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Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Bowie for being awarded the inaugural Mental Health Innovation Award for his work on Be Outspoken and Overcome Stigmatizing Thoughts (BOOST). He was one of two awarded this inaugural prize created through a partnership between Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) and the Institute for Advancements in Mental Health (IAM)

Congratulations to Dr. Katherine McKittrick (Gender Studies, Cultural Studies) for being inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as an International Honorary Member in social sciences. See "Queen's University Professor Earns International Honour" in the Gazette online.

Congratulations to Dr. R. Kerry Rowe (Civil Engineering) for being named as one of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) class of 2020 Distinguished Members. See "Kerry Rowe honoured for leadership in geotechnical engineering" in the Gazette online.

Congratulations to the 2020 Distinguished University Professors (clockwise from top left): David Bakhurst (Philosophy); Audrey Kobayashi (Geography), Julian Barling (Smith School of Business); Glenville Jones (Biomedical and Molecular Sciences); Kathleen Lahey (Law);John Smol (Biology).The Distinguished University Professorships are Queen's University's highest research-related honour. See "Principal announces 2020 Distinguished University Professors" in the Gazette online.

Congratulations to Dr. Pascale Champagne (Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering) for being awarded the 2020 Engineering Medal in Research and Development from Professional Engineering Ontario (PEO). Find out more in "Queen’s researcher Pascale Champagne honoured by Professional Engineers Ontario" in the Gazette online.

Congratulations to Science Rendezvous Kingston for winning the 2019 STEAM Big! Award. See "Science outreach wins national award" in the Gazette online. Science Rendezvous Kingston (SRK) attracted over 5000 visitors on Saturday, May 19 at the Leon's Centre. One significant visitor was Dippy the Diplodocus (measuring 26 m in length), a long-necked, plant-eating dinosaur from the Jurassic period as well as Queen's alumnus and astronaut, Dr. Drew Feustel. The tenth anniversary SRK event was to have been held on Saturday, May 9, 2020 at the Leon's Centre. All public events were cancelled for safety due to the state-of-emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic..

Congratulations to Indigenous health researcher, Dr. Karen Lawford (Gender Studies), on being recognized with a 2020 Indspire Award for Health. The award will be presented to Dr. Lawford at a ceremony on March 6, which was broadcast on Sunday, June 21 on CBC, APTN, and CBC Radio One. See the Gazette article online, "Queen's Indigenous health researcher named Indspire Award winner" for more information.

Over 60 faculty members took part in the 2019 Faculty Writing Retreat on December 11. In addition to dedicated writing time, researchers could participate in workshops on "Finding and Protecting Your Writing Time" and "Writing Efficiently" with writing strategists from the Writing Centre (SASS) with whom they could also book one-on-one consultations. Faculty could also have one-on-one consultations withe Research Projects Advisors from URS . Thank you to all our participants and facilitators.

Congratulations to Dr. Awet Weldemichael for being awarded the 2019 Best Book Award in the study of Organized Crime by the International Association for the Study of Organized Crime for Piracy in Somalia: Violence and Development in the Horn of Africa. Dr. Weldemichael received his prize at an awards ceremony in San Francisco on November 14, 2019.