Queen's University

university in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Organization university_in_ontario Q1420038
Queen's University
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Summary

Queen's University is a university in Ontario[1]. It ranks in the top 10% of university in ontario entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,590 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Matariki Network of Universities[3], Association of Commonwealth Universities[4], Association of Research Libraries[5], Canadian Association of Research Libraries[6], U15 Group of Canadian Research Universities[7], Universities Canada[8], ArXiv[9], ORCID, Inc.[10], Coalition for Networked Information[11], Association of Public and Land-grant Universities[12], Center for Research Libraries[13], Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition[14], Digital Research Alliance of Canada[15], Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences[16]
  • Located in the administrative territorial entity: Kingston[17]
  • Country: Canada[18]
  • Instance of: open-access publisher[19], public research university[20], charitable organization[21]
  • Anthem: Oil Thigh[22]
  • Named after: Victoria[23]
  • Child organization or unit: Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University[24], Centre for the Study of Democracy[25], Queen's University Archives[26]
  • Commons category: Queen's University (Canada)[27]
  • Color: blue[28], gold[29], red[30]
  • Has part(s): Agnes Etherington Art Centre[31]
  • Inception: October 16, 1841[32]
  • Mascot: Boo Hoo the Bear[33]
  • Official website: https://queensu.ca/[34]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Queen's University at Kingston[35]
  • Commons gallery: Queen's University[36]
  • Employees: 4188[37], 4302[38], 4468[39], 4748[40], 4750[41], 4912[42], 5089[43], 10,842[44], 10,062[45], 10,407[46], 10,588[47], 10,136[48], 10,217[49], 10,637[50]

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Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Queen's University include 5457 Queen's[51], an asteroid[52].

Why It Matters

Queen's University has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 42 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]

Entities named for it include 5457 Queen's[51], an asteroid[52].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [18] ↑ . Directory of Open Access Journals. wikidata.org.
  2. [19] ↑ . Directory of Open Access Journals. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] ↑ . u15.ca. u15.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  7. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
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  10. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [4] ↑ . acu.ac.uk. Retrieved . acu.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [5] ↑ . arl.org. Retrieved . arl.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [6] ↑ . carl-abrc.ca. Retrieved . carl-abrc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [7] ↑ . u15.ca. Retrieved . u15.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [8] ↑ . univcan.ca. Retrieved . univcan.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [9] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [10] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [11] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [12] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [13] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [14] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [15] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [16] ↑ . web.archive.org. Retrieved . web.archive.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . charitydata.ca. Retrieved . charitydata.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [51] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [52] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [53] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [54] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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