Children’s entertainer Raffi getting an honourary degree
Posted May 11, 2011 9:40 am.
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WATERLOO, ONT (NEWS1130) – Children’s entertainer and activist Raffi is getting an honourary degree from Wilfrid Laurier University.
The beloved “Baby Beluga” singer-songwriter and eight others, including retired general Romeo Dallaire, will receive the honour at a series of convocation ceremonies next month. Other recipients include Free the Children founders Craig and Marc Kielburger, and former Canadian Supreme Court justice Louise Arbour.
Laurier will hold nine convocation ceremonies in Waterloo, Ontario the week of June 6-10, and three ceremonies at the Brantford, Ontario campus June 21-22.
Raffi, as he’s known in his music career, will receive his honorary degree June 6 on the Waterloo campus. The 62-year-old, whose full name is Raffi Cavoukian, lives in Salt Spring Island and has sold more than 15 million albums in Canada and the US.
