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<h2>2021 Congregation Honorary Degree Recipients</h2> <p><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p> <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/05/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Assanad-472x350-1.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Shashi Assanand, O.B.C.</h3> <p>Shashi Assanand has been a visionary pioneer in antiviolence and immigrant settlement and support throughout the Lower Mainland for more than 30 years. She is best known for her work as the founder and executive director of the Vancouver and Lower Mainland Multicultural Family Support Service Society, which since 1991 has provided counselling and support to over 43,000 immigrant and refugee women and children experiencing family violence.</p> <p><em>Doctor of Laws</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#assanand">See Shashi Assanand’s Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/UCzBYY1e5cs">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> <p> </div></div></p> <hr /> <p><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p> <img decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/06/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Cotler2-472x350-1.jpg" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Irwin Cotler, P.C., O.C.</h3> <p>One of Canada’s foremost scholars and practitioners of constitutional and comparative law, Irwin Cotler has written upon and intervened in landmark Charter of Rights cases in the areas of free speech, freedom of religion, minority rights, peace law and war crimes justice. A former Member of Parliament and Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, he is the Chair of the Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human Rights and an Emeritus Professor of Law at McGill University. Professor Cotler has been referred to as “Counsel for the Oppressed” and “Freedom’s Counsel” and represents the leading political prisoners in the world today.</p> <p><em>Doctor of Laws</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#cotler">See Irwin Cotler’s Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/wBAh6RhY6_g">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> <p> </div></div></p> <hr /> <p><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/05/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Davies-472x350-1.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Dame Sally Davies</h3> <p>Dame Sally Davies is an eminently respected British medical scientist, Master of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge and former Chief Medical Officer for England. She joined the United Kingdom Civil Service in 2004 as Director-General of Research and Development at the Department of Health. In this role, she was instrumental in creating the National Institute for Health Research, now the largest national clinical research funder in Europe.</p> <p><em>Doctor of Science</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#davies">See Dame Sally Davies’ Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/QLF7WL5VI1s">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> <p> </div></div></p> <hr /> <p><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/05/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Dzau-472x350-1.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Dr. Victor J. Dzau</h3> <p>Dr. Victor J. Dzau is one of the world’s pre-eminent leaders in health research and policy and a trailblazer in translational research. A graduate of McGill University, he has served since 2014 as the US President of the National Academy of Medicine, and Vice Chair of the US National Research Council. An internationally acclaimed scholar in the field of cardiovascular medicine and genetics, he helped create the science underlying the class of drugs known as ACE inhibitors, used globally to treat hypertension and heart failure. He is a pioneer in cardiovascular gene therapy. Dr Dzau is also world renowned for his leadership in global health and in developing major national and international collaborative health policy initiatives.</p> <p><em>Doctor of Science</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#dzau">See Dr. Victor J. Dzau’s Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/LJ7w7ispHOA">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> </div></div></p> <hr /> <p><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/05/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Edugyan-472x350-1.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Esi Edugyan</h3> <p>The daughter of Ghanaian immigrants to Canada, Esi Edugyan is renowned for crafting thoughtful and sweeping historical novels that deal with the legacies of race and displacement, powerfully explore the impact of history on the present, and illuminate complicated truths about race and belonging. Described by The Globe and Mail as “the most ambitious novelist in Canada,” her books have garnered numerous awards, and she is one of only three authors, along with Alice Munro and M.G. Vassanji, to have twice won the Scotiabank Giller Prize.</p> <p><em>Doctor of Letters</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#edugyan">See Esi Edugyan’s Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/2jGTfcatzWQ">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> <p> </div></div></p> <hr /> <div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/05/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Henry-472x350-1.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Dr. Bonnie Henry</h3> <p>Dr. Bonnie Henry is the Provincial Health Officer and a former physician epidemiologist for the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. The calm, assured face of the COVID-19 pandemic response in BC, she has led the government initiative from a rational, scientific perspective, garnering accolades from across Canada and internationally. Her specialized work in public health and preventive medicine also includes critical international initiatives such as the WHO/UNICEF polio eradication program in Pakistan and the World Health Organization’s response to the Ebola outbreak in Uganda. She is the author of two books “Soap and Water and Common Sense” and “Be Kind, Be Calm, Be Safe: Four Weeks That Shaped The Pandemic.”</p> <p><em>Doctor of Science</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#henry">See Dr. Bonnie Henry’s Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/g67w2jQfup8">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> <p> </div></div></p> <hr /> <p><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/05/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Honjo-472x350-1.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Dr. Tasuku Honjo</h3> <p>A Nobel laureate and renowned Japanese physician-scientist, Tasuku Honjo is a Distinguished Professor and Deputy Director-General of the Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study. He is best known for his work in discovering a critical pathway in the immune response to cancer cells, for which he and American immunologist James P. Allison were jointly awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine. Their discovery has opened the way for the development of novel treatments against certain cancers, particularly melanoma.</p> <p><em>Doctor of Science</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#honjo">See Dr. Tasuku Honjo’s Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/5cSply4Sm7k">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> <p> </div></div></p> <hr /> <p><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/05/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Lipstadt-472x350-1.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Dr. Deborah Lipstadt</h3> <p>Deborah Lipstadt is a Professor of Modern Jewish History and Holocaust Studies at Emory University and one of the world’s most eminently regarded Holocaust historians. She is the author of many books in Holocaust Studies, including Beyond Belief: the American Press and the Coming of the Holocaust 1933-1945; History on Trial: My Day in Court with a Holocaust Denier; The Eichmann Trial, and Antisemitism: Here and Now. She achieved international celebrity status when the British writer and Holocaust denier David Irving sued her for libel. Her court case and sweeping victory were depicted in the 2016 film Denial, which starred Academy Award winner Rachel Weisz as Deborah Lipstadt.</p> <p><em>Doctor of Laws</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#lipstadt">See Dr. Deborah Lipstadt’s Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/vMHjhz1h1qg">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> <p> </div></div></p> <hr /> <p><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/05/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Merkel-472x350-1.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Garry Merkel</h3> <p>A member of the Tahltan Nation, Garry Merkel has had a long-term interest in the culturally relevant education of Indigenous peoples. A Registered Professional Forester, a small sampling of his numerous activities include chairing the Aboriginal Forestry Education and Training Review that fostered a national post-secondary approach to improving Indigenous resource management education in Canada. He also worked with the UBC First Nations House of Learning to establish an Aboriginal Forestry Initiative at UBC, and he is the co-founder and co-chair of the First Nations Council of Advisors for the UBC Faculty of Forestry.</p> <p><em>Doctor of Science</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#merkel">See Garry Merkel’s Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/RDtqSMXFnH4">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> </div></div></p> <hr /> <p><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/05/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Munroe-Blum-472x350-1.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum, O.C.</h3> <p>Heather Munroe-Blum is a distinguished university leader, a scholar in the fields of psychiatric epidemiology, public policy and governance, and an accomplished businesswoman. From 1994 to 2002 she served as Vice-President, Research and International Relations, at the University of Toronto and subsequently became the first woman to be appointed Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University, a position she held for over a decade until 2013. She has also served on the boards of numerous publicly traded companies and not-for-profit organizations and has been an influential advocate for universities as vehicles to advance social and economic growth.</p> <p><em>Doctor of Laws</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#:~:text=HEATHER%20MUNROE%2DBLUM%2C%20C.M.">See Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum’s Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/ZuadYjFCGCU">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> </div></div></p> <hr /> <p><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/05/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Price-472x350-1.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Elder Roberta Price</h3> <p>For over 30 years, Elder Roberta Price has actively shared her leadership, wisdom and teachings at UBC and throughout the Lower Mainland to assist both Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members to achieve improved outcomes in health care. A member of the Coast Salish Snuneymuxw and Cowichan Nations, she has been instrumental in helping to create shared spaces for both Indigenous and Western approaches to healing and health. Her ongoing involvement and leadership in research projects have been key to the continued work of decolonizing health care and creating cultural safety and equity for Indigenous patients.</p> <p><em>Doctor of Laws</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#price">See Elder Roberta Price’s Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/dutCX_9HrMg">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> </div></div></p> <hr /> <p><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span3"><p> <img loading="lazy" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full" src="https://graduation.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2021/05/UBC_HDR_2021_wRobes-Thiele-472x350-1.jpg" alt="" width="472" height="350" /></p> </div><div class="span9"></p> <h3>Paul Thiele</h3> <p>At a time when there were few resources to assist visually impaired students at UBC, Paul Thiele overcame his own visual impairment to study comparative literature and complete his Bachelor of Arts degree. He subsequently became the co-founder, architect and head of UBC’s Crane Library, an invaluable resource centre for visually impaired students for over 50 years. After retirement he continued to serve numerous organizations, including as a member of the Board of the CNIB, while his knowledge regarding visual impairment issues has helped to shape legislation and inform library management throughout Canada.</p> <p><em>Doctor of Laws</em>, honoris causa<em> was presented on May 31, 2021 at 12:00 pm.</em></p> <p><a href="https://www.library.ubc.ca/archives/hdcites/hdcites16.html#thiele">See Paul Thiele’s Citation</a></p> <p><a href="https://youtu.be/JsXEVihvBFs">View Honorary Degree Video</a></p> </div></div></p> <p> </p> <hr /> <h2>UBC Okanagan Convocation Honorary Degree Recipients</h2> <p>For a list of this year’s recipients, click <a href="https://graduation.ok.ubc.ca/event/honorary-degrees/2021-honorary-degree-recipients/">here</a>.</p> </div> </div> <div id="utility-after-content" class="sidebar utility "> </div> </div> </div> </div>  <footer id="ubc7-footer" class="expand" role="contentinfo"> <div class="row-fluid expand" id="ubc7-unit-footer"> <div class="span10" id="ubc7-unit-address"> <div id="ubc7-address-unit-name">Ceremonies and Events</div> <div id="ubc7-address-campus">Vancouver Campus</div> <div id="ubc7-address-street">2029 West Mall</div> <div id="ubc7-address-location"> <span id="ubc7-address-city">Vancouver</span>, <span id="ubc7-address-province">BC</span> <span id="ubc7-address-country">Canada</span> <span id="ubc7-address-postal">V6T 1Z2</span> </div> <div id="ubc7-address-fax">Fax 604 822 9060</div> <div id="ubc7-address-email">Email <a href="mailto:ceremonies.graduation@ubc.ca">ceremonies.graduation@ubc.ca</a></div> </div> <div class="span2"> <strong>Find us on</strong> <div id="ubc7-unit-social-icons"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/universityofbc/" aria-label="Facebook link"><i aria-hidden="true" class="icon-facebook-sign"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/UBC" aria-label="Twitter link"><i aria-hidden="true" class="icon-twitter-sign"></i></a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/universityofbc/" aria-label="Instagram link"><i aria-hidden="true" class="icon-instagram-sign"></i></a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid expand ubc7-back-to-top"> <div class="span2"> <a href="#" title="Back to top">Back to top <div class="ubc7-arrow up-arrow grey"></div></a> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid expand" id="ubc7-global-footer"> <div class="span5" id="ubc7-signature"><a href="https://www.ubc.ca/" title="The University of British Columbia (UBC)">The University of British Columbia</a></div> <div class="span7" id="ubc7-footer-menu"> </div> </div> <div class="row-fluid expand" id="ubc7-minimal-footer"> <div class="span12"> <ul> <li><a href="https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/emergency" title="Emergency Procedures">Emergency Procedures</a> <span class="divider">|</span></li> <li><a href="https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/terms" title="Terms of Use">Terms of Use</a> <span class="divider">|</span></li> <li><a href="https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/copyright" title="UBC Copyright">Copyright</a> <span class="divider">|</span></li> <li><a href="https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/ref/accessibility" title="Accessibility">Accessibility</a></li> </ul> </div> </div> </footer>  </div> <script type="text/javascript"> jQuery(function () { jQuery('.section-widget-tabbed .nav-tabs a, widget-inside .nav-tabs a').click(function (e) { e.preventDefault(); jQuery(this).tab('show'); }) }); </script>  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-XVKQR5E1CT"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-XVKQR5E1CT'); </script>   <script> (function(i,s,o,g,r,a,m){i['GoogleAnalyticsObject']=r;i[r]=i[r]||function(){ (i[r].q=i[r].q||[]).push(arguments)},i[r].l=1*new Date();a=s.createElement(o), m=s.getElementsByTagName(o)[0];a.async=1;a.src=g;m.parentNode.insertBefore(a,m) })(window,document,'script','https://www.google-analytics.com/analytics.js','ga'); //ga tracker2 cms website tracker ga( 'create', 'UA-1463589-2', 'auto', 'pageTracker2' ); ga('pageTracker2.send', 'pageview'); </script>  <script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdn.ubc.ca/clf/7.0.4/js/ubc-clf.min.js?ver=1" id="clf-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://graduation.ubc.ca/wp-content/plugins/page-links-to/dist/new-tab.js?ver=3.3.6" id="page-links-to-js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" id="gforms_recaptcha_recaptcha-js-extra"> /* <![CDATA[ */ var gforms_recaptcha_recaptcha_strings = {"site_key":"6LeEPNMpAAAAAAWYMAV7xnexVDCsFvIMCV8HrvMA","ajaxurl":"https:\/\/graduation.ubc.ca\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php","nonce":"a296d1acbc"}; /* ]]> */ </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/recaptcha/api.js?render=6LeEPNMpAAAAAAWYMAV7xnexVDCsFvIMCV8HrvMA&ver=1.6.0" id="gforms_recaptcha_recaptcha-js"></script>  </body> </html>