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Past Honorary Doctorates
The university began awarding honorary doctoral degrees in 1996. The university awards its highest honour to those who have made extraordinary contributions in Canada, or internationally, to fields in which the university is active, to the development of the University or to the enhancement of Canadian culture or society.
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Recipient | Year Awarded | Degree |
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Adel Sedra | 2015 | Doctor of Engineering |
Aditya Jha | 2009 | Doctor of Laws |
Alan Broadbent | 2009 | Doctor of Laws |
Alanis Obomsawin | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
Albert Berry | 2004 | Doctor of Laws |
Albert Rose | 1996 | Doctor of Laws |
Alex Taylor | 1998 | Doctor of Engineering |
Allan Slaight | 2000 | Doctor of Commerce |
Anju Virmani | 2022 | Doctor of Engineering |
Anne Golden | 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
Anne Ross | 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
Annette Verschuren | 2015 | Doctor of Commerce |
Arthur Lee | 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
Asad M. Madni | 2009 | Doctor of Science |
Avie Bennett | 2022 | Doctor of Laws |
Avvy Yao-Yao Go | 2022 | Doctor of Laws |
Barbara Hall | 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
Basil "Buzz" Hargrove | 2006 | Doctor of Laws |
Bernd Christmas | 2024 | Doctor of Laws |
Bev Salmon | 1999 | Doctor of Laws |
Beverly Mascoll | 1999 | Doctor of Laws |
Bobbie Gaunt | 2000 | Doctor of Laws |
Bonnie Patterson | 2014 | Doctor of Laws |
Bonnie Schmidt | 2017 | Doctor of Science |
Bonnie Sherr Klein | 2003 | Doctor of Laws |
Brenda Milner | 2008 | Doctor of Science |
Brian Gluckstein | 2021 | Doctor of Fine Arts |
Brian Porter | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
Brian Segal | 2008 | Doctor of Laws |
Brian Stewart | 2014 | Doctor of Journalism |
Calvin R. Stiller | 2013 | Doctor of Science |
Carol Stephenson | 2000 | Doctor of Engineering |
Carole Tanenbaum | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
Catharina Birchall | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
Catherine Karakatsanis | 2024 | Doctor of Engineering |
Catherine Zahn | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
Charles S. Coffey | 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
Chief Justice Warren Winkler | 2013 | Doctor of Laws |
Christiane Germain | 2012 | Doctor of Commerce |
Christine Magee | 2006 | Doctor of Commerce |
Christopher Chapman | 2000 | Doctor of Laws |
Christopher Hume | 2014 | Doctor of Laws |
Christopher Plummer | 2002 | Doctor of Letters |
Cindy Blackstock | 2017 | Doctor of Laws |
Colm Wilkinson | 2012 | Doctor of Laws |
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander | 1999 | Doctor of Laws |
Cynthia Trudell | 2000 | Doctor of Engineering |
David E. Smith | 2010 | Doctor of Letters |
David Johnston | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
David McKay | 2017 | Doctor of Laws |
David Mirvish | 1996 | Doctor of Letters |
David Suzuki | 2007 | Doctor of Science |
Deborah Flint | 2023 | Doctor of Laws |
Deepa Mehta | 2013 | Doctor of Laws |
Dennis Edney | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
Dennis Lee | 2001 | Doctor of Laws |
Dennis Mock | 2005 | Doctor of Laws |
Des McAnuff | 2011 | Doctor of Letters |
Diane Francis | 2013 | Doctor of Laws |
Diane McGarry | 1996 | Doctor of Science |
Dominic D'Alessandro | 2008 | Doctor of Commerce |
Donald Triggs | 2007 | Doctor of Commerce |
Donette Chin-Loy Chang | 2021 | Doctor of Laws |
Douglas G. Hull | 1996 | Doctor of Science |
Dwight Drummond | 2023 | Doctor of Laws |
Ed Clark | 2015 | Doctor of Commerce |
Edward Burtynsky | 2007 | Doctor of Fine Arts in Photography Studies |
Edward Kilroy | 2004 | Doctor of Commerce |
Edward S. Rogers | 2004 | Doctor of Laws |
Edward Sonshine | 2022 | Doctor of Laws |
Elyse Allan | 2005 | Doctor of Commerce |
Elyse Goldstein | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
Emmanuelle Gattuso | 2021 | Doctor of Laws |
Eric McCormack | 2019 | Doctor of Laws |
Eugene Polistuk | 2001 | Doctor of Engineering |
Fang Minglun | 2004 | Doctor of Engineering |
Frances Lankin | 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
Frank Iacobucci | 2017 | Doctor of Laws |
Frank McKenna | 1999 | Doctor of Laws |
G. Raymond Chang | 2005 | Doctor of Commerce |
Gabrielle Scrimshaw Sagalova | 2022 | Doctor of Laws |
Gaetano Gagliano | 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
Gail J. Donner | 2007 | Doctor of Science |
George Heller | 2002 | Doctor of Commerce |
George Russell Strathy | 2022 | Doctor of Laws |
George Wong | 2001 | Doctor of Commerce |
George Yabu | 2003 | Doctor of Laws |
Gina Bohn Browne | 2009 | Doctor of Laws |
Glenn Pushelberg | 2003 | Doctor of Laws |
Gordon Pinsent | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
Graca Machel | 2001 | Doctor of Laws |
Graeme Gibson | 2012 | Doctor of Letters |
Gregory Regis | 2021 | Doctor of Laws |
Hany Moustapha | 2005 | Doctor of Engineering |
Haroon Siddiqui | 2024 |
Doctor of Laws |
Harry Rosen | 2003 | Doctor of Commerce |
Hassan Yussuff | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
Hayley Wickenheiser | 2014 | Doctor of Laws |
Hazel McCallion | 2019 | Doctor of Commerce |
Heather McGregor | 2017 | Doctor of Laws |
Heather Reisman | 2006 | Doctor of Commerce |
Helen Vari | 2017 | Doctor of Laws |
Herschel Segal | 2005 | Doctor of Laws |
Howard Tanenbaum | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
Hurbert Astier | 2002 | Doctor of Laws |
Ian Rowe | 2002 | Doctor of Engineering |
Isadore Sharp | 2003 | Doctor of Commerce |
Ivan Fecan | 2001 | Doctor of Laws |
Ivan Reitman | 2012 | Doctor of Laws |
Izzeldin Abuelaish | 2023 | Doctor of Laws |
J. Fraser Mustard | 2003 | Doctor of Science |
Jack Cockwell | 2004 | Doctor of Commerce |
Jack Granatstein | 1999 | Doctor of Laws |
Jack Rabinovitch | 2014 | Doctor of Laws |
James (Jim) Temerty | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
James Cameron | 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
James Orbinski | 2002 | Doctor of Laws |
Jane Goodall | 2001 | Doctor of Science |
Janet Rosenberg | 2008 | Doctor of Laws |
Janet Storch | 2005 | Doctor of Science |
Janice Fukakusa | 2024 | Doctor of Laws |
Jean Arthur Beliveau | 2009 | Doctor of Laws |
Jean Augustine | 2019 | Doctor of Laws |
Jean Pelletier | 2002 | Doctor of Laws |
Joanne H. Dallaire | 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
Joey Tanenbaum | 2003 | Doctor of Commerce |
John A. Bickley | 2009 | Doctor of Science |
John Craig Eaton | 1996 | Doctor of Commerce |
John England | 2023 | Doctor of Science |
John Honderich | 2008 | Doctor of Commerce |
John L. Sharpe | 2005 | Doctor of Commerce |
John Neville | 1999 | Doctor of Laws |
John Smol | 2016 | Doctor of Science |
Judith Levkoe | 2013 | Doctor of Laws |
Judith Shamian | 2006 | Doctor of Science |
Julia Levy | 2005 | Doctor of Science |
Julie Payette | 2011 | Doctor of Engineering |
Justice Robert W. Metzger | 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
Kenneth Dryden | 2013 | Doctor of Laws |
Kimberly Murray | 2023 | Doctor of Laws |
Kyle Rae | 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
L. Yves Fortier | 2004 | Doctor of Commerce |
Laura Formusa | 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
Lawrence Loh | 2023 | Doctor of Laws |
Linda Hasenfratz | 2003 | Doctor of Engineering |
Linda Lundstrom | 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
Lionel Hurtubise | 1999 | Doctor of Engineering |
Lisa de Wilde | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
Lisa LaFlamme | 2023 | Doctor of Laws |
Loretta Rogers | 2004 | Doctor of Laws |
Lorne Michaels | 1999 | Doctor of Laws |
Lotfi Asker Zadeh | 2008 | Doctor of Science |
Louis Vachon | 2017 | Doctor of Laws |
Louise Arcand Temerty | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
Louise Penny | 2021 | Doctor of Letters |
Lynn Factor | 2022 | Doctor of Laws |
Malala Yousafzai | 2021 | Doctor of Laws |
Margaret Eleanor Atwood | 2012 | Doctor of Letters |
Margaret MacMillan | 2005 | Doctor of Laws |
Margaret Risk | 2001 | Doctor of Laws |
Margaret Somerville | 2006 | Doctor of Science |
Maria Campbell | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
Maria Klawe | 2001 | Doctor of Laws |
Marian Packham | 1997 | Doctor of Science |
Mark Bonham | 2024 |
Doctor of Laws |
Martha Billes | 2002 | Doctor of Commerce |
Mary Jo Haddad | 2014 | Doctor of Laws |
Maryka Omatsu | 2019 | Doctor of Laws |
Masai Ujiri | 2017 | Doctor of Laws |
Michael Adams | 2009 | Doctor of Letters |
Michael Belcourt | 2007 | Doctor of Commerce |
Michael Clemons | 2022 | Doctor of Laws |
Michael De Pencier | 2002 | Doctor of Letters |
Michael F. Goodchild | 2004 | Doctor of Laws |
Michael Guerriere | 2009 | Doctor of Laws |
Michael MacMillan | 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
Michael Tulloch | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
Michele Landsberg | 2007 | Doctor of Laws |
Micheline Bouchard | 1998 | Doctor of Engineering |
Michelle DiEmanuele | 2023 | Doctor of Laws |
Mira Godard | 2002 | Doctor of Laws |
Mitch Frazer | 2021 | Doctor of Laws |
Mitchell Cohen | 2013 | Doctor of Laws |
Mohamad Fakih | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
Mohammad Al Zaibak | 2022 | Doctor of Commerce |
Murray Enkin | 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
Nancy Sprott | 2024 | Doctor of Laws |
Nelson Mandela | 2001 | Doctor of Laws |
Nick Saul | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
Nigela and Wayne Purboo | 2023 | Doctor of Laws |
Norman Jewison | 2008 | Doctor of Letters |
Pamela Wallin | 2000 | Doctor of Journalism |
Patricia Edney | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
Paul Godfrey | 2001 | Doctor of Engineering |
Paula N. Goering | 2010 | Doctor of Science |
Peter Busby | 2008 | Doctor of Science |
Peter Gilgan | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
Peter Laughton | 1997 | Doctor of Engineering |
Peter Mansbridge | 2005 | Doctor of Journalism |
Peter Oliver | 2014 | Doctor of Laws |
Phil Fontaine | 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
Phyllis Lambert | 2004 | Doctor of Fine Arts in Photography Studies |
Phyllis Yaffe | 2017 | Doctor of Laws |
Pierre Juneau | 1996 | Doctor of Letters |
Pierre Lassonde, C. M. | 2006 | Doctor of Engineering |
Piers Handling | 2006 | Doctor of Laws |
Ralph Lean | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
Ramsay Cook | 2007 | Doctor of Laws |
Ratna Omidvar | 2018 | Doctor of Laws |
Ray Williams | 2024 | Doctor of Laws |
Richard Atleo | 2019 | Doctor of Laws |
Richard B. Wright | 2003 | Doctor of Letters |
Richard Rooney | 2024 | Doctor of Laws |
Robert B. Thirsk | 2012 | Doctor of Engineering |
Robert E. Brown | 2002 | Doctor of Science |
Roberta Jamieson | 2003 | Doctor of Laws |
Roger Moore | 1999 | Doctor of Laws |
Rohinton Mistry | 2012 | Doctor of Letters |
Rola Dagher |
2023 | Doctor of Laws |
Ron Osborne | 1998 | Doctor of Laws |
Ronald D. Besse | 2004 | Doctor of Commerce |
Roslyn Bern | 2024 | Doctor of Engineering |
Roy McMurtry | 2014 | Doctor of Laws |
Russell Jolliffe | 2000 | Doctor of Laws |
Ruth daCosta | 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
Ruth Grier | 2000 | Doctor of Laws |
Sajjad Ebrahim | 2019 | Doctor of Laws |
Salah Bachir | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
Sally M. Horsfall Eaton | 2012 | Doctor of Laws |
Sam Sniderman | 1997 | Doctor of Commerce |
Samantha Nutt | 2019 | Doctor of Laws |
Sarabjit S. Marwah | 2012 | Doctor of Laws |
Shafique Keshavjee | 2014 | Doctor of Science |
Shawn Atleo | 2012 | Doctor of Laws |
Sheela V. Basrur | 2004 | Doctor of Science |
Sherrill Tekatsi’ tsia:kwa Cook Barreiro | 2022 | Doctor of Laws |
Shirley Douglas | 2001 | Doctor of Laws |
Shirley M. Tilghman | 2007 | Doctor of Science |
Siamak Hariri | 2016 | Doctor of Architecture |
Silvio De Gasperis | 2021 | Doctor of Engineering |
Stephen Foster | 2000 | Doctor of Commerce |
Stephen Lewis | 2007 | Doctor of Laws |
Steve Gupta | 2015 | Doctor of Laws |
Sue Gardner | 2013 | Doctor of Laws |
Tak Wah Mak | 2004 | Doctor of Science |
Tanya Talaga | 2021 | Doctor of Laws |
Terence Grier | 2000 | Doctor of Laws |
The Honourable Edward Broadbent | 2009 | Doctor of Laws |
The Honourable George Vari | 2007 | Doctor of Engineering |
The Honourable Jacques Hebert | 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
The Honourable James K. Bartleman | 2005 | Doctor of Laws |
The Honourable Judd Buchanan | 1997 | Doctor of Laws |
The Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair | 2013 | Doctor of Laws |
The Honourable Landon Pearson | 2006 | Doctor of Laws |
The Honourable Louise Arbour | 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
The Honourable Madam Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella | 2007 | Doctor of Laws |
The Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain | 2008 | Doctor of Laws |
The Honourable Tom Hockin | 2005 | Doctor of Commerce |
The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson | 2006 | Doctor of Laws |
The Right Honourable Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin | 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
The Right Honourable Romeo LeBlanc | 1996 | Doctor of Letters |
Theresa McClenaghan | 2024 | Doctor of Laws |
Thomas A. Brzustowski | 1996 | Doctor of Engineering |
Thomas E. Kierans | 2013 | Doctor of Laws |
Toby Heaps | 2022 | Doctor of Laws |
Toby Tanenbaum | 2003 | Doctor of Commerce |
Tony Chahine | 2024 | Doctor of Science |
Tony Gagliano | 2010 | Doctor of Laws |
Ursula Franklin | 2011 | Doctor of Laws |
Valerie Pringle | 2012 | Doctor of Laws |
Victor G. Dodig | 2019 | Doctor of Laws |
Vivienne and Neville Poy | 2022 | Doctor of Laws |
Wes Hall | 2021 | Doctor of Laws |
William Alsop | 2010 | Doctor of Letters |
William Birchall | 2016 | Doctor of Laws |
William Davis | 2003 | Doctor of Laws |