Russell Yuristy was born in Goodeve, Sask. in 1936. He moved to Silton, Sask. in 1969. In 1959 he received his B.A. from the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon Campus. He received his M.A. from the University of Wisconsin in 1967 with a major in painting and a minor in graphics. He taught drawing and painting at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus from 1967-71 and was Administrator of the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops from 1968-70. Yuristy is best known for his large animal playground sculptures. He has built sculptures in Ottawa, Spokane (Washington), Churchill (Manitoba), Swift Current, Saskatoon, Vancouver (for Expo '86) and in Regina. In 1986 he moved to Ottawa and taught some classes at the University of Ottawa and the Ontario College of Art. He moved to Montreal in 1990.

Dr. Bernard Zagorin received his post secondary education in history at the University of Illinois, receiving a B.A. in 1950, a M.A. in 1951, and a Ph.D. in 1957. He taught high school in Skokie, Illinois from 1956 to 1963 when he was appointed assistant professor of history at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus. Upon the creation of the University ofRegina in 1974 Dr. Zagorin achieved the rank of full professor, and was named Professor Emeritus upon his retirement in 1995. During his tenure at the University he served on a number of university and external committees and was chairman, and later head of the History Department from 1969 to 1995. He represented the University as a member of the Saskatchewan Archives Board from 1966 to 1996, serving as the Board's chairman from 1985 to 1996. Dr. Zagorin resides in Regina, Saskatchewan.