Salle de presse
Convocation 2023: Polytechnique Montréal awards nearly 1,900 degrees and diplomas along with honorary doctorates to Normand Brais and Danielle W. Zaïkoff
June 11, 2023
Montréal, June 11, 2023 – Polytechnique Montréal is celebrating its Class of 2023 during two ceremonies being held today at the Palais des congrès de Montréal. The event offers the opportunity to reward graduates from the engineering university’s 147th class (2022–23) for their hard work. In all, 1,865 degrees are being handed out in this, the institution’s 150th anniversary year, bringing to 59,000 the number of Polytechnique graduates, who have all gone on to make positive impacts on society. During the ceremonies, Université de Montréal, upon the recommendation of Polytechnique, will also award honorary doctoral degrees to Normand Brais, a Québec entrepreneur renowned for his innovations and philanthropy, and to Danielle W. Zaïkoff, a pioneering woman engineer who has held senior roles in some of the leading organizations in the field.
https://www.polymtl.ca/salle-de-presse/en/newsreleases/convocation-2023-polytechnique-montreal-awards-nearly-1900-degrees-and-diplomas-along-honorary
