Standing outside a warehouse in the industrial area of Regina, you can hear the thunk, thunk, thunk of golf balls ricocheting off wooden gutters. Once inside, you’ll see almost a dozen mini-golf courses, each with its own theme – everything from Carnival Crazy to Saloon Old West to Tropical Adventure. What you won’t see, however, […]
Despite the challenges that life has thrown at Rashique Ramiz, the graduate student from the Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business has landed on his feet and procured his dream co-op placement at the Child Trauma Research Centre. Turns out that, as much as Ramiz is getting out of the placement, the Centre is getting […]
A World Series champion. An NBA coach. A professional hockey player. All women. All University of Regina alumnae or former Cougars athletes. All working in fields traditionally dominated by men. Because, the truth is, nothing is impossible, according to Anita Sehgal BAdmin’94 and senior vice president of Marketing and Communications with the Houston Astros. “If you work hard, are […]
A tireless lifelong Indigenous advocate, Roberta Jamieson is a Mohawk from the Six Nations of the Grand River near Brantford, Ontario. She is a woman who has defined many firsts. She was the first Canadian First Nations woman to earn a law degree, first non-Parliamentarian to be appointed an ex-officio member of the House of […]
After graduating from the University of Regina, Dr. Eric Grimson went on to earn a doctorate in mathematics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1980. He soon became a faculty member at the institution and went on to teach tens of thousands of undergraduate students and supervise some 50 MIT doctoral candidates. His […]
In 1992, on a whim, Carol LaFayette-Boyd competed in her first masters track meet. Although she hadn’t competed in track and field since high school, she captured the 100 metre and 200 metre gold medals and has been competing ever since. She holds world records in the indoor 60 metres, 200 metres, long jump and […]
The COVID-19 pandemic put a sudden halt to many special events in the past 16 months. That’s true of the awarding of University of Regina honorary degrees that are usually presented at Spring and Fall Convocation ceremonies. The last time the University presented its most prestigious awards was in the Fall of 2019. Thankfully, that […]
University of Regina alum and former Member of Parliament for Regina-Wascana, the Honourable Ralph Goodale BA’71, has been appointed as High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. In his new position, Goodale will provide strategic advice to the Prime Minister on areas […]
Meet Max Schmeiser BA(Hons)’03, an economics graduate and the head of data science at Twitter.
Christine Selinger BEd’11, BSc’11 Outstanding Young Alumni Jacq Brasseur CSW’13, BSW’15 Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth MEd’01 Distinguished Professional Achievement Award Shawna Argue BASc’87 Lifetime Achievement Award Robert Jamont BPAS’89 Outstanding Service Award 2020 Alumni Crowning Achievement Awards