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RecipientsDegree GrantedDate
Dr. John ABELEDoctor of Laws  (Developer of medical devices, philanthropist and venture investor)Spring 2015
Hon. Madame Justice Dr. Rosalie Silberman ABELLADoctor of Laws (employment equity)April 1991
Dr. Izzeldin ABUELAISHDoctor of Laws (physician, educator, activist )Fall 2015
Dr. Anni ALBERSDoctor of Laws (artist)Fall 1973
Dr. Josef ALBERSDoctor of Laws (artist)Fall 1973
Dr. Edgar Tilden ALBERTSDoctor of Laws (York founder)Spring 1981
Hon. Dr. Lincoln MacCauley ALEXANDERDoctor of Laws (former Lieutenant Governor)Fall 1990
Dr. Andrew ALLANDoctor of Letters (radio actor & writer)Spring 1972
Dr. Paul ALOFSDoctor of Laws(social sector champion)Spring 2019
Dr. Sidney ALTMANDoctor of Science (Nobel Prize Biology)Spring 1990
Dr. Doris ANDERSONDoctor of Letters (Former Governor)Fall 1997
Dr. Joan ANDREWDoctor of Laws (Ontario public servant)Spring 2023
Baron Noël Gilroy ANNANDoctor of Letters (university official)Spring 1966
Dr. Louis APPLEBAUMDoctor of Letters (composer)Spring 1979
Dr. Mortimer Herbert APPLEYDoctor of Science (psychologist)Fall 1975
Dr. C.J. S. APPSDoctor of LawsSpring 1976
Madame Justice Dr. Louise ARBOURDoctor of Laws (judge, scholar)Spring 1995
Dr. Nancy ARCHIBALDDoctor of Laws (Film and TV producer)Spring 2023
Dr. Hannah ARENDTDoctor of LawsSpring 1968
Dr. Angela M. ARMITTDoctor of LawsSpring 1975
Dr. Bromley ARMSTRONGDoctor of Laws (social justice & human rights activist)Spring 2013
Dr. Sally ARMSTRONGDoctor of Laws (author, journalist, human rights activist)Fall 2022
Dr. H. Anthony ARRELLDoctor of Laws (business leader)Fall 2008
Hon. Dr. John Douglas ARNUPDoctor of Laws (retired judge)Spring 1969
Dr. Harry W. ARTHURSDoctor of LawsSpring 2008
Dr. Joseph ARVAYDoctor of Laws (Lawyer, advocate for civil and human rights)Spring 2016
Professor Nesta Mary ASHWORTHDoctor of Laws (scholar and teacher)Spring 2001
Dr. Beth ATCHESONDoctor of Laws (lawyer, feminist activist,dedicated volunteer for human rights and philanthropic causes. )Fall 2011
Dr. Phoebe ASIYODoctor of Laws (Kenyan parliamentarian, activist, goodwill ambassador)Spring 2003
Dr. Arnold AUGUSTEDoctor of Laws (journalist, publisher)Spring 2024
Dr. Jean AUGUSTINEDoctor of Laws (1st African-Canadian woman to be elected to the House of Commons)Spring 2011
Dr. Frank Joseph AUGUSTYNDoctor of Letters (dancer)Spring 1979
Dr. Margaret AVISONDoctor of Literature (poet)Fall 1985
Dr. Lloyd AXWORTHYDoctor of Laws (University executive, politician , statesman, human rights champion)Spring 2015
Dr. Yvonne Tempe AZIZDoctor of Laws (university administrator)Spring 1985
 
Dr. Salah BACHIRDoctor of Laws (publishing)Spring 2015
Dr. Constance BACKHOUSEDoctor of LawsSpring 2022
Dr. Peggy BAKERDoctor of Letters (Dancer, choreographer, teacher)Spring 2013
Lord Thomas BALOGH OF HAMPSTEADDoctor of Laws (economist)Fall 1981
Dr. John BANKESDoctor of Laws (philanthropist, volunteer, business consultant, investment banker )Spring 2014
Dr. Aharon BARAKDoctor of Laws (President, Supreme Court of Israel)Spring 2000
Dr. Ernesto BARBINIDoctor of Letters (music)Spring 1980
Dr. Matthew W. BARRETTDoctor of Laws (banking)Spring 1993
Dr. Maude BARLOWDoctor of Laws (environmental and human rights author and activist )Spring 2014
Dr. Andy BARRIEDoctor of LawsSpring 2010
Dame Ruth Nita BARROWDoctor of Laws (former Governor-General of Barbados)Spring 1990
Hon. Dr. James BARTLEMANDoctor of Laws (former Lieutenant Governorl of Ontario)Fall 2003
Dr. Dominic Stephen BARTONDoctor of Laws (business leader)Spring 2012
Dr. Sheela BASRURDoctor of Laws (Chief Medical Officer of Health)Fall 2007
Dr. Isabel BASSETTDoctor of Laws (former MPP and Minister of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation; journalist)Fall 2001
Dr. Nnimmo BASSEYDoctor of Laws (architect, poet and environmental activist)Fall 2023
Dr. Sonja Ingrid BATADoctor of Laws (business)Spring 1992
Dr. Thomas J. BATADoctor of Laws (business)Spring 1998
Sir David Robert BATESDoctor of Science (physics)Spring 1983
Dr. Philippe de Gaspé BEAUBIENDoctor of Laws (broadcasting & publishing exec.)Spring 1979
Dr. Laurent BEAUDOINDoctor of Laws (business)Spring 1992
Dr. Norma Marian BEECROFTDoctorate of Letters (composer)Spring 1996
Dr. Paul BEESTONDoctorate of LawsFall 2016
Hon. Dr. Just. Jean-Marie Philémon Joseph BEETZDoctor of Laws (retired judge)Spring 1983
Dr. Monique BÉGINDoctor of Letters (former Minister of Health; university dean)Spring 1995
Dr. Robert Gordon BELLDoctor of Laws (physician)Fall 1986
Dr. Gregory BELTONDoctor of Laws (business man, philanthropist)Spring 2019
Dr. George J. BENJAMINDoctor of Laws (photography)Spring 1980
Dr. Avie BENNETTDoctors of Letters (Chancellor Emeritus and philanthropist)Spring 2004
Dr. Roy Frederick BENNETTDoctor of Laws (business)Fall 1989
Dr. Jacques BENSIMONDoctor of LettersSpring 1998
Hon. J. Thomas Rodney BERGERDoctor of Laws (judge)Spring 1977
Dr. Douglas G. BERGERONDoctor of Laws (business leader in the technology field)Spring 2013
Dr. Hakan BERGGRENDoctor of Letters (academic links with Sweden)Spring 1994
Dr. Pierre BERTONDoctor of Letters (author)Spring 1974
Air Commodore Leonard J. BIRCHALLDoctor of Laws (Saviour of Ceylon; university administrator)Spring 1982
Hon. Florence Bayard BIRDDoctor of Laws (senator, journalist, broadcaster & author)Fall 1971
Dr. Claude Thomas BISSELLDoctor of Laws (Former University of Toronto President)Spring 1967
Dr. Neil BISSOONDATHDoctor of Letters (novelist, essayist & short story writer; York alumnus)Spring 1999
Dr. Barbara Aronstein BLACKDoctor of Laws (legal history)Spring 1990
Dr. Naomi BLACKDoctor of LawsSpring 2010
Dr. Cindy BLACKSTOCKDoctor of Laws (academic, child advocate)Spring 2017
Dr. C. Reginald BLACKSTOCKDoctor of LawsSpring 1974
Dr. Richard BLACKWELLDoctor of LawsFall 1971
Dr. Vincent Wheeler BLADENDoctor of LawsSpring 1975
Dr. Marie-Claire BLAISDoctor of Letters (author)Spring 1975
Hon. Allan Emrys BLAKENEYDoctor of Laws (former Premier of Saskatchewan)Spring 1991
Prof. Ronald Langley BLOOREDoctor of Letters (artist)Fall 1993
Dr. Jean Sutherland BOGGSDoctor of Letters (museum leader)Fall 1976
Dr. Roberta Lynn BONDARDoctor of Science (astronaut, scientist, physician)Fall 1992
Dr. A. Alan BOROVOYDoctor of Laws (civil liberties advocate)Fall 1988
Dr. John BORROWSDoctor of Laws (scholar in Indigenous Legal Traditions and Aboriginal Rights)Spring 2018
Lord Bertram Vivian BOWDENDoctor of Science (physicist)Spring 1979
Hon. Marion BOYDDoctor of Laws (Social justice advocate and political pioneer)Spring 2017
Dr. William J.S. BOYLEDoctor of Laws (innovation leader and champion of arts and culture)Spring 2012
Dr. Dionne BRANDDoctor of Letters (poet, novelist, essayist and public intellectual)Fall 2019
Dr. Rudy BRATTYDoctor of LawsFall 2017
Baron Asa BRIGGSDoctor of Laws (British historian)Spring 1968
Dr. Donald BRITTAINDoctor of Letters (Canadian documentary films)Spring 1987
Hon. John Edward BROADBENTDoctor of Laws (Parliamentarian)Fall 1991
Dr. David BROADFOOTDoctor of Letters (Actor, comedian, comic writer)Fall 2008
Dr. Tim BRODHEADDoctor of Laws (Community builder & non-profit champion)Spring 2018
Dr. Rosemary BROWNDoctor of Laws (human rights activist)Spring 1989
Dr. Dave BRUBECKDoctors of Letters (jazz pianist)Spring 2004
Dr. Thomas BRZUSTOWSKIDoctor of ScienceFall 2005
Dr. Ralph Johnson BUNCHEDoctor of Laws (U.N. Under Secretary-General)Spring 1970
Dr. Jean Robertson BURNETDoctor of Letters (minorities educator)Spring 1985
Dr. George Allan BURTONDoctor of Laws (former Governor)Spring 1973
Dr. David BUTLER-JONESDoctor of Laws (Public Health Leader)Spring 2007
 
Dr. June CALLWOODDoctor of Laws (writer and activist)Spring 1988
Dr. Maria CAMPBELLDoctor of Letters (women's & native rights advocate)Spring 1992
Dr. Peter CAMPBELLDoctor of Letters (diplomat, public broadcaster)Spring 1999
Dr. Steven CAMPBELLDoctor of Laws (entrepreneur and environmentalist)Fall 2019
Dr. Paul CANTORDoctor of Laws (Past Chair, York Board of Governors, business leader)Fall 2012
Dr. Herbert CARNEGIEDoctor of Laws (Community leader)Spring 2006
Sir Anthony Alfred CARODoctor of Letters (sculptor)Spring 1976
Dr Joseph CARONDoctor of Laws (former ambassador to China & Japan, former high commissioner to India)Fall 2011
M. Roch CARRIERDoctor of Letters (Canadian literature)Spring 1993
Dr. Terri Lyne CARRINGTONDoctor of LettersSpring 2022
Dr. Robert CARSENDoctor of Laws (opera director)Spring 2005
Dr. Walter CARSENDoctor of Laws (arts philanthropist)Spring 2005
Dr. John Jarvis CARSONDoctor of Laws (educator)Fall 1972
Dr. Allan CARWWELLDoctor of Laws (scientist, innovator, eductor)Fall 2014
Hon. John Robert CARTWRIGHTDoctor of LawsSpring 1969
Dr. Rubin CARTERDoctor of LawsFall 2005
Dr. Thérèse CASGRAINDoctor of LawsSpring 1977
Dr. Claude CASTONGUAYDoctor of Laws (public servant, corporate leader, politician)Spring 2000
Dr. Maria Livanos CATTAUIDoctor of Laws (Distinguished international corporate leader)Fall 2006
Dr. Ruth Grace CAWKERDoctor of Letters (architect)Spring 1996
Dr. Floyd Sherman CHALMERSBachelor of Fine Arts (Hon) (publisher; past Chancellor)Fall 1973
Dr. Joan CHALMERSDoctor of Letters (philanthropist, arts and culture)Spring 2000
Dr. Mary Ann CHAMBERSDoctor of Laws(former MPP, philanthropist )Spring 2013
Dr. Alfred D. CHANDLER, Jr.Doctor of Laws (development of business theory)Spring 1988
Dr. Shan CHANDRASEKARDoctor of LawsSpring 2010
Dr. Denise CHONGDoctor of Laws (Writer, journalist)Fall 2007
Hon. Dr. Jean CHRÉTIENDoctor of Laws (political leader, Prime Minister of Canada)Spring 1986
Dr. W. Edmund CLARKDoctor of Laws (philanthropist, business leader)Fall 2013
Rt. Hon. Joe CLARKDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Alan Martin CLARKEDoctor of Laws (educator)Spring 1992
Dr. Austin CLARKEDoctor of LettersSpring 2010
Dr. Larry Denman CLARKEDoctor of Laws (Canadian space industry)Spring 1985
Her Excellency the Rt. Hon. Dr. Adrienne CLARKSONDoctor of Laws (Governor-General of Canada)Spring 2003
Dr. Michael "Pinball" CLEMONSDoctor of Laws (athlete, community service)Fall 2000
Professor Robert CLUETTDoctor of Letters (English Professor, founder of Canadian Merit Scholarship Fund)Spring 1996
Dr. Bruce COCKBURNDoctor of Letters (singer, songwriter & environmentalist)Spring 1989
Dr. Jack COCKWELLDoctor of Laws (business leader)Spring 2001
Dr. Marshall A. (Mickey) COHENDoctor of LawsSpring 1986
Dr. Maxwell COHENDoctor of Laws (judge)Spring 1969
Major James Wm. COLDWELLDoctor of LawsSpring 1972
Dr. David COLLENETTEDoctor of Laws (politician)Spring 2015
Dr. John Robert COLOMBODoctor of LettersSpring 1998
Dr. Rita COLWELLDoctor of Laws (scientist)Spring 2014
Dr. Hèléne COMAYDoctor of Laws (educator)Spring 2015
Dr. Martin Philip CONNELLDoctor of Laws (philanthropist)Fall 1992
Dr. John James CONWAYDoctor of Laws (First Master of Founders College)Fall 1977
Dr. Jill Kathryn Ker CONWAYDoctor of Laws (University President)Fall 1977
Dr. Ramsay COOKDoctor of Letters (scholar, historian)Fall 2000
Dr. Gail COOK-BENNETTDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Anne C. COOLSDoctor of Laws (former Canadian Senator, social justice advocate)Spring 2019
Dr. Mary CORNISHDoctor of Laws (scholar, lawyer, advocate)Fall 2015
Dr. James Alexander CORRYDoctor of LawsSpring 1980
Dr. Peter deCarteret CORYDoctor of LawsOctober 1997
Dr. Gerald P. COSGRAVEDoctor of Laws (career counseling)Spring 1973
Dr. Francesco COSSIGADoctor of Laws (President of Italy)June 1986
Professor Irwin COTLERDoctor of Laws (human rights advocate)Fall 1987
Dr. John COULTERDoctor of Letters (Canadian playwright)Spring 1978
Dr. Joseph Robert COULTERDoctor of Letters (athlete & teacher)Spring 1972
Dr. Donald COUSENSDoctor of Laws (Former Mayor of Markham)Spring 2007
Dr. Louise Bennett-COVERLEYDoctor of LettersSpring 1998
Dr. Rita COXDoctor of Letters (public librarian, storyteller & writer)Spring 1993
Dr. Harold Scott MacDonald COXETERDoctor of Science (mathematician)Spring 1994
Dr. Kimberlé CRENSHAWDoctor of Laws (scholar, civil rights activist)Spring 2019
Prof. Paul-André CRÊPEAUDoctor of Laws (civil law)Spring 1984
Dr. Cathy CROWEDoctor of LawsSpring 2010
Dr. Paul Josef CRUTZENDoctor of Science (atmospheric chemistry)Spring 1986
Dr. David Michael CULVERDoctor of Laws (international business)Spring 1989
Dr. Alvin CURLINGDoctor of Laws (Former Provincial cabinet minister and Ambassador)Fall 2009
Dr. Balfour Watson CURRIEDoctor of Science (space research)Spring 1977
Air Marshall Wilfred A. CURTISDoctor of Laws (York founder)Fall 1968
 
Dr. Victor Phillip DAHDALEHDoctor of Laws (Business leader, philanthropist)Spring 2016
Sir Ralf Gustav DAHRENDORFDoctor of Laws (university administrator, sociologist & politician)Fall 1979
Dr. Dominic D'ALESSANDRO Doctor of Laws (corporate and community leader)Spring 2006
Dr. Alexander DALGARNODoctor of Science (physicist, astronomer)Spring 2000
Lieutenant-General Dr. Roméo DALLAIRE (Ret.)Doctor of Laws (soldier; humanitarian)Spring 2002
Dr.Leslie DANDoctor of LawsFall 2010
Dr. Michael DANDoctor of Laws (entrepreneur, philanthropist)Spring 2017
Barnett J. DANSONDoctor of Laws (statesman and human rights advocate)Spring 2006
Dr. Kenneth George DAVEYDoctor of Science (scientist, scholar, academic leader)Fall 2015
Dr. True DAVIDSONDoctor of Laws (Mayor of East York)Spring 1978
Dr. Frank T. DAVIESDoctor of Science (space research)Spring 1977
Dr. Robertson DAVIESDoctor of Letters (editor, playwright, novelist & scholar)Spring 1973
Dr. Andrew DAVISDoctor of Letters (musician, conductor & composer)Spring 1984
Dr. Wade DAVISDoctor of Laws (anthropologist, ethnobotanist )Spring 2014
Hon. William Grenville DAVISDoctor of Laws (Former Premier of Ontario)Spring 1989
Dr. Stanley Harold DEEKSDoctor of Laws (York founder)Spring 1981
Dr. David DENISONDoctor of Laws (Businessman, community leader)Spring 2016
Dr. Lloyd Arthur DENNISDoctor of Letters (educational policy)Spring 1990
Dr. Dora DE PÊDERY-HUNTDoctor of Letters (sculptor - medals)Fall 1983
Dr. Herbet DE SOUZADoctor of LawsFall 1996
Dr. Horatio Henry Lovat DICKSONDoctor of Letters (author & publisher)Spring 1981
Rt. Hon. Robert George Brian DICKSONDoctor of Laws (Chief Justice of Canada)Spring 1985
Dr. Ricardo DÍEZ-HOCHLEITNERDoctor of Letters (research & education)Spring 1993
Dr. William DIMMADoctor of Laws (Former Dean of Business & Former Chair of York University's Board of Governors)Fall 1998
Professor Rene DIONNEDoctor of Letters (professor)Spring 1995
Dr. Cory DOCTOROWDoctor of Laws (science fiction author, activist and journalist)Spring 2023
Dr. Jennifer DOUDNADoctor of Science (biochemist and leading genomics researcher)Spring 2019
Hon. Thomas Clement DOUGLASDoctor of Laws (Former Premier of Saskatchewan & Parliamentarian)Spring 1974
Dr. Elizabeth DOWDESWELLDoctor of Laws (public service in environmental management)Spring 1999
Dr. Vincent Roy D'OYLEYDoctor of Letters (educational administrator)Spring 1994
Dr. Garth DRABINSKYDoctor of Letters (entrepreneur, author)Spring 1995
Dr. Victereene DRAPERDoctor of Laws (university administrator)Spring 1991
Dr. Ken DRYDENDoctor of LawsSpring 1996
Dr. Maurice Samuel Roger Charles DRUONDoctor of Letters (Francophone Cultural Co-operation & author)Spring 1987
Hon. Charles Leonard DUBINDoctor of Laws (former Chief Justice of Ontario)Fall 1990
Dr. Louis DUDEKDoctor of Letters (poet, literary critic & editor)Spring 1983
Dr. Dorothy DUNNDoctor of Laws (education)Fall 1980
The Hon. Dr. Justice René DUSSAULTDoctor of Laws (scholar, public servant & judge)Spring 1992
Dr. Peter M. DWYERDoctor of Letters (artist)Fall 1972
 
Dr. Mary Two-Axe EARLEYDoctor of Laws (Aboriginal women's rights)Spring 1981
Dr. Cyrus EATONDoctor of LawsSpring 1975
Dr. Signy H. EATONDoctor of LettersSpring 1971
Dr. Marlys EDWARDHDoctor of LettersSpring 2010
Dr. John Llewelyn Jones EDWARDSDoctor of Laws (retired law professor)Spring 1982
Dr. Mariano Anthony ELIADoctor of Laws (benefactor of postsecondary education)Spring 1985
Rev. James G. ENDICOTTDoctor of LawsSpring 1983
Dr. Michael ENRIGHTDoctor of Laws (broadcaster)Spring 2012
Dr. Georges Henry ERASMUSDoctor of Laws (aboriginal leader)Fall 1992
Dr. Manfred ERHARDTDoctor of Laws (former Minister of Higher Education for Berlin)Fall 1999
Dr. John Robert EVANSDoctor of Laws (Former President,University of Toronto)Spring 1977
Dr. William MacDonald (Mac) EVANSDoctor of Laws (Former President Canadian Space Agency,public servant)Spring 2017
 
Professor Barker FAIRLEYDoctor of LettersSpring 1975
Dr. Robert Gordon Lee FAIRWEATHERDoctor of Laws (politician & human rights)Spring 1993
Professor Jean-Charles FALARDEAUDoctor of Laws (sociologist)Spring 1978
Dr. Richard FALKDoctor of Laws (legal scholar)Spring 2004
Sir Brian FALLDoctor of Laws (diplomat)Fall 2002
Dr. Li-Zhi FANGDoctor of Science (scientist & Chinese democracy advocate)Spring 1993
Dr. William Douglas FARRDoctor of Laws (university administrator)Spring 1994
Dr. Sandra FAIRE and Ivan FECANDoctor of Laws (Joint)Spring 2008
Dr. Saul FELDBERGDoctor of Laws (entrepreneur & philanthropist)Spring 2004
Dr. Niv FICHMANDoctor of Letters (Film & Television)Spring 1998
Dr. Debbie FIELDDoctor of Laws(Food advocate, social activist, educator)Spring 2016
Dr. Robert Duer Claydon FINCHDoctor of Letters (poet)Spring 1976
Dr. Timothy FINDLEYDoctor of Letters (fiction writer)Fall 1989
Dr. Jacob FINKELMAN, Q.C.Doctor of LawsSpring 1977
Dr. Bernie FINKELSTEIN, O.C.Doctor of Letters (music)Fall 2012
Dr. William FISCHDoctor of Laws (lawyer, public servant)Spring 2017
Dr. Murray M. FISHERDoctor of LawsSpring 2008
Professor John Gunther FLEMINGDoctor of Laws (law - torts)Spring 1985
Dr. Maureen FORRESTERDoctor of LettersSpring 1972
Hon. Eugene Alfred FORSEYDoctor of Laws (Senator & Constitutional Expert)Fall 1972
Dr. Julia FOSTERDoctor of Laws (Businesswoman, volunteer, arts advocate)Fall 2015
Dr. Edith Margaret Fulton FOWKEDoctor of Letters (folklore & York faculty)Spring 1982
Dr. Celia FRANCADoctor of Laws (dancer & choreographer)Spring 1976
The Honorable Mayann E. FRANCISDoctor of Laws (rights advocate, Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia)Spring 2014
Dr. Ursula Martius FRANKLINDoctor of Science (geologist)Spring 1985
Dr. Margot FRANSSENDoctor of Laws (entrepreneur and advocate for women and girls)Fall 2019
Dr. Graham FRASERDoctor of Laws (journalist and public officer)Spring 2014
Dr. John FRASERDoctor of Laws (journalist and public intellectual)Winter 2007
Dr. Sheila FRASERDoctor of LawsFall 2010
Dr. Rowland Cardwell FRAZEEDoctor of Laws (banker)Spring 1984
Hon. Samuel FREEDMANDoctor of Laws (retired judge)Spring 1971
Dr. Vaira VIKE-FREIBERGADoctor of LawsSpring 2008
Dr. Julio FRENKDoctor of Laws (disguished scholar)Spring 2015
Dr. Hans FREUDENTHALDoctor of Science (math research)Fall 1974
Dr. Martin FRIEDLANDDoctor of Laws (legal scholar, university administrator)Spring 2003
Dr. John FRIEDMANNDoctor of Laws (Planning theorist, scholar)Spring 2016
Dr. Monique Y. FRIZEDoctor of Science (educational opportunities for women)Spring 1994
Dr. Herman Northrop FRYEDoctor of Letters (author & professor)Spring 1969
Dr. Janice FUKAKUSADoctor of LawsFall 2016
Dr. Robert Marshall Blount FULFORDDoctor of Letters (journalist)Spring 1987
Dr. Ethel Margaret FULTONDoctor of Letters (women's studies)Spring 1986
 
Dr. Tony GAGLIANODoctor of Laws (Canadian-Italian entrepreneur&philanthropist)Spring 2018
Dr. John Kenneth GALBRAITHDoctor of Laws (economist, diplomat & writer)Spring 1976
Hon. George Alexander GALEDoctor of Laws (former Chief Justice of Ontario)Spring 1969
Dr. Mavis GALLANTDoctor of Letters (author)Spring 1984
Dr. Matt GALLOWAYDoctor of Laws (radio personality)Spring 2017
Dr. Frederick G. GARDINERDoctor of LawsSpring 1969
Dr. George Ryerson GARDINERDoctor of Laws (Former Governor)Fall 1982
Dr. Marc GARNEAUDoctor of Science (astronaut)Spring 2002
Dr. William Reginald Stephen GARTONDoctor of Science (physics & spectroscopy)Spring 1972
Dr. George E. GATHERCOLEDoctor of LawsSpring 1966
Dr. Michèle GENDREAU-MASSALOUXDoctor of Laws (scholar, university administrator, public servant)Spring 2005
Dr. Bertrand GERSTEINDoctor of Laws (Former Chair of York University's Board of Governors)Fall 1980
Dr. Reva GERSTEINDoctor of Laws (psychologist, community & university service)Spring 1993
Dr. Valerie GIBBONSDoctor of Laws (former Ontario Deputy Minister, promoted child and family equity)Spring 2000
Dr. Robert C. GIBSONDoctor of Letters (benefactor - library collection)Spring 1995
Dr. James GILLIESDoctor of Laws (pioneering educator, scholar, politician)Winter 2006
Dr. Bernard Arthur GINGRASDoctor of Science (scientific research)Spring 1979
Dr. Edouard GLISSANTDoctor of Letters (novelist, poet & playwright)Spring 1989
Dr. Reginald GODDENDoctor of Letters (pianist)Spring 1985
Dr. Serge GODINDoctor of Laws (pioneer in information technology; philanthropist )Spring 2013
Dr. Anne GOLDENDoctor of Laws (community leader)Spring 2000
Hon. H. Carl GOLDENBERGDoctor of Laws (Canadian public affairs)Spring 1982
Dr. Joan GOLDFARBDoctor of Laws (volunteer, philanthropist)Spring 2003
Dr. Martin GOLDFARBDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Nicholas GOLDSCHMIDTDoctor of Laws (Canadian conductor, teacher and music festival organizer)Spring 1999
Dr. Jane GOODALLDoctor of Science (primatologist and anthropologist) Spring 2024
Dr. John Peter George GORDONDoctor of LawsSpring 1980
Hon. Walter L. GORDONDoctor of Laws (Former Chancellor & Minister of Finance)Spring 1978
Dr. Diane GOUDIE and Dr. Eleanor MOORE, LLDDoctor of Laws (Innovative Educators)Spring 2007
Dr. L.B.C. GOWERDoctor of LawsSpring 1969
Hon. Samuel George McDougall GRANGEDoctor of Laws (Judge)Spring 1990
Dr. Charlotte GRAYDoctor of Laws (author & political columnist)Fall 2007
Dr. John Morgan GRAYDoctor of Laws (publisher & writer)Spring 1976
Dr. Moya GREENDoctor of Laws (business & public sector leader)Fall 2018
Dr. Stanley I. GREENSPANDoctor of Laws (medical clinician, scholar and activist in psychoanalysis)Spring 2006
Dr. Germaine GREERDoctor of Letters (distinguished author and lecturer in feminist theory)Fall 1999
Professor John A.G. GRIFFITHDoctor of LawsSpring 1982
Dr. Paul GROSSDoctor of Laws (eminent Cdn actor, writer, producer)Spring 2019/td>
Very Rev. Father Roger GUINDONDoctor of Laws (Former Rector, University of Ottawa)Spring 1983
Dr. Ralph Barker GUSTAFSONDoctor of Letters (poet)Spring 1991
Professor Bernard Victor GUTSELLDoctor of Laws (cartographer)Spring 1988
Dr. Peter GZOWSKIDoctor of Letters (broadcaster)Spring 1991
 
Dr. Arthur Robinson HACKETTDoctor of Laws (York founder)Spring 1981
Professor Peter HAGGETTDoctor of Science (geographer)Spring 1983
Dr. Don HAIGDoctor of Letters (contributor to Canadian film)Spring 1993
Hon. Emmett M. HALLDoctor of Laws (retired Justice of Supreme Court of Canada)Spring 1977
Dr. Wes HALLDoctor of Laws (Entrepreneur, philanthropist, TV personality)Fall 2023
Dr. Michael Alexander Kirkwood HALLIDAYDoctor of Letters (scholar & author, linguistics)Spring 1988
Dr. Janet Elizabeth HALLIWELLDoctor of Science (Canadian science)Spring 1991
Dr. Francess Georgina HALPENNYDoctor of Letters (editor & professor)Spring 1982
Dr. Herbert Norman HALPERTDoctor of Letters (Canadian folklore)Fall 1990
Dr. Piers HANDLINGDoctor of Laws (Director & CEO, TIFF)Spring 2011
Dr. Marsha HANENDoctor of Laws (philosopher, leader in higher education, mentor to women)Spring 1999
Dr. Carol HANSENDoctor of Laws (lawyer)Spring 2023
Dr. Rick HANSENDoctor of Laws (advocate/activist for people with spinal cord injuries)Spring 2013
Dr. Charles Harold (Chuck) HANTHODoctor of LawsSpring 2008
Dr. John Davison HARBRONDoctor of LettersNovember 1997
Dr. Madeline Isobel HARDYDoctor of Laws (educational leader)Spring 1986
Dr. Frederick Kenneth HAREDoctor of Science (environmentalist)Spring 1978
Dr. Woody T. HARRELSONDoctor of Laws (Actor/environmental activist, author)Fall 2009
Dr. Rex HARRINGTONDoctor of Letters (ballet dancer; artist and actor)Spring 2006
Dr. Henry Silton HARRISDoctor of Letters (scholar)Spring 2001
Dr. R. Colebrook HARRISDoctor of Letters (historical geographer)Spring 1993
Dr. Jason HARROWDoctor of Letters (award-winning rapper, music producer, and social justice activist )Spring 2024
Dr. Grace HARTMANDoctor of Laws (labour leader & women's rights activist)Spring 1992
Dr. Václav HAVELDoctor of Letters (in absentia - playwright & author) presented at ceremonySpring 1982
Feb. 1990
The Reverend Brent HAWKESDoctor of Laws (Pastor, gay rights activist)Fall 2009
Dr. Bohdan (Bob) HAWRYLYSHYNDoctor of LawsFall 1984
Dr. Arden HAYNESDoctor of Laws (business leader, former Chancellor)Spring 2000
Dr. Wilson Adonijah HEADDoctor of Laws (York faculty & social worker)Spring 1982
Dr. Seamus HEANEYDoctor of Letters (poet, Nobel Laureate)Spring 1996
Dr. D.O. HEBBDoctor of ScienceFall 1966
Dr. Chantal HÉBERTDoctor of Laws (JournalistSpring 2012
Professor Karl F. HELLEINERDoctor of LawsFall 1978
Dr. Jules HELLERDoctor of Letters (former Dean of Fine Arts)Spring 1985
Dr. Jay HENNICKDoctor of Law(entrepreneur, lawyer, philanthropist)Fall 2011
Dr. Martha HENRYDoctor of Letters (theatre & arts)Spring 1990
Dr. Marku HENRIKSSONDoctor of Letters (scholar)Fall 1995
Dr. Ben HEPPNERDoctor of Laws (opera singer)Spring 2003
Dr. Peter A. HERRNDORFDoctor of Laws (publisher)Fall 1989
Dr. Naomi Louisa HERSOMDoctor of Laws (educator & feminist)Fall 1988
Dr. Gerhard G. HERZBERGDoctor of Science (physics)Fall 1969
General Chaim HERZOGDoctor of Laws (President of Israel)June 1989
Dr. Ruth Atkinson HINDMARSHDoctor of LawsSpring 1966
Dr. Colin HINESDoctor of Science (atmospheric scientist)Fall 2001
Dr. Eric John Ernest HOBSBAWMDoctor of Letters (art historian)Fall 1986
Dr. Abigail HOFFMANDoctor of Laws (athlete)Spring 1998
Dr. Bill HOGARTHDoctor of LawsSpring 2010
Dr. Peter HOGGDoctor of Laws (professor emeritus, Osgoode Hall Law School, constitutional scholar and educator)Spring 2006
Dr. Richard HOGGARTDoctor of Laws (Outreach Education - writer & educator)Spring 1988
Professor John Wendell HOLMESDoctor of Laws (diplomat, scholar & author)Spring 1981
Dr. Beland Hugh HONDERICHDoctor of Laws (publisher, Toronto Star)Fall 1976
Dr. Chaviva HOSEKDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. James HOUSTONDoctor of Letters (artist, author, arts administrator)Spring 2001
Dr. Charles B. HUGGINSDoctor of Laws (surgeon - cancer research)Spring 1968
Dr. Clara HUGHESDoctor of Laws (Olympian, mental health advocate, international humanitarian)Fall 2012
Dr. John HUNKINDoctor of Laws (business leader and philanthropist)Spring 2004
Dr. Mel HURTIGDoctor of Laws (book publisher)Fall 1980
Hon. Frank IACOBUCCIDoctor of Laws (retired Supreme Court Justice)Spring 2005
Professor George IGNATIEFFDoctor of Laws (international diplomacy)Fall 1975
Dr. Avrom ISAACSDoctor of Laws (Canadian art)Spring 1992
Dr. Elmer Walter ISELERDoctor of Letters (Canadian choral music)Spring 1994
Dr. Tadao ISHIKAWADoctor of Laws (Japanese scholar & educator)Spring 1990
Dr. Fumiko ISHIOKADoctor of Laws (educator and curator)Spring 2004
Dr. Kenneth IVERSONDoctor of Science (computer programmer)Spring 1998
Dr. Frederic (Eric) JACKMANDoctor of LawsFall 2010
The Hon. Henry Newton Rowell JACKMANDoctor of Laws (Former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario & Former Governor)Spring 1996
Dr. Dean JACOBSDoctor of LawsSpring 2008
Dr. Donald P. JACOBSDoctor of Laws (management educator)Spring 2002
Professor William JAFFEDoctor of LawsSpring 1974
Dr. William Fleming JAMESDoctor of Laws (geologist)Fall 1978
Dr. Roberta JAMIESONDoctor of Laws (First Nations Chief, lawyer, activist)Spring 2003
Hon. Michaële JEANDoctor of Laws (Governor General of Canada)Winter 2007
Dr. Thomas JENKINSDoctor of Laws (business leader)Spring 2015
Dr. Pamela Hansford JOHNSON (Lady Snow)Doctor of Letters (critic & novelist)Fall 1967
Dr. Leonard V. JOHNSONDoctor of Laws (Military General)Spring 1998
Dr. Colleen JOHNSTONDoctor of Laws (business executive, community leader )Fall 2018
Dr. David JOHNSTONDoctor of Laws (former Governor General of Canada, legal scholar)Spring 2017
Dr. George Arthur JOHNSTON, Q.C.Doctor of Laws (archivist)Spring 1981
Rev. Richard Ditzel JONESDoctor of Laws (race relations)Spring 1975
Dr. Francis Renault JOUBINDoctor of Laws (mining geologist & peace activist)Spring 1979
Dr. Pierre JUNEAUDoctor of Laws (broadcasting policy)Spring 1973
Dr. Danielle JUTEAU, LLDDoctor of Laws (Scholar)Spring 2007
Dr. Daniel KAHNEMANDoctor of Science (Psychologist)Spring 2023
Professor Otto KAHN-FREUNDDoctor of LawsSpring 1975
Dr. Karen KAINDoctor of Letters (dancer - ballet)Spring 1979
Dr. Ignat KANEFFDoctor of LawsFall 2010
Dr. Alice KANEDoctor of Letters (story-teller)Spring 1998
Dr. Andromache KARAKATSANISDoctor of Laws (Justice, Supreme Court of Canada)Fall 2023
Dr. Udo KASEMETSDoctor of Letters (musician)Fall 1991
Professor Morris KATZDoctor of ScienceSpring 1981
Dr. Jillian KEILEYDoctor of Letters (theatre director )Spring 2016
Dr. John George KEMENYDoctor of Laws (mathematician & computer scientist)Spring 1984
Dr. Betty KENNEDYDoctor of Laws (broadcaster & writer)Fall 1982
Dr. James Roby KIDDDoctor of Laws (York founder)Spring 1981
Dr. Annie KIDDERDoctor of Laws (public education advocate)Spring 2018
Dr. Craig KIELBURGERDoctor of Laws (child rights activist )Spring 2013
Dr. Kyung-Won KIMDoctor of Laws (Korean educator)Fall 1994
Dr. Michael KIRBYDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Hon. Marie Claire KIRKLANDDoctor of Laws (politician)Spring 1975
Dr. Arthur KLEINMANDoctor of Science (medical anthropologist)Spring 1996
Hon. Stanley Howard KNOWLESDoctor of Laws (parliamentarian)Spring 1979
Dr. Vim KOCHHARDoctor of Laws (humanitarian)Spring 2014
Dr. Golda KOSCHITZKYDoctor of Laws (on behalf of her family; benefactors)Fall 1999
Dr. Robert KREMBILDoctor of Laws (business leader)Spring 2000
Dr. Rosemarie KUPTANADoctor of Laws (Inuit Leader)Spring 1995
Dr. Anton Emil KUERTIDoctor of Letters (pianist & composer)Fall 1985
Dr. Raymond KURZWEULDoctor of Laws (inventor & author, futurist, director of engineering at Google)Fall 2013
Dr. Huguette LABELLEDoctor of Laws (public & health services)Spring 1990
Dr. Jean-Michel LACROIXDoctor of Laws (Professeur à la Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris)Spring 2013
Professor Emmanuel LeRoy LADURIEDoctor of LettersSpring 1986
Justice Harry S. LaFORMEDoctor of Laws (Judge of the Ontario Court of Appeal)Fall 2008
Dr. Hassanali LAKHANIDoctor of Laws (business leader and philanthropist)Spring 2005
Dr. Gilles LALANDEDoctor of LawsSpring 1982
Dr. William Kaye LAMBDoctor of Laws (retired librarian & archivist)Spring 1968
Dr. Allen Thomas LAMBERTDoctor of Laws (retired banker)Spring 1982
Dr. Wallace E. LAMBERTDoctor of Laws (social psychologist)Spring 1979
Dr. Jeanne LAMONDoctor of Letters (Tafelmusik)Fall 1994
Dr. Claude R. LAMOUREUXDoctor of Laws (corporate and community leader)Spring 2006
Dr. Vibert LAMPKINDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Rosemarie LANDRYDoctor of Letters (soprano)Spring 1991
Dr. Michele LANDSBERGDoctor of Laws (journalist, author and social activist)Spring 2006
Dr. Philip A. LAPPDoctor of Science (former Governor)Fall 1994
Hon. Bora LASKINDoctor of Laws (Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Canada)Spring 1972
Dr. Melvin J. LASKYDoctor of Letters (political writer, journalist & publisher)Spring 1990
Dr. Pierre LASSONDEDoctor of Laws (engineer, entrepreneur, philanthropist )Spring 2014
Dr. Dale LASTMANDoctor of Laws (lawyer, corporate and securities law)Spring 2024
Dr. Melvin D. LASTMANDoctor of Laws (former Mayor of Toronto)October 1997
Dr. Silken LAUMANNDoctor of LawsSpring 2022
Dr. Margaret LAURENCEDoctor of Letters (novelist)Spring 1980
Dr. Jeannette Corbiere LAVELLDoctor of Laws (native women’s rights activist, educator)Spring 2016
Dr. Frank G. LAWSONDoctor of LawsSpring 1968
Dr. Irving LAYTONDoctor of Letters (poet & York faculty)Spring 1979
Dr. Herbert Allan Borden LEAL, Q.C.Doctor of Laws (former Deputy Attorney-General of Ontario)Spring 1978
Dr. Charles Philippe LEBLONDDoctor of Science (biologist)Fall 1986
Hon. Gerald Eric LE DAINDoctor of Laws (Former Dean of Law and Supreme Court justice)Spring 1976
Sister Mary Jo LEDDYDoctor of Letters (peace, status of women & human rights activist)Spring 1993
Dr. William Ralph LEDERMANDoctor of Laws (legal scholar)Spring 1979
Dr. Susur LEEDoctor of Laws (Renowned Canadian Chef)Spring 2023
Dr. Thomas LEEDoctor of Laws (Higher education leader, researcher, philosopher)Spring 2023
Dr. Michael LEE-CHINDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Viola LÉGERDoctor of LawsSpring 2010
Dr. John Daniel LEITCHDoctor of Laws (former Governor)Spring 1980
Father Germain LEMIEUXDoctor of Laws (historian)Spring 1977
Dr. Douglas V. LePANDoctor of Laws (scholar, poet, novelist & diplomat)Fall 1976
Dr. Sheldon LEVYDoctor of Laws (President of Sheridan College, innovative leader, York alumnus)Spring 1999
Dr. Stephen LEWISDoctor of Laws (former Canadian Ambassador to the UN)Fall 1984
Dr. Steven LEWISDoctor of Laws (Health care system and services innovator, researcher)Spring 2022
Sir William Arthur LEWISDoctor of Laws (economist)Spring 1981
Hon. Madame Justice Dr. Claire L'HEUREUX-DUBÉDoctor of Laws (Justice, Supreme Court of Canada)Spring 2001
Dr. Mark LIEVONENDoctor of Laws (business leader)Spring 2015
Dr. Jutta LIMBACHDoctor of Laws (President of the German Goethe-Institut, legal scholar, jurist, civil rights activist, former Chief Justice of German Supreme CourtFall 2003
Dr. Bengt LINDQUISTDoctor of Laws (former United Nations Special Rapporteur on Disability)Spring 2013
Dr. Victor LINGDoctor of Science (scientist and leader in cancer research)Spring 2006
Dr. Jean LITTLEDoctor of Letters (children's author)Spring 2002
Professor John A. LIVINGSTONDoctor of Letters (biological conservation)Spring 1992
Dr. Shaun LONEYDoctor of Laws (Canadian leader in social enterprise)Spring 2023
Dr. Lee A. LORCHDoctor of Laws (York faculty, mathematician, civil rights activist)Spring 1993
Dr. George Ross LORDDoctor of ScienceSpring 1972
Dr. Helen LUCASDoctor of Letters (artist)Fall 1991
Dr. Bernard LUCHTDoctor of Laws (TV producer, educator)Spring 2014
Dr. George LUSCOMBEDoctor of Letters (actor & director)Fall 1978
Dr. Kevin G LYNCHDoctor of Laws (Economist, business leader, public servant)Spring 2016
Dr. Donald Cameron MacDONALDDoctor of Laws (politician)Fall 1983
Hon. Flora Isabel MacDONALDDoctor of Laws (politician)Spring 1989
Dr. George E.C. MacDONALDDoctor of Laws (Canadian public servant, Lieutenant General Ret'd)Winter 2006
Dr. Roderick MacDONALDDoctor of Laws (President, Royal Society of Canada & Legal Scholar)Spring 2011
Dr. H. Ian MacDONALDDoctor of Laws (Scholar and Public Servant)Spring 2007
Dr. Sheena MacDONALDDoctor of Letters (film & television)Spring 1998
Dr. Elsie Gregory MacGILLDoctor of ScienceSpring 1978
Hon. Justice Mark R. MacGUIGANDoctor of Laws (Federal Court of Appeal Judge)Spring 1996
Dr. Robert M. MacINTOSHDoctor of Laws (Banker and former Chair of York Board)Spring 1976
Dr. John Price Sinclair MACKENZIEDoctor of Laws (performing arts & conservation)Spring 1990
Dr. Steven Glenwood MacLEANDoctor of Science (astronaut & gymnast)Spring 1993
Dr. Archibald MacLEISHDoctor of LettersFall 1971
Professor Alistair MACLEODDoctor of Letters (author)Spring 2001
Dr. Wanda MACNEVINDoctor of Laws (social worker, activist, author)Spring 2017
Dr. Earle Douglas MACPHEEDoctor of Laws (administrator in business & education)Fall 1972
Dr. Kay MACPHERSONDoctor of Laws (feminist)Spring 1987
Dr. Roger MAHABIRDoctor of Laws (Technology innovator, community leader)Spring 2016
Dr. Tak Wah MAKDoctor of Science (research scientist)Spring 2004
Dr. Elias Wolf MANDELDoctor of Letters (poet, York faculty)Spring 1989
Dr. Nelson Rolihlahia MANDELADoctor of Laws (in absentia - human rights activist, former President of South Africa)
presented at ceremony
Spring 1989
June 1990
Dr. Lata MANGESHKARDoctor of Letters (vocalist)September 1995
Dr. Alberto MANGUELDoctor of Laws (critic, novelist and journalist)Spring 2015
Dr. John MANLEYDoctor of Laws (Lawyer, businessman, politician)Spring 2016
Dr. Ruth Lor MALLOYDoctor of Laws (human rights activist)Spril 2023
Dr. Preston MANNINGDoctor of LawsSpring 2008
Dr. Peter MANSBRIDGEDoctor of Laws (Journalist)Spring 2011
Dr. Sylvia MARACLEDoctor of Laws (Community leader, educator, activist)Spring 2016
Dr. James MARCHDoctor of Laws, Distinguished ScholarWinter 2007
Dr. Arthur Donald MARGISONDoctor of Laws (York founder)Spring 1981
Dr. M. Maurice MAROISDoctor of Science (establishment of L'Institut de la Vie)Spring 1987
Dr. Adelaide MARRIOTTDoctor of LawsSpring 1973
Dr. Leonard C. MARSHDoctor of LawsSpring 1977
Dr. Bharat MASRANIDoctor of LawsSpring 2017
Sir Harrie S.W. MASSEYDoctor of ScienceSpring 1981
Dr. Marguerite MATHIEUDoctor of Laws (development of social work education)Fall 1987
Dr. Judith MAXWELLDoctor of Letters (public policy)Spring 1994
Dr. Margaret Norrie McCAINDoctor of LawsSpring 2008
Dr. Lynn McDONALDDoctor of LawsSpring 2008
Dr. Myres Smith McDOUGALDoctor of LawsSpring 1970
Dr. Barbara Jean McDOUGALL(see ZIMMERMAN)Spring 2012
Dr. Cheryl McEWENDoctor of Laws (entrepreneur and philanthropist)Spring 2019
Professor Robert R. McEWENDoctor of Laws (entrepreneur and philanthropist)Winter 2005
Dr. David J. McFADDENDoctor of Laws (energy lawyer, academic innovation supporter)Spring 2012
Professor Edgar W. McINNISDoctor of LettersSpring 1972
Rt. Hon. Mme. Justice Dr. Beverley McLACHLINDoctor of Laws (jurist, educator and author)Spring 1999
Dr. Norman McLARENDoctor of LettersSpring 1972
Colonel R.S. McLAUGHLINDoctor of LawsSpring 1966
Dr. Robert McMICHAELDoctor of Letters (founder of McMichael Canadian Art Collection)Spring 1970
Hon. Roland Roy McMURTRYDoctor of Laws (Chief Justice & former Attorney-General, Ontario)Spring 1991
Dr. Alan G. McNALLYDoctor of Laws (banker, alumnus, former member of York Board of Governors)Spring 1999
Dr. Janet McPHEEDoctor of LettersSpring 1986
Dr. Trina McQUEENDoctor of Laws (broadcast media trailblaser)Fall 2019
Dr. Deepa MEHTADoctor of Letters (internationally acclaimed Canadian fimlmakerSpring 2018
Dr. Deborah MEIERDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Jacques MENARDDoctor of Laws (Business leader: President of BMO Financial Group and BMO Nesbitt Burns)Spring 2011
Dr. Rick MERCERDoctor of LawsFall 2014
Dr. Eileen MERCIERDoctor of LettersSpring 2010
Dr. Norah MICHENERDoctor of LettersFall 1970
Hon. Daniel Roland MICHENERDoctor of Laws (Former Governor-General)Fall 1970
Dr. David MILLERDoctor of Laws (International environmental activist, former Mayor of Toronto)Spring 2022
Dr. Eleanor MILNEDoctor of Letters (artist)Spring 1995
Dr. David MIRVISHDoctor of Letters (theatre producer; art dealer)Spring 2002
Dr. Edwin MIRVISHDoctor of Laws (community contributions)Spring 1992
Dr. Rohinton MISTRYDoctor of Letters (novelist)Spring 2003
Dr. François MITTERRANDDoctor of Laws (President of France)May 1987
Dr. Thandika MKANDAWIREDoctor of Laws (scholar)Fall 2018
Dr. Ronald MockDoctor of LawFall 2017
Dr. Lorraine Althea Constance MONKDoctor of Letters (author)Fall 1982
Dr.  Eleanor MOORE, LLD and Dr.  Diane GOUDIEDoctor of Laws (Innovative Educators)Spring 2007
Dr. Henry MOOREDoctor of LettersFall 1971
Dr. James Mavor MOOREDoctor of Letters (playwright, actor, producer & critic)1969
Sister Angeline MOREAUDoctor of LettersSpring 1976
Dr. Raymond MORIYAMADoctor of Laws (architect & planner)Fall 1973
Dr. Lawrence Whitaker MORLEYDoctor of ScienceSpring 1974
Dr. Denis MUKWEGEDoctor of Laws (world-renowned obstetrician/gynecologist and human rights activist)Spring 2023
Dr. Harris Mutio MULEDoctor of Laws (former Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Economic Planning & Development, Kenya)Spring 1980
Sister Janet MURRAYDoctor of Laws (health care executive)Spring 1979
Dr. James Fraser MUSTARDDoctor of Science (medical research)Spring 1996
Dr. Knowlton NASHDoctor of Laws (journalist and broadcaster)Spring 2005
Dr. Mark NATHANSONDoctor of Laws (businessman and philanthropist)Winter 2008
Dr. Philip NDEGWADoctor of Laws (economist)Spring 1978
Dr. Barbara NEISDoctor of Laws (distinguished social scientist )Spring 2024
Dr. Daniel NESTORDoctor of Laws (top-ranked doubles tennis player)Summer 2012
Dr. Peter Charles NEWMANDoctor of Letters (political journalist)Spring 1975
Dr. William T. NEWNHAMDoctor of Laws (post-secondary education)Spring 1975
Dr. Marangu NJOGUDoctor of Laws (humanitarian and global education activist)Spring 2019
Dr. Margaret NORQUAYDoctor of Laws (Open Radio - Ryerson)Fall 1985
Dr. Samantha NUTTDoctor of Laws (Humanitarian, Founder & Executive Director of War Child Canada)Spring 2011
Dr. Alanis OBOMSAWINDoctor of Letters (advocate for native rights, producer, director, songwriter & singer)Spring 1994
Dr. Manuel OBREGONDoctor of Laws (musician)Spring 2015
Hon. Dennis O'CONNOR, LLDDoctor of Laws (Associate Chief Justice of Ontario)Spring 2007
Dr. Louis L. ODETTEDoctor of Letters (philanthropist in art and education)Spring 1999
Dr. David (Dan) OFFORDDoctor of Science (child psychiatrist)Spring 2002
Dr. Betty OLIPHANTDoctor of Letters (ballet)Spring 1992
Dr. Geoffrey OLDHAMDoctor of Laws (scientist and international development expert)Spring 2006
Dr. Donald H. OLIVERDoctor of Laws (Senator, human rights activist)Spring 2012
Dr. Opiyo OLOYADoctor of Laws (Educator, activist, humanitarian)Spring 2012
Dr. Ratna OMIDVARDoctor of Laws (Social activist)Spring 2012
Dr. David ONLEYDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Wladyslaw ORLICZDoctor of Science (mathematician)Fall 1974
Dr. Yuri Fyodorovich ORLOVDoctor of Laws (dissident & human rights advocate)Fall 1987
Dr. Gordon Francis Joseph OSBALDESTONDoctor of Laws (public servant)Spring 1984
Dr. Bernard OSTRYDoctor of Laws (public servant)Spring 2002
Dr. Sylvia OSTRYDoctor of Laws (public servant & economist)Spring 1971
Dr. Steve PAIKINDoctor of Laws (journalist)Spring 2017
Dr. Andreas George PAPANDREOUDoctor of Laws (politician & educator)March 1983
Dr. Jean-Guy PAQUETDoctor of Laws (educator)Spring 1983
Madame Madeleine PARENTDocotor of Letters (feminist)Spring 1996
Professor Gérard PARIZEAUDoctor of LawsSpring 1982
Dr. Roderic B. PARKDoctor of ScienceSpring 1981
Dr. Manuel Elkin PATARROYODoctor of Science (doctor, developer of malaria vaccine)Spring 1995
Dr. Bonnie PATTERSONDoctor of LawsFall 2014
Dr. Linus Carl PAULINGDoctor of Science (Nobel Prize Chemistry and Peace)Fall 1966
Dr. Julie PAYETTEDoctor of ScienceSpring 2010
Dr. Landon PEARSONDoctor of Laws (President & Chair of Canadian Council on Children and Youth. Founder and Chair of Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children)Spring 2011
Hon. Gérard PELLETIERDoctor of Laws (journalist & politician)Fall 1971
Dr. Lewis PERINBAMDoctor of Laws (world development executive)Spring 1984
Dr. Vera PETERSDoctor of ScienceSpring 1975
Dr. Oscar Emmanuel PETERSONDoctor of Letters (concert pianist)Spring 1982
Dr. Jean K. PETRIEDoctor of ScienceFall 1969
Dr. Kim PHUCDoctor of Laws (UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for the Culture of Peace)Fall 2004
Dr. Walter George PITMANDoctor of Laws (Director, O.I.S.E.)Spring 1989
Dr. Jean-Robert PitteDoctor of Laws (Dscholar)Spring 2012
Rabbi W. Gunther PLAUTDoctor of Laws (scholar & social activist)Spring 1987
Dr. Beryl Alyce PLUMPTREDoctor of Laws (retired economist)Fall 1981
Dr. John Charles POLANYIDoctor of Science (advancement of science)Spring 1988
Dr. Harry POLLOCKDoctor Letters (novelist, poet, lecturer)Spring 1995
Dr. Marcie PONTEDoctor Laws (community builder, human rights activist)Spring 2019
Dr. Anna PORTERDoctor Laws (accomplished publisher, novelist, memoirist, historian, cultural and political analyst)Spring 2022
Dr. Lynn POSLUNSDoctor Laws (health innovator, entrepreneur)Spring 2019
Professor Irvine Rudsdale POUNDERDoctor of Laws (mathematician)Spring 1972
Dr. Vivienne POYDoctor of LawsFall 2014
Dr. Gerald A. PRATLEYDoctor of Letters (film)Spring 1991
Dr. Raul PREBISCHDoctor of LawsFall 1978
Dr. Timothy PRICEDoctor of Laws (Business leader, philanthropist)Fall 2009
Dr. Francis E.L. PRIESTLEYDoctor of Literature (scholar & author)Spring 1988
Dr. John S. PROCTORDoctor of Laws (former York Chancellor & Board Chair)Spring 1977
Dr. Donald Fulton PUTNAMDoctor of Laws (geographer)Spring 1974
Dr. Robert RABINOVITCHDoctor of Laws (President & CEO, CBC)Spring 2003
Sir Shridath Surendranath RAMPHALDoctor of Laws (world peace & changes in South Africa)Fall 1988
Dr. Calvin Gordon RANDDoctor of Laws (humanist, theatre & film producer & educator)Spring 1984
Dr. G.M. RAODoctor of Laws (Businessman and founder of GMR Group, India)Spring 2011
Elder Duke REDBIRDDoctor of Laws (Ojibwe artist, poet, and scholar)Spring 2022
Dr. Albert REICHMANNDoctor of Laws (business)Spring 1991
Dr. Escott Meredith REIDDoctor of Laws (1st Glendon principal & retired diplomat)Spring 1972
Dr. Kate REIDDoctor of Letters (actress)Spring 1970
Dr. William R. REIDDoctor of Letters (sculptor, author, broadcaster & animateur)Spring 1978
Dr. Alison RICHARDDoctor of Laws (University administrator and scholar)Fall 2006
Dr. Mordecai RICHLERDoctor of Letters (novelist, essayist, journalist)Spring 1999
Dr. George W. RICKEYDoctor of Letters (sculptor)Spring 1978
Dr. Charles Stewart Almon RITCHIEDoctor of Letters (diplomat, diarist)Fall 1992
Rt. Hon. Lord RITCHIE-CALDERDoctor of Science (journalist, communicator & internationalist)Spring 1976
Dr. Angela ROBERTSONDoctor of LawsFall 2017
Dr. Robbie ROBERTSONDoctor of Laws (musician and aboriginal activist)Spring 2005
Dr. John Josiah ROBINETTE, Q.C.Doctor of Laws (law - criminal)Spring 1987
Dr. Laura Jane ROBINSONDoctor of Laws (athlete, journalist, activist)Spring 2012
Senator Dr. Douglas ROCHE (IND - AB)Doctor of Laws (author; parliamentarian; diplomat)Spring 2002
La Duchesse Edmée de la ROCHEFOUCAULDDoctor of Letters (scholar, author & feminist)Spring 1988
Professor Virginia J. ROCKDoctor of Letters (contributions to Stong College)Spring 1994
Dr. Edward (Ted) Samuel ROGERSDoctor of Laws (Canadian Telecommunication)Spring 1994
Dr. Roy ROMANOWDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Murray George ROSSDoctor of Letters (first President of York University)
University Professor
Spring 1971
1973
Dr. Roger James ROSSITERDoctor of Laws (academic, biochemist, physician, teacher & university administrator)Spring 1971
Dr. Samuel ROTHSTEINDoctor of Letters (librarian & educator)Fall 1971
Dr. Paul ROULEAUDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Reeta ROYDoctor of Laws (philanthropist, global education advocate)Spring 2024
Rt. Hon. Lord James of RUSHOLMEDoctor of LawsSpring 1970
Dr. Nancy RUTH (JACKMAN)Doctor of LawsFall 1994
Dr. Albie SACHSDoctor of Laws (lawyer, scholar, civil rights activist & author)Spring 1994
Dr. Albert Martin SACKSDoctor of Laws (constitutional law)Spring 1969
Dr. Itah SADUDoctor of Laws (author, entrepreneur)Fall 2023
Dr. Bengt SALTINDoctor of Laws (Researcher into Theory of Exercise as Medicine)Spring 2011
Dr. Peggie SAMPSONDoctor of Letters (cellist)Spring 1988
Dr. Peter SANDORDoctor of Laws (patron of the arts, alumnus)Spring 1999
Dr. Jukka-Pekka SARASTEDoctor of Letters (conductor)Spring 1995
Dr. Peter SATO, LLDDoctor of Laws (Diplomat, friend of Canada)Spring 2007
Professor Samuel Berrick SAULDoctor of Laws (academic & author)Spring 1981
Dr. John Ralston SAULDoctor of Laws (novelist, essayist, Indigenous rights activist )Spring 2024
Dr. Arthur R.A. SCACEDoctor of Laws (lawyer)Spring 1993
Dr. Vincent Joseph SCHAEFERDoctor of Science (chemist)Spring 1983
Dr. Anatoly SCHARANSKYDoctor of Laws (human rights activist)Spring 1982
Dr. Daphne SCHIFFDoctor of Laws (lecturer, humanitarian, pilot, adventurer)Spring 2005
Dr. William George SCHNEIDERDoctor of Science (physical chemist)Fall 1966
Dr. Seymour SCHULICHDoctor of Laws (philanthropist, entrepreneur, business leader)Spring 2003
Dr. Samuel SCHWARTZDoctor of Laws (law)Spring 2015
Archbishop Edward Walter SCOTTDoctor of Laws (advocate of social justice)Spring 1987
Professor Francis Reginald SCOTTDoctor of Laws (law, language & civil liberties)Spring 1976
Dr. Ian Gilmour SCOTTDoctor of LawsOctober 1997
Dr. Marianne Florence SCOTTDoctor of Laws (librarian)Fall 1985
Dr. Wm. Pearson SCOTTDoctor of Laws (Former Chair, York Board)Fall 1971
Dr. Amartya SENDoctor of Laws (Nobel Laureate in economics)Spring 2004
Dr. Olive SENIORDoctor of Laws (Eminent and prolific writer, educator, editors)Spring 2022
Dr. Richard Burton SETLOWDoctor of Science (biophysicist)Spring 1985
Dr. Kathleen SHANNONDoctor of LettersSpring 1996
Dr. Isadore SHARPDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Noah James SHEBIBDoctor of Laws (award winning music producer)Fall 2022
Professor A.G. SHENSTONEDoctor of ScienceSpring 1972
Dr Frances SHEPPARDDoctor of Laws (oncologist)Fall 2018
Dr. Howard SHORE, DLittDoctor of Laws (Film Composer)Spring 2007
Dr. Ann B (Rusty) SHTEIRDoctor of Laws (feminist scholar, academic leader)Spring 2016
Dr. Neil SHUBINDoctor of Science (Evolutionary Biologist, Paleontologist and Popular Science Writer) Fall 2022
Dr. Haroon SIDDIQUIDoctor of Letters (journalist)Fall 2001
Dr. James Harris SIMONSDoctor of Science (mathematician, financier, philanthropist)Spring 2016
Dr. George Gaylord SIMPSONDoctor of ScienceFall 1966
Dr. Lister S. SINCLAIRDoctor of Letters (broadcaster)Spring 1991
Dr. Murray SINCLAIRDoctor of Laws (judge)Spring 2015
Dr. Narendra Chetram SINGHDoctor of Laws (pediatrician, educator, health innovator & philanthropist)Spring 2018
Dr. Walter Max Ulyate SISULUDoctor of Laws (racial equality)Spring 1985
Dr. Michael SMITHDoctor of Science (educator & public awareness of science)Spring 1994
Rt. Hon. Lord SNOWDoctor of LawsFall 1967
Dr. Harry S. SOMERSDoctor of Letters (composer)Spring 1977
Dr. Gregory SORBARADoctor of LawsSpring 2013
Dr. Joseph SORBARADoctor of LawsSpring 2010
Dr. Nasrin SOTOUDEHDoctor of Laws (human rights lawyer, women’s rights activist)Spring 2013
Hon. Wishart Flett SPENCEDoctor of Laws (judge)Spring 1974
Dr. Keith SPICERDoctor of Laws (broadcasting policy)Spring 1974
Sir Hugh Worrell SPRINGERDoctor of Laws (educator & barrister)Spring 1980
Dr. Graham SPRYDoctor of Laws (author & journalist)Spring 1976
Colonel Charles Perry STACEYDoctor of Laws (military historian)Spring 1973
Dr. Helen Katherine STACEYDoctor of Laws ("Today's Child" magazine)Spring 1979
Dr. Mark STAROWICZDoctor of Letters (television producer, journalist)Spring 2001
Dr. Steven S. STARYKDoctor of Letters (concert violinist)Spring 1980
Dr. Catherine Irene STEELEDoctor of Letters (educator)Spring 1972
Dr. Steven STEINDoctor of Laws (Eminent clinical psychologist, business leader, and philanthropist)Spring 2022
Dr. Gunther Siegmund STENTDoctor of Science (molecular biologist)Spring 1984
Dr. Michael STEVENSONDoctor of Laws (eminent university administrator and scholar)Spring 2011
Dr. Donald A. STEWARTDoctor of Laws (business leader)Fall 2012
Dr. Calvin R. STILLERDoctor of Science(surgeon, medical reseacher)Fall 2011
Dr. Boris Peter STOICHEFFDoctor of Science (physicist)Spring 1982
Dr. Teresa STRATASDoctor of Letters (opera singer)Spring 2000
Dr. Maurice F. STRONGDoctor of Laws (environmentalist, international official & business executive)Spring 1973
Dr. Barry D. STUARTDoctor of Laws (judge, mediator, scholar)Spring 2014
Dr. Louella Margaret STURDYDoctor of Laws (university administrator)Spring 1991
Dr. Theodore Morris SUGDENDoctor of Science (chemist & physician)Fall 1973
Dr. Francoise SULLIVANDoctor of Letters (dancer & artist)Fall 1998
Dr. David SUZUKIDoctor of Science (renowned scientist and environmentalist)Spring 2005
Dr. Felicitas SVEJDADoctor of Science (plant breeder)Spring 2000
Dr. Barbara Willis SWEETEDoctor of Letters (film and television)Spring 1998
Dr. Pol SWINGSDoctor of ScienceFall 1969
Dr. Thomas H.B. SYMONSDoctor of Laws (1st President of Trent University)Spring 1973
Dr. Emöke SZATHMÁRYDoctor of Laws (University President)Winter 2008
Dr. Florence TABOBONDUNGDoctor of Laws (Aboriginal Chief)Spring 1998
Dr. Jiazhen TANDoctor of Science (geneticist)Spring 1984
Dr. Vincent TAODoctor of LawsFall 2017
Hon. Mr. Justice Walter Surma TARNOPOLSKYDoctor of Laws (Justice of the Court of Appeal)Spring 1989
Dr. Ratan N. TATADoctor of Laws (business leader, entrepreneur, philanthropist)Spring 2014
Professor George TATHAMDoctor of Laws (geographer)Spring 1978
Dr. Brainerd BLYDEN-TAYLORDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Malcom Gordon TAYLORDoctor of Laws (teacher; scholar; academic administrator in health policy)Spring 1987
Dr. Nathan A. TAYLORDoctor of LawsSpring 1982
Dr. James TEMERTYDoctor of Laws (clean energy innovator, philanthropist)Spring 2018
Dr. Veronica TENNANTDoctor of Letters (dance; ballet)Spring 1987
Dr. Mark TEWKESBURYDoctor of Laws (Olympian, human rights advocate)Fall 2022
Dr. Menaka THAKKARDoctor of Letters (Indian dance - dancer; teacher; choreographer)Spring 1993
Dr. Henry George THODEDoctor of Science (chemist)Fall 1972
Dr. Stuart Douglas THOMDoctor of Laws (tax lawyer)Spring 1980
Dr. Clara McCandless THOMASDoctor of Letters (author)Spring 1986
Dr. Walter A. THOMPSONDoctor of Laws (scholar; teacher)Fall 1972
Dr. Shirley L. THOMSONDoctor of Laws (arts administrator)Spring 2002
Dr. Rick TOBIASDoctor of Laws (life-long advocate on behalf of low-income and marginalized people)Fall 2012
Dr. David Lloyd TOUGHDoctor of Laws (scholar; teacher)Spring 1972
Dr. Alain TOURAINEDoctor of Laws (eminent scholar; Sociologist)Spring 2008
Dr. Harold Barling TOWNDoctor of Letters (painter; sculptor; muralist; print maker)Spring 1966
Dr. Tom TRAVESDoctor of Laws (university administrator, community and educational leader)Spring 2014
Hon. Arthur TREMBLAYDoctor of Laws (senator)Spring 1978
Dr. Anna Maria TREMONTIDoctor of Laws (journalist)Fall 2018
Professor Eric Lansdown TRISTDoctor of Laws (educator)Fall 1983
Dr. Lap-Chee TSUIDoctor of Science (scientist)Spring 2001
Dr. Michael TULLOCHDoctor of Laws (Chief Justice of Ontario)Spring 2023
Dr. Barbara TURNBULLDoctor of Law (journalist, activist)Spring 2012
Dr. Alice Willard TURNERDoctor of LawsSpring 1977
Rt. Hon. John Napier TURNER, P.C.Doctor of Laws (political leader)Spring 1969
Professor William TWININGDoctor of Laws (legal scholar)Spring 2002
Dr. Anne Barbara UNDERHILLDoctor of Science (astronomer)Fall 1969
Dr. Frank Hawkins UNDERHILLDoctor of Letters (historian; journalist; political activist)Fall 1970
Lt. Col. Lyndall F. URWICKDoctor of Laws (author)Fall 1972
Dr. Francesca VALENTEDoctor of Letters (former director of the Italian Cultural Institute in Toronto)Fall 1999
Dr. John VAN BUREKDoctor of Laws(renowned theatre producer and translator)Spring 2022
Dr. Guy VANDERHAEGHEDoctor of Letters (author and playwright)Fall 2003
Dr. George VARIDoctor of Laws (business)September 1992
Dr. Helen VARIDoctor of Laws (philanthropist)Spring 2003
Dr. M.G. VASSANJIDoctor of Letters (author and novelist)Spring 2005
Dr. Annette VERSCHURENDoctor of Laws (leader and innovator in sustainable business)Spring 2018
Dr. Frank VetteseDoctor of LawsSpring 2022
Dr. Roy Henry VICKERS, DLittDoctor of Laws (Artist)Spring 2007
Professor Jean-Pierre VIGIERDoctor of Science (scholar; physicist)August 1995
M. Josephe Jean-Marie Gilles VIGNEAULTDoctor of Letters (singer)Spring 1985
Dr. Paul VOLCKERDoctor of Laws (civil servant; banker)Spring 2001
Dr. Robert Carsten VON BORSTELDoctor of Science (scientific research)Fall 1987
Dr. Miriam WADDINGTONDoctor of Letters (critic & poet)Spring 1985
Dr. Immanuel WALLERSTEINDoctor of Letters (scholar)Fall 1995
Dr. Edwin Hodges WALKERDoctor of LawsSpring 1979
Dr. Maxwell William WARDDoctor of LawsSpring 1981
Dr. John WARKENTINDoctor of LawsSpring 2011
Dr. James "Wreford" WATSONDoctor of Letters (geologist; poet; novelist)Spring 1985
Dr. Whipper Billy WATSONDoctor of Laws (wrestler)Fall 1984
Dr. Sheila WATT-CLOUTIERDoctor of Laws (aboriginal leader, author)Spring 2015
Dr. Richard Earl WAUGH, LLDDoctor of Laws (Banker, Business Leader)Spring 2007
Dr. Robert WEAVERDoctor of LawsFall 1977
Dr. Karen WEILERDoctor of Laws (eminent jurist)Spring 2017
Dr. Larry WEINSTEINDoctor of Letters (film and television)Spring 1998
Dr. Paul WEILERDoctor of LawsSpring 2009
Dr. Mike WESSINGERDoctor of Laws (Co-founder of leading cloud-based software)Spring 2024
Dr. Galen WESTONDoctor of Laws (business leader and philanthropist)Spring 2018
Dr. Hilary M. WESTONDoctor of Laws (former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario)Fall 2002
Dr. Robert WHITEDoctor of Laws (Canadian labour movement)Fall 1988
Dr. Hayley WICKENHEISERDoctor of Laws (Celebrated elite athlete, author,motivational speaker)Spring 2017
Dr. Herbert William WHITTAKERDoctor of Letters (columnist; drama critic)Spring 1971
Dr. John WHYTEDoctor of Laws (academic, former Sask. Deputy AG and Dep. Minister of Justice)Fall 2013
Dr. Shelagh B. WILKINSONDoctor of Laws (Scholar, activist)Fall 2009
Dr. John Mark WILLINSKYDoctor of LawsSpring 2008
Dr. Lee WILLIAMSDoctor of Laws (railway porter; civil rights activist)Spring 2002
Professor John WILLISDoctor of Laws (scholar; teacher)Spring 1973
Hon. Madame Justice Dr. Bertha WILSONDoctor of Laws (Justice, Supreme Court of Canada)Spring 1986
Dr. Ian E. WILSONDoctor of Letters (National Archivist of Canada)Fall 2001
Hon. Michael WILSONDoctor of Laws (business leader, mental health advocate and statesman)Spring 2005
Dr. Henry S. WINGATEDoctor of LawsFall 1967
Dr. Warren K. WINKLERDoctor of Laws(Judge, legal scholarSpring 2012
Dr. Rose WOLFEDoctor of Laws (volunteer, Chancellor Emerita, University of Toronto)Spring 2003
Rt. Hon. Sir Arthur Owen WOODHOUSEDoctor of Laws (judge)Spring 1981
Dr. John YOLTONDoctor of Laws (former President of York University)Spring 1974
Dr. Eberhard Heinrich ZEIDLERDoctor of Laws (architect)Spring 1992
Dr. Barbara Jean McDougall ZIMMERMAN, PC, OCDoctor of Laws (politician)Spring 2012
Dr. Moses ZNAIMERDoctor of Letters (broadcast executive; producer)Spring 2001

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