Congrats to our Spring 2016 grads!
Thousands of UVic students and their families and friends will gather on campus this month to celebrate the achievement of an academic milestone. During Spring Convocation from June 13-17, ceremonies will be held to confer 3,458 degrees, diplomas and certificates.
Spring Convocation webcast
All Spring Convocation ceremonies will be webcast live. If you’re not able to attend in person, you can watch the ceremonies at uvic.ca/convocation. The video of each webcast will be available on this website for six weeks following Convocation. All ceremonies take place in the University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. For event times and more information, please visit uvic.ca/ceremonies.
Congratulations and best wishes to all convocating students. On the following pages, we present profiles of a few of the many outstanding members of this year’s graduating class:
Honorary degree recipients
Indigenous leaders and Olympian celebrated
Major medal awards
Student awardees
Stepping into the intercultural spotlight
Jasleen Powar, theatre
Hands-on research opportunities pave a path to med school
Landon MacGillivray, chemistry
Co-op spins student into published author
Elizabeth Bassett, English
Intercultural collaborations forge first business PhD
Sarah Easter, business
Witnessing, studying and practicing reciprocity
Bradley Clements, anthropology
An international quest to study and spread practices of inclusion
Maram Alraygi, education
Power to the people
Melina Laboucan, Indigenous governance
Testing her design chops at a San Francisco start-up
Kailey Allan, engineering
History of Indigenous housing framed by PhD study
Sylvia Olsen, history
Longstanding convocation volunteer to carry the mace
Stella Chan, UVic retiree