Jada Yee BAdmin’15, MAdmin’20 is a leader, volunteer, and educator. Currently the Director of Business Development for FHQ Developments, he has spent more than 20 years in various leadership roles within the casino gaming industry, and teaches at the First Nations University of Canada’s Indigenous Business and Public Administration program.
As a committed volunteer, Jada serves on numerous boards, including as Chair of the Regina Police Service Board of Police Commissioners; the Regina Food Bank; SaskPolytechnic: Program Advisory Council for the Business Certificate Program; City of Regina: Community Safety and Well Being;
Regina Crime Stoppers; Regina Aboriginal Professionals Association (RAPA); Canadian Red Cross, and as the Indigenous Representative for the Kenneth Levene Graduate School of Business Students’ Association.
In October 2021, Jada was elected to the National Board of Canadian Association for Police Governance, where Jada represents Saskatchewan. Jada was awarded the Queen Elizabeth’s II Platinum Jubilee Medal for his outstanding community service. He is a proud member of the Wood Mountain Lakota First Nation, and is also of Chinese-Canadian heritage. Jada lives in Regina with his wife and four amazing children.
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As an elite athlete, coach, and family support worker, Brittany Hudak BSW'19 is an inspiration to many. Brittany has been a member of Canada's Para-Nordic Ski team since 2015 and is a three-time Paralympic Bronze medalist (PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022).
She is also the winner of multiple World Cup and World Championship medals, and a three-time gold medallist at the Canada Winter Games. Brittany's enthusiasm for sport has extended to mentoring other young athletes, including through the Classroom Champions Program, which pairs Olympic and Paralympic athletes with underserved students in classrooms across Canada.
She is also the winner of multiple World Cup and World Championship medals, and a three-time gold medallist at the Canada Winter Games. Brittany's enthusiasm for sport has extended to mentoring other young athletes, including through the Classroom Champions Program, which pairs Olympic and Paralympic athletes with underserved students in classrooms across Canada.
Brittany is also a member of Nordiq Canada Women's Committee which aims to ensure equality of opportunity for girls and women in the sport of cross-country skiing. As a youth and family support worker, Brittany works with Enviros Wilderness School Association in their residential group homes for teens.
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Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell BSc'93 MSc'96 is an internationally recognized scientist whose research focuses on the biology of acoustic communication in wild bats and mice - two large, fascinating, and biodiverse groups of mammals that communicate using ultrasound.
Her research has been funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the US National Science Foundation as well as other government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and industry.
Her research has been funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the US National Science Foundation as well as other government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and industry.
She has led two scientific societies including the North American Society for Bat
Research. As an educator and professor, Matina served as Head of the Biology Department at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and was the first female Dean of the Faculty of Science at the University of Alberta.
She is currently the Dean and Vice Provost of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences at the University of Alberta. She is the Chair of the Board of Directors of the Telus World of Science Edmonton, and is a Director on the Board of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute.
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