the first Indigenous person to hold the post and the opportunity to rethink the “Crown” in Canada.
Available Expert - Queen’s faculty member, Ryan Randall, wins 2021 documentary award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
Ryan Randall (Film and Media) senior technician and adjunct lecturer at Queen’s University, recently won the 2021 Best Cinematography in a Feature Length Documentary award from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television for his documentary Workhorse. The documentary follows three humans who live and work in close partnership with their horses. Randall is available to speak to his experience winning the award and about the Workhorse documentary.
Media Advisory - Media Advisory: Queen’s Experts provide insight into our post pandemic future
Kingston, June 25, 2021 - CBC podcast host and BuzzFeed culture editor Elamin Abdelmahmoud will moderate a candid discussion on how society can move beyond COVID. The virtual event, Road to Recovery: Reintegration, features Queen’s alumni and research experts who will share their views on work, social norms, and life in a post-pandemic world.
WHEN: June 29, 2021 11am ET