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...Queen’s University is one of Canada’s most prominent institutions of higher education. Equidistant from Montréal and Toronto, Queen’s is the sine qua non of Kingston, Ontario, a town whose historical importance—it was once Canada’s colonial capital—has been sucked out of it by the growth of its two metropolitan neighbors. The university, meanwhile, has endured, as has a significant coterie of townsfolk—as one might expect, the two are at constant loggerheads...
...Gretchen A. Brodnicki, the dean for faculty and research integrity, said that the administration is taking the student concerns seriously. She noted that Flier, who took the helm of the school in July 2007, convened a town hall meeting two weeks ago during which he addressed these concerns...
...TOWN HALL...
...response to vocal student concerns, Flier allocated roughly 25 minutes to a discussion on conflict of interest policies at a town hall meeting two weeks ago. Other topics addressed in the meeting included housing needs for non-traditional students and use of the Harvard Catalyst, a cross-school initiative providing resources to all of Harvard’s divisions...
...historic summit of Tibetan exiles in the north Indian hill-station town of Dharamsala ended its third full day on a note of optimism that their experiment in democracy might actually succeed...