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The university's campus in 1899. Queen's was a result of an outgrowth of educational initiatives planned by Presbyterians in the 1830s. A draft plan for the university was presented at a synod meeting in Kingston in 1839, with a modified bill introduced through the 13th Parliament of Upper Canada during a session in 1840. [21]
The chancellor of Queen's University Belfast, and the president of its predecessor institution, ... This page was last edited on 4 February 2025, at 01:16 (UTC).
Sean Conway – director of the Institute of Intergovernmental Relations (Queen's University), former Ontario cabinet minister and MPP; Thomas Cromwell (B.Mus. 1973, Law 1976) – Supreme Court justice; John Crosbie – former Minister of Finance; Paul Dewar – educator, aid worker and former Member of Parliament
A college convocation banner in India Interior of Convocation House, Oxford, the meeting place of the university's convocation. At universities, "convocation" can refer (particularly in North America) to a university's graduation ceremony [10] [11] or, more generally, to any formal assembly of the university (similar to congregation in some British universities).
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).
The Gregorian calendar year, which is in use as civil calendar in most of the world, begins on January 1 and ends on December 31. [1] It has a length of 365 days in an ordinary year but, in order to reconcile the calendar year with the astronomical cycle, it has 366 days in a leap year. With 97 leap years every 400 years, the Gregorian calendar ...
The building was finished in 1905 and named posthumously in honour of George Monro Grant and his 25-year anniversary as the university's principal. [ 3 ] The building was designed by Symons and Rae, a Toronto -based architectural firm that also designed other early buildings on campus.
The Faculty of Arts and Science stands at the core of the history of Queen's University. The royal charter issued by Queen Victoria in 1841, which declared that the university would both train students as Presbyterian ministers and instruct youth “in the various branches in Science and Literature”, laid the Faculty's foundations, and — even though Theology seemed predominant for many ...