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RYERSON HONORARY DOCTORATES

Ryerson began awarding honorary doctoral degrees in 1996. Candidates are selected on criteria that include: an outstanding contribution to society; a significant achievement in the use of an interdisciplinary approach to polytechnic education; noted accomplishments and/or applied research in a field related to Ryerson; enhancement of Ryerson’s image, at home or abroad; and the promotion of Canadianism in the arts, science, business, public service, or communications.

The first honorary doctorate was awarded to:

The Right Honorable Romeo LeBlanc	Doctor of Letters
Other recipients:
Hurbert Astier (2002)	Doctor of Laws
Martha Billes (2002)	Doctor of Commerce
Micheline Bouchard (1998)	Doctor of Engineering
Robert E. Brown (2002)	Doctor of Science
Thomas A. Brzustowski (1996)	Doctor of Engineering
The Honourable Judd Buchanen (1997)	Doctor of Laws
James Cameron (1998)	Doctor of Laws
Christopher Chapman (2000)	Doctor of Laws
William Davis (2003)	Doctor of Laws
Michael De Pencier (2002)	Doctor of Letters
Shirley Douglas (2001)	Doctor of Laws
John Craig Eaton (1996)	Doctor of Commerce
Murray Enkin (1997)	Doctor of Laws
Ivan Fecan (2001)	Doctor of Laws
Stephen Foster (2000)	Doctor of Commerce
Gaetano Gagliano (1998)	Doctor of Laws
Bobbie Gaunt (2000)	Doctor of Laws
Mira Godard (2002)	Doctor of Laws
Paul Godfrey (2001)	Doctor of Engineering
Anne Golden (1997)	Doctor of Laws
Jane Goodall (2001)	Doctor of Science
Jack Granatstein (1999)	Doctor of Laws
Ruth Grier (2000)	Doctor of Laws
Terence Grier (2000)	Doctor of Laws
Barbara Hall (1998)	Doctor of Laws
Linda Hasenfratz (2003)	Doctor of Engineering
The Honorable Jacques Hebert (1997)	Doctor of Laws
George Heller (2002)	Doctor of Commerce
Douglas G. Hull (1996)	Doctor of Science
Lionel Hurtubise (1999)	Doctor of Engineering
Roberta Jamieson (2003)	Doctor of Laws
Russell Jolliffe (2000)	Doctor of Laws
Pierre Juneau (1996)	Doctor of Letters
Maria Klawe (2001)	Doctor of Laws
Bonnie Sherr Klein (2003)	Doctor of Laws
Peter Laughton (1997)	Doctor of Engineering
Arthur Lee (1998)	Doctor of Laws
Dennis Lee (2001)	Doctor of Laws
Linda Lundstrom (1997)	Doctor of Laws
Graca Machel (2001)	Doctor of Laws
Nelson Mandela (2001)	Doctor of Laws
Beverly Mascoll (1999)	Doctor of Laws
Diane McGarry (1996)	Doctor of Science
Frank McKenna (1999)	Doctor of Laws
Lorne Michaels (1999)	Doctor of Laws
David Mirvish (1996)	Doctor of Letters
Roger Moore (1999)	Doctor of Laws
J. Fraser Mustard (2003)	Doctor of Science
John Neville (1999)	Doctor of Laws
Cornelia Hahn Oberlander (1999)	Doctor of Laws
James Orbinski (2002)	Doctor of Laws
Ron Osborne (1998)	Doctor of Laws
Marian Packham (1997)	Doctor of Science
Jean Pelletier (2002)	Doctor of Laws
Christopher Plummer (2002)	Doctor of Letters
Eugene Polistuk (2001)	Doctor of Engineering
Glenn Pushelberg (2003)	Doctor of Laws
Margaret Risk (2001)	Doctor of Laws
Albert Rose (1996)	Doctor of Laws
Harry Rosen (2003)	Doctor of Commerce
Anne Ross (1998)	Doctor of Laws
Ian Rowe (2002)	Doctor of Engineering
Bev Salmon (1999)	Doctor of Laws
Isadore Sharp (2003)	Doctor of Commerce
Allan Slaight (2000)	Doctor of Commerce
Sam Sniderman (1997)	Doctor of Commerce
Carol Stephenson (2000)	Doctor of Engineering
Joey Tanenbaum (2003)	Doctor of Commerce
Toby Tanenbaum (2003)	Doctor of Commerce
Alex Taylor (1998)	Doctor of Engineering
Cynthia Trudell (2000)	Doctor of Engineering
Pamela Wallin (2000)	Doctor of Journalism
George Wong (2001)	Doctor of Commerce
Richard B. Wright (2003)	Doctor of Letters
George Yabu (2003)	Doctor of Laws

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