This past summer, Brenda Reynolds Cert. Indian Social Work ’86, BISW ’87 was awarded the United Nations Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Prize at UN headquarters in New York. Awarded every five years since 2015, the prize is given to a female and male laureate for their services to humanity, and who exemplify Mandela’s commitment to reconciliation […]
Krista Cornish Scott, BMus’97 (Distinction), and Brett Scott, MMus’96, first crossed paths in the University of Regina Chamber Singers almost 30 years ago. Their involvement in the choir had a major impact on their lives, both personally and professionally; today, they’re married with four children and have successful careers that centre around choral music. The […]
This wasn’t brought on by some life crisis – not mid, late, or otherwise. It wasn’t about mortality, regret, or checking off an item on a dusty old bucket list. It was 4:30 a.m. and I had been stumbling through the coal-dark night for the better part of five hours. It would be another four […]
I may have grown up on the cold, flat prairies but I’ve always dreamt of seeing the ice capped mountains of Afghanistan. As a teenager, the book that vividly captured my imagination was The Kite Runner, the story of a young Afghan boy who recalls the fall of his country’s monarchy, the Soviet takeover, and […]
Since graduating from the U of R, Shawn Fraser BA’07 has made a career dedicated to caring for community. Following older siblings to Luther College from Carnduff Saskatchewan, Shawn found a built-in community of like-minded people that has helped him build a fulfilling life here in Regina. A career that has thus far included work […]
Did you know that The Owl (a.k.a. Lazy Owl) predates the University of Regina? When it opened in 1967 in the original student union building on the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, the institution and the times were very different. It wasn’t until 1983 that The Owl was able to secure full time liquor license, […]
Jeff Gamble BAHons’98 leads the Bird Safe Initiative to help prevent bird fatalities in Regina’s downtown.
One family’s enduring legacy at the U of R.
Treaty 4 filmmaker Candy Fox has built an impressive career in the nine years since she graduated from Media, Art, and Performance at the University of Regina. Her latest project is as the director and co-producer of the groundbreaking APTN docuseries, Treaty Road, that delves into the significance of the Numbered Treaties across Canada and confronts the difficult truths of colonization.
In 2019, Celestial Laboratories won a national competition put on by UBC Mars Colony at the University of British Columbia. The competition, called Project Airlock Challenge, sought to identify outstanding technological approaches and design of an airlock suitable for the surface of Mars. Out of that competition came two patent applications — one for Celestial […]