RAQ Speaker Series
RAQ offers an interesting and popular speakers’ series at the University Club for RAQ members and guests, from September to June each year. The RAQ Speaker Series is an informal discussion with an invited speaker.
Please note: the Speaker Series is no longer being offered via Zoom. We will post a link to the recording of the event here at a later date.
The in-person events follow Queen's and the University Club's COVID protocols.
2025-26 Sponsor of the Speaker Series: Cunningham Swan Lawyers
Fall 2025
RAQ Speaker Series events are at the University Club
1-2:00 PM
DECEMBER SPEAKER EVENT
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
Speaker: Dr. Christopher Booth MD FRCPC
Department: Oncology and Public Health Sciences, Division of Cancer Care and Epidemiology, Queen’s Cancer Research Institute.
Title: Sweat, Science, Spandex and Cancer: The Story of the CHALLENGE Trial
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We are delighted that Dr. Christopher Booth will be the presenter for December. Dr. Booth’s research program explores access, quality, and value of cancer care. He serves as policy advisor to the World Health Organization and across global health systems. With more than 400 peer-reviewed manuscripts, it is still difficult not to profile the publication this year of a landmark study co-chaired by Dr. Booth. Based on 17 years of data studying the effects of a structured exercise program after surgery and chemotherapy for patients with stage III or high-risk colon cancer, the CO21 CHALLENGE study found that a structured exercise program involving 2.5 hours of moderate-intensity exercise per week significantly improved disease-free survival for these patients. It was concluded that, “Exercise is no longer just a quality-of-life intervention – it is a treatment for colon cancer.” We look forward to hearing more about Dr. Booth’s important work.
Please join us at the University Club at 1 p.m.
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Please note, due to the declining uptake, we will no longer be offering our Speaker Series via Zoom. We will be recording the events which will be posted on the RAQ website. Thank you for your understanding.
Recording of the 2025 AGM Speaker
On, May 7, 2025, Guest Speaker, Nicolas Lamp, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law spoke about:
"The Trump Administration's Tariff Policy, the Backlash Against Globalization, and Canada's Economic Future". Click here to see the recording. Passcode: J21zN?9u
Please forward the recording to the 3:15 minute mark.
Links to previous Speaker event broadcasts
Tuesday, November 4, 2025
Speaker: Dr. Robin Boadway
Department: Department of Economics
Title: Policies to Address Global Warming: Why are They so Difficult?
Dr. Robin Boadway is Professor Emeritus of Economics at Queen’s University and former holder of the David Chadwick Smith Chair in Economics. A Rhodes Scholar who studied economics at Oxford, he has been with Queen’s since the early 1970s. His research interests have been in the areas of public sector economics and welfare economics with special emphasis of tax theory and policy. His work has involved the intersection of environmental policy and fiscal instruments. His extensive expertise in public economics and fiscal federalism shows why environmental policies are so challenging in practice. We look forward to gaining some insight into this complex and critically important topic.
Click here for the recording.
Passcode: .S5LpS?e
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Speaker: Dr. Glenville Jones
Department: Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
Title: Everything you wanted to know about vitamin D & should you take supplements
Dr. Glen Jones is a distinguished vitamin D researcher whose career at Queen’s has been marked by major contributions to understanding vitamin D metabolism, its enzymes and hormones, and their clinical significance. He is aware that the general public is particularly interested in results from recent clinical trials. Dr. Jones was part of the international committee that produced the most recent guidelines for US/Canada. He also acknowledges that “there have been several recent ‘Controversies in the vitamin D field’ which led to new recommendations.”
To view the recording of this event click here Passcode: 6zPUG%VS
September 16, 2025
Speaker: Alexandra Manthorpe, (Queen's Law '10).
Topic: Leaving a Legacy: Important Estate Planning Considerations
Alexandra is a partner in the Wills & Estates group at Cunningham, Swan, Carty, Little & Bonham LLP, the largest full-service firm in Kingston, Ontario. Her practice includes estate and trust planning (including drafting multiple Wills and drafting Trust Deeds for family trusts, Alter Ego Trusts and Joint Spousal Trusts), business succession planning, and estate and trust administration.
Click here to view the recording of this event. Passcode: x?G78fD=
Click here to access: Estate Planning in Ontario - Important Considerations by Alexandra Manthorpe