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===Honorary alumni===
At each convocation, SFU awards honorary degrees to various people from around the world for their activities and pursuits. In 1967, SFU awarded an honorary LL.D. (doctor of laws) to [[Marshall McLuhan]], the first honorary degree awarded by the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/ceremonies/honorary_degrees/|title=SFU 2008 Honorary Degree Recipients|publisher=Sfu.ca|access-date=2011-02-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623120935/http://www.sfu.ca/ceremonies/honorary_degrees/|archive-date=2011-06-23}}</ref> [[Ida Halpern]], an ethnomusicologist whose professional papers are held in part by SFU, was similarly awarded an honorary LL.D. in 1978.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ida-halpern-emc/|encyclopedia=The Canadian Encyclopedia|title=Ida Halpern|first=Charles E.|last=Borden|orig-date=2007-06-28|date=2013-12-16|access-date=April 6, 2016|archive-date=April 18, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418042059/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/ida-halpern-emc/|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 20, 2004, SFU conferred honorary degrees upon three [[Nobel Peace Prize]] recipients: the [[Tenzin Gyatso, 14th Dalai Lama|14th Dalai Lama]], Bishop [[Desmond Tutu]], and human rights activist [[Shirin Ebadi]]. Other honorary alumni include award-winning filmmaker [[Costa-Gavras]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/ceremonies/HDRs/honorary-degrees/Costa_Gavras_Address.pdf|title=Convocation Address by Dr. Costa Gavras|publisher=Simon Fraser University|date=2006-10-06|access-date=2012-04-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121030040314/http://www.sfu.ca/content/dam/sfu/ceremonies/HDRs/honorary-degrees/Costa_Gavras_Address.pdf|archive-date=2012-10-30|url-status=dead}}</ref> skier [[Nancy Greene Raine]], [[Milton Wong]], [[Doris Shadbolt]], economist [[Jeffrey Sachs]], [[Peter Gzowski]], [[Douglas Coupland]], [[Lui Passaglia]], [[Romeo Dallaire]], Canadian businessman [[Stephen Jarislowsky]], [[Iain Baxter]], American agriculturalist [[Cary Fowler]], experimental psychologist [[Steven Pinker]], primatologist and environmentalist [[Jane Goodall]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2018/10/convocation/october-2018-convocation-honorary-degree-recipients.html|title=SFU honorary degrees acknowledge two inspiring individuals|website=Simon Fraser University|access-date=2021-10-27|archive-date=2021-10-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028034012/https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2018/10/convocation/october-2018-convocation-honorary-degree-recipients.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Martha Piper]], [[Sarah McLachlan]], [[Rick Hansen]], [[Kim Campbell]], [[Ray Hyman]], [[A. P. J. Abdul Kalam|Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam]] (Rocket Scientist and Former President of India) and [[Bill Nye]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/aq/archives/Nov2004/features/truth.html|title=Truth as a Measure of Life and Politics - aq November 2004|publisher=Simon Fraser University|date=2004-04-20|access-date=2011-02-20|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121005142157/http://www.sfu.ca/aq/archives/Nov2004/features/truth.html|archive-date=2012-10-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sfu.ca/fass/events/convocation-dialogue-with-kim-campbell-and-david-baines.html|title=Convocation Dialogue with Kim Campbell and David Baines|publisher=Simon Fraser University|date=2014-06-12|access-date=2014-06-12}}{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|date=October 4, 2007|title=Ray Hyman – Honorary Degree Recipient|url=https://www.sfu.ca/archive-sfunews/Stories/sfunews100407013.shtml|website=Simon Fraser University|access-date=August 16, 2015|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100929/http://www.sfu.ca/archive-sfunews/Stories/sfunews100407013.shtml|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Bill Nye receives honorary degree from SFU|url = https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2015/bill-nye-receives-honourary-degree-from-sfu.html|date=2015-10-09|first=Ian|last=Bryce|website=Simon Fraser University|access-date = 2015-12-12|archive-date = 2016-03-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304101304/https://www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stories/2015/bill-nye-receives-honourary-degree-from-sfu.html|url-status = live}}</ref>