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

October PA Day: Learning off the Land - A Walk Talk with Misty Underwood!

Looking for a meaningful way to connect with the land? Join us for a guided Walk Talk with Misty Underwood, a Muscogee and Choctaw descendent, as she shared teaching inspired by her Pokni (grandmother).

Date: Friday October 10th, 2025

Time: 11:00am-2:30pm

Location: Lemoine Point Conservation Area (bus & lunch included)

The event is open to women students at Queen's University and their children. Space is very limited, so please register as soon as possible - we will have a waitlist.

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*please note that Ban Righ Centre is unable to provide childcare and children cannot be left unattended by parents/guardians. Your child/children must remain with you for the duration of the activity.

Parenting/Care Work as a Mature Student

ONLINE EVENT: Join us for a virtual Sharing Stories discussion space. In this session, students are invited to share stories, strategies, and words of wisdom with their peers around balancing parenting/caring for loved ones while navigating academia.

Date: Wednesday October 1
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.

Casual Conversation

Finding Balance: Time Management and Competing Priorities

How do you make time for everything? From teaching and coursework to caregiving and research, grad life is a constant juggle. Come share your strategies, frustrations, and small victories in this supportive conversation about time, balance, and realistic goal setting.

Casual Conversation

Making it Work: Academic Success Strategies

Join us for a casual conversation about what academic success looks like—and how to get there. We’ll share stories about working with supervisors and handling feedback. We’ll discuss the academic process and the role that GenAI might play in your studies.

BRC and the University will be closed from December 24 to January 2.

BRC will reopen on Monday January 5 at 9am.