CONVOCATION JUNE 1996 On behalf of the Simon Fraser University community, I welcome you most sincerely to our thirty~first annual Convocation. Joseph Segal, Chancellor THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1996 9:45 AM CEREMONY 2:30 PM CEREMONY OCanada OCanada Chancellor's Remarks Chancellor's Remarks President's Address President's Address Conferring of Honorary Degree Conferring of Honorary Degree The Chancellor The Chancellor The Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa The Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa Morris ]. Wosk G. Scott Mcintyre Convocation Address Convocation Address Morris ] . Wosk G. Scott Mcintyre The Presentation The Presentation The Admission The Admission Conferring of Degrees by Faculty Conferring of Degrees by Faculty The Chancellor The Chancellor (see page 6) (see page 15) Concluding Remarks The Gordon M. Shrum Gold Medal Scott Andrew Sowerby Reception in the James Douglas Room Concluding Remarks Reception in the James Douglas Room ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The World Champion Simon Fraser University Pipe Band Ms. Olivia Lambert, Soloist (student and member of the SFU Choir) 1 FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 1996 9:45 AM CEREMONY 2:30 PM CEREMONY OCanada 0 Canada Chancellor's Remarks Chancellor's Remarks President's Address President's Address Conferring of Honorary Degree Convocation Address The Chancellor Elmer E. Froese Superintendent of Schools, Burnaby School District The Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa Thelma Finlayson The Presentation Convocation Address The Admission Thelma Finlayson Conferring of Degrees by Faculty The Presentation The Chancellor (see page 35) The Admission The Governor General's Silver Medal Conferring of Degrees by Faculty Wendy Angela Morgan The Chancellor (see page 24) The Gordon M. Shrum Gold Medal Amee Chande The Governor General's Gold Medal Romeo C. Chua Concluding Remarks Concluding Remarks Reception in the James Douglas Room Reception in the James Douglas Room 2 ORDER OF PROCESSION BOARD OF GOVERNORS The procession will be led by pipers of the World Champion Dr. Joseph Segal, Chancellor Simon Fraser University Pipe Band. Dr. John 0. Stubbs, President and Vice-Chancellor Dr. David E. Bond Claymore Bearer Dr. Robert C. Brown Graduands Mrs. Yvonne Cocke Faculty Mr. Kenneth Giffen Senate Dr. Katherine Heinrich Board of Governors Mrs. Eva Kwok Distinguished Guests Mrs. Tazeem Nathoo, Chair Chancellor's Party Mr. Brian Payne Mace Bearer Ms. Deborah L. Shannon President Mr. R. Gregory Stacey Chancellor Mr. Ken Thornton The platform party consists of members of faculty, senators, Mr. Roger G. Welch the Board of Governors and distinguished guests. Ms. Katherine Whitbread MARSHALS NATIONAL ANTHEM Chief Marshals 0 Canada! Our home and native land! Dr. Len Berggren True patriot love in all our sons command. Dr. Warren Gill With glowing hearts we see thee rise, Mace Bearer The true North strong and free! Dr. Neil Boyd From far and wide, 0 Canada, we stand on guard for thee. Dr. Robert Horsfall God keep our land glorious and free! Dr. Lindsay Meredith 0 Canada, we stand on guard for thee, Dr. Tom O'Shea ' 0 Canada, we stand on guard for thee. Claymore Bearer Ms. Joan Hall THE PRESENTATION Chancellor's Party Marshal Dr. John 0. Stubbs Mr. W. Ron Heath The President asks all the candidates for degrees to rise and Board/Senate Marshals presents them to the Chancellor with these words: Dr. Robert Brown Dr. Lois Etherington "Mr. Chancellor, I present to you those scholars who have Dr. Brian Lewis fulfilled the statutory requirements laid down by the Senate of Faculty Marshals this University, and request that you confer upon each one the Dr. Roger Blackman degree for which he or she is now recommended." Dr. Irene Gordon Prof. Andrea Lebowitz Graduand Marshals THE ADMISSION Dr. Brian Burtch Dr. Joseph Segal Dr. Paul Dutton The Chancellor then addresses the candidates: Dr. Allan MacKinnon Dr. Mark Winston "By virtue of the authority vested in me and in the Senate of this University, I hereby admit you to your various and several Chief Ushers degrees." Mr. David Johnston Ms. Leigh MacGregor The candidates then sit down. This program is prepared more than a week before Convocation and therefore may not be complete. 3 UNIVERSITY HERALDRY ACADEMIC DRESS The University Coat of Arms was granted to the University in The regalia worn today by our graduates has a colourful history. 1965 by the Lord Lyon King of Arms. Regalia originated in the monasteries of the Middle Ages. At The heraldic description of the coat of arms is: that time, university faculty were men of religion who wore the habit of their Order when teaching. Over time, their garments "Quarterly; 1st and 4th, Azure, three fraises Argent; came to identify their university. 2nd and 3rd, Argent, three antique crowns Gules, in chief Gules an open book proper, In Europe, laymen did not commonly teach in universities until binding and fore-edges, Or, between two the 19th century. Only by 1858, for example, did British law no crosslets fitchee of the last." longer require university dons to be in holy orders. Nevertheless, professors continued to wear clerical garb, with modifications in The Coat of Arms was derived from that of the Clan Fraser. The cut and design. name Fraser is said to have come from the French word "fraises," meaning strawberries, hence the Shield and flag each include Regalia colours often matched those of the university patron, or the strawberry flower motif. of the city in which the university was located; Simon Fraser regalia combines the red and royal blue of the Clan Fraser. (The The mace was commissioned by the University architects, University motto "nous sommes prets," or "we are ready, " Erickson-Massey, and was presented to the University at the parallels the Clan's "je suis pret.") opening ceremonies on September 9, 1965. The mace is 61 inches long and weighs 23 pounds. Pieces of cut and polished The degree hood was originally part of the monk's habit - a jade, which were taken from the University's jade boulder in the carryall for food or other small items. Eventually, the hood reflecting pool, were set in silver by its designer, Haida artist Bill became separate from the gown, variegated in colour, and Reid. The mace is crowned by a silver stag's head, derived from emblematic of scholars and degrees from particular universities. the coat-of-arms of Lord Lovat, head of the Clan Fraser. The Hoods in Canada and Europe are unique in design and colour to Fraser tradition was to fasten sprigs of yew in their bonnets each degree and each university. before entering battle. The mace was carved from two hundred The history of the mortarboard worn by our Bachelors and year old yew, gathered on Burnaby Mountain by a resident in Masters begins with high church dignitaries in the 16th century. the 1940s. These officials wore hats consisting of little more than a cap Lord Lovat presented the University with a claymore, or great with a raised, squared crown. By the 18th century, the crown sword, on September 9, 1965. The claymore was first used by a had evolved into a cloth-covered board, and the wearers into Fraser at the Battle of Culloden Moor in 1746. It was also used the deans and rectors of universities. The 19th century saw the by a Fraser at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in 1759. The top knob replaced by a tassel, and the cap become required claymore is approximately 36 inches long and weighs two student attire. Reminded of the square board masons used to pounds. hold mortar, students dubbed the headgear a "mortarboard" - college slang of the day. The flag was dedicated and flown for the first time at the Convocation ceremonies in June, 1981. Doctoral hats are patterned after the Florentine hats in the time of the Medici. Students purchased hats of the appropriate university colours when continuing with advanced studies after completing the Bachelors degree. 4 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY REGALIA Chancellor Master of Education Red faille gown, red velvet facings, gold trim - red velvet Red with wide white border and royal blue cording Cambridge bonnet with gold tassel. Master of Engineering President Red with wide maroon border and gold underside Blue bengaline gown, blue velvet facings, gold trim - blue Master of Fine Arts velvet Cambridge bonnet with gold tassel. Red with wide blue border, pink cording and cerise underside Doctor of Laws (Honorary Degree) Master of Natural Resources Management Red silk gown, blue facing - blue velvet Cambridge bonnet Red with wide green border and gold cording with gold tassel. Master of Pest Management Hood: Blue bengaline, full gold lining. Red with wide gold border and light green cording Doctor of Philosophy Master of Publishing Red silk gown, blue velvet Cambridge bonnet with blue Red with wide blue border and yellow cording tassel. Hood: Blue bengaline with silver lining. Master of Science in the Faculty of Science Red with wide gold border Board of Governors Master of Science in the Faculty of Education Blue bengaline gown, red facings, red linings in sleeves, no Red with wide white border and gold cording bonnet. Hood: none. Master of Science in the Faculty of Applied Sciences Red with wide fawn border and white cording Senators Black gown, no bonnet. Bachelor Hood: none. Blue bengaline gown, blue mortarboard. Hoods: Faculty Bachelor of Applied Science Regalia from alma mater or black gown, black mortarboard. Red with narrow maroon border and gold cording Hood: alma mater or none. Bachelor of Arts Master Red with narrow blue border Blue bengaline gown, blue mortarboard. Bachelor of Fine Arts Hoods: