Honorary Degree Recipients
THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY
Honorary Degree Recipients
THOMPSON RIVERS UNIVERSITY
The Honorary Doctorate is the highest form of recognition offered by TRU and is awarded to persons of provincial, national or international stature who have demonstrated excellence in the fields of public affairs, the sciences, arts, humanities, business or philanthropy, with achievements both relevant and appropriate to TRU.
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| 2024 |
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| Dr. Bruce Damer |
| Dr. Cecilia DeRose |
| Dr. Garry Gottfriedson |
| Dr. Kevin Loring |
| Dr. Muriel Sasakamoose |
| 2023 |
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| Verna Billy-Minnabarriet |
| Bev Sellars |
| Jorge Campos |
| Christopher Weddell |
| 2022 |
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| Wally Oppal |
| Georges Henry Erasmus |
| Tom Allen |
| Adam Miron |
| Anne and Roland Neave |
| 2021 |
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| Marion Buller |
| Norman Daley |
| Maria Klawe |
| André Picard |
| Marvin Storrow |
| 2020 |
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| Temple Grandin |
| Mona Jules |
| Vera Schiff |
| 2019 |
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| Mr. Charles Mossop |
| Dr. Pauline van den Driessche |
| Mr. Karl deBruijn |
| Ms. Tantoo Cardinal |
| Mr. Mike Wiegele |
| 2018 |
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| Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella |
| Ms. Dawn Hrycun |
| Ms. Lori Marchand |
| Mr. Dean Nelson |
| Dr. Marianne Sadar |
| Ms. Margaret Spina (posthumous) |
| Dr. Evelyn Voyageur |
| 2017 |
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| Captain David Sakaki |
| Dr. Roger Strasser |
| Mr. Rudy Buttignol |
| Senator Murray Sinclair |
| Anthony von Mandl |
| 2016 |
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| Bob Lenarduzzi |
| Brenda Milner |
| Vincent L. Ready |
| 2015 |
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| The Honourable Thomas Berger |
| Cindy Blackstock |
| Kevin Krueger |
| Kenneth Lepin |
| Michaela Pereira |
| 2013 |
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| Marie Battiste |
| Mark Brown |
| Chief Wayne Christian |
| Spencer West |
| 2012 |
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| Irving K. “Ike” Barber |
| George D. Kuh |
| Captain Charles James Reid Moore |
| Paul St. Pierre |
| Sheila Watt-Cloutier |
| 2011 |
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| Sheila Fraser |
| Kenneth Ogilvie |
| Ron Olynyk |
| Nelofer Pazira |
| Stephen Podborski |
| 2010 |
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| Elspeth M. McDougall |
| Claude Richmond |
| Daphne Smith |
| Richard Wagamese |
| Ruth Williams |
| 2009 |
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| Lorne Cardinal |
| Mark Madryga |
| Christopher Duncan Rose |
| Mark H. Rowswell “Dashan” |
| 2008 |
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| Jann Bailey |
| bill bissett |
| Bryan Kolb |
| Ian Whishaw |
| 2007 |
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| Peter Armstrong |
| Nancy Edwards |
| Chad Gaffield |
| Gordon Gore |
| Rick Hansen |
| Daphne Odjig |
| Francis Pang |
| Ian Tyson |
| 2006 |
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| John Ciriani |
| Suzanne Fortier |
| C.T. (Manny) Jules |
| Nathan Matthew |
| Fraser Mustard |
| Janet De Silva |
| 2005 |
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| Sir John Daniel |
| Duncan MacRae |
| Alex Michalos |
| Claire Morris |
| Gilles Paquet |
| 2004 |
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| Hans Wolfgang Gmoser (UCC) |
| Carole Taylor (BCOU) |
| Joan Sherman Weir (UCC) |
| Dato’ Nellie Tan Wong (UCC) |
| 2003 |
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| Donald Robert Andrews (UCC) |
| Daniel Birch (BCOU) |
| Stella H. Black (UCC) |
| D. Kelley Lee (BCOU) |
| 2002 |
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| John Dennison (UCC) |
| Senator Mobina Jaffer (BCOU) |
| Robert Kroetsch (UCC) |
| Ruth Wilson (BCOU) |
| 2001 |
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| Mary Alice Danaher (UCC) |
| Dal Richards (BCOU) |
| Gordon Selman (BCOU) |
| Mary Thomas (UCC) |
| 2000 |
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| John (Jack) Douglas Gregson (UCC) |
| Barbara Guttmann-Gee (BCOU) |
| Doug Hull (BCOU) |
| Rick Salutin (UCC) |
| 1999 |
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| E. Margaret Fulton (BCOU) |
| Joseph Gosnell, Sr. (BCOU) |
| The Honourable Leonard S. Marchand (UCC) |
| Nancy Greene Raine (UCC) |
| 1998 |
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| Teresa MacNeil (BCOU) |
| David Suzuki (BCOU) |
| 1997 |
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| Rosemary Brown (BCOU) |
| 1996 |
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| Gordon Antoine (BCOU) |
| Adrienne Clarkson (BCOU) |
| 1995 |
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| J. Fred Weber (BCOU) |
| 1994 |
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| Ursula Franklin (BCOU) |
| Tom Hudson (BCOU) |
| 1993 |
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| Setijadi (BCOU) |
| Bertha Wilson (BCOU) |
| 1992 |
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| Ronald R. Jeffels (BCOU) |
| Peter Jepson-Young (BCOU) |
| W.P. Kinsella (BCOU) |
| James S. Pritchard (BCOU) |
| 1991 |
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| Pat Carney (BCOU) |
| The Right Honourable Ramon J. Hnatyshyn (BCOU) |
| 1990 |
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| John Ellis (BCOU) |
| Peter Gzowski (BCOU) |
| Walter Hardwick (BCOU) |
| Patrick McGeer (BCOU) |
UCC – Honorary Degree awarded by University College of the Cariboo
BCOU – Honorary Degree awarded by British Columbia Open University
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