iving earning ommunities Eco-Friendly 2017-2018
Welcome to the Living Learning Program at Queen’s!
We are really looking forward to welcoming you to campus and getting to know you over the course of your first year. This welcome package has information specific to the LLC you have been accepted into for the 2017-2018 academic year and will give you a glimpse of what LLC events & programs you have to look forward to.
The LLC Program at Queen’s is designed to connect you with your specific LLC, as well as with Queen’s Faculty, Staff and with LLC members across our program as a whole.
Students who actively participate in Queen’s University Living Learning Communities will… ...develop meaningful connections with Faculty members through LLC specific and
educational programming opportunities; ...positively contribute to Queen’s campus culture and the Kingston Community by participating in events related to their field of study and specific LLC focus; …demonstrate personal and academic growth through participation in educational opportunities outside of the classroom and intentional reflection.
A great deal of intentional design and thought go into the delivery of the programs and events involved in the Living Learning Communities Program at Queen’s. You are one of one hundred and
ten students who were chosen from over three thousand LLC Program applicants. As such, you have a fantastic opportunity to connect with like-minded peers, network with Faculty and Staff on campus and to continue building your leadership skills. You will be contacted by your LLC Don in the next few weeks through your Queen’s email, with the goal of connecting you with your fellow LLC members before you arrive at Queen’s. Following September move-in there will be a Meet and Greet for all LLC students during Orientation Week, which will be a great opportunity to continuing making those connections. Enjoy learning more about what is in store for you as an Eco-Friendly LLC member. See you in the Fall!
LLP WIDE WORKSHOPS WHAT:
LLP Wide Workshops are opportunities to connect with members from all 7 of the Living Learning Communities at Queen’s. HOW OFTEN:
LLP Wide Workshops will be hosted 3 times a term. LLP Leadership Certificate: elective workshops will provide opportunities to gain new leadership skills and grow as a leader at Queen’s.
POSSIBLE WORKSHOP TOPICS: - Strengths Based Leadership
- PostiveSpace Training
- Guest speaker (Faculty/Community member)
- Languages of Love Workshop
- Service Learning trip
FAQ: What is the difference between “LLP” and “LLC”?
The LLC Program at Queen’s has a two fold approach. “LLP” (Living Learning Program) refers to the program as a whole, meaning each student who is part of one of our seven “LLC” (Living Learning
Communities). LLP Wide Workshops are run every month except for December and April and are where all of the LLCs come together to do a variety of activities together as a group. This is an element that has been developed based on the expressed interest of past LLC members of getting to know and learn with other LLC members outside of their own LLC. Over the past three years the Living Learning Program has grown at a healthy and consistent rate which has given us the ability to further enrich the opportunities offered to the incoming 2017-2018
LLC students. An example of this is the new Leadership Certificate LLC students will have the opportunity to earn, should they opt into it. More information on the Leadership Certificate and other exciting additions will be shared over the course of the coming months! Turn the page for more information on LLC specifics !
THINGS TO LOOK FORWARD TO:
Living with people who share similar passions and interests as you
Learning about best practices when taking care of the environment
The opportunity to positively impact your fellow peers
Connect with Faculty & Staff who are passionate about the field
POSSIBLE PROGRAMS & EVENT TO LOOK FORWARD TO:
Connecting with different Faculty & Staff from departments related to environmental preservation & sustainability
Service Learning trips to various places in the Kingston community (Eg: Field-toFork trip to a local farm who supply food for our Residence Dining Halls
Sharing meals with leaders on and off campus who share a passion for our environment
Hello Eco-Friendly Students! My name is Hannah Boomer and I am so excited to be your don in the coming school year! This will be my first year donning, and I am very enthusiastic about the year ahead. A little about me, I am a Physical Geography student in fourth year Concurrent Education. I love being outdoors, and when I’m not studying I can be found canoeing, hiking, or biking. This summer I can be found in Iqaluit studying the effects of climate change on the Apex River, hiking around the tundra everyday while doing some science for two professors at Queen’s.
Throughout the school year we will be learning about what being “eco-friendly” means. We will have multiple speakers from both the University and the Kingston community come and speak to us about how the environment plays a role in their lives. We will also have many eco-based floor events ranging from the possibilities of WWOOFing, a collaboration with Parks Canada to volunteer, to smaller initiatives run by you! It’s going to be an incredible experience! We are a small group of 20 students, but new this year we will be paired on the same floor as the Indigenous and Allies LLC, so we can look forward to lots of collaboration with them. My challenge for you for the summer is to think about an initiative that our floor can complete to help either Queen’s or the Kingston community become more eco-friendly, and inspire others to become more eco-friendly in their own lives. I hope to get to know each of you and to start working towards promoting a more eco-friendly Queen’s. I can’t wait to meet each one of you and I am excited for the year to come! I hope to be a great resource and support to you throughout your first year at Queen’s and I will be happy to give you many tips as I can to help you along the way. I have shared some pictures of my favorite places in the Kingston area. By seeing these pictures you can see the importance of an eco-friendly world to maintain these beautiful areas, something I hope we can work on together.
Paddling on Lake Ontario about 1km from shore
Big Sandy Bay on Wolfe Island
QUESTIONS?
Molly Raffan Residence Life Manager (Education) mollyraffan@queensu.ca 613-533-6000 ext. 78326