This file contains two copies of the programs for the Spring 2021 Convocation and one copy of the honorary degree celebration program, June 23, 2021. Honorary degree recipients include: Dr. Guy Berthiaume; The Honourable John Buchanan; Mary Deacon, CM; Dr. Steven Strogatz; Dr. Rachel Thibeault. Historical information about Dalhousie's New Dawn Staff is included. File also contains two copies of the Fall 2021 Convocation.
Item consists of the text of an address delivered by President Alexander Enoch Kerr at the May 6, 1963 Dalhousie University Convocation ceremonies, about Dalhousie's growth and development in the post-war years (coinciding with Kerr's tenure as President). Item also contains reports submitted by individual faculties about their developments under Kerr's presidency. Includes reports submitted by H.B.S. Cooke (Dean, Faculty of Arts), H.E. Read (Dean, Faculty of Law), C.B. Stewart (Dean, Faculty of Medicine), J.D. McLean (Dean, Faculty of Dentistry), W.R. Trost (Dean, Faculty of Graduate Studies), F.R. Hayes (Director, Institute of Oceanography), E.A. Electa MacLennan (Director, Faculty of Health Professions), J.G. Duff (Director, College of Pharmacy), Arthur H. Shears (Director) and Robert M. MacDonald (Dean-elect, School of Physiotherapy), Guy Henson (Director, Institute of Public Affairs), J.P. Wilkinson (University Librarian), K.D. Gowie (Director, Physical Education), and Bruce G. Irwin (Director, Alumni Association).
Item is a program from Dalhousie University convocation ceremonies on May 16, 1974 and May 17, 1974. The program contains orders of proceedings and lists of graduates from four convocation ceremonies that took place on those days, as well as transcripts of citations given during the conferral of honorary degrees.
Item consists of the Saturday, October 17th, 1998, Dalhousie University convocation programme. Includes convocation proceedings first for the Physical and Life Sciences, Architecture, Computer Science, and Engineering programs; later, for the Arts & Social Sciences, Management, Health Professions, Education, and Law programs.
Item consists of the Tuesday, May 19th, 1998, and morning of Wednesday, May 20th, 1998 Dalhousie University convocation programme. Includes convocation proceedings for the Physical Sciences (9:30am, May 19th), Life Sciences (2:30pm, May 19th), and Arts & Social Sciences (9:30am, May 20th).
Item consists of the afternoon of Wednesday, May 20th, 1998, and of all day Thursday, May 21st, 1998 Dalhousie University convocation programme. Includes convocation proceedings for the Health Professions and Education (2:30pm, May 20th), Management (9:30am, May 21st), and Health Professions (cont'd, 2:30pm, May 21st).
File contains programs from Dalhousie University convocations in 1974. The programs include two copies of a program from a special convocation for the opening of the Dalhousie Life Sciences Centre on April 19, 1974; and a program from Dalhousie convocation ceremonies on May 16, 1974 and May 17, 1974.
Fonds contains graphic and textual material created by Dalhousie University's Faculty of Agriculture from the time of its establishment when the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and Dalhousie University merged in 2012. Series' include photographs and records related to events held on the faculty of Agriculture campus.
Series contains a record related to special events, celebrations, and workshops at Dalhousie University and the Faculty of Agriculture in Bible Hill, Nova Scotia. Records relate to anniversaries, exhibitions, community day, presidential installations, commencements, etc. from 2012 onward.
Collection contains textual material about Dalhousie University's Faculty of Agriculture from the time of their creation when the Nova Scotia Agricultural College and Dalhousie University merged in 2012. Series include strategic plans, academic calendars, and events on the Dalhousie University Faculty of Agriculture campus..
Item is a copy of the address given by Tom Traves at the first convocation following the April 1 amalgamation of Dalhousie and the Technical University of Nova Scotia.
Item consists of a handwritten address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie at the closing exercises for the graduates of the Halifax School for the Blind, June 9, 1913.
File contains two inaugural addresses delivered by James DeMille at convocation ceremonies of Dalhousie College. The first inaugural address was delivered on November 4, 1873 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, Vol. 6, No. 1 (November 15, 1873). The second inaugural address was delivered at convocation in 1878 and printed in Dalhousie Gazette, New series Vol. 4, No. 1 and No. 2 (November 23, 1878 and December 7, 1878).
File contains invitations to convocation ceremonies for Dalhousie University on October 27, 1885; April 28, 1886; April 27, 1887; October 18, 1887; April 26, 1888; April 23, 1891; September 21, 1892; April 23, 1895; April 26, 1898; and May 13, 1919. The file contains some duplicates.
Item consists of an annotated draft address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie at the Encoenia ceremonies at King's College, May 9, 1912, upon receiving a Doctor of Civil Law degree.
File contains programs and itineraries for the Order of Nova Scotia, the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the Mount Saint Vincent University convocation ceremonies.
Series consists of photographs, albums, and video cassettes of events at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College campus between 1905 and 1998. These include students, staff, and faculty engaged in exhibitions, convocation/graduation, Autumn Assembly, Open house, sports events, theatre dramas, ceremonies, and campus life.
Subseries contains files including speech notes, and audio recordings of the 1974, 1993-1995 graduation convocation ceremonies held at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College.
Fonds contains textual material, photos, artifacts, slides, paintings, and a video cassette created by the School of Agriculture, the College of Agriculture, and the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, between 1892 and 2012. Series include records of an administrative nature, departments on campus, buildings, photographs, student and faculty records, events, curriculum, and the institutions history.
Collection contains graphic materials of the students, staff, and faculty of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. There are also photographs of the campus landscape and buildings and also the School of Agriculture or the College of Agriculture as it was originally known. Subseries' include aerial views, animals, buildings, campus events, students, staff, faculty and principals of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College between 1885-2015, as materials may be associated with the Provincial farm or School of Agriculture (pre-1905).
Series contains photographs, documents, flyers, scripts, and audio recordings of special events, celebrations, and workshops at the Nova Scotia Agricultural College. Records relate to Founders day, anniversaries, exhibitions, dramas, open houses, commencements, etc. between 1928-2006.
File contains 46 photographs of the Nova Scotia Agricultural College students, principals, student life, buildings and campus. The photographs include the NSAC hockey team, Aggies hockey team, horses, faculty, basketball team, classrooms, residence construction, farms and barns, convocation, campus buildings, NSAC principals.
Item consists of a handwritten address delivered by Arthur Stanley MacKenzie at the closing exercises for the graduating nurses at the Nova Scotia Hospital, July 4, 1913.
Item consists of an offprint containing the text of a speech delivered by President John Forrest on April 25, 1893 at the Dalhousie College Convocation ceremonies.
Item is a photograph taken at the opening convocation of the Sir Charles Tupper Medical Building at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows an unidentified man being awarded an academic hood on a stage.
File contains a photograph from a fall convocation at Dalhousie University in 1979. The photograph shows Maurice Van Vliet, Henry Hicks, Lieutenant governor Shaffner, Joyce Robinson, and Hugh Noble standing together. Four of them are wearing academic dress.
Item is a photograph of a procession of graduates during a convocation ceremony at Dalhousie University in 1931. The photograph shows a lineup of graduates with Professor Macneill at the front.
File contains a photograph of a procession of graduates walking across Dalhousie University's Studley campus. The Macdonald Library (Macdonald Building) and Science Building (Chemistry Building) are visible in the background.
Item is a photograph of a procession at the 1926 spring convocation ceremony at Dalhousie University. The photograph shows Archdeacon Armitage; Dean Lloyd; Rev. J. W. A. Nicholson; Hon. G. E. Faulkner; W. E. Maclellan; S. A. Morhan; G. A. Burbidge; Prof. Copp; and D. S. McIntosh walking in a procession by a stone building.