Ban Righ Centre at Queen's University

The Ban Righ Centre welcomes all new and returning Women Students!

If you've not stopped in, we look forward to meeting you.

Anytime, 9-4 M-F

Welcome back returning students.

We'd love to reconnect and catch up. Come by.

Anyone is welcome to be part of the BRC community - students, faculty, staff, and broader community.
There is no fee and no formal membership.

If you would like to be on our "what's happening?" mailing list, call Karen at 533-2976 or e-mail her at kk9@queensu.ca and she will email to let you know if something special is happening.

Karen, Carole, Gamila and Lisa

Thank you to Wind Mobile for supporting our WINDthanks Kingston Community Grant application. We are very grateful for the support!

www.windmobile.ca

The Ban Righ's Centre 2012 Spring Celebration was a great success with students, donors, Ban Righ Centre staff and Board, community members and the Queen's community coming together to recognize the contributions of mature women students.

2012 Award Winners

The Elizabeth Wallace Bursary ~ Kira Heaton

Marian C. Webb Award ~ Jenn deLugt

The Barbara Paul Memorial Award ~ Ke Xu

The Barbara Paul Prize ~ Yancy Ochoa

The Mildred Blackadder/Zonta Club Of Kingston Bursary ~ Dana Wesley

The Helen Richards Campbell Award ~ Jillian Burford-Grinnell

The Diane Mckenzie Award ~ Danielle Naumann

The Troup-Ballantyne Fund ~ Gina Lafreniere

The Carole Kinnear Award ~ Jenoa Meagher

The Dorothy Matheson Parnell Bursary ~ Sophie Edwards

The Janet Bilton Holst Citation ~ Alana West

The Barbara Schlafer Book Prize ~ Anita Gopal

Ban Righ Foundation for Continuing University Education: Mission

"It is the mission of the Ban Righ Foundation to support women learning."

The Ban Righ Foundation carries on the tradition of encouraging women's achievements - a tradition begun by the women who came to Queen's University in the 1870's and who built Ban Righ Hall in 1925.

Supporting the continuing formal and informal education of women, especially mature women returning to Queen's University, the Ban Righ Foundation:

Maintains the Ban Righ Centre on campus which is the focus of campus life for mature women students, through which they become part of a community of peers;
Provides advisors and financial assistance;
Brings to the attention of students the many university facilities (intellectual, scholastic, cultural, recreational)
Facilitates the participation of women in campus functions
Advocates on behalf of mature women students
Brings staff, faculty, and students together in an environment which encourages mutuality and equality;
Provides a continuing education program of speakers and visiting scholars open to the broader community; and,
Promotes the university in the community.

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Thank you to Wind Mobile for supporting our WINDthanks Kingston Community Grant application. We are very grateful for the support!

www.windmobile.ca

The Ban Righ's Centre 2012 Spring Celebration was a great success with students, donors, Ban Righ Centre staff and Board, community members and the Queen's community coming together to recognize the contributions of mature women students.

2012 Award Winners

Ban Righ Foundation for Continuing University Education: Mission

"It is the mission of the Ban Righ Foundation to support women learning."

The Ban Righ Foundation carries on the tradition of encouraging women's achievements - a tradition begun by the women who came to Queen's University in the 1870's and who built Ban Righ Hall in 1925.

Supporting the continuing formal and informal education of women, especially mature women returning to Queen's University, the Ban Righ Foundation:

Maintains the Ban Righ Centre on campus which is the focus of campus life for mature women students, through which they become part of a community of peers;

Provides advisors and financial assistance;

Brings to the attention of students the many university facilities (intellectual, scholastic, cultural, recreational)

Facilitates the participation of women in campus functions

Advocates on behalf of mature women students

Brings staff, faculty, and students together in an environment which encourages mutuality and equality;

Provides a continuing education program of speakers and visiting scholars open to the broader community; and,

Promotes the university in the community.