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Convocation FAQs

Please follow the steps below to complete your Application for Graduation:

 

  1. Login to SLC.me
  2. Scroll down past the Important Updates and select the Apply to Graduate  icon
  3. Click on the Academic Records tab.
  4. Choose the tab on the left side of the screen.
  5. Flip the switch beside “Select to Apply” to “Yes”, and then click the “Apply” button on the bottom right. 

  • Students registered in a Summer term course that finishes in May or later will be eligible for next year's convocation ceremony
  • Current Summer graduates will be eligible to attend next year's convocation ceremony

If you are attending Convocation in Cornwall, due to limited capacity inside the theatre, only three guests are permitted inside the theatre. If you wish to bring more family members, there will be a large room with screens for loved ones to watch the ceremony.

If you are attending Convocation in Brockville or the guest limit is four

If you are attending Convocation in Kingston, the guest limit is six.

Graduates cannot reserve more than the allotted amounts of guests for each ceremony.

Ceremony schedules for Convocation 2025 will be posted in Spring 2025.


On the Convocation Registration Form, there will be an accessibility section where you can request the accessibility requirements you would desire. Alternatively, you can email convocation@sl.on.ca with your or your guest's accessibility requirements

SLC cannot provide Invitation Letters; however, you can contact your International Student Advisor for general information and guidance on the letter's requirements.

Visit the IRCC HERE for more information.

Yes, guests can bring cameras and recording devices but are asked to remain in their seats.

Ceremonies in Brockville and Cornwall run approximately one to one and half hours.  Kingston ceremonies run approximately two to two and a half hours.

Cornwall - there will be ample FREE parking on the day of the ceremonies at the campus

Brockville - there will be ample FREE parking on the day of the ceremonies at the campus

Kingston - Due to limited parking downtown, it is highly recommended that you use the FREE direct shuttle from the Kingston Campus to the Slush Puppie Place. For more info regarding the shuttle, click the link. For a map of paid event parking at the Slush Puppie Place, click the link.

 

Please visit your SLC bookstore to order your custom grad hoodie.

Learn more here.

You will first need to apply to graduate through SLC.me. Steps for applying to graduate are in the section above.

 You will ALSO need to complete the Convocation registration form. This will be sent to your student email address in April; the deadline for completing this form is 2 weeks before your ceremony start date.

 If you have not received this email by May, please check your spam and “other” folder. If it still is not there, email convocation@sl.on.ca. 

Graduates will be provided with regalia when you arrive at the ceremony. Please ensure you return the gown no later than 30 minutes following your ceremony.  You can return your gown back to the gowning area, where you obtained your gown before the ceremony. Alternatively, there will be Convocation ambassadors located around the venue who can collect your gown from you. 

There will be a professional photographer at Convocation who will be taking photos of graduates. In order to avoid disruption during the ceremony, guests are asked to stay seated and only take photos from their seats.

 

In order to receive their photos, graduates will receive proofs to the email they provided as part of their registration. Students will only pay if they choose to order photos.