Friday, June 12, 2026 | 2:30 p.m.
Faculties & programs
This convocation ceremony includes undergraduate and graduate students from:
- Health (less Social Work)
- Graduate Studies
Order of proceedings
- Pre-ceremony music
- Performer: Aleksei Pankratov, School of Music
- Processional
- Welcome
- Opening remarks
- Chancellor Marion Buller
- Conferring of Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD)
- Lynda Farmer
- Orator
- Dr. Grace Wong Sneddon, Faculty of Fine Arts
- Conferring of degrees
- Performer: Jesse Benjamin Marshall, School of Music
- Student awards
- Congratulations from the Alumni Association
- Closing remarks
- Chancellor Marion Buller
- O Canada
- Performer: Carter Martin, School of Music
Honorary degree recipient
Lynda Farmer, Honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD)
Lynda Farmer’s life is defined by service, leadership and a belief in the power of community. Through her philanthropy, community leadership and volunteerism she has enhanced British Columbia as a place to study, live and work.
Farmer earned a BA from UBC and was named an Honorary Alumna by UVic. A career in the public, private and non-profit sectors was built on a commitment to harnessing the power of teamwork.
Her volunteer leadership positions include BC Cancer Foundation, Bard on the Beach, Mary Winspear Foundation, Vancouver Foundation and United Way of Canada. She served as chair of the Camosun College Board of Governors and supports many community organizations including the Victoria Symphony and Pacific Opera Victoria.
She has been instrumental in regional projects including chairing campaigns for the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea and the Camosun College Centre for Trades Education and Innovation. She is a founding funder of Vancouver Island’s first Cancer Research Chair in Immunotherapy, based at BC Cancer - Victoria’s Deeley Research Centre.
Farmer’s contributions have been recognized with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and the Order of British Columbia.
Farmer earned a BA from UBC and was named an Honorary Alumna by UVic. A career in the public, private and non-profit sectors was built on a commitment to harnessing the power of teamwork.
Her volunteer leadership positions include BC Cancer Foundation, Bard on the Beach, Mary Winspear Foundation, Vancouver Foundation and United Way of Canada. She served as chair of the Camosun College Board of Governors and supports many community organizations including the Victoria Symphony and Pacific Opera Victoria.
She has been instrumental in regional projects including chairing campaigns for the Shaw Centre for the Salish Sea and the Camosun College Centre for Trades Education and Innovation. She is a founding funder of Vancouver Island’s first Cancer Research Chair in Immunotherapy, based at BC Cancer - Victoria’s Deeley Research Centre.
Farmer’s contributions have been recognized with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Greater Victoria Chamber of Commerce and the Order of British Columbia.