Archive: Alumni

May 8, 2018 3:33 pm

Spotlight on Jennifer Dubois BAdmin’16

In 2012, Jennifer Dubois BAdmin’16 was one of the prize winners in CBC’s Boom Box Indigenous business competition. Her pitch to open an Indigenous hair salon and spa landed her second place, $1,500 and three months of business mentorship. Five years later, Dubois realized her dream when she opened Miyosiwin Salon Spa. Sadly, Dubois’ dream business was decimated by a fire that started at a neighbouring business. Dubois is determinedly working to rebuild the salon. She assures her clients that Miyosiwin will open again soon. If you want to reach out to Dubois, you can find her on Facebook at www.facebook.com/MiyosiwinSalon.

April 18, 2018 1:45 pm

2017 Alumni Crowning Achievement Awards

Meet this year’s deserving recipients of the Alumni Crowning Achievement Awards.

February 7, 2018 2:16 am

Convictions

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.

February 7, 2018 2:11 am

Navigating climate change policy

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.

February 7, 2018 2:05 am

The fight against terrorism

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.

February 6, 2018 4:51 pm

Thomas Benjoe

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.

February 6, 2018 4:50 pm

Dr. Margaret Dagenais

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.”

February 6, 2018 4:45 pm

Joan Halmo

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.

February 6, 2018 4:17 pm

Dr. Greg Kratzig

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.

February 6, 2018 3:32 pm

Dr. Guy Vanderhaeghe

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.