Fall 2018 OCTOBER 27 Convocation procession in the Bowl, May 1928. A-1666 UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN 1 Fall Convocation 2018 The graduation lists shown in this program were prepared prior to convocation and may not reflect final college decisions regarding each student’s eligibility for graduation. As a result, some of the students listed in this program may not have been formally approved to receive the degree or diploma indicated. The registrar maintains the official list of graduates. PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE PETER STOICHEFF Today is a celebration of all you have direction you take, your time at the U of S accomplished as a student at the University has prepared you to face adversity and of Saskatchewan. The countless hours spent opportunity with equal measures of success, in labs, libraries and classrooms culminates confidence and creativity. Because of that, with you walking across the stage, in front awaiting you is a fulfilling and rewarding of student colleagues, university and family life in which you can contribute to what is supporters, to receive your U of S degree. important to you and to the world. This is a significant milestone in, not only When you look at your degree, remember your life, but the lives of all of those who that you are backed by a rich and rigorous have supported you during your academic university education. Also remember the pursuits. On this occasion, I offer you my people, supporters and experiences that were sincerest congratulations. a part of your time at the U of S, because those memories are as valuable as the degree itself. With your degree in hand, you join more than 152,000 U of S alumni around the I hope you stay connected to the University world. As part of that esteemed group, you of Saskatchewan and share with us the help share the U of S story, a story that tells meaningful events that make up your life’s people in Canada and internationally that story. As part of our worldwide alumni family, your institution is a distinguished member of you hold a special place in our hearts and Canada’s top research-intensive universities, I hope that your time on campus holds an equally special place in yours. with an enormous impact on the country and, in select areas, the world. All the best, Neither you nor I know exactly what the future holds for you. You might pursue further education this fall. You might start down your career path in a week or two. You might even get on a plane later today leading to an Peter Stoicheff entirely different kind of learning experience. President and Vice-Chancellor, But what I do know is that no matter what University of Saskatchewan UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN 3 F A LL C onvocation 2018 ALUMNI MESSAGE KELLY STRUEBY Congratulations to our 2018 graduates and More than 152,000 graduates in over 120 welcome to the University of Saskatchewan countries worldwide are a testament to what Alumni Association! you can achieve with a degree from the University of Saskatchewan. Your name will be Convocation is a momentous occasion in added to the long list of accomplished alumni any student’s life. It is the culmination of whom future generations of U of S graduates hard work, commitment and dedication will hold in high esteem. to your field of study. I encourage you to celebrate this moment and take pride in your It is exciting to welcome thousands of new achievement. The knowledge you’ve gained graduates to our family today. From this day on the road to earning your degree from on, all that you accomplish—all that you the U of S will prove to be invaluable as you create, discover, enhance, build, explore—you continue with your education or start your will do as a U of S alumnus. career. Once again, I extend a warm welcome to the It is my hope that you find joy in whatever U of S alumni community. Our collective history path you choose and that a love of learning would be incomplete without your story and endures. No matter where your path takes your passion. Please be sure to keep in touch. you over the years, you will be alumni forever. Remember, the U of S is always home. For more than 100 years, the U of S Alumni Association has been a champion of our Kelly Strueby (BComm’84) graduates and is here to celebrate our alumni President, Alumni Association community. University of Saskatchewan THE CHANCELLOR THE HONOURABLE ROY ROMANOW to 1982 he served as Deputy Premier and Care in Canada, which resulted in a final Attorney General of Saskatchewan. He played report entitled Building on Values. a key role in the federal-provincial negotiations that resulted in the Constitution Act 1982, which Chancellor Romanow, an officer of the Order includes the Canadian Charter of Rights and of Canada and recipient of the Saskatchewan Freedoms. During this time, he also led the Order of Merit, has also received the Pan reorganization of Saskatchewan's court system, American Health Organization's 2003 the creation of the Saskatchewan Human Administration Award for his work with the Rights Commission, and the introduction of a Health Commission and his commitment to modern Legal Aid system. human rights and justice initiatives. In 2004, he became a member of the federal Privy Council In 1987, Chancellor Romanow became the through a five-year appointment to Canada’s Leader of the Opposition and served in this Security Intelligence Review Committee. From role until 1991. He then served as Premier 2008 to 2013, Chancellor Romanow was the Roy Romanow was elected Chancellor of Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001. During Advisory Board Co-Chair and Spokesperson for effective November 1, 2016 for a three-year this period, major health reforms were the Canadian Index of Wellbeing. He currently term. His appointment was confirmed at a introduced based on programs of well-being, serves as a Member of the Elections Canada meeting of University Senate on October 15, which balanced the delivery of health care Advisory Board, and as the co-chair of the 2016 based on the recommendation of a joint more appropriately between acute care Canadian Alliance to End Homelessness. nomination committee. and preventative programs. A significant achievement of the Romanow government Currently, Chancellor Romanow is a Senior The Honourable Roy Romanow, P.C., O.C., was turning Saskatchewan’s large fiscal Fellow in Public Policy in the Department S.O.M., Q.C., served in public office in Canada deficits into balanced budgets. of Political Studies at the University of for more than 30 years. Saskatchewan. He received both his B.A., After his tenure as premier, Chancellor 1960, and LLB., 1964, from the U of S. He Chancellor Romanow’s provincial political Romanow was appointed by then Prime is recognized as one of the 100 Alumni of career began in 1967 when he was first elected Minister Jean Chrétien in 2001 to head the Influence and is the recipient of numerous to the Saskatchewan Legislature. From 1971 Royal Commission on the Future of Health honorary degrees from Canadian universities. UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN 5 F A LL C onvocation 2018 The convocation ceremony marks the transition from the role of student to the Our ceremony holder of a degree with its accompanying rights and privileges. The convocation ceremony is are the election of representatives The ceremony, solemnized in the presence a calling together of the new to university governing bodies of the university community and family and graduates of the and the admission of candidates friends of the graduands, consists of three University of Saskatchewan, to degrees. The chancellor, parts: a procession marking the leaving of the old status and entering the new; the symbolizing the historical practice appointed by senate as the chair president’s statement to the graduands, of calling together all former of convocation, is the highest the secretary’s petition and the chancellor’s graduates. In current times, the official and spokesperson of the consent for their admission; followed by major functions of convocation university. individual presentation by a university orator and admission by the chancellor to the degrees to which they are entitled. SHARE YOUR MOMENT! As graduates are admitted to their degrees, a graduation hood, which has a colour #USASKCONVO symbolizing a particular degree, is placed over each graduate’s head. UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN 6 F A LL C onvocation 2018 ENTRANCE Graduands in their academic dress walk in procession into the hall in the following order: graduands in the order in which their degrees are to be conferred; faculty; board of governors; senate; guests of honour; the president; the chancellor; the lieutenant governor. When the members of convocation reach their places they remain standing during the Vice-Regal Salute, the singing of “O Canada” and the invocation. ORDER OF THE CEREMONY The first business is the president’s statement to the graduands, followed by the conferring of honorary degrees, the convocation address, the conferring of degrees and the presentation of awards. THE ADMISSION Each candidate then comes forward and the The meeting is closed by the chancellor The chancellor then addresses the candidates: degree hood is placed on his or her shoulders. As the orator speaks the candidate’s name in rising and leading the procession in the “By virtue of the authority vested in me by reverse order out of the hall. full, the candidate moves forward in front of the legislature of this province, and with the chancellor. Then the chancellor says, “I the consent of the council of this university, THE PETITION admit you”.