{"id":105367,"date":"2025-10-17T18:20:03","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:20:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=105367"},"modified":"2025-10-17T18:22:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T22:22:13","slug":"gallery-grads-encouraged-to-reflect-on-lifelong-pursuit-of-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/10\/gallery-grads-encouraged-to-reflect-on-lifelong-pursuit-of-knowledge\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Grads encouraged to reflect on lifelong pursuit of knowledge"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe modern-day university both imparts and grows knowledge. That knowledge requires stewardship \u2014 you are now its stewards.\u201d<\/p>\n

That was Professor of Classics and Archaeology Allison Glazebrook\u2019s message for Brock\u2019s newest graduates during the afternoon ceremony of the University\u2019s 118th Convocation on Friday, Oct. 17.<\/p>\n

Glazebrook\u2019s address invited graduates to not just see themselves as recipients of knowledge from their university experience, but as future creators of knowledge equipped with the tools to listen, question and contribute meaningfully to an increasingly complex world.<\/p>\n

The Royal Society of Canada Fellow reflected on how the current cultural and societal moment is redefining knowledge, thanks to a rapidly evolving information and technological landscape, and emphasized the importance of maintaining intellectual humility even in a time of major advancements.<\/p>\n

Looking to the past, Glazebrook stressed that grappling with knowledge is not new and that learning is a lifelong pursuit.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve become skilled at evaluating and assessing knowledge, including its limits, at producing and applying knowledge, and communicating and conveying knowledge responsibly,\u201d she said. \u201cThese are the skills with which you too now stand before your own future.\u201d<\/p>\n

The importance of self-reflection was echoed by Associate Professor of Health Sciences Pauli Gardner \u2014 and put directly into use \u2014\u00a0during Friday morning\u2019s ceremony.<\/p>\n

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Associate Professor of Health Sciences Pauli Gardner addressed the Class of 2025 during Brock University’s 118th Convocation on Friday, Oct. 17.<\/p><\/div>\n

Using a participatory approach, the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Award for Teaching Excellence recipient began their convocation address with a mindfulness practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cShowing up for the present moment allows us to better connect with others. By staying open, compassionate and curious, we draw on the strength to keep moving forward, even in the face of uncertainty,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

By centering the audience to the present moment, one conscious breath at a time, Gardner aimed to allow space for a collective savouring of the momentous occasion.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the message I want to leave with you today: don\u2019t miss your life,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n

Gardner emphasized that graduates have learned how to stay curious, to connect across difference, to solve problems and to imagine new possibilities.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose are the skills of presence, and they are exactly what the world needs right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

A full collection of Convocation photos by ceremony will be available on\u00a0Brock University\u2019s official Facebook page.<\/a> View recordings of the day\u2019s Convocation ceremonies at brocku.ca\/livestream<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t