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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Convocation schedule

Class of 2023 Convocation

Wednesday, June 7 through Friday, June 9, 2023
Ontario Tech University, Polonsky Commons, 2000 Simcoe Street North, Oshawa (campus map)

Wednesday, June 7, 2023
9:30 a.m. ceremony
  • Graduates from the Faculty of Education
  • Honorary Doctorate: Dr. Mike DeGagné, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
2 p.m. ceremony
  • Graduates from the Faculty of Health Sciences
  • Honorary Doctorate: Dr. Samir Sinha, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Thursday, June 8, 2023
9:30 a.m. ceremony
  • Graduates from the Faculty of Science
  • Honorary Doctorate: Ms. Christine Elliott, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa
2 p.m. ceremony
  • Graduates from the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science
  • Honorary Doctorate: Mr. Sheldon Levy, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa

Friday, June 9, 2023
9:30 a.m. ceremony
2 p.m. ceremony
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