Our university condemns the hateful comments that occurred during a Zoom hacking incident by an unknown individual during an outdoor Sacred Fire ceremony at the Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre on Friday, June 4. The gathering was in honour of the 215 children found buried at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School, a horrific discovery that has deeply impacted everyone in our community. There is no place for harassment and discrimination on our campus.

On June 6, 2021, a meaningless act of violence was perpetrated against the Afzaal family in London, Ontario. As an academic community in which the reverberations of this tragedy have been felt in deeply personal ways, we must use our voices to speak uncompromisingly against harassment and discrimination in all its forms. 

The Principal’s Working Groups have been meeting over the summer to propose operational priorities to align with the goals outlined in the university’s strategic framework.

Full text of Principal Patrick Deane's Installation Speech delivered on November 12, 2019 at Grant Hall, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario. Check against delivery.

The recent calls for administrative leadership on anti-racism, from staff, faculty, and especially students, have been heard clearly and action will be taken.

To this end, and with guidance from our Associate Vice-Principals, Stephanie Simpson and Janice Hill, I have prepared a Declaration, on behalf of the university’s administration, to address racism, systemic as well as individual.

Queen’s University introduced its next Principal and Vice-Chancellor today at a special announcement event in Stauffer Library. Patrick Deane will become the 21st Principal and Vice-Chancellor on July 1, 2019, succeeding Principal Daniel Woolf.

Dr. Deane is currently the President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University, but he is also a familiar presence here at Queen’s. Before moving to Hamilton in 2010, he served as Vice-Principal (Academic) at Queen’s from 2005 to 2010.

Queen’s begins a new chapter this week, as Patrick Deane commences his first term as the university’s principal and vice-chancellor. He arrives to campus having recently completed a nine-year tenure as president and vice-chancellor of McMaster University.

It’s been just over 90 days since Patrick Deane took on the role of Principal and Vice-Chancellor at Queen’s. The Gazette recently took some time to chat with him about his experience at Queen’s in the role so far, his open letter, and plans for conducting a conversation with the Queen’s community about the issues we are facing and the university’s future.

Queen’s University is one of the newest signatories of the Magna Charta Universitatum, joining a collective of close to 900 universities around the globe. Principal and Vice-Chancellor Patrick Deane signed the document at a ceremony closing the Magna Charta Observatory’s annual conference, held for the first time in North America at McMaster University in Hamilton on Oct. 17.