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| Type | School |
|---|---|
| Established | 1942 |
Parent institution | Queen's Faculty of Education |
| Affiliation | Queen's University at Kingston |
| Location | , , |
| Website | www |
Queen's School of English, located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, is a unit of the Faculty of Education at the Queen's University at Kingston.
Queen's University School of English (QSoE), founded in 1942, offers international students a variety of English language (ESL) programs, including intensive academic English, short-term and tailored programs. Students choose to study at QSoE for many different reasons such as university preparation, to learn English for work, or to experience Canadian culture. The rich socio-cultural program helps the students with cultural adaptation and allows them to practice English language skills outside of their classroom. For more information about QSoE, visit www.queensu.ca/qsoe.
QSoE is located on Queen's University campus in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Kingston is situated on the northern shore of Lake Ontario, one of the world's largest lakes. Kingston is a small, safe and historic city, located a two- to three-hour drive to Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal. Queen's University, established in 1841, is one of Canada's oldest degree-granting institutions. Queen's ranked fourth in Maclean's magazine's 21st annual survey of Canadian universities. Queen's students come from more than 120 countries and all across Canada. Students are surrounded by bright, motivated peers, and aided and encouraged by Queen's supportive atmosphere. For additional information about Queen's University, visit www.queensu.ca.
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Kingston is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is on the eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River. The city is midway between Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec. The Thousand Islands tourist region is nearby to the east. Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many heritage buildings constructed using local limestone.
Franco-Ontarians are French Canadians from the province of Ontario, or francophone Canadians that reside in the province. They are sometimes also known in French as Ontarois. Approximately 1.34 million Ontarians reported having partial or full French ethnic origins in the 2016 Canadian Census. In the same year, the Government of Ontario calculates there are approximately 622,415 francophones residing in the province. The majority of francophones in the province reside in Eastern Ontario, Northeastern Ontario, and Central Ontario, although francophone communities may be found in other regions of the province.
The Royal Military College of Canada, commonly abbreviated as RMC, is the military college of the Canadian Armed Forces, and is a degree-granting university training military officers. RMC was established in 1876 and is the only federal institution in Canada with degree-granting powers. The Royal Military College of Canada Degrees Act, 1959 empowers the college to confer degrees in arts, science, and engineering. Programs are offered at the undergraduate and graduate levels, both on campus as well as through the college's distance learning programme via the Division of Continuing Studies.
The Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, commonly known as Humber College, was founded in 1967. Humber is a publicly funded college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Humber has three main campuses, Humber North campus, Lakeshore campus, and Humber Orangeville campus.
Glendon College, also called Glendon Campus, is a public liberal arts college in Toronto, Ontario. Formally the federated bilingual campus of York University, it is one of the school's 9 colleges and 11 faculties with 84 full-time faculty members and a student population of about 2,700. Founded as the first permanent establishment of York University, the school began academic operation under the mentorship of the University of Toronto in September 1960. Under the York University Act 1959 legislation, York was once an affiliated institution of the University of Toronto, where the first cohort of faculty and students originally utilized the Falconer Hall building as a temporary home before relocating north of the St. George campus to Glendon Hall — an estate that was willed by Edward Rogers Wood for post-secondary purposes.
The Niagara College of Applied Arts and Technology is a public College of Applied Arts and Technology within the Niagara Region of Southern Ontario, Canada.
Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute (KCVI) is a secondary school in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1792 by Reverend John Stuart based upon a grant for secondary education in the colony of Upper Canada, it moved to its present location in 1892. It is considered the oldest public secondary school in Ontario and the second oldest in Canada.
The Stephen J.R. Smith School of Business or the Smith School of Business is a business school located at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The school offers undergraduate and graduate programs as a part of Queen's University, but is managed separately with its own dean and budget. The school of business became its own faculty in 1963 with its first dean, Lawrence MacPherson. The current interim dean at the Smith School of Business is Dr. Teri Shearer.
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences is the largest of all faculties at Queen's University at Kingston, and one of the original three faculties that founded the school in 1841.
Robert Sutherland (1830–1878), a native of Jamaica, was the first known graduate of colour at a Canadian university, and the first Black man to study law in British North America. A graduate of Queen's University, Sutherland qualified to practise law in Ontario under the then prevailing system of apprenticeship and examination. He studied at Osgoode Law School and practised law for 20 years in Walkerton, Ontario. Upon his death in 1878, Sutherland's left a large bequest to Queen's University, roughly equivalent to the institution's annual operating budget. This donation was the largest the school had ever received, saving it from financial catastrophe in a banking crisis.
Queen's University is a public research university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Queen's holds more than 1,400 hectares of land throughout Ontario and owns Herstmonceux Castle in East Sussex, England. Queen's is organized into ten undergraduate, graduate, and professional faculties and schools.
Nik Nanos is a Canadian public opinion pollster, entrepreneur, public speaker, author, expert in political, business and social trends.
Selim G. Akl is a professor at Queen's University in the Queen's School of Computing, where he leads the Parallel and Unconventional Computation Group. His research interests are primarily in the area of algorithm design and analysis, in particular for problems in parallel computing and unconventional computing.
Contact North | Contact Nord is Ontario's distance education network and training network.
Mark Gerretsen is a Canadian politician and a member of the Liberal Party of Canada who was elected to represent the riding of Kingston and the Islands in the 2015 federal election, and re-elected in 2019. He currently serves on the Standing Committee for Procedure and House Affairs and is the Chair of the Ontario Liberal Caucus.
The Queen's Journal is the main student-run newspaper at Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston, Ontario. The paper was founded in 1873 and has been continually publishing ever since. It is as old as The Harvard Crimson, the oldest continuously published student newspaper in the United States. The Journal is published twice a week, usually on Tuesdays and Fridays. The 2020-21 Editor in Chief is Raechel Huizinga, and the Managing Editor is Matthew Scace. The publication is an editorially autonomous paper, guaranteed by the Alma Mater Society of Queen's University and its constitution and by-laws.
The Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science is the faculty responsible for all students pursuing degrees in the various engineering disciplines at Queen's University at Kingston in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Undergraduate students are represented by the Engineering Society.
Ciara Phillips is a Canadian-Irish artist based primarily in Glasgow, United Kingdom. Phillips was born in Ottawa, Canada. Her higher education was completed, first, at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Subsequently, she studied at the Glasgow School of Art in Glasgow, United Kingdom, obtaining a Master in Fine Art (2002/2004). Her work exploits the traditional use of printmaking practices, taking much influence from collaboration and, more personally, the philosophies of artist and teacher Corita Kent. On 7 May 2014, she was nominated for the Turner Prize for her work at The Showroom in London, England.
Dr. Chris Simpson, MD FRCPC FACC FHRS FCCS FCAHS is a Canadian cardiologist who served as the 147th President of the Canadian Medical Association (2014-2015). During his tenure, he championed seniors' care, arguing that a more comprehensive and integrated approach to the care of seniors would serve as a foundation for improving the Canadian healthcare system as a whole. Other issues during his term included a national discussion on end of life care, as well as issues around the public health implications and possible medicinal utility of marijuana.
Elizabeth (Beth) Smith Shortt was one of the first three women to earn a medical degree in Canada. She was one of the women medical students expelled from Queen's University, Ontario following a hostile backlash from male staff and students at the presence of women in the medical school. Shortt went on to complete her studies at a newly established women's college and practised medicine in Hamilton, Ontario. She was a long-serving and active member of the National Council of Women of Canada and spearheaded a number of public health and women's welfare initiatives.