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Past Honorary Degree Recipients

Last NameFirst NameDegreeYear
GladstoneDr. JamesLL.D1969
SissonsDR. J.HLL.D1969
AdaskinDr. MurrayLL.D1970
PalmerDr. A.ELL.D1970
BrownDr. AnnoraLL.D1971
RonningDr. ChesterLL.D1972 (Spring)
SwiftDr. W.HLL.D1972 (Spring)
BenyDr. RoloffLL.D1972 (Special Convocation)
BissellDr. ClaudeD. Litt1972 (Special Convocation)
ManningDr. ErnestLL.D1972 (Special Convocation)
TurcotteDr. L.S.LL.D1972 (Special Convocation)
CousinsDr. JamesLL.D1973
MowatDr. FarleyLL.D1973
TailfeathersDr. GeraldLL.D1974
VelikovskyDr. ImmanuelD.A. Sc1974
HolmesDr. Neil DLL.D1975
RasmussenDr. H.K.LL.D1975
JohnstonDr. AlexLL.D1976
RoyDr. GabrielleLL.D1976
LarsonDr. RubyD.Sc.1977
RussellDr. AndrewLL.D1977
NevilleDr. JohnD.D.A1979
StromDr. HarryLL.D1979
BartlingDr. Hedwig D.LL.D1980
WymanDr. MaxD.Sc.1980
DaviesDr. RoberstonD. Litt1981
JohnsonDr. Barbara Elizabeth HopeLL.D1981
MowersDr. CleoLL.D1981
BoydDr. LionaLL.D1981 (Special Convocation)
EricksonDr. ArthurLL.D1981 (Special Convocation)
Lynch-StauntonDr. FrankLL.D1981 (Special Convocation)
UstinovDr. PeterLL.D1981 (Special Convocation)
PenelhumDr. Terence M.D. Hu.1982
RingwoodDr. Gwen PharisLL.D1982
WareDr. NettieLL.D1982
BanduraDr. AlbertD.Litt1983
CampbellDr. AnneLL.D1983
BartlettDr. Dale B.LL.D1984
ChristouDr. VanLL.D1984
StalkerDr. ArchibaldD.Sc.1984
AndersonMr. A.CLL.D1985
BlairDr. S. RobertLL.D1985
HoggDr. Helen SawyerD.Sc.1985
KenneyDr. H. MartinLL.D1985
BrewsterDr. EvaLL.D1986
HurtigDr. MelLL.D1986
MilnerDr. Brenda A.D.Sc.1986
RobertsDr. PeterLL.D1986
KawamuraDr. YutetsuLL.D1987
PolanyiDr. John CharlesD.Sc.1987
LowDr. Colin ArchibaldLL.D1987
EsteyDr. William Z.LL.D1987
AokiDr. TetsuoLL.D1988 (Spring)
ArnoldDr. IslayLL.D1988 (Spring)
DwivediDr. Onkar PrasadLL.D1988 (Spring)
LougheedDr. PeterLL.D1988 (Fall)
HeplerDr. Loren G.D.Sc.1989 (Spring)
MorimotoDr. MasaoLL.D1989 (Spring)
SendaDr. YoshioLL.D1989 (Spring)
JackmanDr. Sydney WayneD. Litt1989 (Fall)
MilvainDr. James V. H.LL.D1989 (Fall)
CrossDr. Frank M.D.Sc.1990 (Spring)
EllisonDr. Reed C.LL.D1990 (Spring)
SmithDr. W.A. SamuelLL.D1990 (Spring)
HarvieDr. Donald S.LL.D1990 (Fall)
PattersonDr. Robert S.D. Litt1990 (Fall)
DormaarDr. John FrederikD.Sc.1991 (Spring)
KogawaDr. Joy NozomiLL.D1991 (Spring)
MunnDr. Mary ElizabethLL.D1991 (Spring)
ArthursDr. Harry WilliamD.Litt1991 (Fall)
HalmrastDr. Lawrence DevernLL.D1991 (Fall)
ManyfingersDr. HelenLL.D1992 (Spring)
SandersDr. DouglasD. Litt1992 (Spring)
RussellDr. William StaffordLL.D1992 (Spring)
BuresDr. JanD.Sc.1992 (Fall)
RobinDr. Keith VictorLL.D1992 (Fall)
LeskiwDr. RussellLL.D1993 (Spring)
WheelerDr. AnneLL.D1993 (Spring)
DalglieshDr. DorothyLL.D1993 (Fall)
TaylorDr. Richard E.D. Sc.1993 (Fall)
CardinalDr. Douglas J.D. Hu.1994
BeckelDr. William E.LL.D1995 (Spring)
McCaughertyIrene E.LL.D1995 (Spring)
TanabeTakaoD.F.A1995 (Fall)
AkensonDr. Donald HarmonD. Hu.1996 (Spring)
MartensDr. CorneliusLL.D1996 (Spring)
GolembiewskiDr. Robert ThomasD. Sc.1996 (Fall)
DowneyDr. KeithLL.D1997(Spring)
SouthernDr. Margaret E.LL.D1997 (Spring)
ZeiglerDr. Earle FrederickD. Sc.1997 (Spring)
BrockhouseDr. Bertram NevilleD. A. Sc.1997 (Fall)
WatsonDr. George MillardLL.D1997 (Fall)
HirabayashiDr. Gordon KiyoshiD.A1998 (Spring)
HughesDr. David WilliamLL.D1998 (Spring)
PringleDr. DorothyD. Sc.1998 (Spring)
ChurchDr. RobertLL.D1998 (Fall)
van FraassenDr. BasD. Litt1999 (Spring)
LaidlerDr. KeithD. Sc.1999 (Spring)
ThrallDr. RalphLL.D1999 (Spring)
MercrediDr. OvideLL.D1999 (Fall)
BlumenthalDr. LeonardLL.D2000 (Spring)
SibleyDr. WilliamLL.D2000 (Spring)
VanderwolfDr. CorneliusLL.D2000 (Spring)
SandersonDr. MarieD. Sc.2000 (Fall)
ReidDr. DennisD. F. A.2001 (Winter)
GarneauDr. MarcD. Sc.2001 (Spring)
McLachlinDr. BeverleyLL.D2001 (Spring)
SpeakerDr. IngridLL.D2001 (Spring)
TaylorDr. LaughlinD. Sc.2001 (Spring)
ChoksyDr. LoisD. F. A.2001 (Fall)
CourmoyeaDr. Nellie.LL.D2001 (Fall)
CableDr. HowardD.F.A2002 (Spring)
SchaefferDr. JonathanD. Sc.2002 (Spring)
WaterfieldDr. JoanD.F.A2002 (Spring)
HironakaDr. RobertLL.D2002 (Fall)
KopeDr. OrvilleLL.D2002 (Fall)
GettyDr. DonLL.D2003 (Spring)
Kacic-AlesicDr. ZoranD. F. A.2003 (Spring)
McDonaldDr. LannyLL.D2003 (Spring)
PahuljeDr. Ludvik Sr.LL.D2003 (Spring)
MorganDr. GwynLL.D2003 (Spring)
SakamotoDr. RonaldLL.D2003 (Spring)
WoodsDr. JohnD.A.2003 (Spring)
SpeakerDr. RayLL.D2003 (Fall)
AglukarkDr. SusanD.F.A2004 (Spring)
FairbairnDr. JoyceLL.D2004 (Spring)
HessDr. MargaretD.F.A2004 (Spring)
HoleDr. LoisLL.D2004 (Spring)
HorsmanDr. JamesLL.D2004 (Spring)
JacksonDr.TomLL.D2004 (Spring)
KerrDr. KathleenLL.D2004 (Spring)
Little BearDr. LeroyD. A. Sc.2004 (Spring)
MatteottiDr. ValLL.D2004 (Spring)
MoloneyDr. MauriceD. Sc.2004 (Spring)
NorthDr. PhilLL.D2004 (Spring)
KinjoDr. YoshitakaLL.D2004 (Fall)
FruetDr. WilliamD.F.A2005 (Spring)
HaneyDr. LeonardLL.D2005 (Spring)
HolmesDr. OwenD. A. Sc.2005 (Spring)
McNallyDr. EdwardLL.D2005 (Spring)
NewellDr. EricLL.D2005 (Spring)
O'ConnellDr. DennisLL.D2005 (Spring)
ShamianDr. JudithLL.D2005 (Spring)
TennantDr. HowardLL.D2005 (Spring)
WallinDr. PamelaLL.D2005 (Spring)
DallaireDr. RomeoD. Hu.2005 (Fall)
PayetteDr. JulieD. Sc.2005 (Fall)
DroogDr. TomLL.D2006 (Spring)
Heavy Shields RussellDr. LenaLL.D2006 (Spring)
MarkinDr. AllanLL.D2006 (Spring)
RosenfarbDr. ChavaLL.D2006 (Spring)
SchindlerDr. DavidD. Sc.2006 (Spring)
TomlinsonDr. RogerD. Sc.2006 (Spring)
YuillDr. Willard H.LL.D2006 (Spring)
FraserChief Justice Catherine A.LL.D2006 (Fall)
ThackerDr. BlaineLL.D2006 (Fall)
PrenticeDr. JohnLL.D2006 (Fall)
ConatyDr. GeraldLL.D2007 (Spring)
GillespieDr. Ronald J.D. Sc.2007 (Spring)
GogoDr. JohnLL.D2007 (Spring)
HotchkissDr. HarleyLL.D2007 (Spring)
MustardDr. J. FraserD. A. Sc.2007 (Spring)
RoyerDr. Terrance E.LL.D2007 (Spring)
TillDr. James E.LL.D2007 (Spring)
McEwanDr. JohnD. F. A.2007 (Fall)
BergenDr. HenryLL.D2008 (Spring)
DeBowDr. ShirleyLL.D2008 (Spring)
HeinenDr. RoelofLL.D2008 (Spring)
NielsenDr. WendyD. F. A.2008 (Spring)
WeatherillDr. SheilaLL.D2008 (Spring)
WhishawDr. IanD. Sc.2008 (Spring)
HeppnerDr. BenD.F.A2008 (Fall)
PrenticeDr. ConstanceLL.D2008 (Fall)
BestDr. RobertLL.D2009 (Spring)
HimslDr. RalphLL.D2009 (Spring)
JafferDr. MobinaLL.D2009 (Spring)
NuttDr. SamanthaLL.D2009 (Spring)
StebbinsDr. JoanD. F. A.2009 (Spring)
WatsonDr. RossLL.D2009 (Spring)
BrandtDr. PaulD. F. A.2009 (Fall)
SoubertDr. SonLL.D2009 (Fall)
Di LolloDr. VincentD. Sc.2010 (Spring)
LanierDr. IkeLL.D2010 (Spring)
McClellanDr. ShirleyLL.D2010 (Spring)
MellingDr. TomLL.D2010 (Spring)
MargolisDr. HankD. Sc.2010 (Fall)
BarlowDr. MaudeLL.D2011 (Spring)
DunfordDr. ClintLL.D2011 (Spring)
PhucDr. KimLL.D2011 (Spring)
SemenoffDr. GordonD. Sc.2011 (Spring)
GemerDr. GeorgeLL.D2011 (Fall)
KloppenborgDr. JohnD.A2011 (Fall)
CouttsDr. JamesLL.D2012 (Spring)
DavidsonDr. RichardLL.D2012 (Spring)
O'FarrellDr. PatrickD. Sc.2012 (Spring)
Standing AloneDr. PeteLL.D2012 (Spring)
CadeDr. William H.LL.D2012 (Fall)
CassonDr. RichardLL.D2013 (Spring)
GolaniDr. RivkaD. F. A.2013 (Spring)
Turner Q.CDr. Robert J.LL.D2013 (Spring)
Wittmann Q.CDr. Neil CLL.D2013 (Spring)
BowieDr. GaraldLL.D2013 (Fall)
HohnDr. BarbaraD. Sc.2014 (Spring)
LindhoutDr. AmandaLL.D2014 (Spring)
MardonDr. AustinLL.D2014 (Spring)
O'SheaDr. SeamusLL.D2014 (Fall)
BaoDr. XiaoyiD. Sc.2015 (Spring)
FahlmanDr. GregoryD. Sc.2015 (Spring)
KolbDr. BryanD. Sc.2015 (Spring)
TysonDr. IanLL.D2015 (Spring)
BuffaloDr. VictorLL.D2015 (Fall)
Van RaayDr. CorLL.D2015 (Fall)
EdwardsDr. NancyD. Sc.2016 (Spring)
JongDr. GordonLL.D2016 (Spring)
LittlechildDr. WiltonLL.D2016 (Spring)
RobinsonDr. Terry E.D. Sc.2016 (Spring)
BrawnDr. RobertLL.D2016 (Fall)
ConnollyDr. DennisLL.D2017 (Spring)
KlaweDr. MariaD. Sc.2017 (Spring)
Sainte- MarieDr. BuffyLL.D2017 (Fall)
BibbyDr. ReginaldD. Litt2018 (Spring)
HansenDr. RichardLL.D2018 (Spring)
MacdonaldDr. MargaretLL.D2018 (Spring)
BlackstockDr. CindyLL.D2019 (Spring)
DempseyDr. HughD. A2019 (Spring)
DhillonDr. NavjeetLL.D2019 (Spring)
McDonaldDr. ArthurD. Sc.2019 (Spring)
MartinDr. PaulLL.D2019 (Fall)
EdwardhDr. MarlysLL.D2021
HaskayneDr. RichardLL.D2021
OlsonDr. DavidD. Sc.2021
SeniorDr. PauletteLL.D2021
VarzariDr. JaniceLL.D2021
Van TighemDr. KevinD. Sc.2022 (Spring)
Horn- MillerDr. WaneekLL.D2022 (Spring)
MajorDr. John (Jack)LL.D2022 (Spring)
Collins-NakaiDr. RuthD. Sc.2022 (Spring)
SouthernDr. NancyLL.D2022 (Fall)
BradleyDr. FredLL.D2023 (Spring)
TailfeathersDr. EstherD. Sc.2023 (Spring)
CaulfieldDr. TimothyD. Sc.2023 (Spring)
FoxDr. ChristinaLL.D2023 (Fall)
MitsuiDr. TadashiD. Litt2024 (Spring)
WautersDr. KarenLL.D2024 (Spring)
SonenbergDr. NahumD. Sc.2024 (Spring)
SchlachterDr. KurtLL.D2024 (Spring)
First ChargerDr. Francis (Ninnaisipistoo - Owl Chief)LL.D2024 (Fall)

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