Father James McConica, honourary Doctor of Laws degree recipient, speaking from podium during Convocation ceremony held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Father James Kelsey McConica (born 1930) is an eminent scholar whose work on Tudor history has received international accolades. With more than fifty historical studies to his credit, including a sensitive portrayal of Thomas More, he is a recognized expert in the medieval renaissance and reformation periods. McConica was an instructor, then Assistant Professor of History at the University of Saskatchewan from 1956-1962. McConica edited and interpreted the Collected Works of Erasmus and The History of the University of Oxford. Former President and Vice-Chancellor of St. Michael's College, and current President of the Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, he is a classic humanist whose influence resonates throughout academic circles in Canada and abroad. McConica was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2000.