Laurier to graduate more than 1,600 students at fall convocation

Oct. 10, 2024
For Immediate Release

WATERLOO and BRANTFORD — Wilfrid Laurier University will celebrate the accomplishments of approximately 1,622 graduating students at fall convocation ceremonies on its Waterloo and Brantford campuses.

The Waterloo campus will hold six ceremonies at the Lazaridis Hall Auditorium on Oct. 17 and 18. The Brantford campus ceremony will take place at the Sanderson Centre for the Performing Arts on Oct. 29.

As of Oct. 7, 1,435 students qualified to graduate in Waterloo, while 187 qualified to graduate in Brantford. Laurier expects to confer 1,139 undergraduate degrees, 413 graduate degrees and 70 diplomas this month.

For the first time since 2016, Laurier will install a new chancellor at convocation this fall. Accomplished former diplomat, corporate director and Laurier alumnus Nadir Patel (BA ’93) will be officially installed Oct. 17 at 9:30 a.m. at Lazardis Hall.

Composer John Estacio and doctor and writer Jillian Horton will receive honorary degrees at fall convocation ceremonies. William Quinton, professor of Geography and Environmental Studies and director of the Cold Regions Research Centre, will be presented with the University Research Professor Award.

Oct. 17, 9:30 a.m., Waterloo

• Installation of Chancellor Nadir Patel

Oct. 18, 9:30 a.m., Waterloo

• Honorary Doctor of Music: John Estacio, five-time Juno-nominated composer

Oct. 18, 1 p.m., Waterloo

• University Research Professor Award: William Quinton, professor of Geography and Environmental Studies

Oct. 29, 2 p.m., Brantford

• Honorary Doctor of Letters: Jillian Horton, doctor and author of Edna Staebler Award-winning book We Are All Perfectly Fine: A Memoir of Love, Medicine and Healing. Horton will present a free public lecture on Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. on Laurier’s Brantford campus.

Tickets are required for all convocation events. For those unable to attend, live streams of the ceremonies will be available. Members of the media are asked to RSVP to attend.

Learn more about the Brantford and Waterloo convocations.