Patrick Deane (professor)

Deane was born in 1956{{cite LAF|id=n 86803638}}{{cite web |title=Patrick DEANE |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/22R38_02iT8GslfKGczVfG822K0/appointments |publisher=Companies House |access-date=5 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506195135/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/22R38_02iT8GslfKGczVfG822K0/appointments |archive-date=6 May 2021}} in South Africa.{{cite web |title=Patrick Deane: Biographical Note |url=https://www.mcmaster.ca/opr/html/discover_mcmaster/presidents_message/documents/BiographicNote-Oct2010.pdf |publisher=McMaster University |access-date=9 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506023353/https://www.mcmaster.ca/opr/html/discover_mcmaster/presidents_message/documents/BiographicNote-Oct2010.pdf |archive-date=6 May 2021}} His father, whose ancestors emigrated from Liverpool to South Africa in the 1820s, joined the British Royal Navy during World War II.{{cite news |last1=Wells |first1=Jon |title=The education of Patrick Deane |url=https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2014/03/01/the-education-of-patrick-deane.html?rf |access-date=9 May 2021 |publisher=The Hamilton Spectator |date=1 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507154831/https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2014/03/01/the-education-of-patrick-deane.html?rf |archive-date=7 May 2021}} After the war, Deane's mother met his father in Canada, when he went there on a business trip; they got married in 1947.{{cite magazine |last= |first= |date= |title=Patrick Deane |url=https://www.wits.ac.za/media/wits-university/alumni/documents/wits-review/Wits_Review_%20April_2020_WEB.pdf |magazine=WITSReview Magazine |location= |publisher=University of the Witwatersrand |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505142439/https://www.wits.ac.za/media/wits-university/alumni/documents/wits-review/Wits_Review_%20April_2020_WEB.pdf |archive-date=5 May 2021 |access-date=5 May 2021}} 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.

Deane went to King Edward VII School in Johannesburg, and then studied English and law at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was a vocal and active opponent of apartheid. 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.{{cite news |last1=Ferguson |first1=Elliot |title=Queen's names Patrick Deane new principal and vice-chancellor |url=https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/queens-names-patrick-deane-new-principal-and-vice-chancellor |access-date=7 May 2021 |publisher=The Kingston Whig-Standard |date=5 Nov 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200113225623/https://www.thewhig.com/news/local-news/queens-names-patrick-deane-new-principal-and-vice-chancellor |archive-date=13 January 2020}}

Deane's professional career began in 1986, when he was appointed an assistant professor at the University of Toronto, teaching English literature.{{cite web |title=Patrick Deane |url=https://www.case.org/patrick-deane |publisher=Council for Advancement and Support of Education |access-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510140833/https://www.case.org/patrick-deane |archive-date=10 May 2021}} He was invited back to the University of Western Ontario in 1988, when he was awarded the John Charles Polanyi Prize for Literature,{{cite web |title=Polanyi Prize Winners |url=https://cou.ca/resources/awards/prize-winners/ |publisher=Council of Ontario Universities |access-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510142159/https://cou.ca/resources/awards/prize-winners/ |archive-date=10 May 2021}} becoming an assistant professor in the Department of English and teaching 21-century British literature, and was promoted to associate professor in 1994.; he was also Vice-Chair (1993-1995) and Chair (1997-2001) of the Department.

In 2001, Deane moved to the University of Winnipeg to take up the position of Vice-President (Academic), concurrently serving as a Professor of English. When the university's president, Constance Rooke, resigned in 2002, following a dispute with the board of regents over the university's finance,{{cite news |last1=Walker |first1=Susan |title=Constance Rooke, 65; Constant champion of Canuck writing |url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2008/10/07/constance_rooke_65_constant_champion_of_canuck_writing.html |access-date=10 May 2021 |publisher=Toronto Star |date=7 Oct 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510144711/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2008/10/07/constance_rooke_65_constant_champion_of_canuck_writing.html |archive-date=10 May 2021}} 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.{{cite press release |title=Prestigious Appointment for University of Winnipeg Vice-President: Deane Called to Queen's University |url=https://news.uwinnipeg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Appointment.pdf |location= |publisher=Nanyang Technological University |agency= |access-date=10 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510145658/https://news.uwinnipeg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Appointment.pdf |archive-date=10 May 2021 |date=9 May 2005 }} 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. 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.

In November 2018, Queen's announced the return of Deane to succeed Daniel Woolf as the 21st Principal and Vice-Chancellor.{{cite news|url=https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/queen-s-announces-appointment-21st-principal-and-vice-chancellor |title=Queen's announces appointment of 21st Principal and Vice-Chancellor |date=4 November 2018 |publisher=Queen's Gazette |access-date=5 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511145453/https://www.queensu.ca/gazette/stories/queen-s-announces-appointment-21st-principal-and-vice-chancellor |archive-date=11 May 2021}} Deane formally stepped down as McMaster's president on 30 June 2019, having served nearly 2 full terms in that capacity.{{cite news |title=McMaster community says thank you and farewell to Patrick Deane |url=https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcmaster-community-says-thank-you-and-farewell-to-patrick-deane/ |access-date=3 May 2021 |publisher=McMaster University |date=10 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210173759/https://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/mcmaster-community-says-thank-you-and-farewell-to-patrick-deane/ |archive-date=10 February 2021}} He assumed the new role as the following day, on 1 July 2019.

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.{{cite news |last1=Wells |first1=Jon |title=Patrick Deane's bittersweet goodbye to McMaster and Hamilton |url=https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2019/06/14/patrick-deane-s-bittersweet-goodbye-to-mcmaster-and-hamilton.html |access-date=9 May 2021 |publisher=The Hamilton Spectator |date=14 June 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509145909/https://www.thespec.com/news/hamilton-region/2019/06/14/patrick-deane-s-bittersweet-goodbye-to-mcmaster-and-hamilton.html |archive-date=9 May 2021}} They have a daughter, Petra, and a son, Colin, who, as of 2020, were respectively a genetics researcher in Vermont, US, and an instructor in education at the University of Winnipeg.

Deane and his family now live on a hobby farm called New Leaf Farm 20 km north of Kingston.{{cite news |last1=Stratton |first1=Julia |title='There's a whole lot more to life obviously than just what we do nine to five': Principal Patrick Deane gives a virtual tour of his family farm |url=https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2020-11-05/university/theres-a-whole-lot-more-to-life-obviously-than-just-what-we-do-nine-to-five-principal-patrick-deane-gives-a-virtual-tour-of-his-family-farm/ |access-date=15 May 2021 |publisher=The Queen's Journal |date=6 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515132239/https://www.queensjournal.ca/story/2020-11-05/university/theres-a-whole-lot-more-to-life-obviously-than-just-what-we-do-nine-to-five-principal-patrick-deane-gives-a-virtual-tour-of-his-family-farm/ |archive-date=15 May 2021}} They have been living on farms for 20 years, including during his tenure as McMaster President and Vice-Chancellor.

• John Charles Polanyi Prize for Literature (1988)
• Robin H. Farquhar Award for Excellence in Contributing to Self-Governance, University of Winnipeg (2004){{cite web |title=Robin H. Farquhar Award for Excellence in Contributing to Self-Governance |url=https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/awards-distinctions/farquhar/index.html |publisher=University of Winnipeg |access-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420171223/https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/awards-distinctions/farquhar/index.html |archive-date=20 April 2021}}
• 100th Convocation Award, University of Winnipeg (2013){{cite web |title=Patrick Deane |url=https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/awards-distinctions/100th-convo/deane.html |publisher=University of Winnipeg |access-date=15 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515131140/https://www.uwinnipeg.ca/awards-distinctions/100th-convo/deane.html |archive-date=15 May 2021}}

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