Students will also be invited to view their own Convocation Portal, where they will see a personalized celebration page tailored to them.<\/p>\n
While this will mark Hill\u2019s first University degree, it\u2019s not the first Brock Convocation ceremony she\u2019s been a part of. Her daughter Julie Hill (BBA \u201907) graduated from the University in 2007. Mother and daughter were also regular visitors to Brock in Julie\u2019s younger years when she was a competitive swimmer and attended meets in the Eleanor Misener Aquatic Centre.<\/p>\n
\u201cTo get this honorary doctorate from Brock is really meaningful because of the connections I have there and I know a lot of Indigenous students go there,\u201d Ava Hill said.<\/p>\n
In her keynote address, Hill plans to deliver a message of hope and inspiration to the Class of 2021.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere are so many Indigenous kids who were treated so badly in schools \u2014 both residential schools and day schools,\u201d she said. \u201cWe weren\u2019t encouraged, so that\u2019s what I want to do. I\u2019ve always felt the need to encourage young people to be whatever they want to be.<\/p>\n
\u201cNone of my teachers would have ever thought I would end up being elected the Chief of the largest-populated First Nation in Canada,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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