News and Events
DEVS faculty members named as finalists for SSHRC 2024 Impact Awards
Sep 06, 2024
Dr. Susanne Soederberg and Dr. Reena Kukreja are named as finalists for the SSHRC 2024 Impact Awards.
Allyson Dafoe recognized as a 2024 Champion for Mental Health
Jun 29, 2024
Allyson Dafoe, DEVS PhD student and TA recognized as a Champion for Mental Health
Damai Siallagan °ÄÃÅÁùºÏ²Ê¿ª½±ÏÖ³¡ Newest Pathy Fellow
Jun 03, 2024
An exceptional new graduate joins a network of leaders and changemakers from Queen’s and beyond as a recipient of this prestigious community-development fellowship program.
Accidental Queer, and other essays around critical masculinity studies in Southern Africa and Canada
May 14, 2024
Marc Epprecht publishes Accidental Queer, and other essays around critical masculinity studies in Southern Africa and Canada.asculinity and African queer studies with such publications as the award-winning Hungochani: The History of a Dissident Sexuality in Southern Africa.
DEVS Speaker Series Presents Dr. Wendy Harcourt
Mar 21, 2024
Dr. Harcourt probes into what it means to be a feminist and a political activist concerned about the environmental justice undertaking research in today’s neoliberal university.
Graduate colloquium in honor of Bruce Berman
Mar 19, 2024
Please join us in sharing research-in-progress or proposed by grad students working on African themes across diverse departments at Queen’s. This will also be an opportunity for us to show our respects to one of the founders of African Studies at Queen’s, and indeed, in Canada.
Developing a Glocal Future: Bridging Global and Local Perspectives Conference
Mar 10, 2024
The DEVS Department Student Council announces the 2024 conference will be held on Sunday March 10, 2024. The theme is Developing a Glocal Future: Bridging Global and Local Perspectives.
Master’s or PhD Position Available: Post-Extractive Transitions
Dec 12, 2023
The Futures of Care project led by Drs. Hall, Epprecht, and Goebel are seeking a qualified candidate interested in pursuing their MA or PhD research investigating alternative relations to land in extractive regions in northern Canada and South Africa.
DEVS Alumni Sara-Maya Kaba wins a 2023-2024 Pathy Fellowship Award
Nov 22, 2023
Funded by the Pathy Fellowship Foundation, in partnership with the Coady Institute, Sara-Maya has founded Aawaaz. Aawaaz is an initiative that works with underserved youth in Pakistan.
Students engage in learning how to express their thoughts about Lake Ontario with charcoal
Nov 21, 2023
Most of us spend our academic lives reading and writing, but there are many ways to learn and teach.
David McDonald speaks with Bill Welychka about his new Living Lake Ontario course
Oct 31, 2023
How important is Lake Ontario? That is the question that Bill Welychka, host of Global News asks Professor David McDonald.
Students engage in learning about safe fish and revitalizing fisheries
Oct 27, 2023
After learning about safe fish eating in Lake Ontario, and then learning about efforts to revitalize fisheries in Akwesasne First Nation, students learned how to clean fish from Chef Cody Balfour from Hospitality Services at Queen’s.