Honorary Degrees Committee

This Committee considers and makes recommendations to Senate on the conferring of honorary degrees, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Honorary Member of the University.

Membership

Name Appointment Type
Vivek Goel [Chair] Ex-Officio, President and Vice-Chancellor
Thomas Duever Ex-Officio, Vice-President, Interim Academic & Provost
Nenone Donaldson Ex-Officio, Vice-President, Advancement & External Relations
Justin Wan
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Ex-Officio, Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral AffairsÌý
Lynn Judge Member, Chair of Honorary Member Committee
John Abraham Member, AFIW Faculty
Vacant Member, Faculty of ArtsÌý
En-Hui Yang Member, Faculty of Engineering
Su-Yin Tan Member, Faculty of Environment
Helen Chen Member, Faculty of Health
Kevin Hare Member, Faculty of Mathematics
Colleen Maxwell Member, Faculty of Science
Christopher Lim Member, Undergraduate Student
Arya Razmjoo Member, Undergraduate Student
Meray Sadek Member, Graduate Student
Sharon Tucker Member,ÌýAlumni
Ashley Day Secretary, (non-voting)

Terms of ReferenceÌý

  1. To consider and make recommendations to Senate for candidates for honorary degreesÌýwho meet the established criteria.
  2. To consider and make recommendations to Senate for the conferring of the title "Distinguished Professor Emeritus" on those candidates who meet the established criteria.Ìý
  3. To consider and make recommendations to Senate for the conferring of the title "Honorary Member of the University" on those candidates who meet the established criteria. Nominations will be forwarded to the Senate Committee from the Honorary Member of the University Committee. The Senate Committee will also be responsible for appointing members to the Honorary Member of the University Committee.

Membership and frequency of meetings:

  • the president of the university, chair
  • the vice-president, academic & provost
  • the vice-president, advancement
  • the associate provost, graduate studies
  • the chair of the Honorary Member of the University Committee
  • one member of Senate from the federated university and affiliated colleges
  • one elected faculty member of Senate from each faculty of the university
  • two members of Senate from the elected undergraduate student members
  • one member of Senate from the elected graduate student members
  • one member of Senate from among the alumni members

The committee will normally meet not more often than four times per year.

Amended by Senate, January 15, 1996
Amended February 22, 2010 (title only)
Amended by Senate, November 19, 2012
Amended by Senate, November 18, 2013
Amended by Senate, February 26, 2018
Amended by Senate, January 16, 2023