¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ students can access the following support resources as needed.
Local Supports and Resources
- Get help now – Urgent, emergency and 24/7 resources
Human Rights Advising and Supports
- Queen’s Human Rights Advisory Services - Human Rights Advisory Services provides advice to Queen’s community members concerning human rights issues arising at Queen’s and advocates for human rights practices and policies that respond to the needs of Queen’s equity-seeking communities.
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IN-SIGHT is an anonymous harassment, discrimination, or bias/hate incident submission form which allows members of the ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ community to submit incidents of harassment, discrimination, hate, and violence targeting personal characteristics protected under the Ontario Human Rights Code (e.g., race, religion, sexual orientation, disability) which have been experienced or witnessed.
The purpose of IN-SIGHT is to gather anonymized aggregate statistical information about incidents occurring on/off campus. The platform offers a way for Queen’s community members (students, staff, faculty etc) to anonymously share information about harassment, discrimination, or bias/hate concerns so that the information can be used to identify systemic trends.
Mental Health Supports
- Mental Health Services, Queen’s Student Wellness Services: Ask for an appointment with a counsellor
Peer Supports
- - The PSC provides all AMS undergraduate students with confidential, non-judgmental, empathetic, peer-based support, including resource referrals and assistance.
Sexual Violence Prevention and Response
Queen’s University is committed to providing non-judgmental sexual violence support and response.
- Contact Barb Lotan, the Queen’s University Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Coordinator. Barb can provide information and to review your options with you.
- Get Help Now - Queen’s Sexual Violence Prevention and Response
- Mental Health Services, Queen’s Student Wellness Services: Ask for an appointment with a counsellor; indicate it is a crisis related to sexual assault. 613-533-2506
- - Call 613-544-6424 crisis line operates 24/7
- - – a confidential, non-judgmental, feminist, queer positive, pro-choice, sex positive and non-heterosexist information and referral service. Located in room 223 in the JDUC. Call 613-533-2959. Email info@shrckingston.org
Supports for BIPoC Students
- ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ Student Wellness Services; Counsellors who work specifically with Black-identified, LGBT2SQ+, Indigenous, marginalized/racialized students are available.
- Yellow House - Yellow House is a safe, comfortable and accountable space for queer, racialized and marginalized students to create community, to feel empowered, to empower others, to celebrate and to honour their histories. We seek to engage students in initiatives that actively dismantle oppressive, racist and colonial ideologies and practices.
- Community Care - resources that support wellbeing and community building opportunities for BIPoC students in the face of racism and bigotry
- - providing peer-to-peer support for self-identified BIPOC students on-campus
- Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre - for general support, or to book an appointment with the Cultural Counsellor at Four Directions, email 4direct@queensu.ca