Common Clubs for Kinesiology Students
Health-Related Clubs
Raise the Bar
A multi-dimensional health outreach initiative. We want to "connect the dots" between all different forms of health.
Instagram: @raisethebarqueens
Email: raisethebar@clubs.queensu.ca
Queen’s First Aid
Queen’s First Aid Campus Response Team is a university campus first aid response team serving Queen’s University and its direct community in Kingston. Queen’s First Aid serves as a confidential and professional service responding to medical emergencies on campus. We are available from 8am - 11 pm Sunday - Thursday. On weekends, our hours are from 8 am Friday morning until 8 am on Sunday morning (overnights included).
Instagram: @queensfirstaid
Email: director@queensfirstaid.com
Website: https://www.queensfirstaid.com/
Queen’s Concussion Awareness Committee
As a committee, we strive to bridge the gap between students and concussion resources available at Queen's and in the Kingston area. We aim to provide support to the community and supply students with the tools they need to make healthy choices surrounding their academics, physical, and mental health as it relates to concussions.
Instagram: @queensconcussion
Email: concussion@clubs.queensu.ca
Queen’s Health Outreach
Queen’s Health Outreach is a club that searches for global opportunities to initiate primary health care programs. With partnerships in Belize, Guyana, Northern Canada, and Kingston, QHO’s mission is to collaborate with these partnering global communities to work towards sustainable opportunities for youth engagement and leadership, by facilitating peer-to-peer discussions centering around health topics in classrooms.
Instagram: @qhealthoutreach
Email: codirectors@qho.ca
Website: https://qho.ca/
Project Red
Project Red is a fully student-run organization at Queen’s University that promotes a healthy active lifestyle while raising funds for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Project Red's main fundraiser is the annual Charity Fashion Show, which displays the individuality and creativity of Queen's students who are ultimately devoted to a common goal.
Instagram: @queensprojectred
Email: projectreddirectors@gmail.com
Website: https://www.queensprojectred.ca/
qUEEN’S rELAY FOR lIFE
Queen’s Relay for Life is one of the many Relay for Life events that occur annually throughout Canada in support of the Canadian Cancer Society. The event funds research projects, provides support services for cancer patients and their loved ones, and creates awareness campaigns about cancer prevention and general health.
Instagram: @queensurelay
Email: queensurelay@gmail.com
Queen’s University Blood Team
The Queen’s University Blood Team (QUBT) is a student-run organization that promotes, facilitates, and de-stigmatizes blood, organ, and stem cell donation. In collaboration with Canadian Blood Services, QUBT organizes off-campus donations via LifeBus shuttles. The Queen’s University Blood Team seeks to educate students about the importance of blood donation and other initiatives of the Canadian Blood Services.
Instagram: @queensubloodteam
Email: qubt@clubs.queensu.ca
Website: https://queensubloodteam.weebly.com/
Disability Awareness Clubs
Motionball
motionball (founded by Queen’s Kin alumni!) is a national non-profit that empowers young Canadians to be leaders in their communities, raising funds and awareness for Special Olympics through integrated social and sporting events. We believe that the next generation of Canadians, today’s students and young professionals, are the future of the Special Olympics movement – with the power to make meaningful difference for generations to come.
Instagram: @queensumotionball
Website: https://motionball.com/
Winter Adapted Games (wag)
We are the Winter Adapted Games (WAG) club, conceived in 1991 with the School of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen's. We organize a fun-filled day of non-competitive sports, games, and activities for people from the Kingston community who have an identified disability. During WAG, each participant is paired with a Queen's student "Buddy" to ensure a safe and fun-filled day. Our aim is to connect Queen's students with the community while creating awareness about barriers to participation.
Instagram: @wagatqueens
Email: wagatqueens@hotmail.com
ExTRAaWESOME
Extra Awesome is a volunteer based program that offers academic support and facilitates physical activity participation for Kingston youth with exceptionalities and their siblings.
Instagram: @xtraawesome
Email: extraawesomekingston@gmail.com
Website: https://xtraawesome.weebly.com/
sWIMMING WITH A MISSION (SWAm)
SWAM Canada is the parent organization behind a nation-wide network of not-for-profit, university student-run organizations providing barrier-free, one-on-one, water-safety and swimming instruction to children with disabilities.
Instagram: @swamkingston
Email: kingston@swamcanada.ca
qUEEN’S aMERICAN sIGN lANGUAGE (qasl)
Queens American Sign Language (QASL) advocates for accessibility on Queen's campus and offers students a free and engaging environment to learn American Sign Language (ASL). We host workshops with other clubs where we will teach ASL, Deaf and Hard of Hearing history and culture and cater to the theme and goals of our partner organization.
Instagram: @queensasl
Let’s Get Revved Up
Let’s Get Revved Up Club is a new Queen’s Club with the goal of supporting the Revved Up Gym through advocacy, fundraising, awareness & connections!
Instagram: @letsgetrevvedupclub
Fitness & Sport Related Clubs
Queen’s Ladies in Fitness (QLIFT)
A&R Club that is breaking stigmas, empowering women in the gym, and promoting healthy lifestyles and body image.
Instagram: @qlift_
Email: qulift@gmail.com
Queen’s Women in Sports
We are a new Queen’s University club dedicated to empowering women looking to pursue a career in sports.
Instagram: @queenswomeninsports
Queen’s Sports Analytics Organization
Ratified through the Alma Mater Society (AMS) at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, The Queen's Sports Analytics Organization operates as a think tank for the sports analytics community. QSAO covers professional and collegiate sports including Soccer, Baseball, Basketball, Hockey, and Football.
Instagram: @qsaoqueens
Email: qsao@clubs.queensu.ca
Website: https://www.qsao-queens.com/
Kingston Gets Active
Kingston Gets Active (KGA) is a community-wide initiative made up of partners from multiple sectors. KGA addresses the need for a multi-level approach to physical activity promotion by targeting various areas of community life such as educational and promotional activities; social marketing and communication; and infrastructure and public policy strategies.
Instagram: @kingstongetsactive
Email: info@KingstonGetsActive.ca
Website: https://kingstongetsactive.ca/
Queen’s Sports Management
Student-led organization providing pro-bono services to leading companies in the sports industry
Instagram: @queenssportsmanagement