Honorary Degrees
Honorary Degrees are awarded by the University of Lethbridge Senate under the power conferred upon this body by the Post-Secondary Learning Act of the Province of Alberta.
Recipients of honorary degrees represent diverse backgrounds and fields including academics, arts and performance, athletes, public intellectuals, visionary leaders in public, private and non-profit sectors, contributors of long-standing and exemplary service to the University, and community builders and philanthropists.
Recipients personify the values expressed in the liberal education philosophy of the institution - they cultivate humane values and seek to foster such things as intellectual growth, social development, aesthetic sensitivity, personal ethics, and the dimensions of a scholar's personality.
Chancellor Terry Whitehead congratulates Spring 2024 Honorary Degree Recipient Dr. Tadashi Mitsui (Doctor of Letters, honoris causa)
Honorary Degree Nominations
Recipients of these honorary degrees represent diverse backgrounds and fields including academics, arts and performance, athletes, public intellectuals, visionary leaders in public, private and non-profit sectors, contributors of long-standing and exemplary service to the University, and community builders and philanthropists.
Recipients shall personify the values expressed in the liberal education philosophy of the institution - they cultivate humane values and seek to foster such things as intellectual growth, social development, aesthetic sensitivity, personal ethics, and the dimensions of a scholar's personality.
Nominations are accepted on an ongoing basis throughout the year; however, January 15th of each year is normally the annual deadline for the Senate Honorary Degree Committee to consider nominees to recommend to Senate. Please review the Awarding of Honorary Degrees Senate Guidelines for complete process and guidelines.