Directory of honorary doctorates

A consummate artist, Natalie Choquette has a unique way of marrying lyrical songs with humour, creating magical moments on stage. Her brand of humour falls into the realm of slapstick where she makes fun of operatic situations through costumes and a play of the voice. For the last 15 years or so, Natalie Choquette has given her audiences a very different way of appreciating vocal classics.
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His Excellency John Ralston Saul is an award-winning essayist and novelist whose writing seeks out a new humanism through what he calls responsible individualism. His novels and philosophical works have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Mr. Saul is the Founder and Honorary Chair of Le Français pour l’Avenir / French for the Future, and Chair of the Advisory Board of the LaFontaine-Baldwin Symposium. His Excellency is a dedicated proponent of a diverse, bilingual Canada, and work...
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Harry Daniels is the Past President, Congress of Aboriginal Peoples. He has dedicated his life to defending and promoting the interests of the Métis people, as well as Off-reserve Inuit and First Nations people. During the Constitutional talks of the 1970s and 80s, Harry Daniels was instrumental in ensuring that the rights of all Aboriginal peoples, including the Métis and Inuit, were recognized in the Canadian Constitution.
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Hubert Reeves, C.C., a renowned astrophysicist and cosmologist, is currently the Director of Research at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, in France. Dr. Reeves has received many honours for his research, which has focussed on such areas as thermonuclear reactions in the cores of stars, the origin and development of free energy in the universe, and the density of matter. He has also written several mainstream books on cosmology, making this subject more accessible to a wider aud...
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The University will also recognize Herb Gray’s exceptional contribution to political life and a career entirely devoted to serving Canada’s population. First elected to Parliament in 1962, he was reelected 12 times in subsequent federal elections, which constitutes a record both in terms of number of victories and length of service: 39 years, six months and 26 days as Liberal MP for Windsor-West. In government, Herb Gray held ten different cabinet portfolios under three prime ministers. Having...
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Mr. Justice Charles Doherty Gonthier is among the most eminent and respected figures in Canadian legal circles. His decisions have reinforced the notions of equity and good faith in law, especially in the area of contracts. A 1951 law graduate from McGill University, Gonthier was admitted to the Quebec bar a year later and practised law with several distinguished Montreal firms, which earned him the designation of Queen's Council in 1971. He became a judge of the Quebec Superior Court in 1974....
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Ryoji Noyori has spent more than 40 years in selfless devotion to science, engaged in work that has yielded substantial technical advances with highly practical implications. Two years ago he shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry for his accomplishments. During the 1970s, Noyori's pioneering research yielded a new molecule called BINAP, whose properties opened up new possibilities in chemistry and chemical engineering, and made existing processes more efficient. This innovation was especially w...
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Shirley Greenberg has been a trail-blazer in the Canadian women's movement for most of her adult life. She helped found the Ottawa Women's Centre, from which subsequently developed the Rape Crisis Centre, the Women's Career Counselling Centre and Interval House, a refuge for battered women. She entered the University of Ottawa's law school in the 1970s, while still busy raising three children. After obtaining her law degree, Greenberg went on to create the first all-female law practice in Otta...
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Denise Verreault is a well-known figure in Quebec, as an entrepreneur and businesswoman, but also as a model for young entrepreneurs. She was born in Les Méchins, a village on the Gaspé Peninsula where Groupe Maritime Verreault still has its head office. After completing a degree in education, Verreault was gearing up for a career in teaching, but her life took an unexpected turn towards a totally different path. In 1989, when she was 24 years old, Verreault succeeded her father, then deceased...
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As president and chief executive officer of Torstar Corporation, Robert Prichard is responsible for maintaining the success of Harlequin books, an undisputed international champion in the publishing world. He is also in charge of the well-being of a major newspaper chain, which includes Canada's largest daily, the Toronto Star. Prichard is also called upon to uphold the principles of a company that fosters a host of progressive social causes. Prichard came to his current position two years ago...
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