Indigenous Student Graduation Ceremony
Indigenous Student Graduation Ceremony
Western’s Indigenous Student Graduation Ceremony takes place each year in early April or late March.
All Indigenous students registered at Western or one of our Affiliated University College’s (Huron or King’s) are welcome to participate. Families are encouraged to attend and support their graduates.
During the ceremony we honour and celebrate our Indigenous student graduates’ accomplishments. Graduates are gifted with a Western Indigenous stole.
White stole to acknowledge the completion of an undergraduate degree
Silver stole for a master’s degree
Purple stole for a bachelor of Education
Bronze stole for Doctor of Medicine, Juris Doctor (Law) or Doctor of Dental Surgery
Gold stole for a doctorate degree
For students, the stoles are a visual symbol of pride in their Indigenous heritage and can also be worn during Western Convocation ceremonies in June, or October.
For students attending the Indigenous graduation, we gift the appropriate stole during the ceremony.
For those not attending the ceremony, you may pick up a stole at the ISC or we will mail it to you by request. Request a stole by sending an email to akewayos@uwo.ca.
If you have more questions about the Indigenous Graduation ceremony, please contact the graduation committee at isc.graduation@uwo.ca
