Although the Sociology Department was formally established in 1958, classes in Sociology had been offered since 1940 through the Department of Economics. The merger of Economics and Political Science in 1947 resulted in the creation of a sub-department of Sociology. Within a year of its creation the Department of Sociology was offering graduate level classes and was developing a research program that would focus on ethnic relations, medical sociology, family studies and community development. In an effort to further facilitate excellence in research and scholarly work, the social research unit was created in 1983. The following have served as head of the department: R.E. DuWors (1957-1968); J.E. Abramson (1968-1972); D.R. Cherry (1972-1974); G.S. Basran (1974-1978); B.S. Bolaria (9178-1990); K. Storrie (1990-1993); T. Wotherspoon (1993-).

Christopher Kent was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He earned a B.A. (1963) and a M.A. (1964) from the University of Toronto, and a D.Phil. from University of Sussex (1969). He started his teaching career at the University of Prince Edward Island where he taught for two years before moving to the University of Saskatchewan where he taught from 1970 until his retirement. During his time at the University of Saskatchewan he served as the Head of the Department of History (1987-90); editor of the Canadian Journal of History (1977-83, 1992-93, 1995-98, 2011-2012, and co-editor 2000-2003); member of the advisory board for Victorian Studies, Victorian Periodicals Review, and Rethinking History: The Journal of Theory and Practice; president of Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada (VSAWC) 1986-88, as well as director and vice-president (1999-2001) of the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP). He retired in 2009 and was granted emeritus status.

Elizabeth and Cecil Kent had three children: Janet, Christopher, and Cecelia(Cece). Cecil Charles Kent was born in 1906 and worked as a patent lawyer and died in 1997. Elizabeth Kent passed away in 1992.
Cece married Paul Bowden and they had two children, Andrea and Stephen. Janet married John Bush and had one child named Matthew.

Christopher Kent married Angela in 1968 and they divorced in 1974, but remained friends until Angela’s death in 2006. Christopher later married Mary Marino in and they had one child, Andrew.

Patricia Anne (Pat) Steel Moyer was born in 1936 in St. Boniface, Manitoba to Edna Lucy (nee Ryan) Steel and James Roe Steel. She grew up in Winnipeg with older brother James “Jimmy”
Steel, where their father worked as a stationary engineer at the St. Charles Country Club. She began singing at the age of 16 at the Danceland in Clear Lake, Manitoba, and with friend Deenie Gillies in legion halls. In 1958, she married her first husband John Krause and they moved to Regina where they had three children: Greg Krause in 1959, James (Jamie) Steel in 1963, and Carle Steel in 1966.
Pat heard the Bob Moyer Quintette perform at the boat club on Willow Island on Wascana Lake in 1960 and sent an audition tape to band leader Bob Moyer. The quintette agreed Pat,
although inexperienced, showed promise and she eventually joined the quintette as their permanent vocalist in 1961. She worked with Bob Moyer at all popular night clubs and dining
rooms in Regina and clubs across Canada. In 1962 Pat joined the Hobby Band in 1962 which eventually became the Jubilee Orchestra, and finally the Bob Moyer Big Band in 1986. Pat also worked at the Hotel Saskatchewan as the promotions manager, at the CBC as a freelance broadcaster, as a private vocal coach, short story writer, and adjudicator for many talents
shows, and made her own performance gowns.
Pat divorced John Krause in 1969 and married Bob Moyer in 1974. They created music together across Canada and the United States live and for radio shows and commercials until 2005 when Bob Moyer passed away. Pat passed away on New Years Day – January 1st, 2023, in Regina, Saskatchewan.