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2018-19 Faculty of ARTS AND SCIENCE Annual ReviewMessage from the Dean As we look back at the past year we have much to be proud of and celebrate. From drafting our Strategic Plan, a document that will help us to chart our course through 2024, to further Indigenizing teaching and learning and expanding our community connections, we covered a lot of ground in the 2018-2019 academic year that will serve us well as we move into the future. We are here for our faculty, staff, and students, which is why this year we put more initiatives in place to support them. At the same time, we worked diligently on recruiting academics from diverse backgrounds to join the Faculty of Arts and Science, and have put more programs in place to help our faculty thrive, whether they have been with us for a year or a decade. Over the last two years, I have been delighted by getting to know the remarkable students, faculty, and staff that make up the Faculty of Arts and Science. The stories that follow provide just a sample of what we accomplished in the last year by working together. I look forward to what comes next. Sincerely, Barbara Crow, PhD Dean, Faculty of Arts and ScienceTable of Contents Facilitating a Common Vision ..........................................................................................................................................3 Improving Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigeneity ...................................................................................5 Strengthening our Research Prominence ................................................................................................................7 Supporting and Celebrating our People ..................................................................................................................9 Enhancing the Student Experience .............................................................................................................................15 Giving from our Alumni and Donors...........................................................................................................................19 Engaging Local, National, and Global Communities .........................................................................................21 Revitalizing our Spaces ........................................................................................................................................................23 By the Numbers ........................................................................................................................................................................25 Looking Ahead ..........................................................................................................................................................................28 Land Acknowledgement The Faculty of Arts and Science sits on the traditional lands of the Haudenosaunee and Anishinaabe peoples. We are grateful to be able to work, study, learn, and teach on these lands. Our land acknowledgement is extended in the many more personalized and detailed acknowledgements given by the people in our Faculty on a daily basis in both formal and informal settings, on our lands and beyond. Cover Photos: Kirsty Duncan, Minister of Science and Sport, SSHRC Funding Announcement at Queen's Arts and Science Online graduate, Laura Joyce (Artsci'19), and Academic Advisor, Arts and Science Online, David Youssef Associate Dean Lynda JessupFacilitating a Common VISION This year we set out to create the first strategic plan for our Faculty. We started by asking questions. What did our community see as the top priorities for the Faculty of Arts and Science? What would they change? And what issues did they believe needed the most immediate attention? The answers to those questions are helping to shape the document that will chart our course for the next five years. The strategic planning process has been fueled by collaboration, led by a dedicated working group, and informed by a series of consultations involving online surveys, formal submissions from academic departments and student associations, and focus groups involving staff, faculty, students, and alumni. Languages, Literatures and Cultures students 3An Equity, Diversity, Inclusivity, and Indigeneity Advisory Group made up of faculty volunteers from diverse backgrounds contributed significantly to the process, ensuring that the central principles of diversity, equity, inclusivity, and Indigeneity are embedded into the heart and soul of our plan. The final strategic plan will be launched this fall and will serve until 2024, outlining a clear vision for our future in four priority areas: strengthening our research prominence, enriching the student experience, supporting our people, and transforming our spaces. Supporting these priorities are 50 action items, along with details of the metrics that will help us chart our progress. Keely Doherty (Artsci'19), Arts and Science Online Indigenous Pre-Doctoral Fellows 4Improving EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION and INDIGENEITY From faculty recruitment to diversifying our academic programming and beyond, the Faculty of Arts and Science is making strides when it comes to improving equity, diversity, inclusion, and Indigeneity. To draw students from more diverse backgrounds, we have been working on tailored recruitment efforts which are allowing us to draw talented students from non-traditional backgrounds while developing better supports for students from underrepresented groups. Thanks to the use of the Diversity and Equity Self-Assessment Planning (DEAP) and Queen's Equity Appointments Process (QEAP) tools, we and our various academic departments have also been better able to identify diversity gaps, set related priorities, and recruit more faculty and staff hires from equity groups. Staff in the Faculty Office undertook cultural safety training workshops this year, and additional training to support reconciliation education and equity, diversity, and inclusion is planned for the coming year. Certficate in Mohawk Language and Culture class, Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory 5New curriculum initiatives are also helping to broaden inclusivity in the classroom, particularly in light of the recommendations in "Extending the Rafters," the Queen's Truth and Reconciliation Task Force report, and the Principal’s Implementation Committee on Racism, Diversity and Inclusion (PICRDI) report. As well, the Faculty of Arts and Science continues to build connections to Indigenous communities through teaching and learning, and within research contexts. A number of current Queen’s students enrolled in our new Certificate in Indigenous Languages and Cultures in 2018-2019, while 20 members of the Mohawk community enrolled in our new Certificate in Mohawk Language and Culture that is offered in partnership with the Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na Language and Cultural Centre and delivered in Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory. Our commitment to interdisciplinary research, social justice, and community engagement is also reflected in our graduate programs, which continue to inspire students from a variety of backgrounds. Our new Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program brought five Indigenous scholars from other universities to Queen’s in 2018-2019. The recent hiring of Indigenous faculty, as well as members of other equity groups, is further drawing talent to campus and extending our community connections. “Learning Mohawk is a powerful thing because we are reclaiming it as our own and we are using it when, years ago, we were told that we weren’t allowed to do that anymore. So, we are taking it back. It’s revitalization, and it’s powerful.” Rachael Beck, Student, Certificate in Mohawk Language and Culture For more of this story on the first week of classes for students in the Certificate, see our video: youtube.com/quartsci 6Strengthening our RESEARCH PROMINENCE Researchers in the Faculty of Arts and Science had an exceptional year, with numerous faculty members garnering national and international awards for their research excellence, while others achieved outstanding results in competitions for research funding. The Faculty of Arts and Science has worked diligently in the last year to support researchers in their efforts to acquire the resources they need to pursue their work through access to Research Project Advisors who provide grant writing support and the implementation of internal review processes for Tri-council funding applications. These efforts have paid off. In the last year, our faculty working in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) areas were granted $15.5 million in funding through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) Discovery Grants program, while those in the humanities and social sciences received $3 million through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight and Insight Development Grant programs. The success rates of our researchers in these competitions significantly exceeded national averages, attesting to the strength of our research community. With support from the Faculty, our researchers had further success securing support for research in strategic areas. These achievements include $1.6 million from NSERC’s Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) program, which was awarded to a team led by Dr. David Skillicorn (Computing) and which will be used to train students in cybersecurity, and $734,000 from the NSERC Strategic Partnerships program which will support Dr. Richard Oleschuk (Chemistry) and his research analyzing a large array of human fluids, including saliva, urine, and blood samples. Our cross-faculty "green team,” Drs. Pascale Champagne (Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering), Michael Cunningham (Chemical Engineering, Chemistry), Philip Jessop (Chemistry), and Warren Mabee (Geography and Planning, School of Policy Studies), was awarded the prestigious NSERC Brockhouse Canada Prize for their work in enhancing the value and sustainability of our natural renewable resources though collaboration. 2019 recipients of the Brockhouse Award, Drs. Pascale Champagne, Michael Cunningham, Philip Jessop, and Warren Mabee Our early career researchers also saw accomplishments of their own: our new faculty secured more than $1 million in research infrastructure funding the Canadian Foundation for Innovation-John R. Evans Leadership (CFI-JREL) Fund and Ontario Research Fund (ORF) programs. Strategically cultivating connections between researchers, the Faculty was also able to help our new faculty members form interdisciplinary teams to access funds through the inaugural New Frontiers in Research Fund competition. Teams from FAS secured $1.25 million in funding through this competition, with success rates vastly exceeding the national average. 7 The Faculty has also taken deliberate strides to promote our researchers and aid faculty members in earning research awards. Within Queen's, five faculty members from the Faculty of Arts and Science, Drs. Donald H. Akenson (History), Cathleen Crudden (Chemistry), John McGarry (Political Studies), Ram Murty (Mathematics and Statistics), and Suning Wang (Chemistry), were named among the first group of Distinguished University Professors, while four new faculty members, Drs. Carolyn Prouse (Geography and Planning), Chantelle Capicciotti (Chemistry), Laila Haidarali (Gender Studies), and Anita Tusche (Economics, Psychology) were named Queen’s National Scholars. Professor emeritus and influential Canadian political scientist, Dr. John Meisel, was also honoured with a named gate on campus. Nationally, Dr. William Plaxton (Biology) was honoured with the Canadian Society of Plant Biologists’ Gold Medal for his lifetime achievements in the area of plant biology, Dr. Robert Ross (Kinesiology and Health Studies) was named a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, and anti-bullying expert Dr. Wendy Craig (Psychology) was promoted to Officer of the Order of Canada. In addition, Drs. Kyla Tienhaara (Environmental Studies), Gabor Fichtinger (Computing), and Guojun Liu (Chemistry) were awarded Canada Research Chairs, and Dr. Molly Wallace (English) was awarded the Alanna Bondar Memorial Prize for the Enviornmental Humanities by the Association for Literature, Environment, and Culture in Canada (ALECC), for her book Risk Criticism: Precautionary Reading in an Age of Environmental Uncertainty (University of Michigan Press) in 2018. Internationally, Dr. Will Kymlicka (Philosophy) was appointed as co-director (with Dr. Irene Bloemraad) of a five-year, $5 million international program, Boundaries, Membership and Belonging, under the aegis of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR). Dr. Ron Spronk (Art Conservation) was awarded the Exhibition of the Year in 2018 by the international art magazine, Art, for the world's first major monographic show on Pieter Bruegel the Elder, held at the Kusthistorisches Museum in Vienna. Additionally, Dr. John Smol (Biology) was named a Fellow of the Royal Society (London), Dr. Parvin Mousavi (Computing) received the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) Canada C.C. Gotlieb Computer Award for her contributions to machine learning, Dr. Cathleen Crudden (Chemistry) was recognized with the Arthur C. Cope Scholar Award from the American Chemical Society, and Dr. Stephen Hughes (Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy) earned a prestigious Humboldt Research Award. 8Next >