Ceremony Schedule & Details - Orillia 2025

• Regalia rentals will be available to reserve once you receive your RSVP email (around April 2025)
• After you have confirmed your rental you will be issued a receipt from Gaspard Build-A-Grad. Bring this receipt with you to the ceremony - you will need this to pick up your regalia (Ordered your regalia but can’t find your receipt? Contact Gaspard at 1-800-683-4771)
• Haven’t ordered your regalia by the deadline (May 12, 2025)? You will be able to rent your regalia the day of your ceremony for $100. Please be sure to arrive a few minutes early and bring a credit card.
• Regalia can get warm! - Keep this in mind when choosing your outfit. Light clothing is recommended.
• Leave all valuables/bags with your family/friends/supporters - you will not be able to leave anything at your seat and you will not be returning to the same seat.

• Graduating Students - please arrive at Casino Rama Entertainment Centre (5899 Rama Rd, Orillia). Parking will be available on site. 
• Please be sure to arrive at the venue 1.5 hours prior to the start of the ceremony (time to be announced).

• Details to be announced.

• After being lined up with your fellow graduates, the Marshals will begin processing you from the Green Surface to the Blue Surface. Marshals will guide you to your seats. Please do not leave anything at your seat as you will likely not return to the same seat once you’ve crossed the stage.
• As a reminder, the ceremony will be recorded and streamed live so smile for the camera!

• The order of the proceedings can be found at www.lakeheadu.ca/convocation.
  When we get to the “Recognition of Graduates” segment, this is when you will cross the stage! The Marshals will direct you from your seat to the side of the venue. You will walk behind the podium and present your Platform Card to the Name Reader.
• As you cross the stage, your name will be read. You will nod to Chancellor Rita Shelton Deverell and pause for a photograph (no handshaking).
• A photographer will take photos as graduates cross the stage. We ask guests to remain seated so that everyone can see their graduate’s special moment.
• After you cross the stage, you will go behind the black curtains to receive your Alumni scarf and pin.
• You will then return to a seat for the duration of the ceremony.

• Once the ceremony has concluded the Platform Party, Faculty, and graduates will be led out of the venue by the bagpiper.

• Graduates and Guests are invited to join us for light refreshments, photographs and mingling!
• The celebration will take place in the Entertainment Centre at Casino Rama just outside the doors to the ceremony. Refreshments and snacks will be set up for students and their guests to enjoy.
• Parchment pick up and Regalia drop off will be also located in the Entertainment Centre at Casino Rama.

We are very excited to have you join us for this special day and look forward to celebrating your academic achievements! Should you have any questions about the ceremony, please contact convocation@lakeheadu.ca.

For specific inquiries, please contact:
Accessibility Concerns (for graduating students and/or guests in attendance):
convocation@lakeheadu.ca

Regalia Questions (for orders that have already been placed):
Phone: 1-800-683-4771
Email: customer_service@buildagrad.com