{"id":71298,"date":"2020-11-16T11:38:29","date_gmt":"2020-11-16T16:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?post_type=cu_story&#038;p=71298"},"modified":"2025-09-30T10:19:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:19:26","slug":"online-celebration-fall-graduation","status":"publish","type":"cu_story","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/story\/online-celebration-fall-graduation\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton Online Fall Graduation Continues This Week with Faculty Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 pt-24 pb-32 md:pt-28 md:pb-44 lg:pt-36 lg:pb-60 xl:pt-48 xl:pb-72\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-2020-story-bannr-1200w-1.jpg); background-position: 50% 50%;\">\n\n                    <div class=\"absolute top-0 w-full h-screen\" style=\"background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0.600);\"><\/div>\n        \n        <div class=\"relative z-[2] max-w-4xl w-full flex flex-col items-center gap-2 cu-wideimage-image cu-zero-first-last\">\n            <header class=\"mx-auto mb-6 text-center text-white cu-pageheader cu-component-updated cu-pageheader--center md:mb-12\">\n\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold mb-2 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-px\">\n                        Carleton Online Fall Graduation Continues This Week with Faculty Celebrations\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                            <\/header>\n        <\/div>\n\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"absolute bottom-0 w-full z-[1]\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 1280 312\">\n                <path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M26.412 315.608c-.602-.268-6.655-2.412-13.524-4.769a1943.84 1943.84 0 0 1-14.682-5.144l-2.276-.858v-5.358c0-4.876.086-5.358.773-5.09 1.674.643 21.38 5.84 34.646 9.109 14.682 3.59 28.935 6.858 45.936 10.449l9.874 2.089H57.322c-16.4 0-30.31-.16-30.91-.428ZM460.019 315.233c42.974-10.074 75.602-19.88 132.443-39.867 76.16-26.791 152.063-57.709 222.385-90.663 16.7-7.823 21.336-10.074 44.262-21.273 85.004-41.688 134.719-64.193 195.291-88.413 66.55-26.577 145.2-53.584 194.27-66.765C1258.5 5.626 1281.34 0 1282.24 0c.17 0 .34 27.596.34 61.3v61.299l-2.23.375c-84.7 13.718-165.93 35.955-310.736 84.931-46.494 15.753-65.427 22.076-96.166 32.15-9.102 3-24.814 8.198-34.989 11.574-107.543 35.954-153.008 50.422-196.626 62.639l-6.74 1.876-89.126-.054c-78.135-.054-88.782-.161-85.948-.857ZM729.628 312.875c33.229-10.985 69.248-23.523 127.506-44.207 118.705-42.223 164.596-57.709 217.446-73.302 2.62-.75 8.29-2.465 12.67-3.751 56.19-16.772 126.94-33.597 184.17-43.671 5.07-.91 9.66-1.768 10.22-1.875l.94-.161v170.236l-281.28-.054H719.968l9.66-3.215ZM246.864 313.411c-65.041-2.251-143.047-12.11-208.432-26.256-18.375-3.965-41.73-9.538-42.202-10.074-.171-.214-.257-21.38-.214-47.046l.129-46.618 6.654 3.697c57.313 32.043 118.491 56.531 197.699 79.143 40.313 11.521 83.459 18.058 138.669 21.059 15.584.857 65.685.857 81.14 0 33.744-1.876 61.306-4.93 88.396-9.806 6.396-1.126 11.634-1.983 11.722-1.929.255.375-20.48 7.769-30.999 11.038-28.592 8.948-59.288 15.646-91.873 20.147-26.36 3.59-50.015 5.627-78.35 6.698-15.584.59-55.209.59-72.339-.053Z\"><\/path>\n                <path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M-3.066 295.067 32.06 304.1v9.033H-3.066v-18.066Z\"><\/path>\n            <\/svg>\n            <\/div>\n\n    \n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton\u2019s fall graduation festivities kicked off on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020 with an online celebration and are continuing all week with department-level tributes via video and social media. More than 1,200 graduates are being honoured this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The university-wide Fall 2020 Graduation Celebration video featured congratulations from many members of the Carleton community as well as special guests, including alumnus and actor Hamza Haq.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremonial video opened with dramatic drone footage of campus, which followed a flock of computer-generated ravens as they travelled from the top of Dunton Tower and around the campus before converging on Richcraft Hall. A voice-over read the Ravens creed, which begins, \u201cI am intelligent and creative. I am bold and determined.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Carleton Fall Graduation Celebration 2020\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZNKE-24z74s?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The ravens\u2019 entrance was followed by an Indigenous welcome from ceremonial drummer Steve Wawatie of the Algonquin Nation and Algonquin Elder Barbara Dumont-Hill. After noting that Carleton sits on unceded Algonquin-Anishinaabe territory, Dumont-Hill extended her congratulations to the graduates and offered a prayer of gratitude.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m grateful today for the day the Creator has given us, for all of you students convocating today, for everything that gives you courage and strength as you travel on your next part of your journey.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>From the shores of the Ottawa River, Dumont-Hill virtually extended her hands to Betina Appel Kuzmarov, Carleton\u2019s Clerk of the Senate and host of the online ceremony, who was in Richcraft Hall. The 42-minute event featured remarks from Carleton\u2019s President Benoit-Antoine Bacon, Chancellor Yaprak Baltac\u0131o\u011flu, Board Chair Dan Fortin, Provost Jerry Tomberlin, the deans of each faculty, and MP Catherine McKenna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-71302\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-1.jpg\" alt=\"Algonquin Elder Barbara Dumont-Hill speaks during the fall graduation video\" class=\"wp-image-71302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-1.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-1-400x227.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-1-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-1-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-1-700x397.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-1-200x113.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Algonquin Elder Barbara Dumont-Hill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cYou and your fellow 2020 classmates will always be remembered,\u201d said Baltac\u0131o\u011flu.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"not-prose cu-quote cu-component-spacing\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cEach Carleton University class is faced with its own set of challenges, but you are the first to endure a worldwide pandemic while completing your studies.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>She praised the graduates\u2019 resilience and hard work during a trying time. President Benoit-Antoine Bacon echoed her comments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhat a year and what an amazing accomplishment for you to finish your degree during these unprecedented times,\u201d he told the graduates. \u201cI have no doubt that this experience will serve you very well as you begin this exciting new chapter of your life. Today marks an ending, but more importantly, it represents a new beginning.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"special-alumnus-guest\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Special Alumnus Guest<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ceremony also featured a heartwarming\u2014and unconventional\u2014 graduation address. Hamza Haq, star of CTV\u2019s medical drama <em>Transplant<\/em> and a 2012 graduate in <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/filmstudies\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Film Studies<\/a> with a minor in Law, led viewers on a tour of his favourite spots on campus. It even included a stop in the Unicentre atrium for an impromptu dance performance. Throughout, Haq described his experience at Carleton in a voice-over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full wp-image-71305\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-2.jpg\" alt=\"A screengrab of Hamza Haq in the fall graduation video\" class=\"wp-image-71305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-2.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-2-400x227.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-2-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-2-768x435.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-2-700x397.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/grad-celebration-post-1200w-2-200x113.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Hamza Haq<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhether you came here because you wanted to, or to make your parents happy, or to have fun, whether you graduated magma cum laude or never gave up after eight years and finally got that undergrad\u2026I hope Carleton gave you what it gave me\u2014an opportunity to learn a bit more about who I was going to be for the rest of my life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"the-stars-of-the-show\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Stars of the Show<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The event concluded with a rolling list of the university medallists, followed by the graduates in each faculty. While the graduates\u2019 names were displayed, original music from Carleton\u2019s music graduates played in the background.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The pre-recorded celebration gave graduates an opportunity to pause the screen when their name rolled by, as well as re-watch their favourite parts. While many speakers acknowledged that it wasn\u2019t as exciting as crossing the convocation stage, everyone at Carleton looks forward to the day when the graduates of 2020 can return to campus for much-deserved in-person celebration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about Fall 2020 convocation, graduate stories and all the names of the graduates, visit <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/convocation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carleton.ca\/convocation\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignfull wp-image-69469 size-full w-screen ml-offset-center cu-max-w-child-max px-4 md:px-6 lg:px-12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-university-skyview-sept-2020-1600w-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aerial view of Carleton University - Sept. 2020\" class=\"wp-image-69469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-university-skyview-sept-2020-1600w-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-university-skyview-sept-2020-1600w-1-400x175.jpg 400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-university-skyview-sept-2020-1600w-1-1400x613.jpg 1400w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-university-skyview-sept-2020-1600w-1-300x131.jpg 300w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-university-skyview-sept-2020-1600w-1-768x336.jpg 768w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-university-skyview-sept-2020-1600w-1-1536x672.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-university-skyview-sept-2020-1600w-1-700x306.jpg 700w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/162\/carleton-university-skyview-sept-2020-1600w-1-200x88.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>&#8212;<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/our-stories\/\">More Stories<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton\u2019s fall graduation festivities kicked off on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2020 with an online celebration and are continuing all week with department-level tributes via video and social media. 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