Steven Davis was awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, at the9:30 a.m. ceremony on Friday, June 15, “in recognition of his valuable contribution to the promotion of higher education in developing countries and his distinguished academic career.”
Davis has taught philosophy at several universities in Canada, Europe and the United States and is currently Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University and Carleton University. At Carleton, he founded and directed the Centre on Values and Ethics.
In 2007, he founded Academics without Borders, a non-governmental organization (NGO) that works to improve programs and services at universities in developing countries, which he directed until last year.
Davis is a past president of the Canadian Philosophical Association and has edited several collections of essays and articles in various areas of philosophy, including philosophy of language and the mind, as well as normative ethics.