This year鈥檚 Spring graduation will be held online, and while the ceremony will include many elements of a traditional ceremony, there will be some unique ones as well. More than 1,270 master's and doctoral students have earned the right to cross the virtual stage this year, and we wish all of them the very best in their future endeavours.
Here鈥檚 what some of our graduates had to say about what reaching graduation means to them and what they will miss most about their journey:
鈥淭his moment is possible because of the incredible community of mentors, colleagues, friends, relatives and ancestors that I have been surrounded by. Graduating has enabled me to reflect on how important this support and engagement has been. I'm grateful to the many generations of powerful, brilliant women who have helped create the space for me to walk this path. It is especially significant that I was able to share so much of this journey with Rosemary Georgeson, who was a research collaborator throughout the dissertation. I'm grateful that in the end, Rose was able to reconnect with her family, and I was able to graduate!鈥 鈥 Jessica Hallenbeck
鈥淚 will really miss the camaraderie. As grad students, sharing similar joys and struggles, we all supported one another.鈥 鈥 Alice Palmer
At Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, we鈥檝e spent the last couple of months thinking of how we could best honour the achievements of our graduates and the contributions they have made to the university.
We recently听launched听a new page honouring the 2020 doctoral graduates听with a list of this year鈥檚 citations, and a video compilation of 75 doctoral graduates reading their own citations.
In addition to the page on our website, we will also be sharing all citations through the 听tomorrow, June 17. This citation campaign will begin at 8 a.m. with tweets published every two minutes. Tune in at specific times to view citations by Faculty.
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8:00 a.m. 鈥 10:00 a.m. Faculty of听Applied Science听
10:00 a.m. 鈥 11:20 a.m.听Faculty of听Arts听
11:20 a.m. 鈥 11:25 a.m.听Faculty of听Commerce听and Business Administration
11:25 a.m. 鈥 11:30 a.m.听Faculty of听Dentistry听
11:30 a.m. 鈥 12:30 p.m.听Faculty of听Education听
12:30 p.m. 鈥 1:00 p.m.听Faculty of听Forestry听
1:00 p.m. 鈥 1:20 p.m.听Faculty of听Land and Food Systems听
1:20 p.m. 鈥 2:50 p.m.听Faculty of听Medicine听
2:50 p.m. 鈥 2:52 p.m.听Faculty of听Pharmaceutical Sciences听
2:52 p.m. 鈥 5:00 p.m.听Faculty of听Science听
5:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m.听Faculty of听Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies听
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Last week, we also announced this year鈥檚 Governor General鈥檚 Gold Medal recipients. The Governor General鈥檚 Gold Medal is an opportunity to honour the best in research-based programs. This year鈥檚 master鈥檚 recipient is听Ellen Jopling听from Psychology, and the doctoral recipient is听Dr. Rebecca Sherbo听from Chemistry.
We wish all of our graduate the very best in their future endeavours, and hope that they continue to share their successes with us as they launch their career!