Brock University is seeking nominations for exemplary individuals who deserve an honorary degree.

Members of the Brock community or general public can nominate someone they feel has made a meaningful local or global impact, excelled in their field or created remarkable change.

Honorary degree nomination forms and guidelines are available on the University Secretariat website. Nominations can be submitted to the Governance Committee of Senate throughout the year but must be received by Monday, Oct. 27 to be considered for Spring Convocation in June.

Honorary degrees are awarded based on merit in either:

• significant high quality scholarly and/or creative work; or
• excellence in achievements deserving recognition, including meritorious public or humanitarian contributions to the University, the region, Ontario, Canada or internationally, and outstanding achievement and/or service in any area of interest to the University.

Current employees, members of the Brock Board of Trustees and active Canadian politicians will not be considered for honorary degrees. Past employees and members of the Board may be considered if it has been at least three years since they vacated their position.

The Senate Governance Committee reviews all nominations in confidence and forwards its recommendations to Senate for consideration. To protect confidentiality, Senate does not report on its deliberations. Those approved at Senate are added to the University’s list of proposed honorary degree recipients for all Convocations at which an honorary degree is to be awarded. The President will select recipients from the list.

Visit the honorary degrees web page or contact the Office of the University Secretariat at [email protected] for more information.