University Regalia

Chancellor

• Gown: purple corded silk, trimmed with purple velvet and gold braid
• Headdress: Tudor style in purple velvet with gold cord trim

President

• Gown: royal blue corded silk, trimmed with blue velvet and gold braid
• Headdress: Tudor style in blue velvet with gold cord trim

Chancellor Emeritus

• Gown: purple corded silk, with gold velvet panels and trimmed with purple velvet strips edged with gold piping
• Headdress: Tudor style in purple velvet with gold cord trim

President Emeritus

• Gown: royal blue corded silk, with gold velvet panels and trimmed with blue velvet strips edged with red piping
• Headdress: Tudor style in blue velvet with gold cord trim

Board of Governors

Chair

• Gown: traditional (Canadian) bachelor’s style in black wool blend with front facings and sleeve linings in gold silk
• Headdress: Black cloth mortarboard with black silk tassel or Tudor style in black velvet with gold cord

Member

• Headdress: and gown as above, but with front facings in black

Honorary Doctorate of Laws (Hon LLD)

• Gown: Cambridge (Doctor of Music) pattern, scarlet wool broadcloth, trimmed with blue-purple silk taffeta
• Hood: Aberdeen pattern, outside shell of scarlet wool broadcloth, lined with blue-purple silk taffeta
• Headdress: Tudor style in black velvet with red cord trim

Honorary Doctorate

• Gown: Cambridge (Doctor of Music) pattern, scarlet wool, front facings and sleeve lining of black silk taffeta
• Hood: Aberdeen pattern, outside shell of black wool, lined with silk taffeta in a solid colour with a one inch band of black velvet on the outside edge
• HonDLitt: white
• HonDMus: pink
• HonDEd: blue
• HonDSc: gold
• HonDEng: orange
• HonDSN: apricot
• HonDFA: green
• Headdress: Tudor style in black velvet with red cord trim

Bachelors

• Gown: traditional (Canadian) bachelor’s style, in black
• Hood: Aberdeen pattern (BA, BSc, and BEd, without neckband and finished with two cord rosettes; all others with mitred neckpiece), outside shell of silk taffeta in a solid colour, lined with identical material. Degree colours are as follows:
• BA: scarlet
• BFA: green
• BCom: burgundy
• BMus: pink
• BSc: gold
• BSN: apricot
• BEd: blue
• BSW: citron
• BCYC: turquoise
• BEng: orange
• BSEng: pale yellow
• JD/LLB: blue-purple
• Headdress: standard black cloth mortarboard with black silk tassel

Masters

• Gown: traditional (Canadian) Master’s style in black.
• Hood: similar in design and colour to the respective bachelor’s hoods, but with mitred neckpiece and a narrow band of black velvet one inch from edge of hood on the outside only. Others are:
• MASc: orange
• MPA: russet
• MBA: burgundy
• MGB: burgundy with a white band
• Headdress: standard black cloth mortarboard with black silk tassel

Doctors

• Gown: Cambridge style, black silk, front facings and sleeve linings of scarlet silk
• Hood: Oxford Doctor’s Burgon shape, shell of scarlet silk, lined with blue silk, border of gold silk
• Headdress: black velvet mortarboard with red tassel fastened on left side

NOTE: On ceremonial occasions, participants without degrees wear the standard black undergraduate cap and gown as described above for bachelors.