This year’s lineup of University of Lethbridge honourary degree recipients includes the famous and well-known from southern Alberta and beyond.
Joan Stebbins, a leading Canadian curator who put Lethbridge on the national art scene, will receive an honorary doctor of fine arts degree at convocation ceremonies May 28 and 29.
In addition, spring convocation will see doctors of laws degrees conferred upon Ralph Himsl, retired superintendent of the Catholic School District and a passionate educational leader and mentor, Samantha Nutt, a Canadian physician who founded War Child Canada in 1999 and has since provided humanitarian aid to war-affected children all over the world, Robert Best, a U of L alumnus who has been influential in shaping advocacy on behalf of Canadian universities, Mobina Jaffer, a senator and lawyer who has worked for social justice and gender equality, and Ross Watson, a Cochrane man who was the first blind person to climb Canada’s highest peak.
Fall convocation ceremonies on Oct. 17 will see award-winning country singer/songwriter Paul Brandt receive a doctor of fine arts honorary degree. Brandt is also a registered nurse who worked at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. His volunteer work includes being involved with organizations like Samaritan’s Purse, Operation Christmas Child and World Vision.
Son Soubert, from Phnom Penh, Cambodia, is scheduled to receive a doctor of laws this fall. Soubert is an educator, politician and humanitarian who has worked to establish responsible politics in Cambodia and established two orphanages.
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