SIC Resources & Contacts
Advocacy Services
Human Rights Office
Confidential service that assists individuals or groups at Queen’s who wish to pursue informal or formal routes of complaint resolution following an incident of harassment or discrimination.
Website: http://www.queensu.ca/humanrights/home
Contact: (613) 533-6886
Queen’s Legal Aid
Queen’s Legal Aid provides legal services to low-income residents of Kingston, Napanee and surrounding areas, and to Queen’s University and St. Lawrence College students.
Website: http://queenslawclinics.ca/
Contact: 613-533-2102
Address: 303 Bagot St., Suite 500, Kingston
Race, Ethnicity and Cultural
Four Directions Aboriginal Centre
The Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre, or 4D as it is affectionately called, strives to be a home away from home, a hub of activity and a key resource for Queen’s Indigenous students. Come and hang out or study in our lounge with free wifi and cable TV, grab a snack or a meal in our fully equipped kitchen, and do your laundry for free! We offer academic tutoring and advising, cultural programming, Indigenous focused library, and a range of workshops designed to support you, academically, socially and culturally.
Website: http://www.queensu.ca/fdasc
Contact:613-533-6970
Address: 146 Barrie, Kingston
Queen’s University International Centre
The Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC) is a support service for all members of the Queen’s community and through its activities promotes an internationally informed and cross-culturally sensitive learning environment.
Website: queensu.ca
Contact: 613-533-2604
Sexuality and Gender Services
LGBT Youth Line
The Lesbian Gay Bi Trans Youth Line exists to provide service for youth, by youth that affirms the experiences and aspirations of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transsexual, transgender, 2-spirited, queer and questioning youth in Ontario. Working within an anti-oppression and anti-racist framework, we provide leadership opportunities, outreach, confidential peer support and referrals by telephone, texting and online.
Website: http://www.youthline.ca/
Contact: 1-800-268-9668
Website: http://www.outin.ca
Contact: 1-800-268-9668
Trans Family Kingston
We are a group of transgender individuals and their family members and supporters in Kingston, Ontario. We have found that it can be very helpful to connect with other people who are on the same journey, either as a transgender person, or as a parent, sibling, spouse, child or friend of a trans person.
Website: http://www.transfamilykingston.com/
Sustainability Services
Greenovations
Student-run AMS service that provides free energy retrofits to student housing.
Website: www.facebook.com/Greenovations
Queen’s Earth Centre
The Earth Centre offers Queen’s students, faculty and community members an opportunity to transform their environmental concern into positive action through green consumerism and innovative discussion. The Earth Centre encourages students to engage in positive dialogue about the environment through exposure to new information and opinions on environmental topics. The products The Earth Centre carries offer a more sustainable, responsible alternative to students’ consumer needs.
Website: http://www.queensearthcentre.org/
Queen’s Local Food Guide
We hope that this guide can serve as a useful tool for learning about and accessing local food at Queen’s University and in our nearby Kingston community. We wanted to show how accessible and convenient getting local food can be—even as a student!
Website:http://www.queensu.ca/sustainability/campus-initiatives/food/local-food-guide
Alma Mater Society of Queen's University
L’Université Queen’s est située sur les terres traditionnelles des peuples Haudenosaunee et Anishinaabe.