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Join Â鶹´«Ã½’s Convocation ceremonies in a virtual format to honour the classes of 2021 and 2020.

Dates:

Class of 2020 Convocation – Wednesday, June 23
Ceremony – 4 p.m.
Receptions – 5 to 6 p.m. 

Class of 2021 Convocation – Friday, June 25
Ceremony – 3 p.m.
Receptions – 4 to 5 p.m.

Convocation website: ontariotechu.ca/convocation

The ceremony

The virtual platform will include a lobby where participants can navigate to multiple activities. This includes a stage for each faculty ceremony, a photo booth and the planned reception activities.

The receptions

All participants can choose to attend the Faculty Celebration Rooms, trivia and/or musical entertainment following the completion of their ceremony.

• Trivia: Three 20-minute trivia games with a chance to win a prize. 
• Entertainment: Live dueling pianists. Song requests can be submitted through the chat.
• Faculty Celebration Rooms: Faculties will lead their own rooms and the activities within them. A Faculty Host(s) has been designated to keep the engagement going throughout the hour. The host(s) may show presentations, highlight medal winners, run slideshows, trivia or polls, or have program-specific breakout rooms where individuals can connect and chat separately. 

You can participate by:

• Dressing in your Academic Regalia if you wish.
• Taking photos and posting them into the photo booth area.
• Selecting a ceremony to watch from the main lobby and posting congrats messages in the chat throughout the ceremony. You can enter and leave ceremonies as you wish, all navigating from the main event platform. 
• Joining Faculty Celebration Rooms: Enter and exit any of the seven rooms as you wish.
• Participating via the chat functions in each of the faculty receptions.
• You are welcome to say a quick hello verbally and engage in conversation with the hosts of the Faculty Celebration Rooms. The hosts are aware that you may pop in and out during the hour. 
• If a faculty has chosen to host breakout rooms during their receptions, you can join an open room to have a brief one-on-one video chat with graduates, if requested via the chat. You are also welcome to send a general message in the chat inviting graduates to join you in a room number, to say hello.
• Share messages on your social media using #OntarioTechGrad. 

Other activities surrounding Convocation

Special deliveries to graduates

• Class of 2020 grads received a Convocation program to complement the grad box they received last year.
• Class of 2021 grads received (or picked up) a grad box before the virtual ceremony, which included their parchment, Convocation program, cap and tassel, lawn sign and Alumni gift.

 Social media and fun

• Promotions began early June with #OntarioTechGrad to encourage the participation of graduates and their families and faculty and staff to build excitement for this special day.
• Other virtual activities on the ontariotechu.ca/convocation website include a custom student-built playlist, blog posts, filters, and GIFs made especially for grads in hopes they use and post to #OntarioTechGrad on Instagram, LinkedIn, TikTok, and Twitter.