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Ceremony Program ii Vancouver Island University CONVOCATION PROGRAM February 9 & 10 • 2012 The Candidate Degree Oath The Chancellor addresses the candidates: Will each of you accept the degree to which you are entitled, with its inherent rights and privileges and the responsibility and loyalty which it implies? Each candidate replies: I accept this degree, with its inherent rights and privileges and the responsibility and loyalty which it implies. 1 Message from the Chancellor Congratulations Graduates. I am proud of each one of you. You represent the very best of what we do at Vancouver Island University. Thank you for your hard work, perseverance and dedication to reach your goals and thanks to all those in your family and in your community who have supported you in your educational journey. Education is the foundation that brings about personal development and growth within people and is the key to fostering healthy economies and community sustainability. I encourage you to step out into the world with the knowledge and skills you have acquired at VIU and make it a better place. With a commitment to excellence in teaching and research, VIU is focused on the success of students and communities. It is this strong sense of purpose that will continue to guide our decision-making and shape the direction of this institution. To all those who continue to support the efforts of Vancouver Island University, thank you. We strongly value our relationships with VIU's partners in education, community leaders and colleagues around the world. I would like to congratulate Dr. Ralph Nilson and Board Chair Mike Brown for their vision and leadership. Together with the passionate team of professionals working at VIU, our University is undertaking significant work in research, program development, economic and social development, Aboriginal engagement and cultural enrichment. I believe that these are the critical elements that will strengthen the coastal communities of Vancouver Island well into the future. Graduates, once again, I am proud to offer each of you my sincerest congratulations. Sincerely, Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo Chancellor 2 Message from the President Congratulations to the VIU graduates and their families and friends who have joined us for the celebrations. First let me say thank you to all the family and friends who are with us today to celebrate the new graduates. Your support and commitment has helped ensure each student's success in achieving his or her educational goal. And to all our graduating students, thank you for choosing VIU to pursue your post-secondary education. We are all proud of what you have a accomplished and look forward to watching as you go on from VIU to new and exciting opportunities armed with the strength of the education you have achieved. Today you have reached an important milestone in your educational journey and in your lives and we are gathered here today to help you celebrate. During your time at VIU you have been challenged by new ideas, perspectives and ways of knowing. You have struggled with challenges and emerged with new ways of thinking. Others you have interacted with have challenged your views. Your exposure to new ideas and perspectives and the relationships you have developed will serve you well as you continue to grow, learn and contribute to your communities. I encourage each of you as graduating students to cherish the relationships you have developed and continue to build on the networks you have established. When students graduate today they become new VIU alumni which means each of you will forever be a part of the Vancouver Island University family. I encourage you to stay connected to VIU and your peers through our alumni association. Our global network of alumni members will continue to support, encourage and inspire you throughout your life. Your education is a gateway to exciting new possibilities. Embrace these opportunities knowing that we support you. On behalf of the Board of Governors, the Senate and the faculty and staff, congratulations. We are all very proud of you. Sincerely, Dr. Ralph Nilson President and Vice-Chancellor 3 Vancouver Island University Convocation Thursday, February 9, 2012 2:30 pm Academic Procession Snuneymuxw Welcome O Canada Master of Ceremonies Welcome Fred Jacklin, Registrar and Director, Enrolment Services Greetings from Vancouver Island University President Dr. Ralph Nilson, President and Vice-Chancellor Presentation of Honorary Doctorate of Letters – John Herbert Ross McKeen and Bennett Randall Wong Mr. Gerald Owen Convocation Address John Herbert Ross McKeen and Bennett Randall Wong Valedictory Address Evelyne Estelle St-Arnaud, Bachelor of Education Candidate Degree Oath Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, Chancellor Conferring of Vancouver Island University Degrees Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Education Bachelor of Interior Design Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies Recessional Reception to follow at the Coast Bastion Hotel Ballroom ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SPECIAL THANKS to PIANIST SARAH WOOD, VocalIST ELIse BOULANGER, AND PIPER WADE CALDER 4 This program was prepared a week before Convocation and therefore may not be complete. Vancouver Island University Convocation Friday, February 10, 2012 2:30 pm Academic Procession Snuneymuxw Welcome O Canada Master of Ceremonies Welcome Fred Jacklin, Registrar and Director, Enrolment Services Greetings from Vancouver Island University President Dr. Ralph Nilson, President and Vice-Chancellor Candidate Degree Oath Chief Shawn A-in-chut Atleo, Chancellor Conferring of Vancouver Island University Degrees Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Aquaculture Bachelor of Tourism Management Master of Business Administration Recessional Reception to follow at the Coast Bastion Hotel Ballroom ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS SPECIAL THANKS to PIANIST SARAH WOOD, VocalIST ELIse BOULANGER, AND PIPER WADE CALDER This program was prepared a week before Convocation and therefore may not be complete. 5 Honorary Awards To encourage a standard of excellence and innovation which integrated approach in body, mind and spirit, emphasizing is exemplary to students, faculty and staff, and to society responsibility for the self in health, relationships and lifestyle. in general, Vancouver Island University awards honorary Often called the University of the Heart, The Haven is a major doctorates to publicly acknowledge members of society who employer on Gabriola, and has attracted students from all over exhibit a record of outstanding distinction and achievement the world. Dr. McKeen and Dr. Wong created the core programs in an area related to Vancouver Island University's mission, which continue to be taught. such as but not limited to, scholarship, research, teaching, the creative arts, business and industry, international affairs, Dr. McKeen received medical training at the University of or public service. Individuals are nominated by members of Western Ontario, then worked in street clinics and drug crisis the community and VIU employees. centres and served as an intern in a rural hospital in Jamaica. Honorary Doctor of Laws is awarded for accomplishments He then studied at the College of Chinese Acupuncture in and contributions in areas such as politics, justice and social Oxford, England at a time when there was little information or activism. Honorary Doctor of Technology is awarded for practice of acupuncture in Canada. accomplishments and contributions in applied areas related Dr. Wong, a product of a to Science and Technology. Honorary Doctor of Letters is Chinese-Canadian family, awarded for scholarly accomplishments and contributions earned his medical degree in areas such as science, social science, theory and literature. from the University of Alberta, Honorary Doctor of Science is awarded for accomplishments and completed training at and contributions in science. the Menninger School of Psychiatry. He was the clinical 2012 Honorary Doctor of Letters director at the Winfield State – John Herbert Ross McKeen Hospital in Kansas where his groundbreaking work, aimed 2012 Honorary Doctor of Letters at helping patients develop – Bennet Randall Wong and advance within their Dr. Jock McKeen and Dr. Dr. Bennet Wong limitations, shaped his core Bennet Wong are lifelong belief – that all human beings friends and business have worth and are to be treated with respect and dignity. associates who have helped Dr. Wong moved to Vancouver in 1961 to practice adolescent thousands of people psychiatry. He consulted with schools and agencies, and transform their lives through became an increasingly well-known and public advocate for programs offered at The adolescents, and expert in the field of troubled youth. Haven Institute on Gabriola Dr. McKeen established his acupuncture practice in 1973 in the Island. same office as Dr. Wong in Vancouver. Thus began a lifelong Founded by Dr. McKeen and partnership in work and teaching. Since 1975, they have Dr. Wong in 1983, The Haven concentrated on residential educational group seminars with a Institute is an internationally goal of helping people find meaning and purpose in their lives. Dr. Jock McKeen renowned centre for Dr. McKeen and Dr. Wong presented at a world congress of professional and personal Chinese medicine in Beijing in 1987, which resulted in a close development that helps participants on a journey of self- and ongoing connection with the Chinese culture. Over the discovery, toward a more fulfilled life. years, they have travelled to Asia many times, and hundreds of Dr. McKeen and Dr. Wong have developed a rich variety of Chinese people have come to The Haven to attend programs. courses by blending traditional Chinese medicine with western They have also travelled the world, leading numerous seminars psychiatry and humanistic psychology into a unique and in Europe, Africa, Russia, the Middle East, and in North and in-depth approach to self-development. They believe in an South America. 6 This program was prepared a week before Convocation and therefore may not be complete. Their work became a harmonious blending of eastern and 2008 CARol MattHews Honorary Doctor of Letters western medical approaches.
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