Honorary Degree Recipients

UCW’s Honorary Degree

An Honorary Degree is the highest honour the University can bestow.

Nominees will have made local, provincial or international contributions to society consistent with the vision, mission and values of University Canada West. The University confers a maximum of one Honorary Degree per convocation but is not obliged to bestow it annually.

Since UCW’s inception in 2004, here is a list of the distinguished people to date upon whom the University has conferred Honorary Degrees for their significant accomplishments and contributions to society.

2020 Shahrzad Rafati
2019 Dr. David Strong
2016 Dr. Tom Lavin
2013 Dr. Tung Chan
2012 Dr. Scott Hannah
2010 Dr. Sophie Pierre
2009 Dr. Sharon Stanis, Lafayette String Quartet
2009 Dr. Pamela Highbaugh Aloni, Lafayette String Quartet
2009 Dr. Joanna Hood, Lafayette String Quartet
2009 Dr. Ann Elliott-Goldschmid, Lafayette String Quartet
2008 Dr. Sir John Daniel
2008 Dr. Richard Glickman
2007 Dr. Helen Hughes
2006 William W. Winspear

UCW graduates take centre stage at Convocation 2019

We acknowledge that the territories on which UCW and its campuses are situated are the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Sel̓íl̓witulh/səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. We thank them for having cared for this land since time immemorial, honour their graciousness to the students who seek knowledge here, and iterate our dedication to valuing the ongoing contributions of Indigenous peoples and communities.

Honorary Degree Recipients

UCW’s Honorary Degree

Honorary Degree Recipients

2025 George Conrad Reifel

2025 William McCarthy

2024 Dr. Francisco Javier Barajas

2024 Dr. Roslyn Kunin

2024 Dr. Terry Hunter (Left)

2024 Dr. Savannah Walling (Right)

2023 Dr. Sam Sullivan

2022 Dr. Matt Vickers

2022 Dr. Phil Fontaine

2022 Dr. Kathleen Mahoney

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