Category Archives: Academic Planning

QUFA Propositions for Virtualization / Online Learning (4 February 2013)

Memo sent by Paul Young, QUFA President, to the Senate Academic Planning Task Force, which is drafting a section of the Academic Plan for Virtualization and Online Learning: To:                        Academic Planning Task Force 2012-13 From:         … Continue reading

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QUFA Council supports Morelli motion

Check out the text of the QUFA Council of Representatives’ motion of support for Senator Jordan Morelii’s motion at Queen’s Senate. http://realacademicplanning.wordpress.com/2011/10/19/qufa-council-endorses-senator-morellis-academic-planning-motion-19-october-2011/#more-907

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ACADEMIC PLAN at SENATE: Make a difference!

Apologies for Cross-Posting / Please forward widely Dear Colleagues: I am sending a link (http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/topassmorellimotion/) to an electronic petition in support of Senator Jordan Morelli’s motion (http://realacademicplanning.wordpress.com/2011/10/17/jordan-morelli-notice-of-motion-for-approval-of-the-completion-of-the-2010-11-academic-planning-cycle-and-for-the-institution-of-a-cyclical-annual-planning-process-17-october-2011/) concerning the Academic Plan. The text of the petition is: As members of … Continue reading

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The Senate Operations Review Committee proposed changes to Senate functions

The Senate Operations Review Committee (SORC), has proposed changes to Senate functions that all of us should be concerned about. There are two items in this post, both of which relate to the Jan 20, 2011 Senate agenda. Please discuss … Continue reading

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Principal’s Update to Queen’s Faculty on Academic Planning

Sent by email from Principal Daniel Woolf to Queen’s Faculty, June 30, 2010: Dear Queen’s Community, On April 23rd, I sent a spring Update on Academic Planning to students, faculty and staff to explain the process leading to an Academic … Continue reading

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Guest Post: QSERAP Members Discuss Planning with Principal Woolf

(QUFA is pleased to publish the following post from Mark Jones on behalf of Queen’s Students and Employees for Real Academic Planning.) July 1, 2010 Dear Queen’s Community, As representatives of Queen’s Students and Employees for Real Academic Planning, we … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Open Letter to Professors Adams, Bryant, Chan, Nossal, Scott, and Smol

(QUFA is pleased to publish the following post from Mark Jones on behalf of Queen’s Students and Employees for Real Academic Planning.) Dear Professors Adams, Bryant, Chan, Nossal, Scott, and Smol, We are encouraged by your expressions of your determination … Continue reading

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Guest Post: Agenda for an “Academic Planning” Meeting with Principal Woolf

(QUFA is pleased to publish the following post from Mark Jones on behalf of Queen’s Students and Employees for Real Academic Planning.) Representatives from Queen’s Students and Employees for Real Academic Planning will meet with Principal Woolf in June to … Continue reading

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Personal guidance is key

Academic planning should focus on professors and students, not idle change By Paul Hogan, Excerpt from: Opinions in Queen’s Journal, Tuesday May 18, 2010 Full article at: http://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2010-05-18/opinions/personal-guidance-key/ Principal Daniel Woolf released his academic vision statement “Where Next?” on Jan. … Continue reading

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Guest Post Video: Behind the Queen’s University Budget Cuts

(QUFA is pleased to publish the following guest post, forwarded to us by Samantha King) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=epDb70xdRY0&feature=player_embedded

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