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Spanish and Italian were first taught at Queen's University at Kingston, early in the 20th century in the former Department of Romance Languages. The Department of Spanish and Italian was formed in 1920 under the guidance of Professor J.H. Brovedani, who remained Head of the Department until 1949. The Department offers a comprehensive range of courses in the language, literature, and culture of Spain, Latin America, and Italy, as well as a Master's program in Spanish (Peninsular and Latin American literature). It offers, at the undergraduate level, a major in Spanish, a medial in Italian, and administers an honours degree in Spanish and Latin American Studies. While the number of full-time faculty has dropped slightly in recent years from its traditional number of six, the number of undergraduate students has doubled. The increase is partly due to the demand for language proficiency in professional faculties, and an awareness of the growing importance of Latin America, especially in its dealings with Canada. The Department, located in Kingston Hall, is part of the Faculty of Arts and Science.

A large block was purchased by the Province in 1850 for a normal school which is now part of Ryerson Polytechnic University. Here Egerton Ryerson superintended the work of the first Department of Public Instruction in Upper Canada. Here generations of teachers prepared themselves for careers in education.
In October of 1844, Sir Charles Metcalfe, the head of administrative affairs in the province, appointed Rev. Dr. Egerton Ryerson to the position of Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada, the highest position in the Department of Public Instruction for Upper Canada. For the next thirty years he would have a dramatic impact on the development of education in Ontario. Shortly after Ryerson accepted the position of Chief Superintendent he appointed Dr. John George Hodgins as the Chief Clerk for the Department of Public Instruction. The latter worked closely with Ryerson to build the foundations of the education system, advising him on major issues and assisting with the wording of legislation.
In 1855, Hodgins was appointed Deputy Head of the Department of Public Instruction, and later (in 1890) was appointed the Librarian and Historiographer to the Department. During his sixty plus years with the Department, Hodgins wrote voluminously on the topic of Ontario's educational history and school architecture.

A large block was purchased by the Province in 1850 for a normal school which is now part of Ryerson Polytechnic University. Here Egerton Ryerson superintended the work of the first Department of Public Instruction in Upper Canada. Here generations of teachers prepared themselves for careers in education.
In October of 1844, Sir Charles Metcalfe, the head of administrative affairs in the province, appointed Rev. Dr. Egerton Ryerson to the position of Chief Superintendent of Education for Upper Canada, the highest position in the Department of Public Instruction for Upper Canada. For the next thirty years he would have a dramatic impact on the development of education in Ontario. Shortly after Ryerson accepted the position of Chief Superintendent he appointed Dr. John George Hodgins as the Chief Clerk for the Department of Public Instruction. The latter worked closely with Ryerson to build the foundations of the education system, advising him on major issues and assisting with the wording of legislation.
In 1855, Hodgins was appointed Deputy Head of the Department of Public Instruction, and later (in 1890) was appointed the Librarian and Historiographer to the Department. During his sixty plus years with the Department, Hodgins wrote voluminously on the topic of Ontario's educational history and school architecture.

Courses in psychiatry began at Queen's University, with the establishment of the Faculty of Medicine, in 1854. Previously, students were introduced to various types of mental disorders in the basement of Kingston Penitentiary, where many mentally ill prisoners were incarcerated. Following the construction of Rockwood Mental Hospital on the outskirts of the City in 1855, students attended elective lectures at that institution. Dr C.K. Clarke, well known as the founder of the "mental hygiene" movement in Canada, was Professor of Psychiatry from 1895 to 1905. The Faculty of Medicine commenced a psychiatric teaching program at Kingston General Hospital in the 1930s. Today, the training of undergraduate medical students and graduate residents takes place at three local institutions: Kingston General Hospital, Hotel Dieu Hospital, and the Kingston Psychiatric Hospital. The Department currently has about 100 faculty, including cross and part-time appointments, and offers both undergraduate and graduate degree programmes.

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The study of metallurgy began at Queen's when the University-affiliated Ontario School of Mining and Agriculture was established in Kingston in 1893. The first professor of the discipline was William Nicol, after whom the Department's building, Nicol Hall, is named. The discipline was taught as part of a combined Mining and Metallurgy program until 1914, when the separate programs of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering and Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering were established. These existed until 1935 when the Department of Metallurgical Engineering was founded as a separate unit within the Faculty of Applied Science. The Department grew steadily in subsequent decades in response to increased demand from manufacturing industries and processors of primary metals for graduates knowledgeable in metallurgy. Since the 1960s, in particular, there has been marked growth in the number of faculty and in the amount and sophistication of research and equipment. The Department was originally concerned almost exclusively with studying the production and use of metals and metal alloys, and this remains an important part of its work, research, and teaching. Since the early 1970s however, it has been increasingly concerned with a variety of other materials, including ceramics, polymers, and composites. Reflecting this trend, the Department was renamed Materials and Metallurgical Engineering in 1990. It expanded into Jackson Hall in 1993, with the establishment of a materials and metallurgy research laboratory. This Department was phased out of the Faculty of Applied Science as an Honours degree in 2001, and is now offered as a Materials Option.

The Tyendinaga Indian Agency in Ontario was established when the Central Superintendency was abolished on the 24th of July, 1882 (Order in Council 1462). The agency was responsible for the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte. On July 15th, 1970 the Tyendinaga Agency became a part of the Kingston District.

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Reporting to the Vice-Principal (Advancement), the Department of Development is responsible for exploring and developing philanthropic support for the University. It consists of four areas, each led by a director: Annual Giving, Planned Giving, Major Gifts and Faculty Development, and Donor Relations and Stewardship. Annual Giving involves generating support for immediate funding needs through two main programs: direct mail and telefundraising. More than 100,000 alumni, parents, faculty/staff, students, and friends of Queen's University are contacted annually through these programs. The Planned Giving program involves promoting and arranging donations from wills, bequests, annuities, and other forms of structured giving. Major Gifts and Faculty Development is responsible for identifying, cultivating, and soliciting corporate and individual donors for large gifts; identifying marketable projects in individual faculties, and encouraging alumni involvement through faculty advisory councils. Donor Relations and Stewardship is responsible for protecting gifts made to Queen's and stewarding those who give them in a way that responds to the donor's expectations. Through a variety of programs such as naming opportunities and donor events, Donor Relations and Stewardship helps to cultivate existing donors for additional gifts and also foster long-term relationships between these donors, their families, and the University. The Department of Development is located in Summerhill. In addition, a number of development officers are assigned to individual faculty locations on campus.