If you are a graduate, law, consecutive education student, or an undergraduate medical student the SGPS is your student society. Your elected executive team and the staff of the SGPS work for you.
Your student organization represents and advocates for you on all levels of University administration and lobbies the federal, provincial, and municipal governments on issues crucial to the well being and success of graduate and professional students.
The executive, elected representatives, and volunteer committee members represent graduate and professional interests and participate in the governance of the University Senate, the Board of Trustees, the University Council, and over 40 University Committees.
In response to the needs and concerns of our members, we also run several services including your Health and Dental Plan, a Financial Assistance program, the Student Advisors program, and more.
Some Students May Experience a Black-Out Period at the Start of the Fall Term
If you have been assessed the fee, please hold on to all of your receipts and use the StudentCare mobile app to file your claims at the end of October.
The SGPS Health and Dental Plan is sponsored by the SGPS and administered by StudentCare.
To learn more about your benefits and how you can take advantage of them, please check out the link below.
If you have a question about your eligibility for the plan or about how you can submit a claim, please click below to contact the SGPS directly.
If you have a specific question about something you would like to claim for or for information about the status of a claim you have already made, we recommend that you contact StudentCare directly for the most up to date information and to ensure accuracy. Please click the link below for information on how you can contact StudentCare directly.
The SGPS Goes to Pumpkinferno Kingston!
LaSalle Building
Back for the 2022 season, Fort Henry will be transformed once again into the enchanted wonderland that is Pumpkinferno.
This fan-favourite event is a luminary experience for all ages, including a mesmerizing installation of artist-inspired, hand-carved artificial pumpkins.
Pumpkinferno Fort Henry will feature some of the Pumpkinferno event’s most popular exhibits, including Dragon’s Lantern Lair, Patriotic Pastimes, Night at the Gallery, Psychedelic Sixties, Pumpkin Planetarium, Steampunk Station and many more.
Guests of all ages will tour the spectacular outdoor experience of glowing pumpkins inside the walls of this historic site.
SGPS Annual General Meeting
Zoom
This meeting is open to all members of the SGPS.
If you would like to place any items on the agenda for the Annual General Meeting, please contact speaker@sgps.ca before Tuesday, October 11 at 5:00 pm.
Zoom link will be provided via the SGPS mailing list on October 18.
SGPS Private Tour - Ghosts of Queen's University Haunted Walk
In Front of the Frontenac County Courthouse
There are few places more historic, charming, and haunted in Canada than Queen’s University. There are eerie tales of student grave robbers, professors reaching out from the beyond, heists gone wrong and streets shrouded in mystery.
The team at Kingston’s Haunted Walk has never told these stories before and can’t wait to share them with you. You won’t hear spine-tingling and heart-pounding tales like these on the regular campus tours.
Join the SGPS for the Ghosts of Queen’s University and graduate with a degree in the supernatural!
Graduate Student Housing Town Hall
Kingston Hall, Room 101
Are you a graduate or a professional student concerned about housing prices and access? Do you want to be heard but don’t know how to reach the people that can make the change?
We are hosting a Town Hall-style meeting series where you can bring these issues to us at the SGPS, as well as university representatives and stakeholders. Join us and make your voice heard.
SGPS goes to Firewater Thunderbird Rising 2 at the Kingston Grand
Kingston Grand Theatre
On October 26th the SGPS is going to the theatre for Firewater Thunderbird Rising 2. The Kingston Grand explains the piece as “A stunning multi-disciplinary contemporary dance presentation from Indigenous choreographer Christine Friday. Christine says that Thunderbird Rising 2 is the transformative spirit of dance travelling through realms of existence – ancestors, dreams, blood memory and the land directly connected to her Anishinaabek way of living and being. In addition to live dance, the performance will include a documentary dance film that witnesses the Friday Family as they return to the site of their residential school and speak their truth on their traditional Family territory”. It should be a great piece and this experience is open to Indigenous and non-indigenous students alike, so it provides a good opportunity to learn more about Indigeneity and Indigenous culture.
This is a “Pay What You Can” event, which allows you to attend the performance at no charge and remit a voluntary amount after the show based on your experience.
Mental and Physical Health Town Hall
Kingston Hall, Room 101
Are you a graduate or a professional student concerned about mental and physical health treatment access or accommodations? Do you want to be heard but don’t know how to reach the people that can make the change?
We are hosting a Town Hall-style meeting series where you can bring these issues to us at the SGPS, as well as university representatives and stakeholders. Join us and make your voice heard.
Open Discussion Town Hall
Kingston Hall, Room 101
The SGPS is here to help graduate and professional students with their concerns. Come to this town hall to let us know about your concerns and help drive advocacy at our organization!
Join us and make your voice heard.
Starting September 1, 2022 your Queen’s student card acts as your bus pass. Just make sure you have a 2022 – 2023 sticker on the back of your student card.
IMPORTANT NOTE: the Registrar’s Office is no longer mailing out validation stickers for on-campus students. You will need to pick up your validation sticker during the first two weeks of classes.
To learn more about how you can get the 2022 – 2023 sticker, check out the link below.
https://www.queensu.ca/registrar/registration/student-id-cards
The SGPS Executive is composed of five full-time students who are elected to their positions every Winter term.
The team works remotely and endeavours to respond to you within two business days.
| SGPS President |
Beth Langdon president@sgps.ca |
| Vice-President Community |
Emilia Ganslandt vp.community@sgps.ca |
| Vice-President Finance |
Sandra Wright vp.finance@sgps.ca |
| Vice-President Graduate |
Devin Fowlie vp.graduate@sgps.ca |
| Vice-President Professional |
Chloe Stone vp.professional@sgps.ca |
The SGPS Commissioners and Liaisons are five full-time students who are hired into to their positions every Winter term.
The team works remotely and endeavours to respond to you within two business days.
| Athletics & Wellness Commissioner |
Clare Gaherty athletics@sgps.ca |
| Equity & Diversity Commissioner |
Jane Mao equity@sgps.ca |
| Indigenous Graduate Liaison |
Noah Favel indigenous@sgps.ca |
| International Commissioner |
Sabrina Masud international@sgps.ca |
| Social Commissioner |
Vacant social@sgps.ca |
To learn more about the SGPS Student Advisors, a peer support service offered by the SGPS, please check out this page.
The Advisors are full-time students who are hired as needed.
The team works remotely and endeavours to respond to you within two business days.
You can contact the Student Advisors at advisors@sgps.ca.
To learn more about SGPS Health and Dental, a service offered through the SGPS, please check out this website.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the SGPS Health and Dental plan, please contact healthdental@sgps.ca or you can contact the plan provider, StudentCare, directly using the information found on this page.
The SGPS Executive Director is a full-time employee of the SGPS.
The SGPS Executive Director works remotely and, during business hours, endeavours to respond as quickly as possible.
You can contact Andria Burke, SGPS Executive Director, at director@sgps.ca
To learn more about SGPS Event Sanctioning, a service offered through the SGPS, please check out this page.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding SGPS Event Sanctioning, please contact sanctioning@sgps.ca.
To learn more about SGPS Council, the legislative body of the SGPS, please check out this page.
The SGPS Council Speaker is a full-time student who is elected to their position by SGPS Council every Winter term.
The Council Speaker works remotely and endeavours to respond to you within two business days.
You can contact the SGPS Council Speaker, Aileen Editha, at speaker@sgps.ca.
The SGPS Graduate Student Senator and the SGPS Trustee are two full-time students who are elected to their positions every two years.
The SGPS Graduate Student Senator and the SGPS Trustee work remotely and endeavour to respond to you as soon as they can.
| Graduate Student Senator |
Emils Matiss senator@sgps.ca |
| Graduate Student Trustee |
Vacant trustee@sgps.ca |
I have questions about…
| Accessibility | Queen’s Accessibility Hub https://www.queensu.ca/accessibility/ Queen’s Student Accessibility Services (QSAS) |
| Becoming a Teaching Assistant/Research Assistant | Your Department You can find the appropriate contact for your department at the link below https://www.queensu.ca/sgs/contact-us/program-contacts |
| Financial Assistance | Student Awards https://www.queensu.ca/studentawards/ awards@queensu.ca |
| Funding Packages | Your Department You can find the appropriate contact for your department at the link below https://www.queensu.ca/sgs/contact-us/program-contacts |
| Getting Involved | Queen’s Clubs Office https://myams.org/home/clubs/ SGPS VP Community vp.community@sgps.ca |
| Issues with your Teaching or Research Assistantship | PSAC 901 http://psac901.org |
| Library Access | Queen’s University Library https://library.queensu.ca/help-services/covid-19-updates-library-services-operations |
| Living in Kingston/Housing | SGS Habitat You can find information about living in Kingston at the link below. https://www.queensu.ca/sgs/sgs-habitat/moving-and-living-kingston Queen’s Community Housing Accommodations Listing Service (ALS) |
| Office/Study Space | Your Department You can find the appropriate contact for your department at the link below https://www.queensu.ca/sgs/contact-us/program-contacts |
| Primary Health Coverage for International Students | UHIP https://quic.queensu.ca/uhip/ uhip@queensu.ca |
| Purchasing Textbooks and Course Materials | Campus Bookstore https://www.campusbookstore.com/welcome |
| Resources for BIPOC Students | Queen’s Coalition against Racial and Ethnic Discrimination https://qcredcoordinator.wordpress.com/about/ Queen’s Black Academic Society Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre Queen’s Asian Students’ Association Queen’s Equity Services |
| Seeing a Doctor or a Counsellor | Queen’s Student Wellness Services https://www.queensu.ca/studentwellness/ |
| Setting up my Queen’s NetID/Accessing OnQ | Queen’s Information Technology Services (ITS) https://www.queensu.ca/its/getting-started/student |
| Social Events | SGPS Events https://sgps.ca/eventscalendar/ |
| Students with Children | Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC) FAQ https://quic.queensu.ca/living-in-kingston/students-with-children/ Queen’s Division of Student Affairs Resource Page |
| Study Permit, Work Permits and Visa | Queen’s University International Centre (QUIC) https://quic.queensu.ca/arrival/permits-and-visas/ |
| Supplemental Health and Dental Coverage | StudentCare http://www.studentcare.ca/View.aspx?locale=en&uid=IHaveAPlan_SGPS_Home healthdental@sgps.ca |
| Tuition and Fees | Office of the University Registrar http://www.queensu.ca/registrar/home solus@queensu.caInformation regarding Ancillary Fees can be found at https://sgps.ca/sgps-activity-fees/ Questions about ancillary fees? Contact director@sgps.ca |