Joseph Pettick was born in Nyirparasnya, Hungary on October 8, 1924. His family immigrated to Kipling, Saskatchewan in 1927 and settled in Regina in 1929. Pettick completed his primary and secondary school education in Regina. During The Second World War, Pettick worked, from 1939 to 1942, as a machinist and tool designer for Regina Industries Ltd. in the manufacture of anti-tank guns. He enlisted in the Navy in 1942 and served as a stoker aboard the HMCS Stone Town engaged in convoy duty in the North Atlantic.

Pettick's architectural career began in 1946 as an apprentice with Portnall & Stock Architects. He was registered as an architect with the Saskatchewan Association of Architects in 1954 and started his own firm, Joseph Pettick Architect Ltd., that same year. In 1955, Pettick attended the School of Architecture at the University of Oklahoma, where he studied Aesthetic Design, City Planning, and Structural and Mechanical Engineering. In 1996, Pettick enlarged his business by forming P3 Architecture (Pettick Phillips Partners Architects Ltd.) in partnership with Colin Phillips.

As of 2005, Pettick had executed over 1000 commissions, either as sole practitioner or as a member of a partnership. His buildings define the skyline of Regina, the most recognizable being the SaskPower Building (1963), City Hall (1976), the SaskTel Building, and the Bank of Montreal (1981).

Pettick received special recognition for his accomplishments including a Massey Medal for Architecture (1961); election to the College of Fellows of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (1967); the naming of the shelter and administrative premises of the Regina Humane Society “The Joseph Pettick Animal Shelter” (1983); the B.O.M.A. Award for Design for the Bank of Montreal provincial office building (1988); election to Life Membership, Saskatchewan Association of Architects (2002); an honourary Life Membership, Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (2004); an Honorary Life Member, Regina Construction Association (2005); an Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Regina (2005); and the investiture into the Saskatchewan Order of Merit (2005).

Pettick sat on various boards and associations, both locally and nationally including: the Saskatchewan Association of Architects; the Regina Housing Authority; the Structural Advisory Group of the National Research Council; the Saskatchewan Construction Council; the Saskatchewan Design Council and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada. His interest in societal issues produced numerous treatises and publications related to governmental reform, nuclear energy, and northern development.

Pettick died in Regina on September 12, 2010.

Ron Petrescue was born to parents Trian and Beatrice Petrescue in the 1940s in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan. The family lived outside of Moose Jaw until 1948 when the Petrescues moved into the city. He first worked as a newspaper boy on River Street. He later joined the air cadets, and later the Canadian Army Reserve. He then got his start in radio and television by acting as a male model for the CHAB television program Teen Tempo. In 1966, Ron became a camera operator for CHAB television, which was bought by CBC in 1969.

Ron married his wife Rae, and had daughters Jena and Laura, and a son, Brett.

After traveling across the country and the USA as part of a mobile broadcast crew, Ron took a job as Technical Producer of NHL and CFL games in Calgary, Alberta. In 1987, Ron took a job as Manager of TV Technical Services for the CBC in Vancouver. Ron retired and left CBC in 1996. He then became Location Manager for TSN’s western broadcast center in Vancouver. In 1999, Ron became the President of Dome Productions. Ron retired from Dome Productions in 2001 and moved back to Moose Jaw to spend more time with his elderly mother and uncle.

After working several more jobs, Ron finally retired for good in 2013.

Emile Fortune Stanislas Joseph Petitot was born in 1838 in southern France near Marseilles. At twenty-four he was ordained to the Priesthood and joined the order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate. The Oblates order sent Petitot to North America in 1862 and he spent the next 13 years in the Mackenzie Valley as a missionary and explorer. He died in 1916.

Warren Henry Peterson was born in 1935. He earned a B.A. from the University of Missouri in 1960, an M.A from the University of Iowa in 1964, and an M.F.A. from the University of Cincinnati in 1969. He also earned a Diploma, Post Graduate Training Program in Gestalt Theory and Practice in 1979. He came to the University of Saskatchewan in 1964 as an Assistant Professor of Art. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 1972 and retired in 1993. Peterson taught drawing and printmaking. He served as the department's artist-in-residence in 1994.