Honorary Degrees Committee

This Committee considers and makes recommendations to Senate on the conferring of honorary degrees, Distinguished Professor Emeritus and Honorary Member of the University.

An honorary degree is the highest honour conferred by the University. This award seeks to recognize outstanding achievement, whether academic or through service to society.

The President and Vice-Chancellor is the Chair of the Honorary Degrees Committee.
the Secretary to this Committee is Tim Weber-Kraljevski.

Honorary Degrees Committee - Membership

Members 2024-2025

Last Updated: July 2, 2024

Constituency	Position	Name
Ex-Officio	President and Vice-Chancellor	Vivek Goel
	Vice-President Academic and Provost	James Rush
	Vice-President Advancement	Nenone Donaldson
	Interim Co-Associate Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs	Clarence Woudsma
	Chair, Honorary member of the University Committee	Lynn Judge
Faculty Representative (AFIW)	Conrad Grebel University College	Troy Osborne
Faculty Representative	Faculty of Arts	Veronica Kitchen
	Faculty of Engineering	En-Hui Yang
	Faculty of Environment	James Nugent
	Faculty of Health	Peter Hall
	Faculty of Mathematics	Changbao Wu
	Faculty of Science	Natalie Hutchings
Undergraduate Students	Faculty of Science	Jordan Bauman
Undergraduate Students	Faculty of Science	Bilal Ahmed
Graduate Student	Faculty of Arts	Neela Hassan
Alumni		Acey Kaspar
Resource	Registrar	Cathy Newell Kelly

Honorary Degrees Committee - Meeting Dates

2024-25 Meeting Dates

Date	Time	Place
October 23, 2024	1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.	Needles Hall 3318 / Virtual option
November 27, 2024	1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m	Needles Hall 3318 / Virtual option
April 16, 2025	1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.	Needles Hall 3318 / Virtual option

These dates do not preclude the scheduling of additional meetings or the cancellation of those meetings not needed.