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The Dalai Lama, Shirin Ebadi and Desmond Tutu
Tuesday, April 20, 8:30 -10:30 am
The Dalai Lama, Shirin Ebadi and Desmond Tutu
Tuesday, April 20, 8:30 -10:30 am
Simon Fraser University Special Convocation
The Dalai Lama, Shirin Ebadi and Desmond Tutu
Tuesday, April 20, 8:30 -10:30 am
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April 16, 2004
Switch on your computer or take a seat in an SFU theatre to watch as
Simon Fraser University confers honorary degrees on three Nobel
Laureates: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Professor Shirin Ebadi and
Archbishop Desmond Tutu at Vancouver's Christ Church Cathedral.
The Webcast address is: onlinebroadcasting.com/dalailama/042004
The ceremony starts at 9 am but we expect to start transmission about 8:45 am.
For a simulcast of the convocation ceremony on a big screen go to:
o Images Theatre, in Burnaby
o Fletcher Challenge Theatre, Harbour Centre
o or Room 630, at the Surrey campus
The Roundtable Dialogue
In the afternoon, President Michael Stevenson will introduce Bishop Michael Ingham who will moderate the Roundtable Dialogue from UBC’s Chan Centre, 12 noon - 5:15 pm.
The topic is Balancing Educating the Heart and Educating the Mind. The morning’s honorary degree recipients will be joined by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, from the United States, and Dr. Jo-ann Archibald, an SFU grad now an assistant professor of education at UBC.
The theatre locations and web address remain the same as the morning.
Simon Fraser University confers honorary degrees on three Nobel
Laureates: His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Professor Shirin Ebadi and
Archbishop Desmond Tutu at Vancouver's Christ Church Cathedral.
The Webcast address is: onlinebroadcasting.com/dalailama/042004
The ceremony starts at 9 am but we expect to start transmission about 8:45 am.
For a simulcast of the convocation ceremony on a big screen go to:
o Images Theatre, in Burnaby
o Fletcher Challenge Theatre, Harbour Centre
o or Room 630, at the Surrey campus
The Roundtable Dialogue
In the afternoon, President Michael Stevenson will introduce Bishop Michael Ingham who will moderate the Roundtable Dialogue from UBC’s Chan Centre, 12 noon - 5:15 pm.
The topic is Balancing Educating the Heart and Educating the Mind. The morning’s honorary degree recipients will be joined by Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi, from the United States, and Dr. Jo-ann Archibald, an SFU grad now an assistant professor of education at UBC.
The theatre locations and web address remain the same as the morning.