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Academic Regalia, Line-up Card, and Guests

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How to reserve, pick up, and return your regalia:

STEP 1
Reserve your Regalia
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  • Reserve your cap, gown, and hood (bachelor, master's, or doctorate level only) through Gaspard LP.ÌýÌýwill be open from October 15Ìý- October 29.Ìý
  • Graduates will not be able to cross the stage without regalia and their line-up card

  • To see what regalia looks like for each degree, visit the

STEP 2
Pick up your regalia & line-up card

  • Check the scheduleÌý(below these steps) to find out when you can pick up your cap, gown, and hood (regalia), and line-up card. At the pick up location, you must go to the line-up card table before you proceed to the regalia pick up station
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  • You must bring:
    • Your ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ ID card (or any other government-issued photo ID)
    • A bag or garment bag and hanger to carry your regalia
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  • If someone else is picking up your regalia, line-up card, and guest tickets, you must complete this 3rd Party Authorization form. They must provide government-issued photo ID at pick up
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  • Review On Convocation Day to prepare for the event! IMPORTANT: You must arrive an hour BEFORE the start of your ceremony, with your regalia and line-up card,Ìýto line up.

STEP 3
Return your regalia
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  • Your cap*, gown, and hood must be returned to Place des ArtsÌýafter the ceremony has concluded
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  • You will be charged $210 for bachelors, $202 for masters, and $724 for doctoral regalia, plus taxes, if you do not return them
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  • Transcripts will not be issued until your regalia is returned or the fees are paid
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  • *Note: PhD recipients must return their doctoral beefeaters (cap). Undergraduate and masters recipients may keep their mortarboard hats

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IMPORTANT: you must pick up your regalia BEFORE your convocation ceremony. Graduates cannot cross the stage without their regalia.

Pickup Schedule

  • Pick up will only be available for you on the dates specified on this schedule. Please do not go to the pick up venue on any day that is not listed for your ceremony, as your regalia will not be available.
  • If you have an issue with your line-up card or regalia pick-up, contact convocation [at] mcgill.ca - please do not contact the ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Campus Store for questions about academic regalia.
CEREMONY PICKUP DATE & TIMEÌý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý PICKUPÌýLOCATION

GOWN RETURNÌýLOCATION

A.M. Ceremony

Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Arts, Education,
Law, Management, Music

Friday,ÌýNovember 29, 2024

10:00 – 17:00

OR

Monday, December 2, 2024

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý7:30 - 8:30**

¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Campus Store

Basement Entrance

Place des Arts
Backstage

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý (after the ceremony)

P.M. Ceremony

Health Sciences*, Engineering, Science (including BARSCI),
School of Continuing Studies

*Includes Dental Medicine & Oral Health Sciences,
Medicine & Health Sciences, Ingram School of Nursing,
and School of Physical & Occupational Therapy

Friday, November 29, 2024

10:00 – 17:00

OR

Monday, December 2, 2024

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý10:00 - 14:30**

¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ Campus Store

Basement Entrance

Place des Arts
Backstage

Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý Ìý(after the ceremony)

**Note: Graduands are asked to arrive at one hour and a half before the start of the ceremony.

Line-up Card

The line-up card lists yourÌýpreferred name,Ìýdegree, and any honours you have been awarded. The information on the card will be read by the convocation orator as you cross the stage at the ceremony. Line-up cards are automatically generated for graduating students. They must be picked up prior to your convocation ceremony, according to the schedule.

Convocation awards and prizes will display in the Convocation program butÌýnotÌýon the line-up card. Convocation awards and prizes that have been approved by Senate also display on your transcript.

Convocation honours (e.g. Dean's Honour List, Distinction) willÌýbe read at the ceremony, will display on your line-up card but do not appear in the Convocation program. Honours also display on your transcript.Ìý

Guests

Fall 2024 Convocation is a ticketed event. Each guest will need a ticket to enter the Convocation venue. Tickets will be sold at $20+tax/per ticket. Graduands have been issued a link via their ¿´Æ¬ÊÓƵ email to purchase guest tickets and reserve their graduate ticket free of charge. Additional seats will be available for purchase as of November 25, until the maximum capacity has been reached.

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