F. Hedley Auld, University Chancellor, making presentation of an honourary Doctor of Laws degree to A.Y. Jackson at Convocation ceremony held in Physical Education gymnasium. Norman K. Cram, University Registrar, prepares to hood recipient.

Bio/Historical Note: Alexander Young Jackson (1882-1974) was a Canadian painter and a founding member of the Group of Seven. Jackson made a significant contribution to the development of art in Canada, and was successful in bringing together the artists of Montreal and Toronto. He exhibited with the Group of Seven from 1920. In addition to Jackson’s work with the Group of Seven, his long career included serving as a War Artist during World War I (1917-1919) and teaching at the Banff School of Fine Arts from 1943-1949. In his later years he was artist-in-residence at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario. In 1964 Jackson submitted his own design during the Great Flag Debate. It was similar in design to the Pearson Pennant. In 1965 Jackson had a serious stroke that put an end to his painting career. He recuperated at the home of friend and painter Ralph Wallace Burton, and later moved to the McMichael Conservation Estate in Kleinburg, Ontario. Jackson died in a nursing home in Toronto in 1974. He is buried on the grounds of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. His niece Naomi Jackson Groves published several books about his life and work including Two Jacksons (2000), an account of a shared trip through France and Germany in 1936.