Honorary Doctorates to be awarded in June

Howard Alper was the first winner, in 2000, of the NSERC Herzberg Canada Gold Medal, which carried an award of $1 million over five years. Currently at the University of Ottawa, where he held the position of Vice-President Research, he is known for developing tools to synthesize and modify molecules.

Arts & Science Convocation, June 18, at 10 a.m.

Jean-Claude Turcotte has been Archbishop of Montreal since 1990, and a cardinal since 1994. An effective steward of the 250 active churches in his diocese, he helps raise $2 million a year through the Cardinal’s Campaign to further the philanthropic and spiritual work of the Church.

Arts & Science Convocation, June 18, at 3 p.m.

André Desmarais is president and CEO of Power Corporation, which was turned into a major Canadian company by his father, Paul Desmarais, Sr. Power Corporation has assets in North American, Europe and Asia in media, pulp and paper, and financial services.

John Molson School of Business Convocation, June 19, at 10 a.m.

Don McNaughton has been a great friend to Concordia for over 30 years. Despite a busy career in advertising, he became an active volunteer at Loyola College, and subsequently at Concordia. He chaired the Board of Governors from 1981 to 1987, and is now a Governor Emeritus. He was given the Loyola Medal in 1991.

Engineering and Computer Science Convocation, June 19, at 3 p.m.

Grant Munro is a director, producer, actor, scriptwriter and editor. However, he is known principally for having collaborated for four decades with animation pioneer Norman McLaren at the National Film Board of Canada, where he developed such animation techniques as pixilation, the use of puppets and cel animation.

Fine Arts Convocation, June 20, at 10 a.m.