SCHOOL OF URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING
Department of Geography and Planning
Queen's University at Kingston
FALL 2015
SURP 817 An Intellectual History of Urban and Regional Planning
Monday 8:30am to 11:30am, RSH 554
Course Instructors: Dr. David Gordon & Sue Cumming
____________________________________________________________________________
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This is a course about planning ideas -- ideas that have been used to plan cities and regions. As
such, it does not focus on histories of urban development or planning or, indeed, the planning
profession, although aspects of these topics will enter into our discussions. Instead, the course
emphasizes the origins and evolution of historical and contemporary ideas that undergird
Canadian planning practice in its various forms, such as land use, housing, human services and
environment.
The name of the course is a product of much discussion within the School. That we chose to call
it ‘An Intellectual History ...’ is noteworthy in that it moves us away from a chronology of the
development of the Canadian planning profession and places us squarely within the realm of the
ideas that underlie the practice of urban and regional planning. Finally, urban and regional
planning is taken to be a broad, multi-disciplinary field that includes many diverse threads of
activities and beliefs but which are held together by common concepts and values.
The course structure selected to cover this material includes lectures, discussions and
presentations. Class discussions will be conducted in a variety of formats, varying from week to
week, and ranging from case analyses and debates to formal presentations. Specific topics and
cases are assigned for each week. Please come prepared to analyse and discuss the assigned
topics and readings on the week that they are being discussed.
EVALUATION
Term Paper proposal due Week 9- November 9, in class
10%
Active, skilled class participation (including class presentation)
20%
Final Examination – During week of December 7 to 11, 2015
40%
Term paper – Due Friday, December 18, 2015, noon
30%
Total
100%
September 14, 2015
1
Term Paper Proposal (due Week 9 – November 9, 2015 in class)
Prepare a short proposal (two-pages; 12 pt. font, 1” margins) for your term paper and include the
following:
1. A tentative title for your proposed paper.
2. Description of the topic and the ideas behind them. If possible, include the main thesis or
objective of your paper
3. Three key sources and a short annotation (3 to 5 sentences) indicating the relevance of the
source for your paper. At least two of your key sources must be from peer-reviewed scholarly
sources (either chapters from edited books or academic journals) not currently listed among your
course readings.
4. A cover sheet is not required; however, please remember to include your name, course title,
the date, and other particulars at the top of your first page. Paginate. Check for spelling and
grammar before you hand in your work!
Your instructor(s) will return your proposal to you with comments, so that you may proceed with
your research.
Term Paper (due Friday, December 18, 2015 at noon)
Your term paper should describe, elaborate, and critique a planning concept/idea and show its
relevance and limitations in practice, preferably by citing an example (or more). The paper
should be 4000-5000 words, double-spaced, 12pt. font. Papers must be submitted by 12:00 noon
on Friday, December 18, 2015. Late papers will lose one mark (out of 40) for each day (or
portion thereof) after this time. Papers containing any plagiarized material (see your School
handbook) will receive a grade of zero (0).
Grading Method:
All components of this course will receive numerical percentage marks. The final grade you
receive for the course will be derived by converting your numerical course average to a letter
grade according to Queen’s Official Grade Conversion Scale:
Queen’s Official Grade Conversion Scale
Numerical
Grade Course Average
(Range)
A+ 90-100
A
85-89
A- 80-84
B+ 77-79
B
73-76
B- 70-72
C+ 67-69
C
63-66
C- 60-62
Grades below B- are considered as a failure for MPL graduate courses.
September 14, 2015
2
COURSE MATERIALS
Required Texts (on sale at Campus Bookstore)
Hodge, Gerald and Gordon, David L.A. (2014) Planning Canadian Communities, 6th edition
(Toronto: Nelson). If you possess a copy of the 5th edition, you will need to purchase new
chapters directly from the publisher.
Sewell, John (1993). The Shape of the City (Toronto: U. of T. Press)
Recommended Text (for sale at Campus Bookstore; chapters on reserve)
Hall, Peter (2014) Cities of Tomorrow, 4rd Edition (London: Basil Blackwell). The 3rd edition is
acceptable; however, you should verify the page numbers.
Other readings will be posted on the course Moodle site for reading / printing, with a hard copy
available in the SURP 817 box in the school office.
Timetable and Readings
This course is team-taught and represents a melding of different approaches to the course material
and processes. There will be readings assigned for each session and a suggested chronology will
sometimes be provided (i.e. if your readings are numbered, the first reading listed should be read
before the second and so on to get an overview of the evolution of relevant ideas). Both required
and recommended readings are listed for many sessions.
While there is much written on planning history, it is often a challenge to locate appropriate
material framed within a Canadian context. In choosing our readings, we have endeavored to
emphasize Canadian writers but also include some readings from outside Canada, which are, we
believe, important contributions to historical discussions of planning ideas. Important background
information and readings from previous years are listed in the website for the course text
http://PlanningCanadianCommunities.ca/
Accessing some readings and lecture materials via Moodle or through Queen’s University
Libraries
Students must access all required readings (except the course texts) from Moodle or directly from
the Queen’s University Library website. Use your Net ID and password to Log In to:
https://moodle.queensu.ca/. You will see the link for SURP 817 show up after you log in. In
addition, PowerPoint slides presented during course lectures for Sessions 5 to 9 will also be posted
on Moodle, AFTER the lecture. Whenever available, the books from which the chapters were
obtained are placed on SURP 817 course reserve at Stauffer Library and are available for your use
on a 3-day loan. Remember that if you are off-campus, in order to access journal articles from the
Queen’s University library site, you must sign in using the “Connect from Off-Campus” link.
September 14, 2015
3
SURP 817 - FALL 2015 CLASS SCHEDULE – RSH 554
WK
CLASS
TIME
TOPIC
Instructor
1
DATE
(Mon.)
Sept. 14
1
8:30-11:30
What is Urban & Regional Planning?
DG/SC
2
2
Sept. 21
8:30-11:30
Ideal Communities
DG
3
3A
Sept. 28
8:30-11:30
City Planning Movements
DG
3B
FRI
Sept 25 3PM
Oct 5
OPTIONAL
Kingston Walking Tour
DG
8:30-11:30
Modernism and Planning
DG
OPTIONAL
Field Trip to Toronto
OPPI conference Oct. 7-9, 2015
Planning Theory 1
DG
8:30-11:30
Environmental Planning
GW
4
4A
4B
6
6
WED
Oct. 7
FRI
Oct. 16
No Class on
Mon, Oct. 12
Oct. 19
7
7A
Oct. 26
8:30-11:30
Planning Theory 2
SC
7B
OPTIONAL
DG
5
5
8:30-11:30
SC
Thanksgiving (replacement class on Fri.
October 16, 2015)
8
8
SAT
Oct. 25
Nov.2
9
9
Nov. 9
8:30-11:30
Montreal Field Trip
Sat. Oct. 24 and Sun Oct. 25
Planning, Diversity and Healthy
Communities
Social Planning
10
10
Nov. 16
8:30-10:30
Post-Modern Urban Planning
DG
11
11
Nov. 23
8:30-11:30
Post-Modern Suburban Planning
DG
12
12A
Nov. 30
8:30-10:00
Regional Planning / Smart Growth
DG
12B
September 14, 2015
8:30-11:30
10:00 - 11:30 Course Wrap Up
SC
SC
SC/DG
4
SESSION 1 - Urban Planning – Definitions, Scope and Overview of History (DG/SC)
Monday, September 14, 2015
Topics:
1.
2.
3.
What is urban planning? What is its domain?
How did it evolve into a modern profession in Canada?
Significant contributions of historical civilisations to urban planning:
Classical cities; Medieval European city; Non-Western contributions:
Islamic, Chinese, Indian and south-central American urban heritages and
North American Aboriginal Communities.
Readings:
1.
Hodge, Gerald & Gordon David, (2014) Planning Canadian Communities
Toronto: Nelson, Ch.1, Ch. 2.
2.
Wolfe, Jeanne (1994) “Our Common Past: An Interpretation of Canadian
Planning History” Plan Canada July ’94.
http://www.cip-icu.ca/
Then >Publications >Plan Canada >75th Anniversary Special Edition>Our
Common Past
SESSION 2 - Ideal Communities in the Early 20th Century
Monday, September 21, 2015
Topics:



Readings:
1.
2.
3.
(DG)
The Garden City and Garden Suburb
The City Beautiful Movement
Broadacre City
Hall, Peter (2014) Cities of Tomorrow, 3rd ed., (London: Basil Blackwell) Ch 4 &
6.
Hodge, G. & Gordon, D., (2014) Ch. 3 and 4..
Grabow, Stephan (1977) "Frank Lloyd Wright and the American City: The
Broadacres Debate", Journal of the American Planning Association (JAPA), 43(2),
April, pp. 115-124.
Plans for Student Presentation and Discussion:
Burnham, Daniel H. and E. Bennett (1909) Plan of Chicago, (NY: Princeton Architectural Press
1993 re-issue)
Mawson, Thomas (1913) Calgary: a preliminary scheme…; E. Joyce Morrow (1979) Calgary,
Many Years Hence: The Mawson Report in Perspective, (Calgary: University of Calgary).
Abercrombie, Patrick (1945) Greater London Plan, 1944. London: HMSO
Plantown Consultants, North Pickering Project Recommended Plan, Toronto (1975)
Question for Class Discussion:
Identify the political philosophies underlying these three concepts (Garden City, City Beautiful,
Broadacre City).
September 14, 2015
5
SESSION 3A - The City Planning Movements (DG)
Monday, September 28, 2015
Topics:




Readings:
1.
2.
3.
Parks & Conservation Movement
City Scientific
Zoning and Separation of Land Uses
Comprehensive Planning
Hodge, G. & Gordon, D. (2014) pp. 81-91; 210-218; 387-95; 6th ed.; (85-92; 203210; 329-339 (5th ed)).
Adams, Thomas (1921) "Editorial: Town Planning is a Science" Journal of the
Town Planning Institute of Canada, Vol.1, No.3, pp.1-3. April 1921. (Available at
SURP office and as PDF on Moodle.)
Gabor, Andrea and F. Lewinberg (1997) “Zoning: New Urbanism” Plan Canada,
Vol. 38, No.4, pp.12-17. (Available at SURP office and as PDF on Moodle.)
Plans for Student Presentation and Discussion:
Olmsted, Frederick L. (1881) Mount Royal, New York: Putman, Reprinted in The Papers of
Frederick Law Olmsted, Supplementary Series, Volume 1. Baltimore, John Hopkins UP, 1997.
** note: We will visit Mount Royal in Montreal.** Be prepared to act as a tour guide and to make
your presentation during the field trip in Montreal on Saturday, October 24, 2015.
Todd, Frederick, (1904) Report to the Ottawa Improvement Commissioners Ottawa: OIC
Toronto Harbour Commissioners (1911) Toronto Waterfront Development 1912-1920
Vancouver Town Planning Commission (1929) A Plan for the City of Vancouver, BC. Vancouver:
Wrigley Printing Co.
Gréber, Jacques (1950) Plan for The National Capital, (Ottawa: National Capital Planning
Service).
SESSION 3B – OPTIONAL KINGSTON WALKING TOUR
FRIDAY September 25, 2015 at 3:00PM
SESSION 4A – Modernism and Planning (DG)
Monday, October 5, 2015
Topics:



Congrès Internationaux d'Architecture Moderne (CIAM)
Urban Renewal
Modern suburbs
September 14, 2015
6
Readings:
1. Hall, Peter (2014) Cities of Tomorrow, (London, Basil Blackwell), Ch. 7, "The City of
Towers" pp. 237-246 only.
2. Sert, J.L. (1942) Can Our Cities Survive?, (Cambridge MA: Harvard U.P.) pp. 246-249
only.
3. Sewell, John (1993) The Shape of the City, (Toronto: U of T) Ch. 2,3,4.
4. Silver, C. (1985) "Neighbourhood Planning in Historical Perspective", Journal of the
American Planning Association, Spring 1985 pp 161-174.
5. Perry, Clarence A. (1939) "The Neighbourhood Unit Formula" in Housing for the
Machine Age, New York: Russell Sage Foundation, pp. 49-82. (Available at SURP
office and as PDF on Moodle.)
City Plans for Student Presentations:
Stephenson, Gordon (1957) A Redevelopment Study of Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Stephenson, Gordon and G. Muirhead (1960) Planning Study of Kingston, Ontario (field trip)
Wylie & Ufnal (1970) Sydenham Ward Urban Renewal Scheme (City of Kingston) (field trip)
Project Planning Associates (ca. 1969) Erin Mills plan
SESSION 4B - WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 7– OPTIONAL TORONTO FIELD TRIP
Oct. 7 to Oct. 9, 2015 – OPPI Conference
***Student Tour Guide(s) and presentations will be made during this trip***
Plans are associated with:
 Don Mills Suburb
 Don Mills Centre Redevelopment
 Affordable Housing – West Donlands
 Bringing Back the Don (1991) (see Week 9)
 Nathan Phillips Square
MONDAY OCTOBER 13, 2015 – THANKSGIVING -NO CLASS
SESSION 5 – Planning Theory 1: Planning as Process (SC)
Friday, October 16, 2015 8:30 to 11:30
(replacement class for Thanksgiving Monday Class)
Topics:




Normative Rationality and Democratic Processes
Planning Ethics and what it means to be an expert.
What defines relationship(s) between planners and the ‘public’
Planning in the Face of Conflict.
September 14, 2015
7
Readings:
1. Hendler, Sue (2002), It’s the Right Thing To Do Or Is It? Contemporary Issues in
Planning Ethics. Plan Canada, Avril-Mai-Juin 2002, Vol. 42, N" 2
2. Andreas, Blake, Sheri. (2010). Participatory Design and Howard Roark: The Story of
the Detroit Collaborative Design Center. In Leonie Sandercock and Giovanni A. Attili
(eds.) Multimedia Explorations in Urban Policy and Planning, pp.225-242. London
and New York: Springer.
3. Klosterman, Richard E. (1978). Foundations for Normative Planning. Journal of the
American Planning Association, 44(1): 37-46.
4. Chapter 15 The Texture of Participation Community Planning – Hodge and Gordon,
pp.360-382.
5. Innes, Judith (1996) Planning Through Consensus Building: A New View of the
Comprehensive Planning Ideal. Journal of the American Planning Association Vol.62,
No.4, pp. 460-472.
SESSION 6 – Environmental Planning
Monday, October 19, 2015
Featured Guest Lecturer: Dr. Graham Whitelaw, MCIP, RPP
Topic:
 Ecology, sustainability, and environmental justice in urban and regional planning
 First Nations Peoples in environmental planning and management
Readings:
1. Carson, Rachel (1962) Silent Spring Houghton Mifflin Company, pp. 1-13. (Book also
placed on SURP 817 Course Reserve at Stauffer Library)
2. McHarg, Ian (1969) Design With Nature Natural History Press, pp. 175-185. (Book also
placed on SURP 817 Course Reserve at Stauffer Library)
3. World Commission on Environment and Development (1987) Our Common Future, pp.
1-23. Book also placed on SURP 817 Course Reserve at Stauffer Library)
4. Whitelaw, G., P. Eagles, R. Gibson and M. Seasons (2008) Roles of environmental
movement organizations in land-use planning: Case studies of the Niagara Escarpment
and Oak Ridges Moraine, Ontario, Canada, Journal of Environmental Planning and
Management, 51(6): 801-816.
5. Lane, Marcus. B. (2006). The role of planning in achieving indigenous land justice and
community goals. Land Use Policy, 23: 385-394.
Optional Reading:
Spirn, Anne Whiston. 1984. The granite garden : urban nature and human design. New York :
Basic Books. On SURP 817 Course Reserve at Stauffer Library. Call number. HT166 .S638 1984
Plans for Student Presentation and Discussion:
 Niagara Escarpment Plan (1985)
 Bringing Back the Don (1991) (to be presented on Montreal Field Trip, Oct. 4)
 National Capital Commission, Greenbelt Master Plan, Ottawa (1996)
 Ontario, Greenbelt Plan, (2005)
September 14, 2015
8

PlaNYC – Sustainability (2007)
http://www.nyc.gov/html/planyc/html/sustainability/sustainability.shtml
SESSION 7A – Planning Theory 2: Planning and Power (SC)
Monday, October 26, 2015
Topics:



Planning in the Face of Power
Communicative rationality
Challenges for Theory and Practice
Readings:
1. Forester, John, (1989), Planning in the Face of Power, (University of California Press), Ch.
3 & 5.
2. Healey, Patsy. 1992. Planning through Debate: The communicative turn in planning theory.
The Town Planning Review, 63(2): 143-162.
3. Huxley, Margo, and Oren Yiftachel. (2000). New Paradigm or Old Myopia? Unsettling the
Communicative Turn in Planning Theory. Journal of Planning Education and Research,
19(4):333-342.
4. Porter, Libby. (2006). Planning in (Post) Colonial Settings: Challenges for Theory and
Practice. Planning Theory and Practice, 7(4): 383-396.
5. Matunga, Hirini. (2013). Theorizing Indigenous Planning. In R. Walker, T. Jojola, and D.
Natcher (Eds.) Reclaiming Indigenous Planning, 3-32. Kingston and Montreal: McGillQueen’s University Press.
Session 7B – SATURDAY, OCTOBER 25 – OPTIONAL
FIELD TRIP TO MONTREAL
***Student Tour Guide(s) and presentations will be made during this trip***
Plans are associated with:
 Affordable Housing – Benny Farm
 Bois Franc, Montreal (1994) – see Week 11
 Quartier des Spectacles
 Frederick Law Olmsted – Mount Royal (1881) – see Week 3
SESSION 8 – Planning, Diversity and Healthy Communities (SC)
Monday, November 2, 2015
Topics:
 Planning for Healthy Communities: Healthy City Movement, Health Supporting
Community Design Policy and Tools.
 Planning with and for different demographic groups (Planning for Aging Friendly
Communites, Planning for Children, Planning for Vulnerable Populations).
Readings:
September 14, 2015
9
1. Shoshkes E. and S. Adler (2009) Planning for healthy people/healthy places: lessons from
mid-twentieth century global discourse. Planning Perspectives, 24(2): 197-217.
2. Chapter 13 Planning for Diverse and Healthy Communities, in Hodge and Gordon
3. Hendler, Sue. (2005). “A Dammed-up Reservoir of Ability: Women on the National
Council of the Community Planning Association of Canada” Plan Canada, 45(3): 15-17.
4. Nelson, Jennifer. (2011) ‘Panthers or Thieves’: Racialized knowledge and the regulation of
Africville. Journal of Canadian Studies, 45 (1): 121-147.
Plans for Student Presentation and Discussion:
 Finding the Right Fit: Age Friendly Community Planning. (2013) Ontario Seniors’
Secretariat. http://www.seniors.gov.on.ca/en/resources/AFCP_Eng.pdf
 Region of Peel. “Health Background Study. Development of a Health Background Study
Framework.”.
http://www.peelregion.ca/health/resources/healthbydesign/pdf/Final_HBS_Framework_Re
port.pdf
 Burnaby Social Sustainability Strategy, 2012
https://www.cip-icu.ca/Files/Awards/Planning-Excellence/Burnaby-Social-SustainabilityStrategy-Report-2011.aspx Recipient of 2012 CIP Award of Planning Excellence.
 (City of) Thompson. “Thompson Economic Development Plan: Restorative Justice
Facility.” https://www.cip-icu.ca/Files/Awards/PlanningExcellence/TEDWG_Restorative_Justice_Facility_Action_Plan_FIN.aspx
Recipient of 2014 CIP Award of Planning Excellence.
SESSION 9 – Social Planning (SC)
Monday, November 9, 2015
Topics

Introduction to the history of social planning in Canada and the United States
Readings
1. The Research Committee of the League for Social Reconstruction. (1975) [original
1935] Social Planning for Canada. Toronto and Buffalo: University of Toronto Press,
pp. vi-xxiv.
2. Moffat, Ken; George, Usha; Lee, Bill; and Susan McGrath. (1999). Advancing
citizenship: A study of social planning. Community Development Journal, 34(4): 308317.
3. Hodge & Gordon. (2014), pp. 56-59.
Plans for Student Presentations and Discussion:
 Addams, Jane. (1895) Hull House Maps and Papers, Chicago: Hull House
 All Aboard: Manitoba’s Poverty Reduction and Social Inclusion Strategy (2011)
http://www.gov.mb.ca/fs/allaboard/pubs/strategy_paper.pdf
 A Place to Call Home – Edmonton’s Ten-Year Plan to End Homelessness (Update Year 5 –
Halfway to 10) (April 2014)
September 14, 2015
10
http://www.edmontonsocialplanning.ca/index.php/resources/digital-resources/d-housing/71edmontons-10-year-plan-to-end-homelessness-year-5-update/file

Regent Park Revitalization Plan Toronto (2003)
HAND IN TERM PAPER PROPOSAL TO THE INSTRUCTOR
SESSION 10 - Post Modern Urban Planning (DG)
Monday, November 16, 2015
Topics:



Urban Design
Intensification
Public-Private Partnerships
Readings:
1.
2.
Jencks, Charles (1986) Postmodernism New York: St. Martin’s Press, pp.7-10.
Jacobs, Jane (1961) The Death and Life of Great American Cities, (New York:
Random House) pp. 1-2, 50-54.
3.
Sewell, John (1993) The Shape of the City, (Toronto: U of T) Ch. 5-6, pp. 136198, Skim Ch.5, read Ch.6 carefully.
4.
Hall, Peter (2014) Cities of Tomorrow, (London: Basil Blackwell), Ch. 11, “The
City of Enterprise”
Plans for Student Presentation and Discussion:
San Francisco Urban Design Plan (1975)
Master Plan for Montreal (2004) **note: We will visit in Montreal, but to be presented in class**
Dockside Green, Victoria (2004)
City of Calgary (2008) Calgary City Centre Plan
UniverCity, Burnaby (2009)
SESSION 11 - Post Modern Suburban Planning
Monday, November 23, 2015
Topics:




Readings:
1.
2.
3.
(DG)
New Urbanism
Traditional Neighbourhood Development
Transit Oriented Development
Gated Communities
Hodge, G. & Gordon, D. (2014), pp. 110-120.
Bressi, Todd W. (1994) "Planning the American Dream", in Katz, Peter (1994) The
New Urbanism: Toward an Architecture of Community, (New York: McGraw Hill)
pp. xxv-xiii.
Duany, Andres & Elizabeth Plater-Zyberk (1992) "The Second Coming of the
American Small Town", Plan Canada, May 1992, pp. 6-13. (Available at SURP
office and as PDF on Moodle.)
September 14, 2015
11
4.
5.
6.
7.
Calthorpe, Peter (1994) The Next American Metropolis: Ecology, Community and
the American Dream, (New York: Princeton Architectural Press) pp. 56. (Available
at SURP office and as PDF on Moodle.)
Congress for the New Urbanism (1993) Charter of the Congress for the New
Urbanism, 2 pp. (Available at SURP office and as PDF on Moodle.)
Grant, Jill. 2005. Planning Responses to Gated Communities in Canada. Housing
Studies, 20(2): 273-285
Leung, H.L. (1995) “A New Kind of Sprawl,” Plan Canada, September 1995 p.4.
(Available at SURP office and as PDF on Moodle.)
Plans for Student Presentation and Discussion:
Bois Franc, Montreal (1994) (field trip)
Mackenzie Town, Calgary (1995)
Angus Glen, Markham (1996)
Nottingham, Ajax (2000) (field trip)
Student Presentations/questions:
1.
Will gated communities catch on in Canada?
2.
Critique of the New Urbanism
SESSION 12A - Regional Planning and Smart Growth (DG)
Monday, November 30, 2015



Readings:
1.
2.
Two types: Regional economic development & metropolitan regional planning.
Regional planning instruments: growth policies, capital works, transportation, etc.
From regional planning to Smart Growth.
Hodge, Gerald and Gordon, David (2014) Planning Canadian Communities, Nelson
Ch. 8, 6th ed. [Ch. 9, 5th ed.]
Downs, Anthony (2005) “Smart Growth: Why we discuss it more than we do it”
Journal of the American Planning Association 71:4, 367-78.
Plans for Student Presentation and Discussion:
Vancouver Liveable Region Strategic Plan (2011)
York Regional Plan (2010)
New York Regional Plan (1996)
Ontario Places To Grow (2006)
SESSION 12B - Course Wrap Up
(DG/SC)
Topics:
 Review of broad themes, exam hints, essay hints
Readings: Wolfe, 1994 op.cit., Table only, - re -read.
September 14, 2015
12
HEALTH AND ACCESSIBILITY
Queen's University is committed to an inclusive campus community with accessible goods,
services, and facilities that respect the dignity and independence of persons with disabilities. This
course is available in an accessible format or with appropriate communication supports upon
request.
Please contact the instructor in one of the following ways:
Email: david.gordon@queensu.ca
Phone: 613-533-6000 ext. 77063
In person: 541 Sutherland Hall, Queen’s University.
Sometimes we face unexpected personal obstacles, and so at any point, should you experience any
complications due to health, illness or personal circumstances that may impede your learning in
this course, please consult with the various support services available at Queen’s and talk in
confidence with your instructor for assistance with referrals. If you require Counselling Support
please, contact the Counseling Service directly at 613-533-6000 ext. 78264, Monday to Friday,
9am to 4:30pm.
SURP final exams that are not arranged through the Exams Office are handled by your course
instructor and they will follow the accommodation instructions outlined in your official
documentation. Please note that it can take time to book rooms and appropriate technology for
student accommodation for the final exam period, and so the instructors deeply appreciate
receiving as much advance notice as possible from you.
If you require Counselling Support, please note the Counselling Service direct telephone number
is: 613-533-6000 ext. 78264
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY
Academic integrity is constituted by the five core fundamental values of honesty, trust, fairness,
respect and responsibility (as articulated by the Centre for Academic Integrity, Clemson
University; see www.academicintegrity.org) all of which central to building , nurturing and
sustaining of an academic community in which all members of the community will thrive.
Adherence to the values expressed through academic integrity forms a foundation for
the "freedom of inquiry and exchange of ideas" essential to the intellectual life of the University
(see the Senate Report on Principles and Priorities
http://www.queensu.ca/secretariat/policies/senate/report-principles-and-priorities).
Queen’s students, faculty, administrators and staff therefore all have ethical responsibilities for
supporting and upholding the fundamental values of academic integrity. Additional information
can be found at the Academic Integrity @ Queen’s web site
http://www.queensu.ca/academicintegrity/.
Students are responsible for familiarizing themselves with the regulations concerning academic
integrity and for ensuring that their assignments conform to the principles of academic integrity.
Information on academic integrity is available in the Arts and Science Calendar (see Academic
September 14, 2015
13
Regulation 1 http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/academic-calendars/regulations/academicregulations/regulation-1), on the Arts and Science website (see
http://www.queensu.ca/artsci/academics/undergraduate/academic-integrity), and from the
instructor of this course. Departures from academic integrity include plagiarism, use of
unauthorized materials, facilitation, forgery and falsification, and are antithetical to the
development of an academic community at Queen's. Given the seriousness of these matters,
actions which contravene the regulation on academic integrity carry sanctions that can range from
a warning or the loss of grades on an assignment to the failure of a course to a requirement to
withdraw from the university.
September 14, 2015
14