UNBC Announces Honourary Degrees
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PRINCE GEORGE – Former B.C. Supreme Court Justice and prominent lawyer Thomas Berger will be given an Honourary Degree during UNBC’s convocation ceremonies this spring.
Berger became well known when he represented the Nisga in the Calder Case in Supreme Court. The Nisga won the case which first established Aboriginal title and started the modern day treaty process in Canada. Eventually, it led to the signing of the Nisga treaty in 2000 and self-government for the First Nation. In 2013 he was counsel for the Manitoba Metis in the successful appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada for recognition of the promises of land for the Metis made by John A. Macdonald to Louis Riel in 1870.
“My work has often involved me in Northern cases and Northern causes,” said Berger. “It is very gratifying to be honoured by UNBC, which has become a vital Northern institution.”
Lawrence Hill is a critically acclaimed author and screenwriter. He will also receive an Honourary Degree May 25. Hill has written ten books and received numerous awards including The Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize. Hill is a creative writing Professor at the University of Guelph.
