Convocation Ceremony
Congratulations Graduating Class of 2025!
Convocation is a special time to celebrate and share the accomplishments of our exceptional Lakehead University graduates along with distinguished honourees. This spring, we will host our 60th Convocation Ceremonies and we look forward to seeing you there!
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RSVPs were emailed in April - please check your Lakehead University email account. Students that have graduated between September 2024 and May 2025 will receive an invitation to celebrate at our upcoming convocation ceremony.
Bringing guests to the ceremony? They will not require tickets, friends, family and supporters are welcome.
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Message from Lakehead University’s President & Vice-Chancellor
Congratulations to you, our graduating class of 2025!
As you cross the stage at your convocation ceremony, I invite you to reflect on this transformational moment.
You are not simply walking across the stage to a roar of applause from your friends, family, and supporters; no, this milestone is much more profound. Crossing the stage and obtaining your hard-earned degree signifies stepping into the next phase of your bright and brilliant future.
Whether your goal is to begin working in your chosen field or to continue your education by pursuing advanced studies, completing your degree at Lakehead University has bestowed upon you the gifts of choice and opportunity.
From this moment forward, the key to unlocking your future is in your hands. I know that your journey from the first day of orientation to convocation was not easy. You have grown as a person, you have expanded your mind, built your skill sets, and you are well-prepared for what comes next.
On behalf of our faculty and staff, and alongside your friends, family, and supporters, I offer my heartfelt congratulations. The entire Lakehead community is proud of all you have accomplished, and we are honoured to be part of your life’s story.
Dr. Gillian Siddall, President and Vice-Chancellor
Lakehead University
Message from Lakehead University’s Chancellor
Congratulations and Power to the Class of 2025
Your class is in the unique position of graduating into a world that is suffering from extremely negative uses of Power and Privilege. Power is used now to wage trade and armed wars. Power is used now to attack education, health, the press, and the arts. Power is used now to belittle and demean individuals, groups, and countries.
However, class of 2025, you are in an equally unique position to counter these negative forces, and I have every confidence that you will. I join you in thanks for the power given to you by your support teams of family and friends. You are Empowered, and will continue to cultivate your partnerships of faculty and classmates. You are Empowered by your scholarship and abilities to find real solutions to real problems. You are Empowered by understanding the urgent need for truth and reconciliation, and by your active compassion for the demeaned. You are Empowered by your crucial involvements in education, health, the arts, and your love of Canada.
You are ready and need not be afraid. Greetings. Congratulations. Thank you.
Rita Shelton Deverell, CM, EdD
Chancellor