You will have received an email from the Registrar’s Office informing you about which ceremony you are scheduled to attend. If you have not yet received an email, please contact the Registrar’s Office at ucw.registrar@myucwwest.ca.

Each graduating student can bring up to three guests.

The doors will open 1.5 hours before the ceremony starts (8:30 am for the 10 am ceremony and 3 pm for the 4:30 pm ceremony), so you can help get your guests settled in their seats. However, all graduating students must arrive at least one hour before the ceremony to get ready (9 am for the 10 am ceremony and 3:30 pm for the 4:30 pm ceremony).

Yes. You will receive an email to your MyUCW Student Portal address with detailed instructions on how to secure tickets for you and your guests.

The Convocation Ceremony is free, but you will be required to enter your UCW Student ID Number to secure your tickets. There is a limit of four tickets per graduating student (one student + three guests).

No. Tickets for guests will have assigned seating.

No. You must attend the ceremony you have been assigned to.

You will receive an email to your MyUCW Student Portal address with all the details about gown pick up.

You will be able to arrange to pick up your degree parchment and graduation gift.

Light refreshments will be served. The reception is a chance for you to celebrate your achievement with your guests and other graduating students.

UCW Summer Convocation 2022 is for students who finished their degree by the end of the Winter 2022 Term and applied to graduate by May 7.

There will be a convocation ceremony in the fall. Details will be forthcoming.

The ceremonies will be streamed on UCW’s Official YouTube channel and Facebook page. The links will be shared directly with students and on social media closer to the event.

Professional photos will be taken at the ceremony at no charge to students. Each graduating student will have the opportunity to get their official graduation portrait taken after they walk across the stage. The photos will be posted to the UCW Flickr page and will be free to download. If you don’t want your photo to appear on our Flickr page, please do not get your portrait taken at the ceremony as all images will be publicly accessible. 

You will get your free tickets to convocation through Ticketmaster. You will need your UCW Student ID Number to get a ticket for yourself and up to three guests. The venue will have assigned seating so you’ll have a chance to select where your guests will sit during the ceremony.

Convocation is a public event where photographs will be taken (and the ceremonies will be streamed live on the internet). By attending convocation, you are giving University Canada West permission to use any photos (and to include your name) in all media, future promotional materials, programs and websites, as the case may be.

We will be sharing details soon about ordering flowers in advance of your convocation ceremony. Also, you or your guests will have the opportunity to purchase flowers on the day of the ceremony.

Yes, we are hosting a Pop-Up Shop before and after each ceremony that day. You will have the opportunity to purchase UCW items with a debit or credit card.