Institutional development · Student experience, equity and outcomes · Canada
Queen's University pauses classes for an hour for 11 November Remembrance ceremony
Queen's University in Kingston, Canada, has suspended teaching from 10:30 to 11:30am on 11 November, freeing students and staff to attend its yearly Remembrance Day ceremony at Grant Hall.
Why it matters: Queen's students and teaching staff will have no classes between 10:30 and 11:30am on 11 November, freeing them to attend the Grant Hall ceremony.
Queen's said its yearly Remembrance Day ceremony, honouring Canadians who served during wartime, takes place at Grant Hall on Wednesday 11 November, with teaching suspended from 10:30 to 11:30am.
The university said Interfaith Chaplain Erin Burns will lead the ceremony, which starts at 10:50am once doors open at 10:30am, and that people from Queen's and the wider Kingston community may attend.
According to Queen's, this year's theme, Remembrance through the ages, extends recognition beyond veterans of the two world wars to Canadians involved in later conflicts and military operations and to current service members.
After the ceremony, attendees may walk in procession to the 5th Field Company Plinth to lay wreaths, followed by refreshments in Wallace Hall hosted by the Queen's Military and Veterans Network, the university said.
Editor’s view
Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor
Queen's students and staff will have the 10:30 to 11:30am teaching slot freed on 11 November, with Grant Hall doors opening at 10:30am ahead of the 10:50am start.
What to watch
- The Grant Hall ceremony is due to begin at 10:50am on 11 November.
