Cheers to the Class of 2007

The sun was hot, the air heavy with pride and relief. This spring, 6,000 new graduates and 14 honorary degree recipients donned caps and gowns for a week of ceremony and celebration.

Master corporal Jeff McCarthy of the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada leads the platform party to the Convocation ceremony on lower campus.
Owen Egan

Amelie Waldin, who earned a BSc with 1st class honours in microbiology, shares her joy with James McGill (well, with his statue on lower campus).
Owen Egan

Marcel Desautels wears many hats: business executive, McGill benefactor, singer -- and now honorary Doctor of Laws. He broke into song during his convocation address, imploring new graduates to "dream the impossible dream" and "whistle while you work."
Owen Egan

Danielle Laplante-Ip’s guide dog, Liberty, accompanied her to class every day. At the Faculty of Arts convocation, Danielle received her Bachelor of Social Work -- and Liberty received her own cap.
Owen Egan

Terry Mosher, best known as irreverent Montreal Gazette political cartoonist Aislin, celebrates his honorary degree with wife Mary Hughson. "Here I am a Doctor of Letters," he quipped during his convocation address, "and I don't even spell that well."
Owen Egan

Principal Heather Munroe-Blum applauds Joseph Rouleau, opera legend and recipient of an honorary doctorate, during the Schulich School of Music convocation.
Owen Egan

Graduates, family and friends took to the lawn of the Macdonald Campus for the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences convocation.
Claudio Calligaris

Newly minted grads doff their caps in celebration at the Macdonald Campus.
Claudio Calligaris

Computer science professor Kaleem Siddiqi proudly holds his son, Vir -- and Vir proudly holds his father's 2007 Carrie M. Derick Award for Excellence in Graduate Teaching and Supervision.
Owen Egan

Shortly after receiving an honorary Doctor of Science, philosopher and evolution proponent Daniel Dennett gave a public lecture at the Montreal Neurological Institute.
Owen Egan

Linah Hashimi and Michelle Wang are ecstatic about their brand new BSc Biology degrees.
Allen McInnis