Fall convocation: What you need to know

Please join our community in celebrating our students' outstanding achievements and the installation of President David Farrar at the virtual fall convocation.

November 17, 2020

While it’s not the convocation students expected, everyone in the McMaster community is proud to celebrate our students’ hard work, achievements, and the way they have excelled in the face of adversity.

McMaster’s fall convocation is this Thursday. And while it’s not what anyone expected at the beginning of this year, everyone in the McMaster community is proud to celebrate our students’ hard work, achievements, and the way they have excelled in the face of adversity.

This is also a special time for our award winners and honorary degree recipients, who will be recognized as part of convocation, and for David Farrar, who will be officially installed as the President and Vice-Chancellor of the university.

Here’s how you can join the celebrations:

Live degree conferral and awards

Join the virtual convocation ceremony celebrating McMaster’s Fall 2020 graduating students, honorary doctorate recipients and award winners on Thursday Nov. 19 at 12 p.m. EST.

No registration is required. The virtual ceremony will be live-streamed at noon on Nov. 19. The video will remain accessible for viewing on our convocation website.

To participate:

  1. Visit the convocation website just before noon on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020.
  2. Click the “Online Celebration” tab access the celebration page.
  3. The live video will appear at the very top of the website, front and centre. Click to play and enjoy!

You can also watch the ceremony on the McMaster Youtube channel.

Reflections on Convocation

Convocation is an important time in the life of any university, and a time for all members of the McMaster community to share in celebrating the successes of our students and anticipating all that they will achieve in the future. Both President David Farrar and Chancellor Santee Smith will be sharing their reflections on the significance of convocation as part of the celebrations.

For more information on Fall 2020 convocation, please visit the registrar’s website.

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