CBU to confer four honorary degrees
SYDNEY — Cape Breton University will hand out four honorary degrees during its spring 2022 convocations on May 19 and 20.
In a release, CBU said four individuals from Cape Breton who have made a significant impact in the arts and culture, medicine and Indigenous rights sectors will receive honorary doctorates.
CBU will confer the degrees Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, on Bette MacDonald, Maynard Morrison and Sen. Dan Christmas, and Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, on Dr. Rex Dunn.
"We are so proud to honour four Cape Bretoners from very different sectors that all make up the fabric of our Cape Breton culture," said CBU president and vicechancellor David Dingwall.
"Bette and Maynard are household names when it comes to arts, culture and comedy, Dr. Rex Dunn's contribution to health care in our community is ground-breaking and everlasting and Sen. Dan Christmas has spent his career advocating for treaty and human rights.”
MacDonald and Morrison started their careers in the performing arts at CBU's Boardmore Theatre. The husband and wife duo are known widely for their roles in the well-loved Rise and Follies of Cape Breton Island and the popular Summertime Review. The two are legends in the performing arts sector and both have found individual success throughout their careers.
Dunn has practised medicine for over 43 years and has dedicated his career to advancing vascular care at the Cape Breton Regional Hospital. He has held numerous positions within Nova Scotia Health.
Christmas, the first Mi'kmaw senator to be appointed to the Senate of Canada, has served in various leadership positions in the Mi'kmaw Nation of Nova Scotia. Christmas was also actively involved in the recognition and implementation of Mi'kmaw aboriginal and treaty rights in the province.
Convocation ceremonies will be live-streamed online at CBU.ca/convocation.