Concordia University honours seven outstanding individuals

Honorary doctorates to be granted to art historian, Internet innovator, filmmaker, humanitarian, broadcaster and pioneering businesswomen

Montreal, May 15, 2013 - Concordia University will grant seven honorary doctorates during spring convocation ceremonies to be held June 10 to 12 in Salle Wilfrid Pelletier at Place des Arts (175 Ste-Catherine St. W.). The distinguished recipients will join more than 5,000 students from across Concordia’s four Faculties and the School of Graduate Studies graduating this spring.

The honorands are:

Joyce Zemans, CM, LLD, art historian, director of the MBA Program in Arts and Media Administration at York University’s Schulich School of Business and former director of the Canada Council for the Arts, currently a member of the advisory boards of the Toronto Arts Council, Theatre Museum Canada , and Concordia University's Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, for her invaluable work in art history and cultural policy in Canada and internationally.
Monday, June 10 at 10 a.m. – Faculty of Fine Arts

Leonard Kleinrock, PhD, distinguished professor of computer science at UCLA, developer of the mathematical theory of packet networks and coordinator of the transmission of the first message to pass over the Internet, for helping to establish the underpinnings of this revolutionary communications medium, and for training a successive generation of leading computer networking experts.
Monday, June 10 at 3 p.m.  – Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science

Deepa Mehta, O.Ont, LLD, Oscar-nominated screenwriter and director whose award-winning films, including Midnight’s Children and Water, have been distributed in more than 50 countries and screened at major international film festivals, for her artful explorations of universal themes, most notably women’s struggle for equality.
Tuesday, June 11 at 10 a.m. – Faculty of Arts and Science

LtGen. The Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire (Ret’d), OC, CMM, GOQ, MSC, CD, B.ésS, Senator, member of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Advisory Committee on Genocide Prevention, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Concordia-based Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS), former commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda (UNAMIR), author the Governor General’s Literary Award-winning Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda as well as They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children, for his tireless advocacy for peace, human rights and the prevention of war crimes.

Tuesday, June 11 at 3 p.m. – Faculty of Arts and Science

Mutsumi Takahashi, BA, MBA, Concordia alumna, co-anchor of CTV Montreal News at noon and 6 p.m., co-chair, Best Care for Life Campaign at the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), for her investigative acumen and professional style of journalism, community engagement and tireless devotion to communicating the value of education.
Tuesday, June 11 at 7:30 p.m. – Faculty of Arts and Science

Christiane Germain, CQ, DComm,  co-president and co-founder of the Groupe Germain Hospitalité, in charge of operations for all hotels under the Le Germain Boutique-hotels banner and the ALT Hotel banner, for her dedication to not-for-profit community organizations, and for the distinctive mark she’s made on the hotel and restaurant industry in Canada.
Wednesday, June 12 at 10 a.m. – John Molson School of Business

Françoise Bertrand, BA, MA, ICD.D., CQ, chief executive officer (CEO) of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec, former president and CEO of the Société de radio-télévision du Québec (now called Télé-Québec), and chair of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC), for her leadership in the business community and in the area of corporate governance.
Wednesday, June 12 at 3 p.m. – John Molson School of Business