Patrick Deane | |
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![]() Deane in 2018 | |
21st Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University | |
Assumed office 1 July 2019 [1] | |
Chancellor |
Murray Sinclair
Shelagh Rogers |
Preceded by | Daniel Woolf |
7th President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University | |
In office 1 July 2010 [2] – 30 June 2019 [3] | |
Chancellor | Suzanne Labarge |
Preceded by | Peter George |
Succeeded by | David H. Farrar |
Acting President of the University of Winnipeg | |
In office 2002 [4] – 2 May 2004 [5] | |
Preceded by | Constance Rooke |
Succeeded by | Lloyd Axworthy |
Personal details | |
Born | South Africa | 9 December 1956
Nationality |
Canadian South African |
Education |
University of the Witwatersrand (
BA) University of Western Ontario ( MA, PhD) [1] [6] |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Raising a valid sign: A defence of the form of David Jones's "Anathemata" (1986) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | english literature |
Institutions | |
Patrick Deane (born 9 December 1956) is a Canadian scholar and university administrator, currently serving as the 21st Principal of Queen's University. He was previously the acting president of the University of Winnipeg (2003–2004), the Vice-principal (Academic) at Queen's University (2005–2010) and the 7th President of McMaster University (2010–2019). [7]
Deane was born in 1956 [8] [9] in South Africa. [10] His father, whose ancestors emigrated from Liverpool to South Africa in the 1820s, joined the British Royal Navy during World War II. [11] After the war, Deane's mother met his father in Canada, when he went there on a business trip; they got married in 1947. [12] When Deane was 15, his elder brother, who was 5 years his senior and was on conscription service, died of testicular cancer, after being misdiagnosed and denied treatment by a civilian doctor. [11]
Deane went to King Edward VII School in Johannesburg, [12] and then studied English and law at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was a vocal and active opponent of apartheid. [2] He graduated in 1978 and moved to Canada, to study English literature at the University of Western Ontario, obtaining a Master of Arts in 1980 and a PhD in 1985. [2] [13]
Deane's professional career began in 1986, when he was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, teaching English literature. [7] [14] He was invited back to the University of Western Ontario in 1988, when he was awarded the John Charles Polanyi Prize for Literature, [15] becoming an assistant professor in the Department of English and teaching 21-century British literature, [10] and was promoted to associate professor in 1994.; [7] he was also Vice-Chair (1993-1995) and Chair (1997-2001) of the Department. [7]
In 2001, Deane moved to the University of Winnipeg to take up the position of Vice-President (Academic), [10] concurrently serving as a Professor of English. [7] When the university's president, Constance Rooke, resigned in 2002, following a dispute with the board of regents over the university's finance, [16] he became the Acting President and Vice-Chancellor in 2003. During this period, Deane oversaw the elimination of the university's accumulated debt, the first surplus budget in a decade, and the creation of the University of Winnipeg Foundation, a new fundraising arm for the university. [4] [17] Deane handed over the presidency to Lloyd Axworthy in 2004, returning to the role of Vice-President (Academic) and taking the newly established position of Provost. [7] In 2005, Deane accepted the appointment of Vice-Principal (Academic) at Queen's University and serving as a Professor of English Language and Literature in parallel. He held these positions until 2010, when he assumed the role of President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University. [7]
In November 2018, Queen's announced the return of Deane to succeed Daniel Woolf as the 21st Principal and Vice-Chancellor. [18] Deane formally stepped down as McMaster's president on 30 June 2019, having served nearly 2 full terms in that capacity. [19] He assumed the new role as the following day, on 1 July 2019. [1]
Deane met his wife, Sheila, during his MA years at the University of Western Ontario, where she was undertaking her PhD in Women's Studies and was a Virginia Woolf scholar. [20] They have a daughter, Petra, and a son, Colin, [11] who, as of 2020, were respectively a genetics researcher in Vermont, US, and an instructor in education at the University of Winnipeg. [12]
Deane and his family now live on a hobby farm called New Leaf Farm 20 km north of Kingston. [21] [12] They have been living on farms for 20 years, [21] including during his tenure as McMaster President and Vice-Chancellor. [20]
Patrick Deane | |
---|---|
![]() Deane in 2018 | |
21st Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Queen's University | |
Assumed office 1 July 2019 [1] | |
Chancellor |
Murray Sinclair
Shelagh Rogers |
Preceded by | Daniel Woolf |
7th President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University | |
In office 1 July 2010 [2] – 30 June 2019 [3] | |
Chancellor | Suzanne Labarge |
Preceded by | Peter George |
Succeeded by | David H. Farrar |
Acting President of the University of Winnipeg | |
In office 2002 [4] – 2 May 2004 [5] | |
Preceded by | Constance Rooke |
Succeeded by | Lloyd Axworthy |
Personal details | |
Born | South Africa | 9 December 1956
Nationality |
Canadian South African |
Education |
University of the Witwatersrand (
BA) University of Western Ontario ( MA, PhD) [1] [6] |
Academic background | |
Thesis | Raising a valid sign: A defence of the form of David Jones's "Anathemata" (1986) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | english literature |
Institutions | |
Patrick Deane (born 9 December 1956) is a Canadian scholar and university administrator, currently serving as the 21st Principal of Queen's University. He was previously the acting president of the University of Winnipeg (2003–2004), the Vice-principal (Academic) at Queen's University (2005–2010) and the 7th President of McMaster University (2010–2019). [7]
Deane was born in 1956 [8] [9] in South Africa. [10] His father, whose ancestors emigrated from Liverpool to South Africa in the 1820s, joined the British Royal Navy during World War II. [11] After the war, Deane's mother met his father in Canada, when he went there on a business trip; they got married in 1947. [12] When Deane was 15, his elder brother, who was 5 years his senior and was on conscription service, died of testicular cancer, after being misdiagnosed and denied treatment by a civilian doctor. [11]
Deane went to King Edward VII School in Johannesburg, [12] and then studied English and law at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was a vocal and active opponent of apartheid. [2] He graduated in 1978 and moved to Canada, to study English literature at the University of Western Ontario, obtaining a Master of Arts in 1980 and a PhD in 1985. [2] [13]
Deane's professional career began in 1986, when he was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, teaching English literature. [7] [14] He was invited back to the University of Western Ontario in 1988, when he was awarded the John Charles Polanyi Prize for Literature, [15] becoming an assistant professor in the Department of English and teaching 21-century British literature, [10] and was promoted to associate professor in 1994.; [7] he was also Vice-Chair (1993-1995) and Chair (1997-2001) of the Department. [7]
In 2001, Deane moved to the University of Winnipeg to take up the position of Vice-President (Academic), [10] concurrently serving as a Professor of English. [7] When the university's president, Constance Rooke, resigned in 2002, following a dispute with the board of regents over the university's finance, [16] he became the Acting President and Vice-Chancellor in 2003. During this period, Deane oversaw the elimination of the university's accumulated debt, the first surplus budget in a decade, and the creation of the University of Winnipeg Foundation, a new fundraising arm for the university. [4] [17] Deane handed over the presidency to Lloyd Axworthy in 2004, returning to the role of Vice-President (Academic) and taking the newly established position of Provost. [7] In 2005, Deane accepted the appointment of Vice-Principal (Academic) at Queen's University and serving as a Professor of English Language and Literature in parallel. He held these positions until 2010, when he assumed the role of President and Vice-Chancellor of McMaster University. [7]
In November 2018, Queen's announced the return of Deane to succeed Daniel Woolf as the 21st Principal and Vice-Chancellor. [18] Deane formally stepped down as McMaster's president on 30 June 2019, having served nearly 2 full terms in that capacity. [19] He assumed the new role as the following day, on 1 July 2019. [1]
Deane met his wife, Sheila, during his MA years at the University of Western Ontario, where she was undertaking her PhD in Women's Studies and was a Virginia Woolf scholar. [20] They have a daughter, Petra, and a son, Colin, [11] who, as of 2020, were respectively a genetics researcher in Vermont, US, and an instructor in education at the University of Winnipeg. [12]
Deane and his family now live on a hobby farm called New Leaf Farm 20 km north of Kingston. [21] [12] They have been living on farms for 20 years, [21] including during his tenure as McMaster President and Vice-Chancellor. [20]