Registration - In-house Organization

Queen's University / Patrick Deane, Principal and Vice-Chancellor

Registration Information

In-house Organization name: Queen's University
Responsible Officer Name: Patrick Deane, Principal and Vice-Chancellor
Responsible Officer Change History
Initial registration start date: 2008-05-30
Registration status: Active
Registration Number: 783820-17182

Associated Communications

Total Number of Communication Reports: 759

Monthly communication reports in the last 6 months: 49

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Lobbying Information

Subject Matter Details

Details Regarding the Identified Subject Matter
Subject matters	Details	Categories
Education, Industry, Research and Development, Science and Technology	Advocacy to advance Canadian leadership in priority areas to support world-class research, talent attraction and retention, and defence.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Economic Development, Health, Intellectual Property, Regional Development, Research and Development, Science and Technology	Advocacy to enhance support for university research mobilization and commercialization.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Research and Development, Science and Technology	Advocacy to increase support for university research, including research funding and granting programs administered by the tri-agencies (SSHRC, NSERC, CIHR) and other departments and agencies.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Budget	Advocacy to secure support in the budget for post-secondary education, research, innovation, and science.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Industry, Regional Development	FedDev Ontario Applied Research and Commercialization (ARC) initiative to support applied research and commercialization for SME-University partnerships	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Health	Funding for health sciences initiatives - Obtain federal funding to extend the value chain of cancer clinical trails in Canada. Sources of funding to be determined.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Infrastructure	Funding for infrastructure to support advanced research and teaching	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Research and Development	Indirect Costs of Research Program - increase in support to levels of international peers, source of funding to be determined.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Research and Development	Maintenance and growth in funding for investigator-driven grants from tricouncils.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Defence	Military and Veteran's Health - seeking support for the national research program of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health through Veterans Affairs Canada and the Department of National Defence.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit, Policies or Program
Immigration	Regulations related to the provision of immigration advice (under section 91 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act)	Regulation
Science and Technology	Science and Technology Policy - Operating funding for major scientific installations and equipment from the Canada Foundation for Innovation.	Policies or Program, Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Education	Student assistance and financial support for higher education, sources of funding to be determined.	Grant, Contribution or Other Financial Benefit
Immigration	Timeliness of decisions regarding Temporary Residence Visas in the recruiting of international faculty.	Policies or Program, Regulation

Communication Techniques

Written communication
Oral communication

Government Institutions

Bank of Canada
Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)
Canada Foundation for Innovation
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)
Canadian Heritage (PCH)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
Correctional Service of Canada (CSC)
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC)
Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)
Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC)
Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev)
Finance Canada (FIN)
Global Affairs Canada (GAC)
Health Canada (HC)
House of Commons
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC)
Indigenous Services Canada (ISC)
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada (ISED)
Intergovernmental Affairs Secretariat (IGA)
National Defence (DND)
National Research Council (NRC)
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan)
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG)
Prime Minister's Office (PMO)
Privy Council Office (PCO)
Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)
Public Safety Canada (PS)
Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC)
Senate of Canada
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
Transport Canada (TC)
Treasury Board Of Canada Secretariat (TBS)
Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)
Women and Gender Equality (WAGE)

In-house Organization Details

Description of the organization's activities

Queen's University is one of Canada'a leading universities, with an international reputation for scholarship, research, social purpose, spirit and diversity

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Patrick Deane, Principal and Vice-Chancellor

Organization's membership or classes of membership

The University has an undergraduate and graduate enrolment exceeding 20,000 and employs over 3,000 academic and non-academic staff. University governance is carried out by three bodies: the Board of Trustees; the Senate; and University Council comprising the Board of Trustees, the Senate and an equal number of elected alumni of the University.

Government funding

End date of the last completed financial year: 2024-04-30

List of Government Funding
Government Institution	Funding Received in Last Financial Year	Funding Expected in Current Financial Year
Canada Foundation for Innovation	$14,144,000.00	Yes
Canada Research Chairs	$5,806,000.00	Yes
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)	$16,728,000.00	Yes
Foreign	$6,032,000.00	Yes
Government of Ontario	$262,181,000.00	Yes
Health Canada (HC)	$70,000.00	Yes
Municipal	$136,000.00	Yes
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)	$26,295,000.00	Yes
Other federal	$29,461,000.00	Yes
Other provinces	$877,000.00	Yes
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)	$12,189,000.00	Yes

In-house Organization Contact Information

Address:
Richardson Hall, 74 University Ave.,
Kingston, ON K7L 3N6
Canada

Telephone number: 613-533-3126

Lobbyists Details

Employees who lobby for the organization

Jodi Cooley, Executive Director of SNOLAB | No public offices held
Patrick Deane, Principal and Vice-Chancellor | No public offices held
Jenna Donelson, Executive Director, Government Relations | Public offices held
Michael Fraser, Vice-Principal (University Relations) | Designated public offices held
Arthur McDonald, Professor | Public offices held
Kelly Nolan, Senior Director, Research and Innovation Partnerships | Public offices held
Nancy Ross, Vice-Principal (Research) | Public offices held
Charles Sumbler, Director, Office of the Vice-Principal (Research) | No public offices held

Queen's University

The following names have been used on or after July 2, 2008

Name	From	To
Queen's University	2008-08-15	current

The following names have been used before July 2, 2008

Queen's University

Queen's University

Responsible Officer History
Responsible Officer Name	From (YYYY-MM-DD)	To (YYYY-MM-DD)
Patrick Deane	2019-07-01	Current
Daniel Woolf	2009-09-01	2019-07-01
Thomas Williams	2008-05-30	2009-09-01

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Director of Communications Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Networks of Centres of Excellence	June 2009 to June 2014	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Senior Research Officer Atomic Energy Canada, Chalk River, Ontario	August 1980 to August 1982	Not a designated office
Associate Research Officer Atomic Energy of Canada, Chalk River, Ontario	August 1975 to August 1980	Not a designated office
Assistant Research Officer Atomic Energy Canada, Chalk River, Ontario	August 1970 to August 1975	Not a designated office
Postdoctoral Fellow Atomic Energy Canada, Chalk River, Ontario	August 1969 to August 1970	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Policy Intern Canadian Embassy at The Hague, Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada	May 2012 to August 2012	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Director of Communications Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Networks of Centres of Excellence	June 2009 to June 2014	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Senior Social Science Researcher Statistics Canada, Health Analysis and Measurement Group	1998 to 2001	Not a designated office
Economist/Sociologist/Statistician Recruit Statistics Canada, Health Statistics Division	1997 to 1998	Not a designated office

List of Public Offices Held
Position	Period Held	Last Date Designated Public Office Held
Chief of Staff Human Resources and Skills Development Canada, Minister's Office	July 2008 to September 2011	September 30, 2011
Director of Communications Citizenship & Immigration, Minister's Office	October 2006 to July 2008	July 31, 2008

Date Modified:: 2026-05-11

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Registration - In-house Organization

Queen's University / Patrick Deane, Principal and Vice-Chancellor

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Associated Communications

Version 81 of 86 (2025-05-01 to 2025-11-03)

Version 81 of 86 (2025-05-01 to 2025-11-03)

Subject Matter Details

Communication Techniques

Government Institutions

Description of the organization's activities

Responsible officer name and position during the period of this registration

Organization's membership or classes of membership

Government funding

In-house Organization Contact Information

Employees who lobby for the organization