E.K. (Ted) Turner, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to Dr. David E. Smith during Convocation ceremony at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. David E. Smith had a long career at the University of Saskatchewan (1964-2004), where he is Professor Emeritus, and at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy at the University of Regina (2005-2012), where he was a Senior Policy Fellow. Dr. Smith earned his PhD and Master’s degrees in Political Science at Duke University, and a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Economics and Political Science from the University of Western Ontario. During his forty years at the U of S, Dr. Smith supervised numerous graduate theses, served on many thesis committees, and taught a full range of undergraduate courses. He has also lectured in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Japan, and Korea, and held a visiting professorship of Canadian studies in Japan. He has published widely on Canadian politics and its institutions. The U of S honoured Dr. Smith with an earned Doctor of Letters in 1995, and a Distinguished Researcher Award in 2003. Ryerson University conferred on Dr. Smith a Doctor of Letters degree in 2010. Dr. Smith is an adjunct faculty member in the Department of Politics and Public Administration and a member of the Yeates School of Graduate Studies at Ryerson University. He was appointed as a Distinguished Visiting Scholar in 2013. Dr. Smith received the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2015. His most recent book (2017) is The Constitution in a Hall of Mirrors: Canada at 150.