Positionality and Lived Experience
1. Positionality and Lived Experience. Positionality is the understanding of how your identity (e.g. race, socioeconomic, gender, sexuality, etc.) influences your biases in the world. Lived Experience is more commonly understood as ‘life experience’. Queen’s is looking for applicants who can connect their understanding of their position in life with significant experiences they’ve encountered.
2. Connection. Connection appears to simply be defined as answering the question clearly and identifying a clear learning outcome within that answer.
3. Personal Growth. Personal Growth is the demonstrated ability to understand one’s strengths and development areas, and then work to reach their full potential in all areas of their life.
Tell us about an experience that shaped who you are today. (maximum 2000 characters with spaces)