Operating Budget Deficit Updates

The Faculty of Arts and Science has been working with our academic and Faculty Office units over the past year to develop measures and plans to address our structural operating budget deficit. We have worked collaboratively and in consultation with our colleagues across the Faculty. Through the efforts of our Budget Advisory Committee (BAC), made up of several department heads and Faculty leadership, a number of budget initiatives were brought forward for consideration.

One of those initiatives is the FAS administrative restructuring plan for management and administrative supports within our academic units and business operations.

As of July 1, 2024, the Faculty is moving to a Hub structure within our academic units, and to a new administrative support structure for centralized business operations services within FAS for finance, human resources, communications and marketing, advancement, and Arts and Science Online (ASO).

This structure reflects a comprehensive assessment of the resources and administrative structure needed to achieve the FAS priorities of delivering on Queen's academic and research mission and supporting the student experience.

Additional information on the Queen's structural operating budget deficit and plans to address it are available on the ³ÉÈË´óƬ Balanced Budget Plan website.

Hub Structure for Academic Units

There are 7 Hubs with staff from the following academic units, as of July 1, 2024:

  • Hub 1: Political Studies; Policy Studies; Sociology; Global Development Studies; and Geography and Planning
  • Hub 2: Economics; and Employment Relations
  • Hub 3: English; Classics and Archaeology; History; and Philosophy
  • Hub 4: Languages, Literatures, and Cultures; French Studies; Gender Studies; and Religion
  • Hub 5: Art History and Art Conservation; Fine Art; Film and Media; Cultural Studies; and DAN School of Drama and Music
  • Hub 6: Biology; Environmental Studies; Kinesiology and Health Studies; and Psychology
  • Hub 7: Chemistry; Computing; Geological Sciences and Geological Engineering; Mathematics and Statistics; and Physics, Engineering Physics, and Astronomy

The organization of the Hubs that follows in the sections below lists the academic unit heads and directors of the Hubs, as of July 1, 2024.