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University awards
six honorary degrees
Six lifetime achievers become honorary UVic graduates at this convocation.
They are Stephen Lewis, United Nations special envoy for HIV/AIDS in Africa; retired Supreme Court of Canada Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dubé; Kwaguilth artist Richard Hunt; Victoria arts activist and fundraiser Jane Heffelfinger; American health information specialist Dr. Morris Collen; and Percy Wilkinson, a Victoria centenarian with a lifelong record of public service.
For more details on the lives of these remarkable people visit: www.uvic.ca/ring/04apr08/
news/honorary.html.
Since its first convocation in 1964, UVic has awarded honorary degrees for achievement in scholarship, research, teaching, the creative arts and public service. The UVic senate makes decisions on honorary degrees based on nominations received from members of the university community.
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