Sharon Bakker was born in 1952 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her contributions to the Saskatchewan and Canadian drama scene have been extensive. Paper Wheat ,which first opened in SintalutaSK in 1977, stands as a highlight on Bakker’s CVas she at various times both acted in and directed the play. The play addresses the Co-operative movement on the Canadian prairies and found success showing all across Canada. Bakker’s interest in co-operatives and prairie themes are reflected throughout her career. She was herself a founder of a number of theatre co-operatives, including the Fully Dressed Ladies Co-opand Bakkery Products Co-op. In the early seventies, Bakker was a founding member of the 25thStreet Theatre group, and in the early eighties established VIEW, a group for female performing artists in Vancouver. Bakker’s involvement in the Canadian Actor’sEquity Association has also been extensive. She has performed in over fifty stage shows, as well as made around fifteen film and television appearances, and has numerous CBC radio credits to her name. Among her awards are the Royal Jubilee Memorial Medal,given in 2002; the Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Award for her performance as Hagar in The Stone Angel (1997); and a nomination for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for her performance in Paper Wheat (1979).

Rod Ballendine was born in Birch Hills, Saskatchewan on June 28, 1952. His early years were spent in the Coxby, SK area on the farm of his mixed-blood grandparents on the west half of SW 12-48-23 W2. Rodney was a third-generation occupant of the homestead established by Alexander Rupert Ballendine and his wife Flora nee Cook. The family lived there until 1959 when Rod’s parents James Alexander (known as Sandy) and Stella nee Demerais purchased a farm and moved to the Queen Maud district at SW 15-48-22 W2 where they ran a mixed-farming operation. Unlike many Metis families Rod’s family held title to this land up until 2015 when he and his siblings chose to sell it.
Rod took his elementary schooling in Weldon, Saskatchewan and his high school in Birch Hills, Saskatchewan graduating in 1970. He went on to study Drafting Technology at the Saskatchewan Technical Institute in Moose Jaw in 1972. Rod worked as an Engineering Drafting Technologist for twenty years designing and drafting projects in Western Canada and the Northwest Territories. His academic studies began in 1995 when he began studying Administrative Development through the University of Regina’s Extension Program. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Indian Studies in 1997 from the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College and the University of Regina. He then obtained his Master of Business Administration in 1998 from the University of Saskatchewan.
Rods noticed as a youngster, that relatives and visitors were more often dark than blond. And visitors seemed to have stories, laughter and played cribbage. The blond neighbours played this, but also varieties of whist. Most of his classmates were blond and had things in common which he did not.
It was after high school, while in the two-year technical school program in Moose Jaw that his second year was funded by the Saskatchewan Métis Society though an advisor there, Hubert Ballendine. It was also during his time in Moose Jaw that Rod met and married Brenda Beaudin in 1972. It was through conversations with his wife's family that Rod learned more about Metis history and genealogy.
In the late 70s while working in Edmonton Rod spent time reading Sprague's Genealogy of the First Métis Nation; and later H.Y. Hind's Exploration Expedition of 1857. He has since collected many more works regarding Métis genealogy and history. He was also able to access and collect notes and conversations from parents and uncles and aunts over the years.
In the1990s and 2000s, he joined relevant newsgroups; Titameg's Children, Paulette's, Floyd Sayese, and such. In the following decade he searched online, local libraries and the Saskatchewan Archives for documents to support his research.
Rod created Rod Ballendine's Genealogy and placed it online which was an extensive genealogy of the Ballendines, Demerais, Turners, Erasmus’, Cooks, and other families from the Coxby, Glen Mary, Pahonan and Horseshoe Bend areas. This was a good framework of names, dates and connections, but it was not complete, as these were just names without lives. More research began to show lifestyles, hardships, travels, family connections and stories.
Rod continues his genealogical and research pursuits and aspires to collect and sort this information into a readable monograph to share.

Name: Brett Balon Place of Residence: Regina, Saskatchewan Education: Brett Balon studied at the University of Regina from 1971 until 1976, when he received his Bachelors of Arts Honours. He also studied French at the University of Victoria in 1971, the CEGEP de Jonquiere in Quebec in 1973, and at the Universite de Laval, also in Quebec, in 1974. From 1976 to 1977 he lived in London, Ontario, earning a Master of Library Science from the University of Western Ontario in 1978. He took graduate courses in sociology at the University of Western Ontario in the fall of 1977 as well. He acquired a Certificate, Data Processing, from the University of Regina in 1987, and received his PhD from Greenwich University, Hilo, Hawaii, in 1993. Occupation, life and activities: Balon became Branch Supervisor at the Southeast Regional Library in Weyburn from 1978 until 1982, when he joined the City of Regina as Records Management Supervisor. He has held a number of related positions at the City, and currently is the Record System Administrator, Information Systems. Brett Balon has contributed to the anthologies "Cracked Wheat" (1984), "More Saskatchewan Gold" (1985), "Heading Out: the New Saskatchewan Poets" (1987), "200 % Cracked Wheat" (1992), and "Black Water II" (1990). He edited "Survival of the Imagination: The Mary Donaldson Memorial Lectures" (1993) with Peter Resch. He has written many articles on records management, librarianship and archives, and received an Honourable Mention in the Children's Literature category of the Saskatchewan Literary Awards for 1981. Balon co-founded and was President of the Weyburn Writers Group (1980-82), Chair of the Saskatchewan Writers Guild (1983-84), President, Saskatchewan Library Association (1986-87), President, ARMA International, Saskatchewan Chapter (1990-91) and President (1987-88 and 1991-92) and Board Member (1984-present) of Coteau Books. Balon was also President of the Lupus Erythematosis Society of Saskatchewan in 1992-93. He died in 1997.

Farrah Banilevic was a student at A. E. Peacock School in 1993.

Meredith Black Banting was born on September 19, 1901 in Rounthwaite, Manitoba. He moved with his family to Manor, Saskatchewan as a teenager. He farmed in Richlea and operated Banting's Machine and Furniture Shop in Kindersley from 1933 to 1942.

In 1942, Banting entered the United Church Ministry. He served as a lay minister in Duval, Saskatchewan while completing high school correspondence classes. He then served as a lay minister in Raymore and Viscount while attending St. Andrew's College in Saskatoon. After his ordination in Moose Jaw in 1948, Banting served numerous parishes in Saskatchewan (Central Butte, Moose Jaw, Broadview, Whitewood, Wapella, Craik) and Alberta (Bow Island, Beaver Lodge). In 1970, Banting retired to Regina, where he was involved with the Westminster United Church's native ministries. He died in Regina on May 20, 1991.

Banting was a life member of the Masonic Lodge in Moose Jaw and the Order of Eastern Star Chapter 7 in Regina. An amateur photographer, Banting also loved music and sang in several choirs. Banting wrote, compiled and edited numerous books, mainly of poetry and reminiscences, and operated Banting Publishers, a small press publishing company, out of his home at 2306 Athol Street in Regina. Banting also produced and hosted several television and radio programs, mainly for children and senior citizens.

Banting married Florence Harper in 1934. The Bantings had one daughter: Anne.

Long time University of Saskatchewan employees, Betty Jantz is the Art Supplies Buyer for the U of S Bookstore and Louise Barak is the Coordinator of the Visual Resources Centre in the Department of Art and Art History. They co-authored University of Saskatchewan : a photo album.

Lloyd Ingram Barber, C.C., S.O.M., B.A., B.Comm., M.B.A., Ph.D, L.L.D., Hon. CA, was born in Regina, Saskatchewan on 8 Mar. 1932. He grew up in Regina Beach and attended high school at Luther College in Regina. In 1950 he moved to Saskatoon to study at the University of Saskatchewan, earning a B.A. in Economics in 1953 and a Bachelor of Commerce in Administration the following year. He received a Masters Degree in Business Administration (Marketing) from the University of California in 1955 and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1964. Dr. Barber joined the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan as an instructor in 1955, and rose to become Dean of Commerce in 1966. From 1968 to 1974 he served as vice-president of the University, moving to Regina to become President of the newly autonomous University of Regina in 1976, serving in that capacity until his retirement in 1990. Outside the academic sphere, Lloyd Barber was noted for his appointment by the Privy Council of Canada as Canada's Indian Claims Commissioner. He held this appointment from 1969 until 1977. Barber also helped to establish the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College where he served as Chief Negotiator. He held numerous appointments to boards and directorships of such organizations as the Bank of Nova Scotia, Husky Oil of Canada, and Canadian Pacific. Barber was a Companion of the Order of Canada. He became Honorary Saskatchewan Indian Chief Little Eagle in 1980 and in 1985 received the Aboriginal Order of Canada. Other awards received include the Centennial medal, the Vanier medal, honorary professor at Shandong University in China, and honorary degrees from the University of Alberta (1983) and Concordia University (1984). In 1995 he was invested as a member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit. Barber died in Regina on 16 Sept. 2011.

The son of Mr. And Mrs. Lewis Muir Barber, Lloyd Ingram Barber was born in Regina, Saskatchewan on March 8, 1932. He grew up in Regina Beach and attended high school at Luther College in Regina. In 1950 he moved to Saskatoon to study at the University of Saskatchewan, earning a B.A. in Economics in 1953 and a Bachelor of Commerce in Administration the following year. He received a Masters Degree in Business Administration (marketing) from the University of California in 1955 and a Ph.D. from the University of Washington in 1964. Dr. Barber joined the faculty of the University of Saskatchewan as an instructor in 1955, and rose to become Dean of Commerce in 1966. From 1968 to 1974 he served as vice-president of the University, moving to Regina to become President of the newly autonomous University of Regina in 1976, serving in that capacity until his retirement in 1990. Outside the academic sphere, Lloyd Barber is noted for his appointment by the Privy Council of Canada as Canada's Indian Claims Commissioner. He held this appointment from 1969 until 1977. He also helped to establish the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College where he remains as their Chief Negotiator. He has held numerous appointments to boards and directorships of such organizations as the Bank of Nova Scotia, Husky Oil of Canada, and Canadian Pacific. Lloyd Barber is a companion of the Order of Canada and has received the Aboriginal Order of Canada. His other awards include the Centennial medal, the Vanier medal, honorary professor at Shandong University in China, and honorary degrees from the University of Alberta (1983) and Concordia University (1984). Dr. Barber and his wife, Muriel Pauline Barber, reside in Regina Beach, Saskatchewan. They have a family of six children: Muir, Brian, Kathleen, David, Susan and Patricia.

Mary Doreen Barber (Jackson) was born in Cabri, Saskatchewan on August 18, 1932. She married Sydney Barber in April 1954 and moved to Parkbeg the following summer. She was a trained teacher and had two children: Vivian and Brian. She died on October 24, 2011 at Pioneer Lodge in Moose Jaw. She enjoyed reading and writing; she wrote a column for the Herbert Herald about Parkbeg-Mortlach events and news and served as the editor of Parkbeg Reflections. Parkbeg Reflections is a community history book about the Parkbeg trading area and subsequent settlers in the town from approximately 1860 – 1980.