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¶¡ÏãÔ°AV students ready to graduate this spring will celebrate the completion of their degrees during ceremonies from June 7-10 at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s Burnaby campus.

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV returned to in-person convocation ceremonies last fall, and in May, held a special convocation event on campus to recognize those who participated in virtual ceremonies due to the pandemic. 

This spring, nearly 5,000 students are eligible to graduate.  will start at 9:45 am and 2:30 pm on each day, beginning with graduands participating in the colorful and traditional ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Pipe Band-led procession down the steps into Convocation Mall. 

The ceremonies will also see honorary degrees bestowed on seven distinguished individuals – beginning on Tuesday, June 7 (9:45 am) with former ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV president Andrew Petter, for his lifetime of service to the province and leadership in academia, law and politics. See more on recipients  

Honorary degrees will also be conferred on:

• Humanitarian Dr. James Chi Ming Pau, June 7 (2:30 pm)
• Author/publisher Alan Twigg, June 8 (9:45 am)
• Conservationists/photographers Christina Mittermeier and Paul Nicklen, June 9 (9:45 am)
• Health care leader and former BC deputy health minister Dr. Penny Ballem, June 9 (2:30 pm) 
• Heritage consultant and B.C. transportation historian Robert Turner, June 10 (2:30 pm)

Ceremonies will recognize graduands in the following faculties:

Arts and Social Sciences, June 7 (both ceremonies), June 8 (9:45 am)
Business, June 8 (2:30 pm)
Applied Sciences, June 9 (2:30 pm)
Science, June 9 (9:45 am)
Health Sciences, June 9 (2:30 pm)
Communication, Arts & Technology, June 10 (9:45 am)
Education, June 10 (2:30 pm)
Environment, June 10 (2:30 pm)

Media are welcome to attend. Please contact ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s Communications & Marketing office to arrange parking and accreditation.                         

• Ceremonies are about 1 ½ hours in length and begin with speeches by Chancellor Tamara Vrooman and ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV President Joy Johnson. The honorary degree is then conferred (about 20 minutes into the ceremony) followed by the recipient’s speech. After a class valedictorian address, the formal procession of graduands across the stage follows.  

CONTACT 

MELISSA SHAW, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Communications & Marketing 
236.880.3297 | melissa_shaw@sfu.ca  

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ABOUT SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY

As Canada’s engaged university, ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV works with communities, organizations and partners to create, share and embrace knowledge that improves life and generates real change. We deliver a world-class education with lifelong value that shapes change-makers, visionaries and problem-solvers. We connect research and innovation to entrepreneurship and industry to deliver sustainable, relevant solutions to today’s problems. With campuses in British Columbia’s three largest cities—Vancouver, Burnaby and Surrey—¶¡ÏãÔ°AV has eight faculties that deliver 193 undergraduate degree programs and 144 graduate degree programs to more than 37,000 students. The university now boasts more than 170,000 alumni residing in 145+ countries.