For Students, Faculty & Staff
Mission
We develop progressive, ethical, competent, and thoughtful leaders in education through teaching, research, and professional collaboration.
Vision
To be a leader in the educational landscape, recognized for our commitment to teaching, international initiatives, innovative programs, and influential research.
Values
Inclusivity. Ensures a safe, equitable, and open environment
Teaching. Promotes competence and facilitates change
Learning. Inspires and prepares us to engage with the world
Innovation. Extends our thinking to explore new boundaries
Collaboration. Unites us to connect and to create
Excellence. Challenges us to set high expectations
Mission of the BEd/DipEd Programs
Taken together with our Mission / Vision & Values, our vision of the graduate of Queen's University Faculty of Education is that of a critically reflective professional. Graduates are expected to integrate theoretical, practical, and experiential knowledge in the understanding and resolution of professional issues. We see the beginning teacher as an active agent in the development of a socially inclusive pedagogy aimed at social justice. In our vision, the critically reflective teacher is the one who asks questions that go beyond immediate pressures of daily practice, and who has a disposition to work in collaboration with other members of the profession and with all those involved in the education and development of all learners.
Are you ready to learn our songs?
Faculty Song: One by One
One by one, you and me,
that's how we build community.
Take the step, take your turn,
learn to teach, teach to learn.
Support, connect, collaborate,
be a part, help us create.
Yea, one by one, you and me
that's how we do build community.
Listen to the Audio Clip or See our Recruitment Video.
See Trevor and Paul perform and hear our 2013 teacher candidates singing our song on Facebook.
Queen's Song: The Oil Thigh
Oil thigh na Banrighinn a'Banrighinn gu brath!
Oil thigh na Banrighinn a'Banrighinn gu brath!
Oil thigh na Banrighinn a'Banrighinn gu brath!
Cha-gheill! Cha-gheill! Cha-gheill!
SING!
Queen's College colours we are wearing once again,
Soiled as they are by the battle and the rain,
Yet another victory to wipe away the stain!
So, Gaels, go in and win!
SING!
Oil thigh na Banrighinn a'Banrighinn gu brath!
Oil thigh na Banrighinn a'Banrighinn gu brath!
Oil thigh na Banrighinn a'Banrighinn gu brath!
Cha-gheill! Cha-gheill! Cha-gheill!
What's the sport of Kings?
Queen's! Queen's! Queen's!
Oil thigh na Banrighinn Cha-gheill! Cha-gheill! Cha-gheill!
Oil thigh na Banrighinn Cha-gheill! Cha-gheill! Cha-gheill!
Go Queen´s!
Listen to the Audio Clip or get the Queen's Ringtone.
The History
Retrieved from http://qnc.queensu.ca/Encyclopedia/index.html.
Cha Gheill
This gaelic war cry, correctly pronounced "kay yi-al" and usually translated as "no surrender," is the rousing conclusion of Queen's traditional cheer. The cheer is now used almost exclusively in the chorus of "Queen's College Colours," popularly known as the oil thigh song, but actually predates the song. It was composed in 1891 by three Gaelic-speaking students: Donald Cameron, F.A. McRae, and another called MacLean, whose first name is not known. It was incorporated into "Queen's College Colours" when the song was written in 1897. The term "Cha Gheill" is sometimes used separately especially between older alumni at university occasions as a jocular equivalent of "Cheers!" or as a salutation at the end of letters. The original cheer was:
Dearg! Gor'mus! Buidthe!
Oil Thigh na Banrighinn gu Brath!
Cha Gheill! Cha Gheill! Cha Gheill!
This translates as:
"Red! Blue! Yellow!/Queen's forever!/No surrender!" It is pronounced "Jarg! Gormoos! Boo-ee-ee-ee!/Oil Thigh na Banree gu Braw!/Kay Yi-al!" The words "Dearg! Gor'mus! Buidthe!" were later replaced by "Queen's! Queen's! Queen's!"
Oil Thigh
This combined song and dance is a distinctive Queen's tradition, performed at sporting events and most university occasions less formal than convocations. It consists of the old song "Queen's College Colours," sung to the accompaniment of a low-kicking sort of can-can dance. The name "Oil Thigh" comes from the chorus of the song, which begins with the gaelic words "Oil thigh na Banrighinn a'Banrighinn gu brath" ("The College of the Queen forever"). At football games it is a tradition that students perform an Oil Thigh after every touchdown. The song "Queen's College Colours" was written in 1898 by student Alfred Lavell to inspire Queen's football team to victory after a disappointing loss to the University of Toronto. Its staying power is somewhat surprising: it was just one of countless university songs penned at a time when songwriting was a booming pastime among students, and even Lavell later described its verses as "sophomoric." Its survival is due partly to its rousing Gaelic chorus, which was actually written separately as a university cheer in 1891, and its popular tune, stolen from the American "Battle Hymn of the Republic." But it has also prospered because most of its rivals suffered even more noticeably from oversentimentality and clumsy rhyme. The song's original line "So, boys, go in and win!" was changed to "So, Gaels, go in and win!" in 1985 to include Queen's women athletes.