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Welcome

The Retirees' Association of Queen's (RAQ) exists to promote the interests of Queen's retirees. We have over 400 members. If you are a Queen's retiree, we would very much like to have you as a member, and we expect that you will find it rewarding. Our periodic functions will provide you with an opportunity to renew old friendships, and keep informed about a wide variety of Queen's matters such as pensions. RAQ also provides a vehicle for informing the University on matters of interest and concern to its retirees.

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More About RAQ

Are you a retiree of Queen's but not a member of RAQ? Join here.

Renew your membership.

Learn about how to become a member, privileges and entitlements of membership, and how we operate.

Read our newsletter.

Learn about volunteering opportunities of interest to retirees with us and at other organizations.

Visit websites (Queen's and other organizations) of interest to retirees.

RAQ is a member of College and University Retiree Associations of Canada / Associations de retraités des universités et collèges du Canada. Learn about CURAC and what it has to offer RAQ members.

Travel with RAQ and Collette Tours to Newfoundland!

Information about the Newfoundland tour.

More about the Newfoundland tour

Last year's tour of Iceland

RAQ Bursary

In the 175th anniversary year RAQ set up a student bursary to provide members with a collective opportunity to support our objectives and acknowledge the importance of the University’s place in the lives of students who have studied here and the lives of those who have worked here. The current recipient is Alison Quinn, a 4th year Fine Arts student.

More Information about the bursary

Queen's Institute for Lifelong Learning

QUILL runs a series of Sunday lectures and Tuesday discussions that RAQ members may be interested in. See quillkingston.org.

Activities

Sail away! On a bright summer day….
Sharpening the mind with Louis Delvoie at the Monday Morning Forum
Annual excursion to the Biological Research Station at Opinicon
Food for the mind accompanies pot-luck for the epicure at Opinicon
RAQ members onstage at The Isabel
Sabrina DeSousa, MA student with a passion for architecture, leads intrepid members on a tour of early campus buildings
Full house for Biography and Autobiography: a discussion with Charlotte Gray and John Meisel
On tour in the new Medical School building anatomy lab
Tour organizer Cherrilyn Yalin and RAQeteers gather in the atrium of the expanded Goodes Hall
The afternoon group pauses for a photo in the main concert hall of The Isabel
2015 CURAC Conference
Viewing Rembrandt at the Agnes
Reception to Honour John Meisel
Lunch at Elbow Lake Biology Station
Iceland Trip