Congrats to our Spring 2016 grads!

Thousands of UVic students and their families and friends will gather on campus this month to celebrate the achievement of an academic milestone. During Spring Convocation from June 13-17, ceremonies will be held to confer 3,458 degrees, diplomas and certificates.

Spring Convocation webcast

All Spring Convocation ceremonies will be webcast live. If you’re not able to attend in person, you can watch the ceremonies at uvic.ca/convocation. The video of each webcast will be available on this website for six weeks following Convocation. All ceremonies take place in the University Centre Farquhar Auditorium. For event times and more information, please visit uvic.ca/ceremonies.

Congratulations and best wishes to all convocating students. On the following pages, we present profiles of a few of the many outstanding members of this year’s graduating class:

Honorary degree recipients
Indigenous leaders and Olympian celebrated

Major medal awards
Student awardees

Stepping into the intercultural spotlight
Jasleen Powar, theatre

Hands-on research opportunities pave a path to med school
Landon MacGillivray, chemistry

Co-op spins student into published author
Elizabeth Bassett, English

Intercultural collaborations forge first business PhD
Sarah Easter, business

Witnessing, studying and practicing reciprocity
Bradley Clements, anthropology

An international quest to study and spread practices of inclusion
Maram Alraygi, education

Power to the people
Melina Laboucan, Indigenous governance

Testing her design chops at a San Francisco start-up
Kailey Allan, engineering

History of Indigenous housing framed by PhD study
Sylvia Olsen, history

Longstanding convocation volunteer to carry the mace
Stella Chan, UVic retiree