Functions of the Degree Committee1
The Degree Committee shall have the power to act in the name of Convocation except as regards the granting and conferring of degrees in course. All their proceedings must be reported to the subsequent meeting of Convocation.
Any member of the University community may recommend candidates to the Degree Committee for degrees honoris causa. The Degree Committee shall approve the recipients of all such honorary degrees.
The Chancellor, or in the absence of the Chancellor the Vice-Chancellor, shall be the Chair of the Degree Committee.
The Secretary-General shall be the Secretary of the Degree Committee.
Composition and Membership of the Degree Committee2
The members of the Degree Committee are:
- the Chancellor, Chair of the Degree Committee3;
- the Principal and Vice-Chancellor,
- the Vice-Principal Academic;
- the Chair of Bishop’s Council;
- the Chair of the Board of Governors;
- the Academic Deans; and
- seven members of the faculty elected by the Faculty Council
Members 2025-2026
| Chancellor: | Daniel Fournier |
| Principal and Vice-Chancellor: | Sébastien Lebel-Grenier |
| Vice-Principal Academic & Research: | Kerry Hull |
| Chair of the Bishop’s Council: | |
| Chair of the Board of Governors: | Murielle Lortie |
| Dean of the Faculty of Humanities: | Jean Manore |
| Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences: | Matthew Peros |
| Dean of the Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics: | Valerio Faraoni |
| Dean of the School of Education: | Julie Desjardins |
| Dean of the Williams School of Business: | Margaret Shepherd |
| Seven members of faculty named by Faculty Council: | James Benson Lorne Nelson James Crook Tavis Smith Arshad Taseen Maxime Trempe Rafael Tadesqui |
| Secretary to the Committee: | Geneviève Gagné |
1 As set out in s. 6.6 of the Statutes
2 As set out in s. 6.5 of Division I of the Statutes
3 As set out in s. 6.6.3 of Division I of the Statutes