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TELL ME ABOUT QUEEN’S AND KINGSTON

What University Services are there for International Students?

The International Centre, as a student service of Queen's University, supports the academic and personal development of international students and staff, their families and internationally minded Canadians. Through its core of services and programs the Centre aims to promote an internationally informed and cross-culturally sensitive university community.

QUIC is designed to be your "home away from home" with a lounge, full kitchen facilities, meeting rooms, and a library—the perfect place for you to meet new friends, compare experiences, and receive any help you need while at Queen's.

The following information has been pulled from QUIC website links.

Tell me more about Kingston.

Location

Kingston is the hub of eastern Ontario.  From here, it is only a two-hour drive to the major population centers of Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa and Syracuse, New York - and immediate access to markets of more than 130 million people within a day´s drive.
The city also offers border access within 30 minutes via the 1000 Island Bridge.  (This crossing rarely experiences delays.)

Travel

Kingston is served by excellent highway and passenger rail transportation systems.
Kingston is strategically placed on the south side of Highway 401 and offers immediate access from 5 major intersections covering the city from west to east.

Via Rail has regular daily service to Kingston for both passenger travel.

Kingston is also home to the Norman Rogers Airport with daily passenger and goods flights into Pearson International Airport.

Telecommunications

Our telecommunications infrastructure is also state of the art with wide band communications networks

Neighbourhoods

Kingston is a comfortable family-oriented place in which to live. It offers a wide range of housing options from old, historic neighbourhoods of limestone, brick and clapboard houses to modern subdivisions with the same shopping amenities found in larger centers.

Arts and Culture

Artists, performers, authors and Juno-award-winning musicians such as the Tragically Hip, Sarah Harmer and David Usher thrive in Kingston. Enriching its cultural offerings, Kingston has 13 museums, year-round live theatre, the third largest arts centre in Ontario and during the summer, the city comes alive with street entertainment and music festivals.

Sports and Recreation

Fresh water sailing capital of the world
Cottage country, sandy beaches, first-class canoe routes, spectacular hiking and portage trails and superb camping, are all available within a one-hour drive from the city.
Natural beauty surrounds Kingston, and the city itself boasts one of the largest per capita green space areas in Ontario with 180 parks and 2,500 acres of maintained ground. Experiencing Mother Nature here is as simple as taking a stroll in one of the historic parks or riding a bicycle along one of the city’s beautiful trails.

Education

Anchored by two world-class universities, the number one college in Ontario and some of the best public and private schools in the country, Kingston is a city flourishing with unparalleled opportunities in education and research.
Kingston’s research and development sector is alive with innovative ideas, while an emerging alternative energy and biotech community builds on the strength of combining biology, health sciences, information technology and advanced materials.

Queen’s University, the Royal Military College and St. Lawrence College all stand at the pinnacle of the educational landscape, each rated as the finest institution in its field.  

Such excellence helps to define the culture of Kingston, and from the earliest stages of education, from pre-school forward, some of the best teachers in the country are working to continue this tradition of knowledge and to keep Kingston at the vanguard of groundbreaking success in learning.
Kingston really stands out from the crowd with its highly-talented and educated population, and its mosaic of social diversity.

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