Mistaken Point, Newfoundland and Labrador, was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2016 – the first Precambrian fossil site to be given UNESCO status. Queen’s professor and Chief Scientist Dr. Guy Narbonne discusses the site's unique history and significance.
Queen's researcher Gilles Gerbier, Canada Excellence Research Chair in Particle Astrophysics, is working on the design of a dark matter detector after helping found the Beijing-Paris-Rome-Saclay Collaboration in Europe.
One of the oldest universities in Canada, research at Queen's University has left an indelible mark on the Canadian, and international, landscape of scholarly progress.
When it comes to commercializing research, Queen’s has long been a leader among Canadian universities with the establishment of Innovation Park and the Office of Partnerships and Innovation.
An interest in mechanics led Queen's researcher Arthur McDonald, the 2015 co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics, to study the universe on a fundamental level, through physics.
Together with the SNOLAB group, Queen’s astrophysicists like Stéphane Courteau, and their students, form one of the most active centres for research on dark matter in the world.
Queen's researcher Lynda Colgan, associate professor of education and Director of the Community Outreach Centre, is improving math literacy for everyone by bringing the invisible worlds of math and science to the forefront of consciousness.