Convocation
Volunteers
Volunteering for Convocation
All members of the Ryerson community are welcome to volunteer for Convocation. If you are interested in participating in the Convocation Ceremonies, please sign up here:
If you have any questions, please contact Lise Payne, 416-979-5000 extension 7857 or by e-mail at l2payne@ryerson.ca
In keeping with the Ryerson Convocation tradition, staff, faculty and administrators are encouraged to involve themselves in the celebration of students and the academic year.
Dates and Times
To help decide which ceremonies you can volunteer for, refer to the following schedule.
Please give us a single or as many dates as possible that you are available.
Convocation ceremonies begin at 9:30 a.m., 2:30 p.m. Generally we are looking for a 4 to 5 hour block of time and if that is not possible, a minimum of 2 to 3 hours is necessary. If you are volunteering in the morning you are usually needed before or around 8 am and in the afternoon you may have to stay beyond 4 pm.
Consider some of the following roles.
Faculty gowning
Student gowning
Student procession Marshalls
Award document distribution
Information table
Fire Marshall
Theatre stair Marshall
Flower distribution
DVD sales
Ceremony on screen ushering
Rain Marshall
Rain Marshall assistants
Can't join us? Then be sure to watch the video webcast!
Convocation ceremonies are available as live streaming video webcasts and are archived for later viewing. Please test your software before the event using the archive.
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