Simon Fraser ---University October 2002 convocation On behalf of the Simon Fraser University community, I welcome you most sincerely to our thirty­ seventh annual Convocation. Milton K. Wong, Chancellor Thursday, October 3, 2002 Friday, October 4, 2002 9:45 am ceremony 9:45 am ceremony 0 Canada 0 Canada Chancellor's Remarks Chancellor's Remarks President's Address President's Address Conferring of Honorary Degree Conferring of Honorary Degrees The Chancellor The Chancellor The Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa The Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa Carole Taylor Tong Kooi Ong Angus Reid Convocation Address Carole Taylor Convocation Addresses Tong Kooi Ong The Presentation Angus Reid The Admission The Presentation Graduand Address The Admission John Green Graduand Address Conferring of Degrees by Faculty Aniq Khamisa The Chancellor (see page 4) Conferring of Degrees by Faculty The Chancellor Concluding Remarks (see page 16) Reception in the James Douglas Room Concluding Remarks Reception in the James Douglas Room Thursday, October 3, 2002 2:30 pm ceremony Friday, October 4, 2002 0 Canada 2:30 pm ceremony Chancellor's Remarks 0 Canada President's Address President's Address Conferring of Honorary Degrees Recognition of Diplomas and Certificates by Faculty The Chancellor (see page 24) The Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa Concluding Remarks Victor Ling Shirley M. Tilghman Reception in the James Douglas Room Convocation Addresses Victor Ling Shirley M. Tilghman Friday, October 4, 2002 The Presentation 5:00 pm ceremony The Admission 0 Canada Graduand Address President's Address Gina Gill Recognition of Diplomas and Certificates Conferring of Degrees by Faculty in the Faculty of Education The Chancellor (see page 28) (see page 11) Concluding Remarks Concluding Remarks Reception in the James Douglas Room Reception in Education Building Room 8620 Acknowledgments World Class Simon Fraser University Pipe Band This program is prepared more than a week before Convocation and Mr Chris Demwell, soloist therefore may not be complete. 1 Order of Procession The presentation The procession will be led by pipers of the World Class Dr Michael Stevenson Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. The President asks all the candidates for degrees to rise and presents Claymore Bearer them to the Chancellor with these words: Graduands Faculty "Mr. Chancellor, I present to you those scholars who have fulfilled the Senate statutory requirements laid down by the Senate of this University, and Board of Governors request that you confer upon each one the degree for which he or she Distinguished Guests is now recommended." Chancellor's Party Mace Bearer President Chancellor The admission The platform party consists of members of faculty, senators, Dr Milton K. Wong the Board of Governors and distinguished guests. The Chancellor then addresses the candidates: "By virtue of the authority vested in me and in the Senate of this University, I hereby admit you to your various and several degrees." Marshals The candidates then sit down. Chief Marshals Dr Tom Perry Dr Larry Pinfield Dr Keith Slessor Mace Bearers University Heraldry Dr Robert Gordon The University Coat of Arms was granted to the University in 1965 by Dr Steven Holdcroft the Lord Lyon King of Arms. Dr Dan Weeks The heraldic description of the coat of arms is: Claymore Bearers Ms Robbie Dunlop "Quarterly; 1st and 4th, Azure, three !raises Argent; Ms Mavis MacMillen 2nd and 3rd, Argent, three antique crowns Gules, in chief Gules an open book proper, binding and fore­ Chancellor's Party Marshal edges, Or, between two crosslets fitchee of the last." Mr W. Ron Heath The Coat of Arms was derived from that of the Clan Fraser. The name Faculty Marshals Fraser is said to have come from the French word "!raises," meaning Dr Douglas Allen strawberries, hence the Shield and flag each include the strawberry Dr Irene Gordon flower motif. Dr Tom O'Shea The mace was commissioned by the University architects, Erickson­ Graduand Marshals Massey, and was presented to the University at the opening ceremonies on September 9, 1965. The mace is 61 inches long and Dr Stephen Duguid weighs 23 pounds. Pieces of cut and polished jade, which were taken Dr Christine Mackenzie from the University's jade boulder in the reflecting pool, were set in Dr Allan MacKinnon silver by its designer, Haida artist Bill Reid. The mace is crowned by a Chief Usher silver stag's head, derived from the coat-of-arms of Lord Laval, head of the Clan Fraser. The Fraser tradition was to fasten sprigs of yew in Mr Richard MacLeod their bonnets before entering battle. The mace was carved from two hundred year old yew, gathered on Burnaby Mountain by a resident in the 1940s. National Anthem Lord Laval presented the University with a claymore, or great sword, 0 Canada! Our home and native land! on September 9, 1965. The claymore was first used by a Fraser at the True patriot love in all our sons command. Battle of Culloden Moor in 1746. It was also used by a Fraser at the With glowing hearts we see thee rise, Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759. The claymore is approximately The true North strong and free! 36 inches long and weighs two pounds. From far and wide, 0 Canada, we stand on guard for thee. The flag was dedicated and flown for the first time at the Convocation God keep our land glorious and free! ceremonies in June, 1981. 0 Canada, we stand on guard for thee, 0 Canada, we stand on guard for thee. 2 Academic Dress Master Blue bengaline gown, blue mortarboard. Hoods: The regalia worn today by our graduates has a colourful history. Master of Applied Science: Red with wide maroon border and gold Regalia originated in the monasteries of the Middle Ages. At that time, cording university faculty were men of religion who wore the habit of their Master of Aquaculture: Red with wide gold border, gold cording and Order when teaching. Over time, their garments came to identify their aquamarine underside university. Master of Arts in the Faculty of Arts: Red with wide blue border Master of Arts in the Faculty of Applied Sciences: Red with wide In Europe, laymen did not commonly teach in universities until the green border and royal blue cording 19th century. Only by 1858, for example, did British law no longer Master of Arts in Liberal Studies: Red with wide blue border, orange require university dons to be in holy orders. Nevertheless, professors cording and plum underside continued to wear clerical garb, with modifications in cut and design. Master of Arts in the Faculty of Education: Red with wide white border Regalia colours often matched those of the university patron, or of the Master of Business Administration: Red with wide blue border and city in which the university was located; Simon Fraser regalia grey cording combines the red and royal blue of the Clan Fraser. (The University Master of Education: Red with wide white border and royal blue motto "nous sommes prets," or "we are ready, " parallels the Clan's cording "je suis pret.") Master of Engineering: Red with wide maroon border and gold The degree hood was originally part of the monk's habit - a carryall for underside Master of Environmental Toxicology: Red with wide gold border, food or other small items. Eventually, the hood became separate from the gown, variegated in colour, and emblematic of scholars and orange cording and aquamarine underside Master of Fine Arts: Red with wide blue border, pink cording and degrees from particular universities. Hoods in Canada and Europe are cerise underside unique in design and colour to each degree and each university. Master of Natural Resources Management: Red with wide green The history of the mortarboard worn by our Bachelors and Masters border and gold cording begins with high church dignitaries in the 16th century. These officials Master of Pest Management: Red with wide gold border and light wore hats consisting of little more than a cap with a raised, squared green cording crown. By the 18th century, the crown had evolved into a cloth­ Master of Publishing: Red with wide blue border and yellow cording covered board, and the wearers into the deans and rectors of Master of Science in the Faculty of Science: Red with wide gold universities. The 19th century saw the top knob replaced by a tassel, border and the cap become required student attire. Reminded of the square Master of Science in the Faculty of Education: Red with wide white board masons used to hold mortar, students dubbed the headgear a border and gold cording "mortarboard" - college slang of the day. Master of Science in the Faculty of Applied Sciences: Red with wide fawn border and white cording Doctoral hats are patterned after the Florentine hats in the time of the Medici. Students purchased hats of the appropriate university colours Bachelor when continuing with advanced studies after completing the Bachelors Blue bengaline gown, blue mortarboard. Hoods: degree. Bachelor of Applied Science: Red with narrow maroon border and gold cording Bachelor of Arts: Red with narrow blue border Bachelor of Fine Arts: Red with narrow blue border and cerise underside Simon Fraser University Regalia Bachelor of Arts in the Faculty of Applied Sciences: Red with narrow Chancellor green border and royal blue cording Red faille gown, red velvet facings, gold trim - red velvet Cambridge Bachelor of Business Administration: Red with narrow grey border bonnet with gold tassel. Bachelor of Education: Red with narrow white border Bachelor of General Studies: Red with narrow green border President Bachelor of General Studies (Applied Sciences): Red with narrow Blue bengaline gown, blue velvet facings, gold trim - blue velvet green border and white cording Cambridge bonnet with gold tassel.