> SFU to confer honorary degrees on six during Convocation
SFU to confer honorary degrees on six during Convocation
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Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.4323
Marianne Meadahl, PAMR, 778.782.4323
May 30, 2008
Simon Fraser University will honour six distinguished individuals during its Spring Convocation next week (June 3 – 6). Backgrounders and photos on each recipient are available from Public Affairs and Media Relations on our website.
They include:
Rick Hansen, B.C.’s Man in Motion, who wheeled around the world raising money for spinal cord research – and whose earlier challenge was at one time Burnaby Mountain – a training climb he often made with friend and former SFU student Terry Fox.
Ceremony: Friday, June 6 at 2:30 p.m.
Susan Point, Coast Salish artist, who lives and works on the Musqueam Reserve, whose work is exhibited nationally and internationally with permanent displays at Vancouver International Airport and the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Ceremony: Wednesday, June 4 at 2:30 p.m.
Nelly Auersperg, UBC researcher and one of the first to be named a Terry Fox Research Scientist, who has made major contributions to women’s health research concerning the causes and progression of cancers of the female reproductive organs.
Ceremony: Wednesday, June 4 at 9:45 a.m.
William Gibson, writer, author of the wildly popular 1984 novel, Neuromancer (it sold more than 6.5 million copies) who coined the term cyberspace and helped revolutionize the way society looks at the future.
Ceremony: Thursday, June 5 at 2:30 p.m.
Michael Kirby, chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, who led the first-ever national study of mental health, mental illness and addiction, which resulted in a key report leading to the formation of the commission.
Ceremony: Thursday, June 5 at 9:45 a.m.
Mossadiq Umedaly, chair of B.C. Hydro and Xantrex Technology, former chief financial officer and vice president of fuel-cell pioneer Ballard Power Systems, who transformed Xantrex from a small niche player to a world leader in advanced electronics.
Ceremony: Tuesday, June 3 at 2:30 p.m.
They include:
Rick Hansen, B.C.’s Man in Motion, who wheeled around the world raising money for spinal cord research – and whose earlier challenge was at one time Burnaby Mountain – a training climb he often made with friend and former SFU student Terry Fox.
Ceremony: Friday, June 6 at 2:30 p.m.
Susan Point, Coast Salish artist, who lives and works on the Musqueam Reserve, whose work is exhibited nationally and internationally with permanent displays at Vancouver International Airport and the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C.
Ceremony: Wednesday, June 4 at 2:30 p.m.
Nelly Auersperg, UBC researcher and one of the first to be named a Terry Fox Research Scientist, who has made major contributions to women’s health research concerning the causes and progression of cancers of the female reproductive organs.
Ceremony: Wednesday, June 4 at 9:45 a.m.
William Gibson, writer, author of the wildly popular 1984 novel, Neuromancer (it sold more than 6.5 million copies) who coined the term cyberspace and helped revolutionize the way society looks at the future.
Ceremony: Thursday, June 5 at 2:30 p.m.
Michael Kirby, chair of the Mental Health Commission of Canada, who led the first-ever national study of mental health, mental illness and addiction, which resulted in a key report leading to the formation of the commission.
Ceremony: Thursday, June 5 at 9:45 a.m.
Mossadiq Umedaly, chair of B.C. Hydro and Xantrex Technology, former chief financial officer and vice president of fuel-cell pioneer Ballard Power Systems, who transformed Xantrex from a small niche player to a world leader in advanced electronics.
Ceremony: Tuesday, June 3 at 2:30 p.m.