Convocation Day

June 13, 2026

What to Expect on Convocation Day

Graduates should plan to arrive no earlier than 9:45 a.m. and no later than 11:00 a.m. (60 minutes prior to the 12:00pm ceremony start).
Graduates must enter via the side door on Yonge Street.
- You need to show your confirmation email to the staff at the doors; there will be NO admittance to the venue without a confirmation email sent from convocation@michener.ca.
Graduates once gowned may join their guests on the main level for the reception.
- You must return to the lower level at 11:30 a.m. to line up for the processional.
Graduates are requested to stay for the entire ceremony (approximately 2 hours in duration).

Guests should plan to arrive no earlier than 9:45 a.m. and no later than 11:30 a.m. (30 minutes prior to the 12:00 p.m. ceremony start).
Guests must enter via the main doors on Front Street.
- Collect your tickets — these will be available at the venue in the vestibule under the graduand’s name.
- You need to show your tickets to the staff at the main doors — there will be no admittance to the venue without tickets.
Doors to the hall will open at 11:30 a.m. for guest seating.
- Please do not occupy any seats marked as “reserved” — these are for graduates and faculty or persons with pre- agreed accessibility accommodations.
Guests are requested to stay for the entire ceremony (approximately 2 hours in duration).

To help make Convocation safe, welcoming, and enjoyable for everyone, please review the following rules before the ceremony:

Guests and family members (including children) cannot enter the gowning room, join the graduand procession, sit in the graduand seating area, or cross the stage.
Exceptions may only be made through an approved accessibility accommodation request.

All graduands participating in the Convocation ceremony must wear academic regalia.
Regalia includes a black gown and the appropriate stole, collar, or hood for your credential, rented through Michener’s approved supplier, Harcourts.
You may wear any clothing style (formal, business, uniform, traditional, or casual) underneath your gown.

In alignment with UHN’s anti-Indigenous racism strategy, Indigenous students are welcome to wear their traditional regalia in place of the black gown.
However, the official stole, collar, or hood corresponding to your earned credential must still be worn.

No additional items — permanent or temporary — may be added to your regalia.
This includes honour cords, non Michener stoles, shawls, pins, or other adornments.