Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees and Other Forms of Recognition
The Senate Committee on Honorary Degrees and Other Forms of Recognition considers and recommends to Senate candidates for honorary degrees and advises Senate on the criteria and qualifications for candidates.
Meeting dates and deadlines for 2025/26:
| Deadline for Agenda Items | Meeting Date |
| August 18, 2025 | |
| September 26, 2025 | October 9, 2025 |
| Novmeber 28, 2025 | December 11, 2025 |
| March 20, 2026 | April 2, 2026 |
Click here for the Committee's Terms of Reference
Annual Reports
2024-2025
2023-2024
2022-2023
2021-2022
2020-2021
Membership and Composition effective July 1, 2025
Name Faculty or Department Composition
| Marion Buller (Chair) | Chancellor | Chancellor, Chair (ex-officio, voting) |
| Anita Prest * (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Education | 6 members, at least 2 of whom must be members of Senate*, who are either faculty members, a professional librarian or a continuing sessional instructor (voting) |
| Denise Cloutier (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Social Sciences | |
| Jonathan Bengtson * (term ends June 30, 2028) |
University Librarian | |
| Adam Con * (term ends June 30, 2028) |
Fine Arts | |
| Sara Humphreys * (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Humanities | |
| Andrew Weaver * (term ends June 30, 2027) |
Science | |
| Daniil Filipovich (term ends June 30, 2026) |
Student Senator | 1 student member of Senate (voting) |
| Saeed Rezvani (term ends June 30, 2027) |
1 Alumni Association representative (voting) |
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| Kevin Hall | President and Vice-Chancellor | President or nominee (ex-officio, voting) |
| Jennifer Vornbrook | Executive Director, Community & Governance Relations (ex-officio, non-voting) |
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| Ada Saab | Associate University Secretary | Secretary |