Due to the Advancement and Alumni Department by December 19, 2024

An honorary degree is the highest honour conferred by Humber Polytechnic. The Institution may wish to award honorary degrees to recognize extraordinary individuals who have achieved significant accomplishments or have made an outstanding impact or contribution to Humber Polytechnic, their profession or discipline, the community, or society in Canada or elsewhere in the world. Honorary degree recipients reflect the Institution’s values, mission and vision and they inspire and serve as role models to students, graduates, and the community.

Call for Nominations:

Members of Humber Polytechnic’s community are invited to submit nominations for consideration to honorary.degree@humber.ca using the attached Nomination for Honorary Degree form. Hard copies will not be accepted and incomplete nomination forms will be ineligible.

Deadline:

Applications received by December 19, 2024 will be adjudicated and considered for presentation during a 2025 convocation ceremony (Spring or Fall), and/or in the future depending on the number of approved potential candidates.

Eligibility Information:

Honorary Degrees recognize individuals who have distinguished themselves through their professional careers or who have made outstanding contributions to Humber Polytechnic, the community or society more broadly.

The Honorary Degree Selection Committee endeavors to ensure, through its recommendation of nominees, to reflect the diversity of Canadian society and represent the wider community, in which Humber plays an integral role. As such, it welcomes nominations that represent a diverse pool of candidates so that it may consider diversity in all of its dimensions.

Nominees may be members of the public, which may include alumni, former employees, former members of the Board of Governors, former volunteers, former public officials or others. Nominations of individuals in the following categories are not eligible and will not be considered until a minimum of one year has passed following active service:

• Active Humber employees,
• Active members of the Humber Board of Governors,
• Active politicians,
• Active Program Advisory Committee members,
• Current students

Honorary Degrees are not normally awarded in absentia and it is a requirement that an honorary degree recipient attend a Convocation ceremony for conferral of the degree.

Posthumous honorary degrees shall not normally be considered.

Confidentiality is to be maintained throughout the nomination and selection process.  Nominators must keep the nomination confidential, including with the potential nominee.

The Honorary Degree Policy can be accessed online.

If you have any questions about the nomination process or policy, please contact Krista O’Donnell, Chief Advancement Officer at krista.o’donnell@humber.ca.