Bill Davis - Recognition

Recognition

  • On October 24, 2006, Davis received Seneca College’s first Honorary degree where he was presented with an Honorary Bachelor of Applied Studies. "It is fitting that Bill Davis receives Seneca’s first honorary degree," said Dr. Rick Miner, President of Seneca College. "As one of the architects of the college system in Ontario, he is responsible for a dynamic post-secondary education environment which continues to be a pillar of our province’s economy."
  • At the University of Waterloo, a building constructed during the early 1980s to house computer research was named after the former premier. The building is called the William G. Davis Centre for Computer Research, or more commonly called the Davis Centre (DC).
  • There is a middle school (grades 7-8) on Bartley Bull Parkway in Brampton named after him (W. G. Davis Senior Public School), as well as one on Langs Drive in Cambridge (William G. Davis Senior Public School) and an elementary school on East Avenue in Scarborough (William G. Davis Public School).
  • Sheridan College named its Brampton Campus after Davis.
  • The University of Toronto Mississauga dedicated a building in his honour.
  • The Public Policy Forum honoured Bill Davis with an award at their 2011 Testimonial Dinner.

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