All graduates and potential graduates from the Fall 2020, Winter 2021 and Spring 2021 terms who applied to graduate and have met program requirements are invited to attend Convocation 2021. The registration package will be sent to your MyMail address in March.
If you wish to attend the Virtual Convocation, you must register. Check your MyMail account for your registration package.
Each graduate who registers to attend the virtual convocation will have the opportunity to invite as many guests as they wish to watch the virtual event. See Inviting Guests to Convocation for more information.
The platform party comprises NorQuest College's, Board of Governors, Deans and Directors, student representatives, and dignitaries who participate in the ceremony.
See a complete list of students eligible to attend Convocation.
It's your Convocation! We'd love to hear from you. Contact us with your questions or suggestions and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Email: convocation@norquest.ca
Share your Convocation journey with family and friends on social media with using #NQgrad2021.
Graduates will have an opportunity to order a souvenir package consisting of a cap, tassel and gown. Graduates will be provided with instructions for submitting photos prior to the virtual event; it is not necessary to purchase the souvenir package to submit photos.
Convocation is an academic event. Dress accordingly – business casual or business formal wear is suggested.
All program graduates wear red gowns, and traditional red mortar boards.
Your cap is meant to be worn parallel to the ground with the tassel to the right side.
Faculty and Platform Party members wear a black academic gown and an accompanying hood representing their degree and alma mater.
In honour of NorQuest College’s 50th anniversary, The President's Medal award was introduced in 2015. This medal is presented at Convocation each year.
The President’s Medal recognizes academic achievement and participation in inclusive communities as a tribute to 50 years of creating inclusive communities.
More specifically, the award acknowledges a student who consistently models many of the following selection criteria:
Nominations will be made by program chairs and the recipient selected by a formal college committee.
The design of the NorQuest College presidential stole pays homage to the academic institution, its goals, and its student body.
The founding colours of the College were navy blue, sky blue and white. These can be found in the stole. NorQuest College encourages its students to fulfill their potential. The undulating ribbon of blue and teal represents the many aspects of knowledge and the many facets of the student body... the sky above, the earth below and all that exists is revealed as our lives fold and unfold.
NorQuest College is multinational. A large percentage of its students immigrated to Canada from other countries. The eight stripes on the outer border of the stole comprise the colours of all the flags of the world – green, yellow, red, orange, light blue, dark blue, white and black.
The braid at the apex of the stole's design refers to the sweetgrass so important to Canada's First Nations and Indigenous students at NorQuest College. It also represents the interweaving of people, ideals, and aspirations found at the college. Each ribbon by itself is weak but braided together forms part of a strong and structured whole.
Designer: Irene Klar