Environmental leader receives honorary degree Gavin Au-Yeung Globally renowned scholar and activist Vandana Shiva addresses graduating students in Convocation Hall (photo by Jon Horvatin) “You’re entering a new world, and all I can do today is share with you my journey and how in that journey, nothing was irrelevant.” With those words Vandana Shiva addressed a Convocation Hall filled with hopeful graduates Nov. 12, moments after receiving her honorary doctor of laws from Chancellor Michael Wilson. The Delhi-based scholar and activist urged graduates to carefully examine the natural and social environment they will meet throughout their lives and to depart from common misconceptions of a disconnected world.
