Earlier this year, Robin Schlaht BFA’92 co-created the interactive documentary Convictions for Legacies150, a National Film Board series of photo-based digital projects exploring ideas of home and legacy. Convictions follows the Wiebes, a traditional Mennonite family, as they emigrate from their Old Colony community in Chihuahua, Mexico to an uncertain future in Canada, reversing the path that their forebears took almost 100 years earlier.
Dale Eisler, senior policy fellow at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, takes a candid look at climate change, the challenges it presents and the policy options being considered to address it.
In a world fraught with terrorism, a University of Regina graduate is adding to the body of knowledge about the way people, particularly women, are drawn into terrorism.
Thomas Benjoe is helping to shape one of the most important growth sectors in Saskatchewan’s economy – Indigenous business development. Benjoe was 17 when he read a magazine profile about the CEO of a successful First Nations investment company in Manitoba.
Dr. Margaret Dagenais was surprised to learn she would receive the Dr. Robert and Norman Ferguson Crowning Achievement Award from the University of Regina Alumni Association (URAA) as recognition for what she describes as “… an 11-year experiential learning opportunity.”
From the age of nine, Joan Halmo played the organ in church in her hometown of Kuroki, Saskatchewan. It clearly instilled in her a love of music – including church music in all its rich variety – as well as a devotion to education, built heritage, and musical and cultural activities in her community and beyond.
Greg Kratzig had a bold goal in mind when he decided to leave behind a successful career in retail management and return to school. His goal was to study psychology and, as it turned out, he earned his honours bachelor’s degree, master’s and PhD – all at the University of Regina.
Guy Vanderhaeghe is a national treasure who has written his way into the annals of great Canadian authors. He has received numerous awards for his writing.
Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum never attended residential school. Neither did her grandparents, parents or siblings. They were all hidden away and therefore avoided the legacy of pain that has trickled down through generations of many Indigenous families.
Adam Serblowski BASc’08 describes himself as hardworking, driven and always up for a challenge. With these qualities, he was just the man to lead Royal Dutch Shell’s quest to develop the world’s first resident, mobile robot designed to operate in potentially explosive environments.