{"id":77429,"date":"2021-06-18T08:30:48","date_gmt":"2021-06-18T12:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsroom.carleton.ca\/?p=77429"},"modified":"2025-08-19T09:36:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T13:36:23","slug":"carleton-university-confers-seven-honorary-degrees-ahead-of-graduation-celebrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/2021\/carleton-university-confers-seven-honorary-degrees-ahead-of-graduation-celebrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Carleton University Confers Honorary\u00a0Degrees Ahead of Graduation Celebrations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\n Carleton University Confers Honorary\u00a0Degrees Ahead of Graduation Celebrations\n <\/h1>\n \n \n <\/header>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n

Carleton University presented seven honorary degrees on June 15 and June 17, 2021 leading up to virtual celebrations for more than 6,000 graduating students next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videos and full bios of the honorary degree recipients delivering their graduation addresses are available on the Graduation Celebration 2021 web page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe look forward to celebrating the accomplishments of all our graduating students and I know they will appreciate the words of wisdom offered by our honorary doctorate recipients,\u2019\u2019 said President Benoit-Antoine Bacon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special celebratory videos for graduating students will be available on the website starting the morning of June 21, 2021. Carleton will highlight a different faculty each day during the week, through June 25. On the morning of each day, graduates in the designated faculty will receive an email with a link to a personalized online experience they can share with family and friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s honorary degree recipients are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Honourable Wanda Thomas Bernard<\/strong>
\nSenator Bernard was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa<\/em> in recognition of her outstanding contributions to racial and cultural equality, diversity, and inclusion at all levels of Canadian society.<\/td><\/tr>
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Harriet Burdett-Moulton<\/strong>
\nBurdett-Moulton was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa<\/em> in recognition of her distinguished career in architecture, especially centred on Indigenous peoples and the Canadian Arctic.<\/td><\/tr>
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Chantal H\u00e9bert<\/strong>
\nH\u00e9bert was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa<\/em> in recognition of her distinguished career in journalism and political commentary.<\/td><\/tr>
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Stephen A. Jarislowsky<\/strong>
\nJarislowsky was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa<\/em> in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the philanthropic sector and outstanding leadership in good business education and ethical finance.<\/td><\/tr>
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Monique F. Leroux<\/strong>
\nLeroux was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa<\/em> in recognition of her accomplished leadership in the world of business and her service as an inspiring role model and mentor to subsequent generations.<\/td><\/tr>
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The Honourable Sheilah L. Martin<\/strong>
\nJustice Martin was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa<\/em> in recognition of her distinguished career in Canadian law, championing legal and judicial education, women\u2019s rights, diversity, equality and Indigenous rights.<\/td><\/tr>
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June B. Pimm<\/strong>
\nPimm was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa<\/em> in recognition of her distinguished career in Developmental Psychology, devoted to child advocacy, with a particular focus on helping children on the autism spectrum, as well as their parents and educators.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Media Contact<\/strong>
\nSteven Reid (he\/him)
\nMedia Relations Officer
\nCarleton University
\n613-265-6613
\nSteven.Reid3@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Carleton University presented seven honorary degrees on June 15 and June 17, 2021 leading up to virtual celebrations for more than 6,000 graduating students next week. Videos and full bios of the honorary degree recipients delivering their graduation addresses are available on the Graduation Celebration 2021 web page. \u201cWe look forward to celebrating the accomplishments of all our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":410,"featured_media":76857,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[1560,1561,157],"class_list":["post-77429","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-releases","tag-convocation","tag-honorary-degree","tag-president"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77429","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/410"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77429"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77429\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77437,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77429\/revisions\/77437"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77429"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77429"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77429"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}