The idea of a RAQ Bursary began in 2015 with then RAQ Newsletter editor Diane Duttle, who proposed the idea to RAQ council. Council agreed and a small committee (Diane, George Brandie, Bruce Hutchinson and Patrick Oosthuizen) worked with Queen's Advancement to create the RAQ Bursary - just in time for Queen's 175th Anniversary celebrations.
For 10 years, the RAQ Bursary was awarded annually on the basis of demonstrated financial need to students in any year of any Faculty or School at 成人大片. Preference was given to students who have experienced an interruption in their formal education.
The life of the Bursary is now completed and any remaining funds have been transferred to the General Bursary fund. Thank you to the original committee, led by Diane Duttle, and to all who have generously contributed to the Bursary over its lifetime.