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Convocation

Monday, June 9, 2025 | 2:30 p.m.

Faculties & programs

This convocation ceremony includes undergraduate and graduate students from:

  •  Social Sciences
    • Environmental Studies
    • Geography
    • Political Science
    • Sociology
  • Graduate Studies

Order of proceedings

  • Pre-ceremony music
    • Performer: Aleksei Pankratov, School of Music
  • Processional
    • Drummers: Fiona Harry and Brian Harry, Tsawout First Nation
  • Welcome
    • Frank George Sr., Songhees First Nation
  • Opening remarks
    • Chancellor Marion Buller
  • Conferring of Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD)
    • The Honourable Janet Austin
  • Orator
    • Dr. Cedric Littlewood, Faculty of Graduate Studies
  • Conferring of degrees
    • Performer: Jesse Benjamin Marshall, School of Music
  • Student awards
  • Congratulations from the Alumni Association
    • UVic Alumni Association Representative
  • Closing remarks
    • Chancellor Marion Buller
  • O Canada
    • Performer: Clayton Butler, School of Music

Honorary degree recipient

Photo of smiling woman with dark shoulder length hair and a pink jacket

The Honourable Janet Austin, Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD)

The Honourable Janet Austin is a distinguished Canadian leader respected for her commitment to public service, reconciliation and community advocacy.

Austin has extensive leadership experience, having served 15 years as chief executive officer of YWCA Metro Vancouver. Under her guidance, the YWCA expanded its programming to reach tens of thousands across more than 40 locations, while advancing gender equality, violence prevention, poverty reduction and affordable housing. She also served many organizations in commitment to improving the lives of others including: TransLink, the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, the Canadian Paediatric Society, the Council for Early Child Development, the Women’s Health Research Institute, MOSAIC, the Dr. Peter AIDS Foundation and many others.

Appointed as the 30th Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia in 2018, she served until January 2025. Her tenure focused on inclusion, reconciliation and democratic engagement. She established the BC Reconciliation Award and the BC Journalism Fellowship, while championing women in STEM, youth leadership and environmental stewardship.

Actively engaged with the 麻豆精品, she supported programs that promote youth democratic and civic engagement, including the Students’ Dialogue on Democratic Engagement, Women Leading Change, the Queen Elizabeth Scholars program and CIFAL.

Her legacy is one of transformative leadership marked by compassion, community, and a lifelong commitment to justice and inclusion.