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Main Speaker(s): Dr Delva. Video is of an examination of Carl Quartermain, a man with Huntington's Chorea by Dr Delva. Quartermain sits in a chair qhile Dr Delva asks him to perform various movements, such as saluting and lighting cigarette. Video cuts to a later date, with Dr Delva performing the same tests on Quartermain. Video cuts to a later series of tests four more times.

Main Speaker: Mark Danby, Chris Doering, Teresa Boyle, Jan Le Claire, Alan Travers, Paul Park, David Smith. Location: Duncan McArthur Hall. Begins with Danby talking about the skit he wrote about orientation, which turns out to be the skit. Doering and Boyle talk about their time as first years. Le Claire talks about the faculty of education and plays a song. Traver talks about how other people see Queen's. Park commends important people in the faculty of education. Smith then delivers a speech to the room. Video then cuts to clips of the gathering after the assembly.

Main Speaker: Agnes Benediskson, David Smith, Keith Norton
Location: Grant Hall
Begins with procession entering the hall. University chaplain opens with a prayer, then Benedickson welcomes everyone and declares Smith principal of Queen's University. Smith then addresses the convocation with a speech. Afterwards Norton speaks on behalf of the provincial government in regards to the appointment. Smith then presents Jill Ker Conway, William McNeill, Henry Rosovsky, Erich Vogt, and Ronald Watts with an honourary doctorate of laws. Dr Rosovsky then addresses the convocation, after which the chaplain says a closing prayer.

Main Speaker: Brain Yealland, Dr Thomas R. Williams. Location: potentially Grant Hall. Yealland opens the convocation with a prayer, then Dr Williams is installed as principal and vice-chancellor of Queen's University. He is then robed by representatives of the Queen's community. Afterwards Dr Williams delivers a speech to the audience.

Part 1: Dr Angnes Benedickson. Location: Grant Hall. Video begins with footage of procession filing into Grant Hall. Dr Benedickson is appointed chancellor, and then delivers a speech. Thomas Berger, Sidney Robert Blair, Brian Dickson, Robert Dunsmore are all presented with an honourary doctorate of laws.

Part 2. Dr Brian Dickson, Keith Norton. Dr Dickson gives a speech to the convocation congradulating Dr Benedickson and thanking her for his doctorate, as well as talking about Canadian history. Norton speaks on behalf of the premier of Ontario. Representatives form other universities come up and congratulate Dr Benedickson.

Main Speaker(s): Sarah Morgan, Judith Grace, Paula, Rosemary, Ron, Khaled, Peter, June, Dianna. Location: McArthur Hall. Video is of a presentation by the International Youth for Peace and Justice Tour which took place after the 2nd MacClement Lecture. Begins with Morgan introducing Grace, who talks further about the Tour group. Afterwards, Paula is the first person from the Tour to give a speech, and she talks about the relationship between Protestants and Catholics in Northern Ireland. Next is Rosemary who speaks further on this relationship. Then Khaled speaks on the war in his country, Afghanistan. Afterwards Peter talks about troubles in Nicaragua. Next Dianna speaks about what life as a native Ojibwe in Canada is like. June then talks about education problems in the Philippines. Finally, Ron speaks about what Canadians can do to help those in troubled countries.