Allan Blakeney, former Premier of Saskatchewan and visiting scholar in the College of Law, sits on a stone wall outside the College of Law.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in Nova Scotia in 1925, Allan Emrys Blakeney studied law at Dalhousie University and was a Rhodes Scholar. Attracted by the progressive political agenda of the CCF under Tommy Douglas, he moved to Saskatchewan in 1950 and worked as a senior member of the civil service. Blakeney entered politics in 1960, and served in both the Douglas and Woodrow Lloyd administrations before becoming leader of the provincial NDP in 1970. In comparison with the Waffle movement on the far left, Blakeney was regarded as a moderate member of the NDP. Nonetheless, when he led the party to victory over the Liberal government under Ross Thatcher in 1971, he did implement a fairly radical agenda of nationalization in the oil and potash industries that aroused the ire of corporate Canada and even the U.S. government. By the late 1970s Blakeney was an elder statesman among Canadian premiers, and he played a key role in the patriation of the Canadian Constitution and the creation of the Charter of Rights in 1982. Along with Alberta premier Peter Lougheed, he was a strong advocate for provincial ownership of natural resources. Following a devastating defeat at the hands of the Grant Devine Conservatives in 1982, Blakeney stayed on as NDP leader and led the party back to respectability in the 1986 election. He stepped down as leader then, and was replaced by Roy Romanow. In the 1990s he served as a consultant in the Roy Romanow NDP government, and received a number of awards including the Saskatchewan Order of Merit and Order of Canada. He was also a past president of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Blakeney died in 2012 in Saskatoon at age 85.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Janice MacKinnon, School of Public Health.

Bio/Historical Note: Janice MacKinnon, Ph.D, C.M., S.O.M., FRSC is a Canadian historian and former Minister of Finance for the Province of Saskatchewan under NDP Premier Roy Romanow. She is currently a professor in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan.

Dave Aucoin and Gwen Toole of Purchasing Services pose for the camera.

Head and shoulders image of Dave Aucoin, Purchasing Services.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Ernie Barber, dean, Agriculture and Bioresources.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Ernest M. Barber earned a BSc (1972) and an MSc (1974) from the University of Alberta, and a PhD (2001) from the University of Guelph. He began his professional career in 1974 with the British Columbia Ministry of Agriculture as a specialist in engineering for livestock production, including farmstead planning, animal housing systems and waste management. Dr. Barber successfully led the development and implementation of a system for industry self-policing of pollution and nuisance problems. In 1981 Dr. Barber joined the University of Saskatchewan in the College of Engineering. He served as acting provost and vice-president academic (2007-2008), vice-provost teaching and learning (2008-2010) and in two deanships, in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources (1999-2007) and in the College of Engineering (2010-2013). Dr. Barber assumed the duties of interim provost and vice-president academic at the University of Saskatchewan for a second time on 1 July 2014. He was a past president of the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS). Dr. Barber is self-employed as an Academic Strategic Business Advisor (2022).

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Lorne Babiuk, director, Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO).

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Lorne Allan Babiuk was born in 1946 in Canora, Saskatchewan. He earned four degrees, three from the University of Saskatchewan: a BSA in soil science (1967), an MSc in soil microbiology (1969), a PhD in virology (UBC, 1972), and a DSc in veterinary microbiology (1987). In 1973 Dr. Babiuk joined the U of S’s Department of Veterinary Microbiology as assistant professor. In 1975 Dr. Babiuk became associate professor and full professor in 1979. In 1993 he was appointed director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO). From 2001-2007 Dr. Babiuk served as chair of the Advisory Board of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Institute of Infection & Immunity. He was awarded the Canada Research Chair in Vaccinology and Biotechnology in 2001. Dr. Babiuk was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2005. He is vice-president of research at the University of Alberta and former director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization at the U of S. Dr. Babiuk holds the Canada Research Chair in Vaccinology and Biotechnology and is chair of the Board for Pan-Provincial Vaccine Enterprise (PREVENT), a vaccine development company (2021).

Head and shoulders image of Rev. Allan Grundahl, awarded an honourary Doctor of Divinity degree at the College of Emmanuel and St. Chad convocation.

Bio/historical note: Image appeared in 5 May 2000 issue of OCN.

Bio/Historical Note: Rev. Allan Grundahl is a Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. Originally from Kansas, he served as a Lutheran pastor in Saskatoon, Moose Jaw, Macoun, and in Minnesota and South Dakota.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Beth Horsburgh, Dean of Nursing.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Martha E. (Beth) Horsburgh, a native of Ontario, received her MA and PhD of nursing from Wayne State University and her MA in education from the University of Windsor. She also was director of the school of nursing at the University of Windsor. Dr. Horsburgh served as dean of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan from 2000-2005. She was appointed dean of Nursing of the University of Alberta in 2005. Her teaching involves instruction in the health challenges of adults and her recent research focuses on primary health care reform and its effects on nursing and nurses.

Dave Aucoin and Gwen Toole of Purchasing Services pose for the camera.

James F. (Jim) Basinger, Professor of Geology, at work.

Allan Blakeney, former Premier of Saskatchewan and visiting scholar in the College of Law, sits on a stone wall outside the College of Law.

Bio/Historical Note: Born in Nova Scotia in 1925, Allan Emrys Blakeney studied law at Dalhousie University and was a Rhodes Scholar. Attracted by the progressive political agenda of the CCF under Tommy Douglas, he moved to Saskatchewan in 1950 and worked as a senior member of the civil service. Blakeney entered politics in 1960, and served in both the Douglas and Woodrow Lloyd administrations before becoming leader of the provincial NDP in 1970. In comparison with the Waffle movement on the far left, Blakeney was regarded as a moderate member of the NDP. Nonetheless, when he led the party to victory over the Liberal government under Ross Thatcher in 1971, he did implement a fairly radical agenda of nationalization in the oil and potash industries that aroused the ire of corporate Canada and even the U.S. government. By the late 1970s Blakeney was an elder statesman among Canadian premiers, and he played a key role in the patriation of the Canadian Constitution and the creation of the Charter of Rights in 1982. Along with Alberta premier Peter Lougheed, he was a strong advocate for provincial ownership of natural resources. Following a devastating defeat at the hands of the Grant Devine Conservatives in 1982, Blakeney stayed on as NDP leader and led the party back to respectability in the 1986 election. He stepped down as leader then, and was replaced by Roy Romanow. In the 1990s he served as a consultant in the Roy Romanow NDP government, and received a number of awards including the Saskatchewan Order of Merit and Order of Canada. He was also a past president of the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Blakeney died in 2012 in Saskatoon at age 85.

Stegosaurus in the Museum of Natural Sciences.

Head and shoulders image of Ken E. Norman, College of Law.

Head and shoulders image of Michael Pomedli, St. Thomas More College.

Head and shoulders image of Jan Smith, Business Services; taken outdoors.