Matriculation Convocation 2018

Posted: August 21, 2018

Students signing the register at Matriculation Convocation

Join Trinity faculty, staff, alumni and fellow students for one of our beloved traditions: Matriculation Convocation

The Hon. William C. Graham, Chancellor of Trinity College, invites members of the Trinity College community to the Matriculation Convocation on Wednesday, September 5, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. in the MacMillan Theatre, Faculty of Music.

At Matriculation Convocation, we will formally admit and welcome our incoming students (first-year Faculty of Arts & Science and Faculty of Divinity students) to the College. Students will be invited to sign the Trinity College Register.

At this Convocation, the College will confer an Honorary Fellowship upon The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, in recognition of his leadership and community service. His presenter will be Dean David Cameron and he will be gowned by Prof. Joy Fitzgibbon. A distinguished lawyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada and Companion in the Order of Canada, The Hon. Frank Iacobucci will also deliver the Convocation address.

Incoming Students: please arrive by 7:00 pm in the Trinity College Quadrangle to line up before proceeding to the MacMillan Theatre. The student procession will depart from the Quad by 7:15 pm.

Faculty/Staff: marshalling for the academic procession will take place in the main Trinity College corridor starting at 7:00 pm.

Following the ceremony, a reception will be held in the Trinity Quad (in the event of rain, the reception will be held in Strachan Hall and Seeley Hall). All are welcome to attend the ceremony and reception. If you have questions about Matriculation, you can email Trinity’s Registrar’s Office at registrar@trinity.utoronto.ca.

The Honourable Frank Iacobucci, C.C., Q.C., L.S.M.

Frank IacobucciFrank Iacobucci has had a distinguished career in private practice, academia, government, and the judiciary. He was born, raised, and educated in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he received his B. Comm. and LL.B. from the University of British Columbia. He went on to receive his LL.M. and Dip. International Law from Cambridge.

He began his career in 1964 as a lawyer at a large New York firm, where he practised corporate and securities law. In 1967, he joined the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, and was a professor of law there until 1985. In 1985, Mr. Iacobucci was appointed Deputy Minister of Justice and Deputy Attorney General for Canada. In 1988, he was appointed as Chief Justice of the Federal Court of Canada; and in 1991, he became a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada.

The Honourable Frank Iacobucci retired from the Supreme Court of Canada in June 2004. He was appointed as the Federal Representative to negotiate the settlement of the Indian Residential School litigation, which settlement is the largest in Canadian history.