While oxygen may give us life, it constantly eats away at modern living.
Picture your commute to work or school, to a store or the gym. You may drive a car or take public transit. Your route may take you over a river by bridge or by train. Maybe your phone rings along the way; its your friend asking for a pick-up from the airport later.
![[photo of Principal Patrick Deane]](/gazette/sites/default/files/assets/alumnireview/QAAR2020-4/Principal%20Deane%20headshot%20credit%20Bernard%20Clark.jpg)
Date
Tuesday January 25, 2022Location
zoomPatrick Deane, Principal and Vice-Chancellor is pleased to invite you to attend the Polishing the Chain Ceremony, a commitment ceremony to reaffirm the promise of the friendship wampum. Each year, we recommit to this relationship through the Polishing the Chain Ceremony, to keep the rust from forming.
Tuesday, January 25, 2022
3:15 pm - Registration begins
3:30 pm - Ceremony begins
Queens Senate meeting will begin immediately following the ceremony
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87035261169
Meeting ID: 870 3526 1169
Questions: senate@queensu.ca
Sk矇n:nen Atenroser獺:kon t獺non Kanikonhr穩:io
Wak籀n:ion ne Queens University tsi ioh矇tstha ne kaianer矇nhsera ne Kasw矇ntha Atenroser獺:kon atiat獺hnha, n矇 ne Kontitar穩:sere Kanist矇nhsera tak籀ntkawe Tyendinaga nition矇:non t獺non ne Kahs籀htshera Iotiti籀hkwaien ne Kingston k穩 7 sh穩skare Ennisk籀:wa 2017.
K穩 kakweni矇nston atenient矇nhtshera ti籀konte etho k獺ien n籀:nen enhontkenn穩:sa ne ratiianerenhser籀n:nis, ne wathr籀:ris tsi enk獺:take tsi waterihwahser籀n:ni ne Sk矇n:en t獺non Atenroser獺:kon.
Peace, Friendship, and Good Minds
The friendship wampum belt was presented to 腦瞳憫 Senate by the Clan Mothers at Tyendinaga, and the Grandmothers' Council in Kingston, on March 7, 2017.
This cherished symbol is now present at all Senate meetings, to represent the lasting covenant of peace and friendship.
To learn more about wampum, you may be interested in this from Richard Hill, Tuscarora scholar and expert in this field.
Dear Queens Community,
Universities acknowledge that they have a responsibility to engage with and respond to the aspirations and challenges of the world and to the communities they serve, to benefit humanity and contribute to sustainability.
Queens has been named the winner of the from Sustainable Kingston for reducing the universitys emissions by 6,023 tonnes. The Sustainable Kingston Awards are presented each year to local organizations to recognize their hard work in mitigating the climate emergency and fostering a culture of sustainability in the Kingston community.
So much about this issue of the Queens Alumni Review speaks to the future and to the potential for positive change and development that attends this moment, as our university and communities everywhere are daring to imagine again a life not shaped and constrained by the COVID-19 virus.
Good news is always welcome, but Aprils announcement from in London brought particular pleasure and satisfaction.
The fourth strategic goal in Queens recently approved speaks to the importance of strengthening the Universitys presence globally: developing and implementing a comprehensive, equity-focused and integrated program of global engagement that includes active, strategic partnerships, enhanced student and faculty mobility, and teaching and learning reform oriented toward a pluralistic and culturally relevant global environment.
