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Michael Wilson to be installed as U of T Chancellor at fall convocation

November 5, 2012

TORONTO, ON – The Hon. Michael Wil­son will be for­mal­ly installed as the 33rd Chan­cel­lor of the Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to on Mon­day, Novem­ber 12. The cer­e­mo­ny will take place at the first of the U of T’s fall Con­vo­ca­tion cer­e­monies, extend­ing through the week, in which more than 4,300 stu­dents will grad­u­ate.

The Uni­ver­si­ty will also con­fer hon­orary degrees on Dr. Van­dana Shi­va, for her work in pro­mot­ing sus­tain­able agri­cul­ture prac­tices around the world, and Dr. Anne Car­son, award-win­ning clas­si­cist and poet.

Mem­bers of the media are wel­come to attend the week’s cer­e­monies, all of which will be held at Con­vo­ca­tion Hall, at 27 King’s Col­lege Cir­cle. Media are asked to con­firm their atten­dance in advance by call­ing U of T media rela­tions at 416–978-0100.

The sched­ule of con­vo­ca­tion cer­e­monies is as fol­lows:

  • Mon­day, Novem­ber 12, 2012, 10 a.m.: The Hon. Michael Wil­son will be installed as Chan­cel­lor and address Con­vo­ca­tion; Fac­ul­ty of Arts & Sci­ence cer­e­mo­ny.
  • Mon­day, Novem­ber 12, 2012, 2:30 p.m.: Dr. Van­dana Shi­va will receive an hon­orary degree and address Con­vo­ca­tion; OISE and Fac­ul­ty of Arts & Sci­ence cer­e­mo­ny.
  • Tues­day, Novem­ber 13, 2012, 10 a.m.: Pro­fes­sor Arthur Rip­stein will address Con­vo­ca­tion; School of Grad­u­ate Stud­ies and Pro­fes­sion­al Under­grad­u­ate Pro­grams cer­e­mo­ny.
  • Tues­day, Novem­ber 13, 2012, 2:30 p.m.: Dr. Gary Mooney will address Con­vo­ca­tion; Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Mis­sis­sauga cer­e­mo­ny.
  • Tues­day, Novem­ber 13, 2012, 6:00 p.m. Uni­ver­si­ty Pro­fes­sor Emer­i­tus John Kennedy will address Con­vo­ca­tion; Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Scar­bor­ough cer­e­mo­ny.
  • Wednes­day, Novem­ber 14, 2012, 6:00 p.m.: Mary Jo Had­dad will address Con­vo­ca­tion; School of Grad­u­ate Stud­ies, and Pro­fes­sion­al Under­grad­u­ate Pro­grams cer­e­mo­ny.
  • Fri­day, Novem­ber 16, 2012, 10 a.m.: Pro­fes­sor Clif­ford Orwin will address Con­vo­ca­tion; School of Grad­u­ate Stud­ies, and Fac­ul­ty of Infor­ma­tion cer­e­mo­ny.
  • Fri­day, Novem­ber 16, 2012, 2:30 p.m.: Dr. Anne Car­son will receive an hon­orary degree and address Con­vo­ca­tion; School of Grad­u­ate Stud­ies cer­e­mo­ny.

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For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to Media Rela­tions
Tel: 416–978-0100
Media.relations@utoronto.ca