Honorary Degree Recipients

List of Honorary Degree Recipients, (1850 - Present) - Alphabetical Order

List of Honorary Degree Recipients, (1850-Present) - Chronological Order


Honorary Degree Recipients and Convocation Speakers for the Spring 2023 Convocation Ceremonies

CEREMONY

DATE

TIME

HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT / SPEAKER

1. Medicine Thursday, June 1 2:30 p.m. Honorary Graduands: James and Louise Temerty
2. Information & Kinesiology Friday, June 2 10 a.m. Honorary Graduand: F. Michael Walsh
3. School of Graduate Studies & Nursing Friday, June 2 2:30 p.m.

Speaker: Marla B. Sokolowski

4. U of T Scarborough Monday, June 5 10 a.m. Speaker: Sam Ibrahim
5. U of T Scarborough Monday, June 5 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Zabeen Hirji
6. U of T Scarborough Tuesday, June 6 10 a.m. Speaker: David Graham
7. U of T Scarborough Tuesday, June 6 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Jemy Joseph
8. U of T Mississauga Wednesday, June 7 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Albert Wong
9. U of T Mississauga Wednesday, June 7 6:30 p.m. Speaker: Sonia Kang
10. U of T Mississauga Thursday, June 8 10 a.m. Speaker: Karli Farrow
11. U of T Mississauga Thursday, June 8 2:30 p.m. Honorary Graduands: Basil Jones & Adrian Kohler
12. U of T Mississauga Thursday, June 8 6:30 p.m. Speaker: TSamra Zafar

13. Public Health & Social Work

Friday, June 9 10 a.m. Honorary Graduand: Derrick Rossi
14. Dentistry & Pharmacy Friday, June 9 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Jack Gerrow
15. Architecture Monday, June 12 10 a.m. Speaker: Bruce Kuwabara
16. OISE Monday, June 12 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Kwame McKenzie

17. Music & St. Michael's College

Tuesday, June 13 10 a.m. Honorary Graduand: Beverly Glenn-Copeland
 
18. St. Michael's College Tuesday, June 13 2:30 p.m. Honorary Graduand: Edwin Leong
19. Law & Munk Wednesday, June 14 10 a.m. Honorary Graduand: Barbara Jackman
20. Victoria College Wednesday, June 14 2:30 p.m. Honorary Graduand: David Andrews
21. Trinity College & University College Thursday, June 15 10 a.m. Honorary Graduand: Robert Houle

22. University College

Thursday, June 15 2:30 p.m. Honorary Graduand: Sara Seager
23. Rotman Commerce Friday, June 16 10 a.m. Honorary Graduand: David Denison
24.  OISE Friday, June 16 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Dean Barnes
25. Innis College Monday, June 19 10 a.m. Honorary Graduand: Alanis
Obomsawin
26. Rotman Monday, June 19 2:30 p.m. Honorary Graduand: Wesley Hall
27. Engineering Tuesday, June 20 10 a.m. Honorary Graduand: Claire Kennedy
28. Engineering Tuesday, June 20 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Jacquelyn MacCoon
29. Engineering Tuesday, June 20 6:30 p.m. Speaker: Tahir Mahmood
30. New College Wednesday, June 21 10 a.m.

Speaker: Cameron Bailey

31. New College Wednesday, June 21 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Ruth Gob
32. Woodsworth College Thursday, June 22 10 a.m. Speaker: Ken Derry

Honorary Degree Recipients and Convocation Speakers for the Fall 2023 Convocation Ceremonies 

CEREMONY DATE TIME HONORARY DEGREE RECIPIENT / SPEAKERR

1. Arts & Science:
Innis College, New College, 
St. Michael's College, Trinity College, University College

Monday, November 6 10 a.m. Speaker: Douglas Sanderson

2. School of Graduate Studies, Munk School, Arts & Science:
Victoria College
Woodsworth College

Monday, November 6 2:30 p.m. Speaker: David Peterson
3. School of Graduate Studies,
Medicine
Tuesday, November 7 10 a.m. Speaker: Richard Horner
4. U of T Mississauga Tuesday, November 7 2:30 p.m. Honorary Graduand: Helen Clark
5. Medicine, Public Health Tuesday, November 7 6:30 p.m. Speaker: Eileen de Villa
6. OISE, iSchool, Social Work Wednesday, November 8 10 a.m. Speaker: Denise Dwyer
7. Dentistry, Law, Nursing, Pharmacy Wednesday, November 8 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Gillian Hadfield
8. Engineering, Architecture, Kinesiology, Music Thursday, November 9 10 a.m. Speaker: Caroline Fusco
9. U of T Scarborough Thursday, November 9 2:30 p.m. Speaker: Courtney Charles
10. SGS, Rotman Thursday, November 9 6:30 p.m. Speaker: Elaine Yeung