Nominations

Honorary Degree Nomination Process

Every year at Spring Convocation, OCAD University confers honorary doctoral degrees upon outstanding individuals who embody the ideals of the University and have made significant contributions to the fields of art, design and culture. This is the highest honour given by OCAD U. 

All members of the OCAD U community, including students, faculty, staff and alums, are invited to submit a nomination during the nomination period. Nominations are submitted to the Office of the Vice-President, Academic and Provost via an online form. 

Honorary Doctorate Recipients of OCAD University

Will Alsop (2004)

Jeannette Armstrong (2019)

Margaret E. Atwood (2009)

Salah Bachir (2017)

James K. Bartleman (2008)

Iain Baxter& (2014)

Jeanne Beker (2018)

Rebecca Belmore (2005)

Barry Blitt (2019)

Shary Boyle (2021)

Harriet Burdett-Moulton (2017)

George Butterfield (2007)

Bill Buxton (2007)

Peter Caldwell (2011)

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller (2024)

Adrienne Clarkson (2006)

Carole Condé and Karl Beveridge (2010)

Douglas Coupland (2013)

David Cronenberg (2018)

Ruth Cuthand (2021)

Catherine (Kiki) Delaney (2012)

Daniel L. Donovan (2009)

Elizabeth Dowdeswell (2020)

Rosalie Favell (2022)

Michael Fukushima (2022)

Claude Gidman (2008)

Piers Handling (2011)

Siamak Hariri (2024)

Jamelie Hassan (2018)

Kat Holmes (2023)

Nalo Hopkinson (2021)

Robert Houle (2023)

Ellis Jacob (2021)

Alex Janvier (2016)

Burton Kramer (2003)

Nobuo Kubota (2011)

Anita Kunz (2010)

Annie Koyama (2022)

Monte Kwinter (2003)

Philip B. Lind (2023)

Jim Logan (2020)

Julien Christian Lutz (2020)

Michael Massie (2024)

Judy Matthews (2022)

Nancy McCain (2023)

Kent Monkman (2017)

Kenneth Montague (2016)

Shelley Niro (2019)

Daphne Odjig (2008)

Charles S. Pachter (2009)

Margaret Priest (2015)

Andrew Pringle (2024)

Karim Rashid (2006)

Duke Redbird (2013)

Honorary Fellows Of The Ontario College of Art & Design

Ivan Albright (1980)

Teresa Altiman (1986)

Louis Applebaum (1981)

Franklin Arbuckle (1989)

Douglas Ball (2001)

Ken Bell (1990)

Lois Etherington Betteridge (1992)

George and Patty Boake (1996)

Jean Sutherland Boggs (1991)

Eleanor Brydone (1989)

Dorothy Burnham (1988)

Jack Bush (1976)

Douglas J. Cardinal (1990)

A. J. Casson (1973)

Joan Chalmers (1982)

Olivia Chow (1999)

Alan Caswell Collier (1988)

Alex Colville (1978)

Charles Fraser Comfort (1974)

Dora de Pédery Hunt (1982)

Michael de Pencier (1993)

Atom Egoyan (1999)

Paul Duncan Fleck (1986)

Allan R. Fleming (1973)

Frederick Ernest Fletcher (1975)

Dr. Ursula Franklin (1995)

Eric Freifeld (1983)

Vera Frenkel (2002)

Robert Fulford (1998)

Arthur Gelber (1997)

Charles Goldhamer (1984)

Betty Goodwin (1993)

Helen Francis Gregor (1987)

Michael Harmes (1996)

Peter Herrndorf (2001)

Ydessa Hendeles (1998)

James Hill (2002)

Tom Hill (1998)

Elizabeth M. Bradford Holbrook (1996)

Dorothy Hoover (1975)

Yvonne McKague Housser (1981)

Cleeve Horne (1984)

James Houston (1974)

Vello Hubel (1995)

Avrom Isaacs (1985)

Norman Jewison (1982)

Jean Johnson (2000)

Nancy Joy (1984)

Garry Neill Kennedy (1993)

Olga Korper (2001)