Directory of honorary doctorates

Jacques Samarut is world-renowned for his research on cancer-causing retroviruses and on the mechanisms of action of hormone receptors in embryonic development and cancer. He is the president of the new École normale supérieure de Lyon, and held leading positions with ENS prior to its reorganization.  He is also president of the scientific council of the Institut national de la recherche agronomique in Paris.  Jacques Samarut founded and chaired the Rhône-Alpes génopôle genomic resear...
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The Right Honourable David Johnston is Canada’s 28th governor general. A lawyer by training, he taught at four universities, and served notably successful tenures as principal of McGill University and president of the University of Waterloo. He has also served on many key advisory committees shaping public policy, and has authored or co-authored two dozen books.
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Neil Turok was professor of physics at Princeton University until assuming the chair of mathematical physics at Cambridge University, where he collaborated with Stephen Hawking on the Hawking-Turok instanton solutions. In 2008, he became director of the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo and he has established science academies in Africa to cultivate young scientists.
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Joé Juneau, NHL player, graduate engineer and founder of a hockey education program in Nunavik, played on the silver medal-winning 1992 Canadian Olympic team and on five Stanley Cup finalist teams. On retirement, he became partner and account manager at Harfan Technologies until he brought organized hockey to Inuit youth.  
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The Honourable Warren Winkler is chief justice of Ontario and president of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. He has served on the bench since 1993. Justice Winkler is known for his mediation work on issues including, notably, claims arising from the Walkerton tainted water incident. He is also a leader in class action jurisprudence in Canada.
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For the past 30 years, Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann has been at the forefront of computer graphics and computer animation. Her laboratory, MIRALab, is one of the most dynamic in Europe and her cutting edge research is distinguished by abundant interdisciplinarity. The vast knowledge and creativity flowing from this scientific pioneer expresses itself in award-winning research at the crossroads between art and science.
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Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada, is a medical doctor with more than fifteen years of experience working in war zones.  Committed to peace, human rights and social justice, her humanitarian work has benefited hundreds of thousands of war-affected children globally. Dr. Nutt’s work has been widely recognized and she has received many honours, including the Order of Ontario.
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A business visionary and accomplished corporate leader, Rob Ashe transformed Cognos (now owned by IBM) from a specialized tools provider into a world-leading business intelligence and performance management company. A community-minded influencer, he has used his knowledge and business acumen to champion business analytics, higher education and workforce skills.
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For more than two decades, Kenneth Roth has helped raise awareness of human rights atrocities and given voice to the most vulnerable on our planet. Under his leadership, Human Rights Watch has grown enormously in the causes it defends, in its geographic reach and in its stature. Much of his life has been defined by his commitment to justice, accountability and freedom for all.
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Playwright, novelist, poet, writer and actor, Jean Marc Dalpé is a multi-talented artist who’s fertile and varied work has nourished the development of Franco-Ontarian and French-Canadian literature. Charged with measures of both humour and anger, his texts are delivered in the real and stark language of the dispossessed. His work has garnered a number of awards including three Governor General Awards.
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