Reading Session: Talk About a Little Culture

Date & Time: 27 November, 12:00–4:00 pm
Location: Ban Righ Centre, 32 Bader Lane.

Informal conversation facilitated by Katherine McKittrick, Professor of Gender Studies and Canada Research Chair in Black Studies, and Nasrin Himada, Associate Curator of Academic Outreach and Community Engagement that focuses on anti-colonial theory, reading and writing, and working closely with Sylvia Wynter’s 1967 essay, “We Must Learn to Sit Down Together and Talk About a Little Culture.” The session is structured to balance collaborative reading, with quiet time allocated to read the essay, followed by an organic and multi-vocal conversation about key themes, theories, literatures and formats that shape the exhibition, A Smile Split by the Stars.

Participants receive the essay in advance—it is highly recommended participants read the text beforehand. The reading group has availability for 25 people, with 10 spaces reserved for graduate students of Black Studies, Indigenous Studies, studies of Palestine, or cognate areas. Refreshments will be provided. Presented in partnership with the Ban Righ Centre.

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For more information about A Smile Split by the Stars, please visit The AGNES website.

More info to come

Join us at the Ban Righ Centre for a special lunch hour! We will have our usual warm soup lunch along with our holiday sing-a-long! Bring your musical talents (instruments welcome) or just yourselves for our warm and informal gathering.

WHEN: December 12, 2025 @ 12pm

WHERE: BRC Lounge

The staff at the BRC is grateful to all of the women who call this place their ‘home’ on campus and who welcome, support and encourage each other. Let’s come together during this fall season and share good food and friendship at the Ban Righ Centre Fall Feast.

WHEN: Thursday November 20 @ 12pm

WHERE: Ban Righ Centre Lounge

Hope to see you there!

*event is for mature women students and student mothers at Queen's

Graduates!

Stop by the Ban Righ Centre from November 3-7 from 9am - 4pm for some tea and light refreshments with staff and fellow students. Bring your family and let's celebrate your achievements together.

Creating Community and Tackling Loneliness

Join us for a virtual Sharing Stories discussion space. Student life can be lonely, especially for mature women. In this session we'll share strategies for connecting with others and battling loneliness. 

Date: Wednesday November 26, 2025

Time: 12:00–1:00 PM (online)

To register, please email Taylor Cenac

Come to join the conversation or just to listen; all mature women students and recent graduates are invited to attend. 

Canning & Pickling Workshop

Join us for a hands-on canning workshop focused on simple, sustainable ways to preserve the harvest!

Learn what jars and equipment to use, the do's and don'ts of canning, and how to prep your own produce with minimal tools.

You’ll prep and can a take-home jar while discovering that preserving food doesn’t have to be expensive or complicated.

Date: Thursday November 13th, 2025
Time: 12:30pm-3:30pm
Location: QUIC kitchen (2nf floor Mitchell Hall)

This event is open to Ban Righ Centre students at QueensU

REGISTRATION HAS CLOSED

Ban Righ Centre is closed today for Thanksgiving.

We will reopen on Tuesday October 14 at 9am

BRC will be closed on Friday October 10 for a programming event. We will reopen on Tuesday October 14 at 9am