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College of Arts and Science - Awards

Dr. Douglas R. Cherry, dean of Arts, presents the Copland Prize in Arts to Mark J.C. Abley at Convocation held in Physical Education gymnasium.

Bio/Historical Note: Mark J.C. Abley was born in England in 1955. When he was a small child his family moved to Canada, and he grew up in northern Ontario, southern Alberta and Saskatoon. Abley’s father Harry was for many years organist-choirmaster at St. John’s Cathedral and Third Avenue United Church, and several theatres in Saskatoon. Abley studied literature at the University of Saskatchewan and, after winning a Rhodes Scholarship in 1975, at St. John’s College, Oxford. He won prizes for his poetry while a student there, and began to write full-time after moving to Toronto in 1978. He has been a contributing editor of both Maclean's and Saturday Night magazines, and a frequent contributor to The Times Literary Supplement. His writings show an interest in endangered languages. He published a memoir, The Organist: Fugues, Fatherhood, and a Fragile Mind, in 2019.

College of Education - Awards

J.B. Kirkpatrick, dean of Education, presents the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation Prize to Christine Heather Fondse at fall Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium.

Bio/Historical Note: Christine Heather Fondse, B.& I., M. & I., B.A. (Sask.), was awarded the U of S Sylvia Wallace Sessional Lecturer Award in 2010-2011.

College of Law - Awards

Roger C. Carter, dean of Law, presents the Brown Prize in Law to Ralph E. Goodale at Convocation held at Centennial Auditorium..

Bio/Historical Note: Ralph Edward Goodale was born in 1939 in Regina, Saskatchewan and raised on a farm near Wilcox, Saskatchewan. He attended the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus and then obtained a law degree from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, where he was awarded the Gold Medal for academic achievement. Goodale was first elected in 1974 as the member of Parliament (MP) for Assiniboia, as a member of the Liberal Party. He was defeated in 1979, and moved into provincial Saskatchewan politics, serving as leader of the Saskatchewan Liberals from 1981 to 1988. He returned to federal politics in 1993, as the MP for Regina-Wascana (known simply as Wascana from 1997 to 2015), and served in the governments of Jean Chrétien, Paul Martin and Justin Trudeau, in several roles including as minister of finance and minister of public safety. Goodale sought re-election in the 2019 federal election, but lost his bid to Conservative Party candidate Michael Kram in a rematch of the 2015 race. Goodale has served as the Canadian high commissioner to the United Kingdom since April 2021.

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