Convocation News Archive
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Treat patients with respect, revered Elder tells medical grads
May 24, 2022 —
Ojibway Elder Margaret Lavallee called on newly graduated doctors to follow the Seven Sacred Teachings – love, courage, humility, wisdom, honesty, respect and truth – as they leave the UM medical school and start their residencies.
Students
Make your Convocation a day to remember
May 24, 2022 —
Celebrating the success of this year’s graduates, and being able to do so in person for the first time in two years, is no small occasion. As we approach this year’s remaining Spring Convocation ceremonies (June 7-10, 2022 for the Fort Garry Campus; June 9, 2022 for Extended Education) here are the top 10 ways to have a great convocation experience.
Faculty of Law
Hope remains: David Milgaard’s legacy in hands of next generation
May 19, 2022 —
On Wednesday, June 8, 2022 at 9:30 a.m., David Milgaard was to have taken the stage beside his long-time friend, David Asper, Q.C., at the University of Manitoba’s Convocation ceremony. Together, they were to receive honorary Doctor of Laws degrees that had been announced in January, 2020, but due to the pandemic, could not be officially awarded. The moment would have honored their respective remarkable lifetime achievements. Instead, Asper, former Acting Dean of the Faculty of Law (2020-2021), will stand alone on the stage facing Class of 2022 Juris Doctor students, accept his own - plus his friend’s award posthumously, and pass on Milgaard’s legacy of hope for the wrongfully convicted, to the next generation of lawyers.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Newest Manitoba health-care professionals set to graduate
May 18, 2022 —
Manitoba’s newest health professionals will graduate on Thursday, May 19, 2022, at the University of Manitoba’s Bannatyne campus convocation ceremonies
Extended Education
Grads look forward to attending in-person convocation
April 26, 2022 —
“I am so excited. For me, this is a brand-new start. Previously I had bachelor and masters degrees. I didn’t need a degree program. I was looking for a certificate.” - Chunbo Liu, Applied Business Analysis grad
Students
Spring Convocation returns to in-person events for 2022
March 28, 2022 —
Convocation ceremonies will also be live-streamed on interactive platform
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Rehabilitation sciences, MPAS students ready for virtual convocation
November 9, 2021 —
Students from the College of Rehabilitation Sciences and the Master of Physician Assistant Studies (MPAS) program will graduate at the final session of the UM Fall Convocation on Nov. 10.
Desautels Faculty of Music
From science to the Desautels Faculty of Music
October 26, 2021 —
Keely was able to explore her Indigenous background while studying
Desautels Faculty of Music
From saxophonist to professional country skier
October 21, 2021 —
A career as a professional saxophonist begins begins in under a month for Connor
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
New nurses graduate in virtual ceremony
October 21, 2021 —
The College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences welcomes 110 new graduates to the nursing profession on Oct. 21 in a virtual pinning ceremony ahead of an afternoon UM virtual Fall Convocation ceremony