Szathmáry to receive honourary doctorate
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York University will bestow an honourary doctorate on University of Manitoba president Emoke Szathmáry at winter convocation ceremonies on Friday.
“In awarding this honorary doctorate, we’re recognizing Dr. Szathmáry’s exemplary leadership in education and her commitment to values that York holds dear: enhancing diversity and accessibility, internationalization, and community service,” said Mamdouh Shoukri, York University President and Vice-Chancellor.
Shoukri pointed out that Szathmáry’s research has focused on the genetics of the aboriginal peoples of North America; she has investigated the causes of type-2 diabetes in aboriginal North Americans, the genetic relationships within and between peoples of North America and Asia, and the microevolution of the peoples of the subarctic and arctic.
Szathmáry is a member of the Order of Canada, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has been named among the Top 100: Canada’s Most Powerful Women.
Szathmáry will be honoured at the 10 a.m. ceremony for degree recipients in the Faculty of Graduate Studies. The ceremonies will be held in The Sandra Faire and Ivan Fecan Theatre in the Accolade East Building on York’s Keele campus, in northwest Toronto.
Szathmary will retire June 30 after 12 years as president of U of M.