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Fall Convocation October 23, 2004 Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium a Message from President Peter Mackinnon Fall Convocation October 23, 2004 Saskatoon Centennial Auditorium A message from President Peter MacKinnon want to express a very warm welcome to the graduates, families and friends who join us today. Convocation is the University’s most important ceremony, for it is here that we celebrate the I accomplishments of our students and the contributions of their loved ones to their success. You should be proud of this day, and of the commitment and sacrifice that it represents. We at the University of Saskatchewan salute you—our graduates—and we extend to you our very best wishes for the future. We hope that you will stay in touch with us through our University of Saskatchewan alumni family, and that we will have the opportunity to welcome you ‘home’ to our campus many times in the years ahead. Warmest congratulations! University of Saskatchewan3 2004 Fall Convocation University of Saskatchewan 2004 Fall Convocation he word “Convocation” arises from the Latin “con” The ceremony, solemnized in the presence of the T meaning “together,” and “vocare” meaning “to call.” University community and family and friends of the Our Convocation ceremony is a calling together of the graduands, consists of three parts: a procession marking new graduates of the University the leaving of the old status and entering the new; the of Saskatchewan, symbolizing President’s statement to the the historical practice of calling graduands; the Secretary’s together all former graduates. In petition and the Chancellor’s current times, the major consent for their admission; functions of Convocation are followed by individual the election of representatives presentation by their Dean and to University governing bodies admission by the Chancellor to and the admission of candidates the degrees to which they are to degrees. The Chancellor, entitled. As graduates are elected by Convocation as its admitted to their degrees, a Chair, is the highest official and graduation hood, which has a spokesperson of the University. colour symbolizing a particular degree, is placed over each The Convocation ceremony graduate’s head. A banner marks the transition from the displaying the University crest role of student to the holder of is hung above the stage, as a a degree with its accompanying symbol of the University’s rights and privileges. authority to confer degrees. Candidates for degrees, known as graduands, having Following the conferring of completed the requirements of degrees and acceptance of each a course of study, are graduate as a member of recommended by college Convocation, a reception is faculties and the University held—a celebration on the occasion of the formal Council to receive degrees from the University of transition from the role of learner to the role of producer Saskatchewan. and contributor in the field of the graduate’s choice. We honour and welcome this year’s graduates! University of Saskatchewan4 2004 Fall Convocation The Chancellor W. T. (Tom) Molloy om Molloy was born and raised in Saskatoon. He number of awards including the City of Saskatoon T attended St. Thomas More College and later the Certificate of Distinguished Community Service; Rotary College of Law, both at the University of Saskatchewan. Golden Wheels Award for Excellence; Saskatoon B’nai He received his B.A. and LL.B. in 1964. He has Brith “Proud of You Award” and the Head of the Public practiced law in Saskatoon since Service Award for Excellence in graduation and is with the Service Delivery. MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman’s In 1996 he was made an officer of the Saskatoon office. He has represented Order of Canada, with a citation that the Government of Canada as the reads: He is widely known for his role as Chief Federal Negotiator in the Chief Negotiator for the Government of successfully concluded treaties in Canada in the Nunavut Land Claim Nunavut and with the Nisga’a in Agreement. His integrity, commitment to British Columbia and an Agreement a just settlement and personable rapport in Principle with the Sechelt Indian have also been valuable in his leadership Band. He presently represents Canada of numerous cultural, educational and in treaty negotiations in British charitable groups, not only in Columbia, Quebec, New Brunswick, Saskatchewan but also nationally, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island including the Meewasin Foundation and and Nunavut. Mr. Molloy has been PRIDE Canada. described as “Canada’s most expert treaty negotiator.” The University of Saskatchewan Alumni Association awarded him the 2000 Alumni Mr. Molloy recently authored a book The World is our Honour Award in recognition of receiving notable Witness: The Historic Journey of the Nisga’a into Canada. acclaim for professional achievements, which in turn The book has won two Saskatchewan Book Awards, the has enhanced the image of the University of Brenda MacDonald Riches First Book Award and the Saskatchewan and its alumni. In January 2001, The Non-fiction Award which was sponsored by the Canadian Bar Association Saskatchewan Branch University of Saskatchewan. named him as the recipient of the Distinguished For his work in the community he has received a Service Award. University of Saskatchewan5 2004 Fall Convocation Honorary Doctor of Letters Sharon Butala haron Butala was born in Nipawin, Saskatchewan. Marian Engel Award for women writers in mid-career. Butala earned her B.A. in Art, and her B.Ed. from S Butala has made significant contributions to the cultural the University of Saskatchewan. She was a Special life of Saskatchewan where she has been active in the Educator at Princess Alexandra School and taught at her Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild, alma mater in the College of receiving the SWG Member’s Education. Subsequently, she moved Achievement Award. She is an to Eastend, Saskatchewan where she ambassador for PrairieAction and her husband ranched and she Foundation and also for USC Canada. embarked on a career as a writer of She initiated and carried out the work fiction and non-fiction—her subjects that led to the preservation of the being the lives of rural people and the Wallace Stegner House in Eastend ecology of the short grass prairie in that is now used as an artists and southwestern Saskatchewan. writers’ retreat. Sharon Butala is the author of 14 Her contributions in all fields have books, among them the Canadian led to many other honours. She is a bestsellers: Old Man on His Back, The recipient of the Canada 125 Perfection of the Morning, Wild Stone Commemorative Medal, the Queen’s Heart, and Coyote’s Morning Cry. Her Golden Jubilee Medal, the work has been consistently University of Saskatchewan Alumni recognized by the literary community Honour Award and has been and has garnered many prestigious invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada. awards and nominations. Perfection of the Morning was short listed for the Governor General’s Award for Sharon Butala is one of the most significant Non-fiction and won the Saskatchewan Book Award Saskatchewan writers to emerge in this province since for Non-fiction and the Spirit of Saskatchewan Award. the days of Sinclair Ross and W.O. Mitchell. All of her Butala has also been short listed by the Canadian work is set here and depicts the trials and joys of rural Booksellers Association as Author of the Year and her life, particularly those of farm women, acutely and with collection of short stories, Fever, was short listed for the consummate artistry. As well, she has been a committed Commonwealth Writers Prize, Canada-Caribbean advocate of the preservation of nature and the unique Section, and won the Canadian Authors Award for ecology of southwestern Saskatchewan. In 1996, she and Fiction. Another collection of short fiction, Queen of her husband donated part of their ranch to The Nature the Headaches was short listed for the Governor Conservancy of Canada to establish The Old Man on General’s Award for Fiction. She is the recipient of the His Back Prairie and Heritage Preserve. University of Saskatchewan6 2004 Fall Convocation Alumni Award of Achievement Ernie Walker he Alumni Award of Achievement is presented in active in forensic investigations for over 25 years, T recognition of outstanding contribution to particularly homicides and suspicious death profession, community and/or the University of investigations, for a variety of law enforcement agencies. Saskatchewan. Dr. Ernest Gordon Walker, C.M., He is a Special Constable with the R.C.M.P. S.O.M., B.Ed., B.A., M.A., Ph.D., is (engagement at F Division, Regina, the 2004 recipient. 2000), an Associate Member of the Forensic Laboratory Services Division Born and raised in Saskatoon, of the R.C.M.P., and a coroner with Dr. Walker is a Professor in the the Province of Saskatchewan. Dr. Department of Archaeology at the Walker is also an Adjunct Faculty University of Saskatchewan. He is a member in the Forensic Sciences graduate of the University of Program at the British Columbia Saskatchewan and the University of Institute of Technology, Burnaby, Texas at Austin. Dr. Walker has British Columbia. Associate Memberships in the Department of Anatomy and Cell Dr. Walker has been actively involved Biology (College of Medicine), the with Saskatchewan’s First Nations for College of Dentistry and the many years in the areas of cultural Department of Geological Sciences expression and post-secondary (College of Arts & Science). education for Aboriginal students. He Dr. Walker’s research interests in has worked extensively with Elders and archaeology focus on North American prehistory with members of the senate of the special emphasis on the Northern Plains and the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations. Dr. Walker is American Southwest. In this regard, he has played a an Honorary Chief among Saskatchewan’s First Nations leading role in the development of Wanuskewin Heritage with the traditional name “Miko Peyasew” or Red Park since its inception and has conducted a research Thunderbird.
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