Directory of honorary doctorates

Bernard Grandmaître had a rich career in public service. He was an Ontario MPP from 1984 to 1999, and served as a cabinet minister, holding the portfolios of revenue, municipal affairs and Francophone affairs. In this latter role, he played a key role in 1986 passage of the landmark French Languages Services Act, which guaranteed the right of individuals to receive services in French from the Ontario government and other designated bodies. Prior to his time at Queen’s Park, he was active in mun...
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Mary Robinson became Ireland’s first female president in 1990. In 1997, she became United Nations high commissioner for human rights, a position she held for five years. She was president of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative from 2002 to 2010, and currently serves as president of the Mary Robinson Foundation - Climate Justice.
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Jules A. Hoffmann, an internationally renowned biologist, shared the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his 1996 discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity, specifically, how fruit flies fight infections.  His work has allowed us to understand the similar defence mechanisms employed by other living beings, including humans. It has promising applications in areas such as defences of the pest mosquito, the vector of malaria and autoimmune disease.  Dr. Hoffmann...
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Jacques Samarut is world-renowned for his research on cancer-causing retroviruses and on the mechanisms of action of hormone receptors in embryonic development and cancer. He is the president of the new École normale supérieure de Lyon, and held leading positions with ENS prior to its reorganization.  He is also president of the scientific council of the Institut national de la recherche agronomique in Paris.  Jacques Samarut founded and chaired the Rhône-Alpes génopôle genomic resear...
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The Right Honourable David Johnston is Canada’s 28th governor general. A lawyer by training, he taught at four universities, and served notably successful tenures as principal of McGill University and president of the University of Waterloo. He has also served on many key advisory committees shaping public policy, and has authored or co-authored two dozen books.
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Neil Turok was professor of physics at Princeton University until assuming the chair of mathematical physics at Cambridge University, where he collaborated with Stephen Hawking on the Hawking-Turok instanton solutions. In 2008, he became director of the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo and he has established science academies in Africa to cultivate young scientists.
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Joé Juneau, NHL player, graduate engineer and founder of a hockey education program in Nunavik, played on the silver medal-winning 1992 Canadian Olympic team and on five Stanley Cup finalist teams. On retirement, he became partner and account manager at Harfan Technologies until he brought organized hockey to Inuit youth.  
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The Honourable Warren Winkler is chief justice of Ontario and president of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. He has served on the bench since 1993. Justice Winkler is known for his mediation work on issues including, notably, claims arising from the Walkerton tainted water incident. He is also a leader in class action jurisprudence in Canada.
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Leonard Lee is a Saskatchewan-born inventor and entrepreneur. An engineering and economics graduate, he worked as a civil servant before launching Lee Valley Tools, the internationally-known gardening and woodworking mail-order phenomenon. He subsequently launched three more successful companies, Veritas Tools, Algrove Publishing and Canica Design, a medical/surgical instrument company. 
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Ingrid Parent is University of British Columbia chief librarian and president-elect of the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions.  She has held a number of positions in the federal government, and has worked with international bodies such as UNESCO.  The future of libraries is the digital age is a focus of her work.
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