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A magazine for Queen’s University faculty and staff
october 2011
people, stories and ideas
editor’s noteI spent a good part of this past month in contact with twogroups of people who help shape the character and uphold thespirit of Queen’s University: scholars who have recently joinedour faculty and a dedicated team of student recruiters whoserole it is to attract the very best students to study here.
is issue of onQ presents an interesting juxtaposition, andone that raises a thought-provoking question for readers. Does Queen’s attract great students because of its excellent faculty or do outstanding scholars come to Queen’s because of its great students?
No matter how we see it, every day students, faculty and staffchoose Queen’s, and come together on our campus and in ourcity to achieve amazing things. ey come here with uniqueperspectives, talents and skills and Queen’s supports them insparking ideas and critique towards realizing their goals.
We have received favourable comments about onQ’s slightlyrevised format, which was introduced last issue. I always welcomeyour comments and questions. Please drop me a line.
Anita Jansman
noteonQQueen’s University employee magazine
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On the cOver: The Queen’s University boothat the Ontario Universities’ Fair held at theMetro Toronto Convention Centre October 14 – 16, 2011.
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table ofcontentsViewpoint 3
recruitment in full swing for class of 2012 4
Martha Whitehead helping write the next chapter of Queen’s library 6
ask bob! 7
new members join Queen’s faculty 8
peoplesoft 10
school of Medicine opens new doors 12
employee spotlightsterrie easter sheen and samantha King 11
nooners – last Goal Wins! 13
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As Queen’s continues to focus on qualityand excellence of the student experience,it’s important to recognize the complexrole of student recruitment. I have hadthe privilege of engaging in student re-cruitment activities on behalf of Queen’ssince 2005, in three distinct roles. First,as international admission manager inthe Office of the University Registrar,then as program manager in the Schoolof Medicine, and finally in my currentrole at Queen’s School of Business.
“Recruiters” are tasked with repre-senting the university to young peopleconsidering studying here. is is nosimple task, and one that requires ex-tensive knowledge of academic and non-academic life, as well as the Kingstoncommunity. But this is only part of theequation and it constitutes the morestraightforward aspect of recruitment.e more fundamental and nuancedtask of recruiting comes through the re-lationships built with potential studentsand their loved ones. Providing open,
honest and straightforward informationin an efficient and friendly manner iskey, as is providing access to objective,third-party resources that will assistprospective students in their decision-making. We must also be good listenersable to honestly assess “fit”, recognizewhen a potential student may not be ableto best meet their educational objectivesat Queen’s and advise them appropriately.
It is a great honour and responsibilityto represent this institution to the restof the world. e most fulfilling and re-warding moments of my career havecome when I have had the opportunityto speak with current students who Ifirst met at a recruitment event in Torontoor Tokyo. Hearing them speak abouthow much they are valuing their timein Kingston and how grateful they arefor making the choice to come to Queen’snever fails to get me excited about thenext time I’ll be speaking to prospectivestudents. Q
the re wArDs of recrUitingBY MATTHEW REESOR (BAH ’96) ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR, QUEEN’S MBA
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While nearly 4,000 new undergraduate students have just been welcomedto campus, a small army of Queen’s recruiters has already begun thework of attracting and inviting people from all over the world to study
here in the fall of 2012. They are university ambassadors – staff, faculty and students– who journey to every province and territory in Canada and to countries includingChina, India, Turkey, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Switzerland and the United States toinspire prospective students. They visit high schools, attend university fairs, conductdaily campus tours, and steward relationships with guidance counsellors and com-munity leaders in cities and towns all over the globe.
“We’re blessed with a wonderful group of recruiters. They are dedicated, talentedand passionate about Queen’s,” says Stuart Pinchin, Associate University Registrar.
In his role for five years, Mr. Pinchin and his team gear up for the 12-month re-cruitment cycle in mid-August each year, beginning with the production of promo-tional literature such as the flagship publication the Viewbook. The big event thismonth is the Ontario Universities Fair in Toronto, which officially launches the re-cruitment year for all universities in the province. Admission coordinators fromthe Office of the University Registrar, in addition to representatives from professionalschools such as law, engineering, nursing, education and commerce and the Schoolof Graduate Studies, will meet and greet approximately 130,000 high school studentsfacing their post-secondary selection.
Although Queen’s receives far more applications than the close to 4,000 under-graduate spaces available for an incoming class, it can be a challenge to meet the enrolment targets for each program. Mr. Pinchin explains that one of the roles ofthe admission coordinator is to stress the right fit. “In addition to a high academicstanding, the most successful applicants will want to embrace the residential natureof Queen’s, and the tight-knit community that inevitably develops with a new class.They will want to take advantage of all that Queen’s has to offer,” he says.
In her role as communications manager for the Office of University Registrar,Kellie Meacher sees beyond the statistics and spreadsheets so often referred to whendiscussing recruitment activities.
“Each one of those numbers on a spreadsheet represents a family and we’re in-credibly sensitive to that. We see these families on campus tours and at events andwe feel the excitement from the student and the abject fear from the parents. We’reas excited as the students are when we are able to make that offer of admission oraward a good scholarship. We’re always humbled by the distance people travel tovisit Queen’s,” says Ms Meacher. Qwww.queensu.ca/admission
recrUitment in fUll swingfor class of 2012
Queen’s beautiful campus is a strong selling feature and in the past, students have often madetheir final decision on whether or not to come here once they have visited campus. tours areconducted daily, giving enthusiastic current students a chance to talk about the Queen’s ex-perience, show potential students just how close their homes would be to their classrooms,and give them a sense of the close knit community they are being invited to join.
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In recent years, the Faculty of Engineer-ing and Applied Science boosted its recruitment activities primarily throughits website and videos.
“We’re taking full advantage of thetechnology and it’s been extremely suc-cessful,” says Lynann Clapham, AssociateDean (Academic), Faculty of Engineer-ing and Applied Science. Dr. Clapham,and her team reach out to thousands ofprospective students and deliver themessage that Queen’s Engineering andApplied Science message of provides alearning experience rich in innovationand tradition.
Top Ten Reasons, a video series pro-duced in 2010, was hugely successful in large part because students lend anauthentic voice to the engineering ex-perience at Queen’s. video titles includeWomen Engineers Rock!, Collaborationnot Competition, and Join Now, DecideLater – Flexible Program Selection.
In addition to the website, videos,and personal visits with prospective stu-dents and parents, Dr. Chapham creditscurrent students with the recruitmentprogram’s success. “I can’t overstate the impact that our students have on peopledeciding to come to Queen’s. They arereal ambassadors,” she says. Qengineering.queensu.ca
There is no better feeling thanhelping students make that
important, life-changing decision and knowing that you
will be a small but importantpart in their future success. KUTAy ULKUER, ADMISSIONS MANAGER,
BADER INTERNATIONAL STUDy CENTRE
Prospective students have becomemore sophisticated in preparing for
the application process. The increasing competition hasstrengthened grades, LSAT
results and extracurricular achieve-ments presented by the prospective
student population. I began recruit-ing law students to the Faculty
of Law in 2001 and it remains apleasure to engage with these futureleaders and contributors to society.
JANE EMRICH, ASSISTANT DEAN OF STUDENTS,
FACULTy OF LAW
Graduate student recruitment is a very different practice than undergraduate recruitment. For a graduate student there is a heavy emphasis on the personal level of commitment.Their work at Queen’s will really define who they are as an individual and where their career will eventually go.COLETTE STEER, COORDINATOR, RECRUITMENT
ACTIvITIES, SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES
As graduates, applicants to theFaculty of Education are familiarwith how post-secondary institu-tions work and have very specificquestions about the structure ofthe teacher education program.They ask us if they are prepared:‘are the courses I have taken andthe extracurricular activities thatI participated in what you arelooking for?’BOB BURGE, EDUCATION REGISTRAR
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mAr thA whiteheAD helpingwrite the nex t chApter of QUeen’s l ibrAry Even though the midterm rush wasweeks away, students packed the carrelsat Stauffer Library one recent Friday af-ternoon. For Martha Whitehead, newlyappointed University Librarian afterserving as the interim head for the pre-vious year, the scene was not surprisingat all.
“People love the library and have areal sense of ownership. When I cameto Queen’s in 2004 from the Universityof British Columbia, I was impressed bythe great student community, the strongfaculty and the research that occurs atthe university,” she says. “I believe thelibrary connects research, learning andthe student community.”
Queen’s libraries are embedded in theresearch and learning flow, which hasbeen a strength for many years. For ex-ample, people in the Faculty of Educa-tion know the librarians and respectthem, and that’s true in each of the library communities on campus.
Preserving the Queen’s Library’s cen-tral role in learning and research will bea major priority during the restructuringaction plan which began last year.
“The philosophy of the plan is to become as efficient as possible around
activities that cross all boundaries suchas book ordering and electronic resourcemanagement,” says Ms Whitehead. “Wealso recognized that people might be de-veloping an expertise in a particular library that really should be sharedacross the whole system.”
As the library continues implement-ing the plan and the university’s aca-demic and research plans unfold, MsWhitehead wants to engage with peopleand hear their vision for the library’s fu-ture. Ultimately, those conversations willinform the future library master planthat will dovetail with campus planning.
Ms Whitehead and her husband havesettled into the Kingston community.Her two daughters attend the Universityof Toronto but visit often. To give some-thing back for her enjoyment of the natural landscape, Ms Whitehead volunteers with Friends of FrontenacPark. She also recently participated inKingston Reads: Battle of the Books, aliterary showdown during KingstonWritersFest.
Ms Whitehead writes a weekly blogthat can be found atlibrary.queensu.ca/ul Q
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Bob Weisnagel, Associate Director of Pension Benefits & Insurance, has been askedto answer many questions about the Queen’s Pension Plan. Over the next few months,onQ will publish some of the most commonly asked questions.
QuestionI’m planning on retiring soon, and expectmy pension to be based on the minimumguarantee. Do the plan changes reducemy early retirement pension at age 60?
AnswerNo. e Pension Benefits Act states un-equivocally that accrued benefits cannotbe reduced. Pension payments for amember retiring early at age 60 on theminimum guarantee remain at the current10 per cent reduction applied to thebenefit formula (two per cent for each
of the five years of early retirement) forall service prior to September 1, 2012.Only service accrued aer implementa-tion will be reduced at the higher threeper cent level.
For example: if a 30-year plan memberretires at age 60, one year into the newrules, the accrued benefit from the first29 years would be handled under theold rules (i.e. two per cent reductionper year early). Only the last year wouldbe factored in under the new rules. If thatmember retired two years into the new
rules, 28 years would be handled underthe old rules and two under the new,and so on.
e same would apply to indexingaer retirement: pension credits earnedbefore the new rules are implemented(i.e. September 2012) will continue tobe indexed according to the currentexcess interest formula. In other words,
the technical changes applicable to theminimum guarantee will have a gradualimpact on pensions and will take a gen-eration to be fully implemented. Q
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Queen’s University welcomes new professors, clinicians andresearchers each year. the people listed here have arrivedin Kingston and on campus during the past 12 months.
Arts And science
art history
GAUvIN BAILEy Professor and Bader Chair in SouthernBaroque Arts Areas of interest: 16th-18th century Southern and Central European arts and their international diffusion in Latin America and Asia
Business
JACOB BROWERAssistant Professor, MarketingAreas of interest: corporate reputation andbrand management, corporate social responsibility, sustainability and marketingstrategy
educAtiOn
BENJAMIN BOLDENProfessor, Music educationAreas of interest: creativity, compositionand singing pedagogy, community musicmaking and learning, Web 2.0 technologiesas educational tools, and arts-informed research methodologies
JAMIE PyPER Professor, Mathematics EducationAreas of interest: the study of teacher beliefs, specifically secondary school mathematics teacher efficacy
engineering And Applied science
chemical engineering
XIANG LI Assistant ProfessorAreas of interest: optimal process designand operation, model predictive control,supply chain optimization, energy and water networks, control and optimizationunder uncertainty, global optimization
civil engineering
DUNCAN CREE Assistant Professor and Director, AboriginalAccess to Engineering ProgramAreas of interest: materials engineering:natural, metal matrix composites, concrete,fibre reinforced composites
RyAN MULLIGAN Assistant ProfessorAreas of interest: Coastal engineering,oceanography, surface waves, sediments
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WELCOME NEW FACULTY
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emergency Medicine
ARMITA RAHMANIAssistant ProfessorAreas of interest: Medical education and curriculum development.
family Medicine
BRENT WOLFROM ProfessorAreas of interest: veterans health and medical education
KELLy HOWSE Behavioural Medicine DirectorAreas of interest: general family practice,primary care obstetrics
obstetrics and Gynaecology
ROMy NITSCH Assistant Professor Areas of interest: surgical education, outcomes and improvements in minimallyinvasive surgery, bioethics
Medicine, General internal
DAvID TAyLOR Assistant ProfessorAreas of interest: medical education
nursing
JOAN ALMOST Assistant ProfessorAreas of interest: impact of workplacerelationships on nurses and patient; educational intervention in provincial correctional settings
CHRISTINA M GODFREyAssistant Professor Areas of interest: integrative research,methodology of synthesis, self-care and chronic disease management
ROSEMARy WILSON Assistant Professor Areas of interest: acute and chronic painmanagement in the undergraduate nursingand medicine programs and in anaesthesi-ology residency core teaching
KEvIN WOO Assistant ProfessorAreas of interest: wound management, interpreting links between personality,stress, emotion reactivity and other psychological variables correlated to the experience of pain
ophthalmology
yI NING STRUBEAssistant ProfessorAreas of interest: retinopathy of prematurity,pediatric ophthalmology and eye disorders
pathology and Molecular Medicine
MICHAEL RAUH, MD, PHDAssistant ProfessorAreas of interest: translational studies in leukemia and pre-leukemic disorders; the cancer/immune connection
psychiatry
ESSAM ABDELMOTAAL Assistant ProfessorAreas of Interest: schizophrenia
CASIMIRO CABRERA ABREU Associate ProfessorAreas of interest: mood disorders
surgery-cardiothoracic surgery
DARRIN PAyNEAssistant Professor, Cardiac SurgeonAreas of interest: Transcatheter valve im-plantation, aortic surgery, minimal accessmitral valve surgery
surgery – General
ANDREA WINTHROP ProfessorAreas of interest: Pediatric General Surgery
surgery – plastic surgery
DOUGLAS MCKAyAssistant Professor
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HILARy yOUNGAdjunct Assistant ProfessorAreas of interest: health law, law in relation toend of life decision-making, and tort law Q
Mining engineering
JEFFREy DAvIDSONAssistant Professor Areas of interest: Applied mineral economics and sustainability
grAduAte studies
school of industrial relations and school of business
GEORGE SMITH LecturerAreas of interest: strategic management ofhuman resources and industrial relationswith a specialty in collective bargaining and change management in unionized organizations
school of policy studies
DONALD DRUMMOND Matthews Fellow in Global Public Policyand Adjunct Professor, Chair of the Commission on the Reform of OntarioPublic ServicesAreas of interest: advising government onbalancing the budget and deriving greatervalue-for-money from all public services
MUNIR A. SHEIKH Distinguished Fellow and Adjunct ProfessorAreas of Interest: public policy developmentin the federal government
school of urban and regional planning
PATRICIA COLLINS Assistant Professor, Healthy CommunitiesAreas of interest: healthy urban planning,healthy public policy, health inequities andthe built environment
heAlth sciences
anesthesiology and perioperative Medicine
DEvIN SyDORAssistant ProfessorAreas of interest: simulation-based medicaleducation, especially teaching and assessingcompetencies using simulation
diagnostic radiology
DANIEL BAXTERProfessorAreas of interest: congenital craniofacialanomalies, sinonasal disease and advancedtechniques in medical imaging
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trAining for ne w ADmin system begins this month
As Queen’s prepares to implement the new HR PeopleSo administrative system, ateam will be providing formal training to almost 600 authorized users. e programis set to begin this month and will continue into January.
Meanwhile, the extended team from Human Resources, IT Services and QUASRworking on the system is gearing up for the transition phase that will ready the systemfor launch.
“e team is working hard,” says project director Jim Carse. “We have the rightpeople with the right expertise who also realize the value and importance of teamwork.”
e project’s transition phase will bring the team into high problem solving mode,addressing any outstanding issues that could affect the system’s functionality. eteam is running multiple parallel payroll processes on the legacy and PeopleSo sys-tems to make sure the new system produces correct paycheques. It is also monitoringa list of 17 priority areas to assess and address risk and levels of readiness. e teamis fully focused on the launch goal.
e university’s internal audit team has completed phase one of it’s audit of HRPeopleSo; any issues will need to be completely addressed before the launch.
“I am looking forward to the benefits the university will derive from this projectover the next few years, so we are pressing on with this implementation,” says CarolineDavis, vice-Principal (Finance and Administration). “But I don’t underestimate thecomplexity of this project or the impact of so great a change on the user community.So there will be a comprehensive sign-off process at senior levels in the administra-tion before we go live. One big factor we will be watching closely will be the level ofachievement in the training sessions.” Qwww.queensu.ca/quasr/hr/time.html
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eMployee spotlight
Finding enough ways to recognize theefforts of all the outstanding faculty andstaff at Queen’s is never a simple task.This past year, the new Graduate SupportAward, with backing from the School of Graduate Studies and the Society forGraduate and Professional Students(SGPS), honoured two people who havemade a meaningful contribution to theexperiences of graduate students.
Terrie Easter Sheen, administrativeassistant and graduate assistant in Gen-der Studies is one staff member, who ishighly-valued by students and facultyalike. Working in the formerly namedWomen’s Studies department since its inception in 1985, Ms Easter Sheen hasseen the department grow and evolveinto the Department of Gender Studies,and eventually expand to include a grad-uate program.
Ms Easter Sheen consistently takesher role of working with graduate students
seriously and passionately, ensuring thattheir experiences at Queen’s are positiveand rewarding.
“Even before new students set footon this campus, I emphasize to them thatthey can count on me to assist them anyway I can,” she says. “I want to go thatextra mile for them.”
Graduate coordinator SamanthaKing’s dedication and hard work in theSchool of Kinesiology and Health Studiesearned the award as well. Current re-search focuses on the use of prescriptionpainkillers in contemporary culture andthe power dynamics at play in determin-ing who is in pain. She strives for herwork to be political at its core and tomake an impact on society at large.
“Supervising and supporting graduatestudents is one of the most challengingand fulfilling aspects of academic life,”she says. “I feel honoured and humbledto be recognized this way.” Q
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more than 400 health sciences donors, alumni, students, faculty and university and city officialscelebrated the grand opening last month of the university’s stunning new school of medicinebuilding. the ceremony was held on summerhill lawn across from the recently-completed $77-million facility, which is funded through the canada-ontario Knowledge infrastructure programand generous gifts from benefactors, alumni, students and medical and clinical faculty. richard reznick, dean of the faculty of health sciences, paid special tribute to his predecessor,David walker, for whom the atrium – “the crowning centre-piece of our beautiful new building”– is named.
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lAst goAl wins!It’s quirky, free-form, inclusive and, most of all, fun. Nooners is a pickup soccergame played during the noon hour, Monday to Friday all year round. What beganas a practice for the Computing Science/Mathematics Grad League team in themid-70s has evolved to include students, staff, faculty, and alumni, and may just beone of the longest running athletics and recreation programs on campus. The gameis played on Tindall Field from mid-March until early December, and in the uppergym of the Athletics and Recreation Centre during winter months.
Mike Smith, senior technical support specialist, IT Services says Nooners rulesaren’t written down anywhere but players learn the basics quickly. “For example,use of hands is not allowed, including the goalkeeper, which means, in essence,there isn’t a goalkeeper. Any contact is a foul allowing for a mandatory free kick.Throw-ins are replaced by indirect free kicks. And of course, last goal wins,” saysMr. Smith.
Although no special skills are required to join Nooners, Mr. Smith suggests thata “thick skin, the patience of Job and the humility of Gandhi” will serve playerswell. With tongue firmly placed in his cheek, he explains, “you need to play at least10 years before you can propose a rule change and then when your suggestion is ig-nored you need to play another 10 years before you can respectfully inquire aboutit. Nobody knows what happens next because nobody ever asks that question. After20 years you have gained too much wisdom to pursue the matter.”
Mr. Smith and all the other Nooners welcome new players any time of the year. Anyone interested in joining Nooners can show up at noon for their first game
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in the upcoming months, you’ll begin to notice signs like these appearing on the counter-
tops of your favourite independent local merchants. each sign indicates participation in a
brand new Queen’s employee Discount program. for further information, present your em-
ployee iD card to store staff, or scan the Qr code with your smart phone. Keep looking for
new participants, and if you’d like to suggest a local business, please contact us:
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“hAnDs”foUr Direc tions AboriginAlstUDent centrethe hands mural is one of three on displayin the four Directions Aboriginal studentcentre. every graduating Aboriginal studentleaves their permanent mark at the centrewith an imprint of their hands. this projecthas been going on since 1997 when the firststudents graduated from the Aboriginalteacher education program (Atep). studentsfrom every indigenous background and pro-gram have left their marks here.
the four Directions Aboriginal studentcentre seeks to enhance the developmentand well-being of the Queen’s UniversityAboriginal community. four Directions welcomes and encourages all students to de-velop an awareness and appreciation of theAboriginal experience in canada. the centrestrives to support individual Aboriginal stu-dents in balancing their academic, spiritual,physical, and emotional needs.www.queensu.ca/fdasc
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Keep faith dates in mind whenplanning ahead. when preparing fallschedules, faculty, staff and studentsare encouraged to refer to the listingsof holy days on the office of the University chaplain’s website.www.queensu.ca/chaplain
principal Daniel woolf has estab-lished a commission on Mentalhealth at Queen’s that will broadlyconsult with experts and the Queen’scommunity and make recommenda-tions next spring to enhance the student experience and promote stu-dent mental health and wellness.www.queensu.ca/cmh
read the principal’s report to the september 23 meeting of the board of trustees at www.queensu.ca/principal/speech/botsept.html and the provost andVice-principal (Academic)’s report tosenate atwww.queensu.ca/secretariat/senate/agendasminutes/092711/sep27_11appc.pdf
the provost and Vice-principal (Academic)’s video, In Conversationwith Alan Harrison, is now availablefor viewing at www.queensu.ca/provost
eat for $5Queen’s hospitality services is proudto offer all Queen’s staff and facultyas well as Kgh staff an all-you-care-to eat lunch every friday at leonardand ban righ Dining halls for just$5! be sure to bring your employeecard. check the website for schedule.www.dining.housing.queensu.ca/5-fridays
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number of main campus surface parking passes issuedby the parking office: 1,225 issued for Queen’s centre:170, shuttle park and ride: 290, union street 740,West campus, 305
number of 2012 Viewbooksprinted for the office ofUniversity registrar: 65,000
the oldest book in the w. D. Jordonspecial collections: saturae by Juvenal, dated 1475
the day the Agnes etheringtonArt cente is open to the publicwith free admission: thursday
seating capacity forrichardson stadium:10,258
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help linesCampus Security Emergency Report Centre
613.533.6111human rights OfficeIrène Bujara, Director 613.533.6886
sexual harassment complainant AdvisorsMargot Coulter, Coordinator 613.533.6629
Chuck vetere, Student Counsellingext. 77978
Anti-racism complainant AdvisorsStephanie Simpson, Coordinator 613.533.6886
Audrey Kobayashi, Geography 613.533.3035
Anti-heterosexism/transphobia complainant AdvisorsJean Pfleiderer, Coordinator 613.533.6886
Eleanor MacDonald, Politics 613.533.6631
coordinator of dispute resolution MechanismsHarry Smith 613.533.6495
sexual harassment respondent AdvisorGreg Wanless, Drama ext. 74330
Anti-racism respondent AdvisorEllie Deir, Education ext. 77673
internal dispute resolution SGPS Student Advisor Program 613.533.3169
Freedom of information and protection of privacy Diane Kelly, Access and Privacy Coordinator 613.533.2211
equity Office613.533.2563
Accommodation and wellnessShannon Jones, Workplace Advisorext. 77818
employee Assistance program1.800.387.4765
university chaplainBrian yealland 613.533.2186
rector613.533.2733
health, counselling and disability services613.533.2506
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