(Top row, l to r) Wally Oppal, Roland and Anne Neave (Bottom row, l to r) Adam Miron, George Henry Erasmus, Tom Allen (Image Credit: TRU)
By James Peters
Thompson Rivers University

Former B.C. attorney general, entrepreneur alum among TRU honorary degree recipients

May 26, 2022 | 1:19 PM

KAMLOOPS — Thompson Rivers University has announced its six honorary doctorate recipients for this year’s spring convocation.

Wally Oppal, George Henry Erasmus and Adam Miron will be conferred with Honorary Doctorates of Laws.

Oppal is a former B.C. attorney general and TRU chancellor. He is a respected former judge and champion of justice reform. Erasmus is a longtime Indigenous leader and advocate for reconciliation. Miron is an entrepreneur and author. The TRU alumnus has started more than 15 companies since graduating, including the online news outlet iPolitics and the cannabis company HEXO.

Tom Allen and Anne and Roland Neave will be conferred with Honorary Doctorates of Letters.

Allen has had a longtime career in Canadian media as a storyteller and radio host, and has written three books. The Neaves are synonymous with Wells Gray Park, including establishing Wells Gray Tours. The couple has created endowments that support 13 scholarships and bursaries for the school. They donated 160 acres of land near Clearwater to the school in 2014.

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The degrees will be conferred during TRU’s spring convocation, which will take place in person for the first time since 2019 from June 7 to 10.

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