March 14, 2012 > Over the Edge

UNBC gives out honorary degrees

Two Individuals to be honoured at Convocation

HANNA PETERSEN
NEWS EDITOR

oth the CEO of the 2012 Vancouver
B Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games,

as well as a long-time advocate for Ab-
original children in Northern B.C., will receive
honorary doctoral degrees from the University
of Northern British Columbia. The degrees for
John Furlong and Dr. Cindy Blackstock will be
part of the 2012 convocation ceremony on May
25th 2012.

Honorary degrees at UNBC are presented
to individuals who display the highest levels of
achievement in public service, the arts, busi-
ness, politics, environmental stewardship, and
community development. Past recipients have
included Rick Hansen, Bill Reid, and Iona Cam-
pagnolo,

Dr. Blackstock is a member of the Gitksan
Nation who has worked in the field of child
and family services for over twenty years on
policy, professional development, and research.
Dr. Blackstock has published numerous re-

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search papers, articles, and curriculum related
to Aboriginal child welfare in Canada and has
received several awards recognizing her contri-
butions. Dr. Blackstock has become one of Can-
ada’s leading advocates for improving the lives
of aboriginal children through restoration of the
essential parenting and sound family structure,
and has developed an international role helping
to develop the lives of children in vulnerable
populations throughout the world.

John Furlong is known for having run the
2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
in Vancouver, but his history with Northern
B.C. dates back for four decades. Furlong was
a resident of Prince George in the 1970s when
he founded the Northern B.C. Winter Games,
which the city was hosted in 1978. He chaired
the B.C. Summer and Winter Games Society
and as Chair of Sports B.C.
was instrumental in bring-
ing the B.C. Winter Games

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John Furlong and
Dr. Cindy Blackstock

will be part of the
2012 convocation

to Prince George in 1986. Furlong believes that
sport brings out the best in people and UNBC
will honor the best in John Furlong. His nom-
ination is particularly relevant in the contexts of
Prince George’s successful bid to host the 2015
Canada Winter Games.

Furlong and Dr. Blackstock will be recog-

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