The College of Waterloo is happy to acknowledge three esteemed people with honorary levels on the Fall 2024 Convocation.
An honorary doctorate is the best honour conferred by the College with every degree awarded to people who encourage and exhibit distinctive service and management inside their self-discipline. Every recipient of the award this yr has made important affect on an area and international scale via their private {and professional} experiences.
“Our honorary doctorates are trendsetters, disruptors and innovators who encourage our graduates,” says Dr. Vivek Goel, president and vice-chancellor of the College of Waterloo. “Their management and contributions in computing, arithmetic, science, the humanities and environmental research function motivation to our graduates as they attempt to make a optimistic affect on the world.”
Be taught extra about this yr’s honorary doctorates and their accomplishments under.
Jim Estill (BASc ’80)
Jim Estill is the president and CEO of Danby Home equipment, a task he has held since 2015. A profitable entrepreneur and investor, he has backed greater than 150 start-ups all through his profession. In 2015, Estill gained worldwide recognition for sponsoring the resettlement of fifty Syrian refugee households in Canada. In honour of his philanthropic contributions, he was awarded the Order of Ontario in 2017 and the Order of Canada in 2018. Estill holds a BASc in Methods Design Engineering from the College of Waterloo and an honorary Doctorate of Legal guidelines from the College of Guelph.
Myeengun Henry
Elder Myeengun Henry joined the College of Waterloo in 2022 as Indigenous data keeper within the College of Well being. He’s former elected chief and band councillor for the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation. He served as supervisor of Indigenous companies and educator of Indigenous research at Conestoga School. Elder Henry conducts Indigenous ceremonies and teachings on campus. He’s additionally a standard medication practitioner, environmental protectionist, Indigenous counsellor, Pow Wow co-ordinator and Indigenous advisor to the Ontario Provincial Police and Legislation Society of Ontario. Elder Henry works with compassion alongside the Workplace of Indigenous Relations towards reconciliation.
Mark Yantzi (BA ’69, MASc ’77)
Mark Yantzi is a pioneer in restorative justice and a frontrunner in addressing battle. He earned a BA in Sociology in 1969 and a MASc in Human Relations and Counselling in 1977, each from the College of Waterloo. As a parole officer within the Nineteen Seventies, Yantzi applied Canada’s first formal use of restorative justice in felony sentencing. He based and led group justice initiatives, creating packages to assist victims and offenders. He served Waterloo as a metropolis and regional councillor and was a mediator for Correctional Service of Canada. He’s the creator of Sexual Offending and Reconciliation and recipient of Conrad Grebel College School’s Distinguished Alumni Service Award.
