Convocation

Jimmy Carter told graduates to reach out to those in need if they’re able to.
  • 10 years 4 months ago

Carters come to campus

For former US President Jimmy Carter, receiving an honorary degree from Queen’s was an opportunity to spread a message of peace.Continue...
  • 8 months 3 weeks ago

Queen’s celebrates classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022

After a three-year hiatus due to the pandemic, Queen’s convocation returned to celebrate the classes of 2020, 2021, and 2022.Continue...
  • 2 years 3 weeks ago

Queen’s postpones spring convocation ceremony

Queen’s announced it’s postponing another round of in-person convocations this spring in an email to graduating students Monday afternoon.Continue...
  • 2 years 5 months ago

Senate: Principal talks remote homecoming, virtual convocation in fall term

Queen’s Senate started the 2020-21 year with a meeting on Sept. 29 through video-chat platform Zoom.Continue...
  • 3 years 4 weeks ago

Senate committee recommends Queen’s keep ‘O Canada’ at convocation

Two years after the issue was raised, Queen’s has opted not to consider removing ‘O Canada’ from convocation ceremonies.

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  • 3 years 4 months ago

Two Indigenous leaders receive honorary degrees

This week, Canadian Senator Murray Sinclair and National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) Perry Bellegarde were both scheduled to receive Honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) at Queen’s graduation ceremonies.Continue...

Evelyna Ekoko-Kay protesting at her convocation in June.
  • 5 years 9 months ago

Queen’s graduate delivers her final anti-racism protest at convocation

As Evelyna Ekoko-Kay walked across the stage of Grant Hall during her graduation in June, she yelled “racism can’t wait” for one last time in front of the convocation audience. Upon accepting her degree, Ekoko-Kay revealed to the auditorium a shirt underneath her gown that read: “Barry + Henry + DARE + DET + Woolf…? #175yearsofracism.”Continue...
  • 6 years 1 month ago

Queen’s names 2017 honorary degree recipients

In the 2017 slate of honorary Queen’s degree recipients released Tuesday, the University harks back to the successes of 2015 — naming Nobel Prize winner Arthur McDonald and Smith School of Business benefactor Stephen J.R. Smith among honourees.Continue...

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