Fall Convocation 2012 held on October 31st for Faculty of Medicine Graduates

November 19, 2012

Dr Liliane Asseraf-Pasin, the Associate Director of the Physiotherapy Program, pictured above, received her PhD in Education at the Fall Convocation Ceremonies

On Wednesday, October 31st,  1,600 students graduated at the 2012 Fall Convocation.

From left to right: Director, Dr. Marc Pell, Bonnie Bryans Memorial Award for research excellence recipient, Ms. Mary-Jane Blais , and Graduate Program Director, Dr. Linda Polka.

More than 800 graduates attended one of the two ceremonies at Place des Arts to receive their diplomas from our University chancellor H. Arnold Steinberg.

In addition, McGill bestowed its highest honour upon two outstanding individuals by awarding them an honorary degree at the University’s fall Convocation ceremonies: Michael Meighen, former Canadian senator, lawyer and cultural patron; and Daniel Lamarre, Canadian businessman and President and Chief Executive Officer of the world-renowned Cirque du Soleil.

Graduates from the Faculty of Medicine included those from The School of Nursing,  The School of Physical and Occupational Therapy and the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders.

Two M.SC.A. graduates attending the Convocation Reception On the left, Ms. Jennifer Audet, and on the right, Ms. Maia Masuda.

10 of a total of 73 graduating nursing students at their convocation reception on Oct. 31st in the Bellini Atrium.

 

To watch the full video of Fall

Convocation click here

To read more about the Fall Convocation Ceremony click here

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 16, 2012