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Contributing to global peace

¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ researcher John McGarry was awarded the 2022 Pearson Peace Medal in recognition of his outstanding contributions to peace and prosperity around the world. One of the world's foremost experts in conflict resolution, Dr. McGarry was appointed the United Nations' first Senior Advisor on Power-Sharing is an ongoing member of the United Nations' Mediation Roster, with his foundational works on Northern Ireland being influential in its 1998 Good Friday Peace Agreement.

Research expertise

The Institute of Intergovernmental Relations is Canada’s premier university-based centre for research on federalism and intergovernmental relations, both in Canada and in countries around the world.

Research that shapes public policy

The John Deutsch Institute for the Study of Economic Policy in the Department of Economics informs policymaking in Canada and abroad by focusing on policy-relevant research in economics and related fields.

Forging a partnership

²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s University is located on traditional Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee Territory, in the heart of Kingston, Ontario. The university’s impact in the local community and beyond is felt across a range of dimensions: economically, socially, and culturally. This impact happens when ²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s works intentionally with community partners to advance wellbeing, bring innovations to market, and build a stronger community. The Economic and Community Impact Study of ²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s University prepared by Deloitte reports on our impact to the region’s economy, as well as the many tangible impacts to the quality of life in the community that cannot be expressed in strictly economic terms.

Serving our community

provides a wide range of free legal services, including attending courts and tribunals, to low-income residents of Kingston, Napanee, and surrounding areas, and to ²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s University students. From Criminal Court to Small Claims Court, and from hearings before the Social Benefits Tribunal, the Human Rights Tribunal of Ontario, and the Landlord and Tenant Board, ²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s Legal Aid is able to provide excellent representation to eligible clients.

Supporting those affected by war, conflict, and political instability

The Principal’s Global Scholars and Fellows Program offers support through sanctuary and assistance for students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty members forcibly displaced by conflict, political instability, violence, and persecution.

²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s is a member of Scholars at Risk (SAR), an international network of institutions and individuals working to protect scholars facing threats to their lives, liberty, and wellbeing. Our SAR Committee oversees the implementation of SAR activities with the purpose of ensuring consistency, transparency, and quality of its activities while fostering an environment of global cosmopolitanism, and global citizenship at ²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s that protects and encourages academic freedom. Initiatives include hosting an Artist Protection Fund Fellow at ¾ÅÐãÖ±²¥ with support of the Artist Protection Fund and a generous donation from alumni.

University governance measures

The ²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s Board of Trustees is the university’s highest governing body and is responsible for the overall operations of the university. It includes elected representation from undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and staff.

Diversity at the university’s highest levels

The Board of Trustees’ Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Indigenization Action Plan instructs the Board to consider Diversity and Inclusion in its own composition and that of its working groups. It also requires the consideration of diversity in all its mandates and policies.

Commitment to free speech

²Ï³Ü±ð±ð²Ô’s Free Expression Policy protects free speech on campus. It includes the right of any person, group, or community to communicate opinions and ideas without interference, censorship, or sanction, including the right to engage in peaceful protest about the content of the free expression of others.