Head and shoulders image of Dr. Brian Habbick, Paediatrics.

Dr. Brian Ferguson Habbick graduated from the University of Glasgow with his MD in 1963. He was certified by the Royal College in Pediatrics in 1971. From 1976 to 1981 Dr. Habbick served on the Royal College Pediatrics Examination Board. He was a professor in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology in the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, by 1991. Dr. Habbick died 9 March 2019 in Victoria, British Columbia.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Ian Holmes, Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Ian Hugh Holmes was born on 30 September 1926 in Schreiber, Ontario. He received his MD from the University of Manitoba in 1953, and his Certificate in Internal Medicine from the University of Alberta in 1960. Dr. Holmes practiced in Yorkton, Edmonton, Red Deer and Saskatoon. While practicing in Saskatoon, Dr. Holmes also taught in the Faculty of Medicine at the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, until 2011. Dr. Holmes died on 19 August 2012 in Saskatoon at age 85.

Head and shoulders image of Graham Jones, Agriculture.

Head and shoulders image of E. Kostashuk, Cancer Centre.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Jose Lopez, General Cardiology, Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. José Lopez, along with Dr. Louis Horlick, spearheaded the cardiac care program at University Hospital in the 1950s and 1960s. He is clinical professor of Cardiology at Royal University Hospital (2019).

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Head and shoulders image of Candace Wasacase-Lafferty, Extension.

Bio/Historical Note: Candace Wasacase-Lafferty is a Saulteaux and Cree citizen of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation, and a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan. Prior to her 20-year career with USask, she worked within her own communities and held positions with the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations, the Saskatoon Tribal Council, and the Saskatchewan Indian Institute of Technologies. Wasacase-Lafferty began working at USask in 2001 and has held in various roles in human resources, community relations, student services, fundraising, partnership development and lead in the realization of the Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre. In 2019 she began working with the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy in partnership with Harvard University to bring the Honouring Nations program to Canada. Wasacase-Lafferty is committed to promoting and living Indigenous values and culture within the university and beyond. Wasacase-Lafferty is also the co-chair of the post pandemic shift commission for the Office of the President at the University of Saskatchewan. She is currently Co-Director of Honouring Nations Canada and Senior Director Indigenous Engagement at the University of Saskatchewan (2021). Wasacase-Lafferty serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Wanuskewin Heritage Park and the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority.

Head and shoulders image of David Lepard, audio-visual technician, College of Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Trained at Saskatchewan Technical Institute, Moose Jaw, in radio, television, and electronics, Dave Lepard worked at the University of Saskatchewan from 1968-2003 as an audio-visual technician, first in the Division of Audio/Visual Services, later in the College of Medicine. In the union for support workers, CLC Local 54 (later CUPE 1975), Lepard served on the bargaining committee, the bursary committee, as treasurer for two terms, and as co-editor with Tonya Kaye of the newsletter The Skopein. Lepard was often elected delegate to local, provincial, and national labour conventions. He continues to be active in the labour movement after his retirement from the U of S in 2003. In the University of Saskatchewan Non-Academic Retirees Association (USNARA), Lepard served on the bursary committee (2006-2016) and as president (2015-2017). As USNARA faced dwindling membership and difficulty recruiting leaders, Lepard led the drive to have NARA merge with USRA in 2017 to form one retiree association for all U of S employees.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Jeremy Lee, Biochemistry.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Jeremy S. Lee was awarded an earned Doctor of Science degree in Biochemistry by the University of Saskatchewan in 2007.

Head and shoulders image of Gordon McKay, College of Pharmacy & Nutrition.

Head and shoulders image of J. Murphy, Agricultural Economics.

Peggy McKercher, University Chancellor, poses in a studio.

Bio/Historical Note: Margaret L. (Peggy) Wilton McKercher was born in Manitoba on 17 April 1929. She attended City Park Collegiate and enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan in 1947, graduating in 1950 with a BA. She remained at the University for two years working with the Physical Education staff, while her husband, Robert McKercher, finished law school at the U of S. The couple then moved to Massachusetts where Robert completed a master's in Law at Harvard Law School and McKercher taught and supported him. The McKerchers then went to Toronto where Robert pursued a doctorate. They then returned to Saskatoon where Robert articled with Justice Emmett Hall, before joining a law firm in Ottawa for six years. The couple later returned to Saskatoon. Peggy McKercher was heavily involved in athletics all her life. During her time at the U of S she participated in eight University teams. Every team was either a city, provincial and/or intervarsity championship team. Her basketball squad won the Cecil Race Trophy for three consecutive years, and her track and field team won the Rutherford Trophy three consecutive times as well. McKercher also participated on the University swim team. She was a member of the Women’s Athletic Board, and served as president from 1949 to 1950. McKercher was awarded the University of Saskatchewan Major Athletics Award in 1950 and was inducted into the U of S Hall of Fame in 1984. There is an academic and athletic scholarship presented to students in honour of Peggy McKercher. She served as eleventh U of S Chancellor for two terms, from 1995 until 2001. As Chancellor McKercher acted as both a member and chair of the University Senate and as a member of the Board of Governors. McKercher was invested into the Order of Canada in March 1995 for her active volunteer work in the Saskatoon community and her “dynamic leadership [that] has helped strengthen the Authority's valuable work in preserving the Saskatchewan River Valley environment.” McKercher received the Saskatoon Citizen of the Year award in 1989. She was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 2001 and in 2002 was presented an honourary Doctor of Laws by the U of S.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Darcy Marciniuk, Internal Medicine, College of Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Darcy D. Marciniuk received his DM from the University of Saskatchewan in 1984 and underwent specialty training in internal medicine and respiratory medicine at the University of Western Ontario and at the University of Manitoba. Dr. Marciniuk is a professor of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and Associate Vice-President Research [Acting] at the U of S. He was recently appointed interim Director of the new Respiratory Research Centre at the U of S, and is the Medical Director of the LiveWell COPD Chronic Disease Management Program in the Saskatoon Health Region. Dr. Marciniuk is recognized internationally as an expert and leader in clinical exercise physiology, COPD, and pulmonary rehabilitation. He was the lead author of the three most recent COPD clinical practice guidelines published by the CTS, a panel member of international clinical practice guidelines in COPD, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, and pulmonary rehabilitation, and was a co-author of the recently published joint CTS/CHEST clinical practice guideline on preventing acute exacerbations of COPD.

Head and shoulders of T.N. Moyana, Pathology.

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