WINTER EVENTS CATALOGUE FOR QUEEN’S CLUBS & GROUPS
Looking for exciting events for your club or group? See the planned and facilitated events
that are happening at Queen’s and learn how they could be convenient opportunities
for your whole club or group to attend!
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Student Experience Office
Study Break Socials Spotlight Series Leadership Workshop Series Young, Gifted, and Black Queen’s Reads: Author Talk with Amanda Parris Arts Education and Anti-Racism: A Conversation with Amanda Parris
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Career Services
Queen’s University Engineering & Technology Fair Majors Night Career Services Workshops Custom Career Workshops
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Student Academic Success Services
Studying Efficiently: How to Get it All Done Reading Faster, Reading Better Ideas for Better Notetaking Speaking with Confidence Write Nights Improving Essay Writing Writing Better Lab Reports Editing Reports & Essays Beating Procrastination Catching Up in School Making Written Arguments Exam Prep: Multiple Choice Exams Exam Prep: Essay Exams
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Queen’s University International Centre
Speed Friending and Coffee Sitcom Trivia Marvel Trivia Trivia
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STUDENT EXPERIENCE OFFICE
Study Break Socials
Spotlight Series Leadership Workshop Series
Audience Open to all Queen’s Students
Location Online
Date Wednesdays (bi-weekly)
12:30pm or 7:00pm, EST
Audience Open to all Queen’s Students
Location Online, Instagram Live
Date Mondays
3:30pm, EST
Audience Open to all Queen’s Students
Location Online
Date Various dates and times
Looking for an engaging teambuilding event for you and your club or group? Join us for quick, interactive games and activities. Contact us if you would like SEO to host an exclusive social event just for you and your group or club!
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Join us every Monday at 3:30pm on Instagram Live as SEO has authentic and informative conversations with Queen’s staff. Duing each live, you will learn about various campus resources, staff, and student leaders, from how to get moving and stay active with A&R, to tips and tricks on your academic success with SASS.
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Expand your current leadership knowledge, develop new skills, and connect with other students. Attend four workshops to receive a Student Leadership Certificate! • Engaging Students Online: January 18, 5:00-
6:00pm
• Facilitation Skills: February 3, 10:00-11:00am
• Queen’s Resources & Making Referrals: February 12, 10:00-11:00am
• Giving & Receiving Feedback: February 22, 5:00-6:00pm
• Event & Project Management: March 3, 10:00-11:00am
• Online Debriefing: March 17, 10:00-11:00pm
Leadership Workshop Series
ONLINE ONLINE
Club Idea: Watch as a team to stay informed
about campus resources and services that may
be useful for your club and its members.
ONLINE
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Young, Gifted, and Black
Queen’s Reads: Author Talk with Amanda Parris
Arts Education and Anti-Racism: A Conversation with Amanda Parris
Audience Open to all Queen’s Students
Location Online
Date Available beginning the last
week of February
Audience Open to all Queen’s Students
Location Online
Date March 10
5:00pm, EST
Audience Open to all Queen’s Students
Location Online
Date April 15
1:30pm, EST
Young, Gifted, and Black will celebrate the Black students whose behind-the-scenes contributions are essential to the Queen’s community but are not frequently celebrated. Recommended students will be featured in a video interview that will be available for viewing on the Student Experience Office’s YouTube channel from the last week of February onward.
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Join us for a conversation with Amanda Parris, the playwright behind this year’s Queen’s Reads selection, Other Side of the Game.
Queen’s Reads Events & Programming
In this event, we will talk to 2020-2021 Queen’s Reads author Amanda Parris about her past work as an arts educator and how her background in education influenced Other Side of the Game. This event is part of the IIE Faculty of Education Series.
Queen’s Reads Events & Programming
ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE
Club Idea: Read Other Side of the Game as a
group, then join for a team discussion.
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CAREER SERVICES
Queen’s University Engineering & Technology Fair
Majors Night Career Services Workshops
Audience Students in Technical Studies
Location Online
Date January 19-20
11:30am-2:30pm, EST
Audience First Year Students
Location Online
Date February 25
4:00pm-7:00pm, EST
Audience Open to all Queen’s Students
Location Online
Date Offered weekly, various times
This year our winter Engineering & Technology fairs will be taking place on Zoom with two days of employers looking to recruit Queen’s students.
Engineering & Technology Fair
Choosing a program is one of the biggest decisions you can make in university. It is important to make an informed choice—but it doesn’t have to stress you out. Majors Night was created to help you ask questions and learn about each Arts & Science program. Members from each Departmental Student Council (DSC) will be available to answer questions about their experiences with each program. You will be able to compare the different programs you are considering and explore whether they fit your interests and future goals. Advisors from Academic Advising, Career Services, and PASS will also be available for questions.
Majors Night
Career Services regularly offers online workshops on career topics including:
• Resumes/CVs and Cover Letters
• Interview Strategies
• Summer Job Search 101
• Networking
• Skills Assessment (with Skills Cards)
• Thinking about Grad School?
Career Workshops
ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE
Club Idea: Discuss what skills your members
are learning by being a part of your club and
how they relate to career goals. Then join the
fair as a team to learn about future job
opportunities where you can utilize these skills.
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Custom Career Workshops
Audience Open to all Queen’s Clubs & Groups
Location Online
Date Flexible dates and times
Career Services can offer a custom career workshop just for your club or group:
• Introduction to Career Services
• What to do with a degree in…?
• Resumes/CVs and Cover Letters
• Interview Strategies
• Summer Job Search 101
• Networking
• Skills Assessment (with Skills Cards)
• Thinking about Grad School? Career Services also works with clubs/groups representing equity-deserving students to tailor workshops to have particular focus on topics that may be of particular interest and relevance, such as disclosure, workshop accommodations, etc.
Request a Career Workshop
ONLINE
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STUDENT ACADEMIC SUCCESS SERVICES
Studying Efficiently: How to Get it All Done
Reading Faster, Reading Better Ideas for Better Notetaking
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date January 11 / March 9
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date January 12
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date January 13
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Spend an hour with SASS’s peer volunteers finding ways to break new ground in your approach to studying this semester. Whether you are finding reading slow going, want to work through video lectures more efficiently, or are just looking for ways to find structure and focus while working remotely, you are sure to learn something to speed up your work and reduce academic stress!
January: Session 1 Session 2
March: Session 1 Session 2
Did you struggle with massess of textbooks, articles, and other readings last semester? Wondering how to read fast enough to succeed? Learn how to approach your course readings strategically and efficiently with advice from SASS peers.
Session 1 Session 2
Do you find notetaking though while learning online? In this workshop, SASS peers will show you some great tips and strategies to make notetaking a bit easier this semester.
Session 1 Session 2
ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE
Club Idea: Register as a team to improve
members’ ability to take meeting minutes.
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Speaking with Confidence Write Nights
Improving Essay Writing
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date January 18
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date Tuesdays & Wednesdays
7:30pm-9:00pm & 9:00am-10:30am
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date January 25
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Giving presentations and participating confidently in class can be scary. What are professors looking for, why do they ask you to give presentations, and how can you speak with confidence and clarity? We will show you some simple but powerful strategies to overcome anxiety, speak with confidence, and boost your presentation and participation grades.
Session 1 Session 2
Write Nights is a weekly program that brings students across fields and disciplines together to work on sentence-level writing skills. Join the EAL Coordinators from Student Academic Success Services (SASS) as they facilitate a session where you can practice with models, ask questions, explore conventions, negotiate meaning, and engage with grammar in context.
• Writing Critically
• Connectors
• Setence Variety
• Participles
• Topic Sentences
• Adverbs
• Verb Tenses
• Punctuation
Write Nights
How can improved writing skills improve your thinking and your grades? We will work on the higher-level skills that academic writing requires, showing you practical strategies to incorporate at any stage of the writing process and in any discipline.
Session 1 Session 2
ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE
Club Idea: Join as a team to improve your
members’ ability to speak confidently in team
meetings and events.
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Writing Better Lab Reports Editing Reports & Essays
Beating Procrastination
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date January 26
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date February 10 & March 22
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date January 17
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Lab reports can seem intimidating, so our writing experts are on hand to lead you through the process of writing. Especially suitable for students in Biology, Chemistry, and related disciplines.
Session 1 Session 2
Not sure how to effectively edit and proofread your writing? In this workshop, we will show you simple strategies to edit and proofread any assignment!
February: Session 1 Session 2
March: Session 1 Session 2
While studying from home, procrastination can be tough to avoid, but there are strategies that can help you reduce your urge to procrastinate. Join our team of learning assistants to create an anti-procrastination plan so you can get back on track and maintain focus.
Session 1 Session 2
ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE
Club Idea: Join as a group to increase
members’ production and get more out of your
team.
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Catching Up in School Making Written Arguments
Exam Prep: Multiple Choice
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date March 1
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date March 8
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date April 5
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Most students find that they fall behind in one or more courses. It is never too late to get back on track, so our Peer Learning Assistants have designed this workshop to answer your questions and produce a plan of action.
Session 1 Session 2
How do you write persuasive arguments? In this workshop, our peers will show you how.
Session 1 Session 2
Are multiple choice exams really about memorizing the entire textbook? Or is there a better way? In this workshop, SASS peers will show you how to prepare for your exam more thoroughly and effectively, how to approach questions online, and what strategies to use during the test so you can maximize success!
Session 1 Session 2
ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE
Club Idea: Register as a team to support each
other in balancing academics and extra-
curriculars.
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Exam Prep: Essays
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date April 6
1:00pm-2:00pm / 6:00pm-7:00pm
Essay-style exams can be tough to prepare for. In this workshop, SASS peers will show you how to memorize and review course materials, anticipate and prep potential answers in advance, write a quality exam under time constraints, and more.
Session 1 Session 2
ONLINE
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Queen’s University International Centre
Speed Friending & Coffee
Sitcom Trivia
Marvel Trivia
Audience Open to all Queen’s Students
Location Online
Date Every Wednesday starting Jan. 6
See schedule below
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date March 30
10:00am, EST
Audience Open to all Queen’s Undergrads
Location Online
Date April 28
8:00am, EST
Come take a break and connect with other students from the Queen’s community! Geared towards international students. All times are EST.
• January 20, 8:00pm
• January 27, 8:00am
• February 3, 8:00pm
• February 10, 8:00am
• February 17, 8:00pm
• March 10, 8:00pm
• March 17, 8:00am
• March 24, 8:00pm
• March 31, 8:00am
• April 7, 8:00pm
• April 14, 8:00am
• April 21, 8:00pm
• April 28, 8:00am
Come test your sitcom knowledge!
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Come test your knowledge on your favourite superheroes!
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ONLINE ONLINE ONLINE
Club Idea: Looking for a teambuilding activity?
Join as a group for a fun-filled trivia session.
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Trivia
Audience Open to all Queen’s Students
Location Online
Date February 23
10:00am, EST
Come test your knowledge!
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ONLINE
