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.

Head and shoulders image of Gordon Smith, director, Planning and Engineering.

Bio/historical note: Image appeared in 22 May 1998 issue of OCN.

Head and shoulders image of Marcel de la Gorgendiere, Vice-Chair, University Board of Governors.

Bio/Historical Note: Marcel de la Gorgendiere graduated from the University of Saskatchewan with a BA and LLB. He practices Law in Saskatoon.

Award presented by Dr. Jay Kalra (left), professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, to Dr. Amith Mulla, Department of General Surgery.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Amith Mulla is assistant professor, General Surgery, College of Medicine (2021).

Cheryl Avery; Patrick Hayes; University Archives

Head and shoulders image of Michael Bechtel, Manager, Agricultural Biotechnology Initiative.

Chris Meier of campus mail at work.

Head and shoulders publicity shot of Dwayne Brenna, Professor of Drama.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Dwayne Brenna was born 25 December 1955 in Spalding, Saskatchewan. He earned his BA (Hons, 1977) and his MA (1983), both from the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Brenna earned his PhD (2000) from the University of London, England. He joined the Department of Drama at the U of S in 1986 and is professor and head of the Drama Department (2021). His poems and stories have appeared in various literary journals, and he is the author of several books, most recently New Albion (2016). Dr. Brenna has acted at the Stratford Festival and has appeared on television in various nationally and internationally broadcast programs, as well as movies. A series of character-based vignettes called The Adventures of Eddie Gustafson, written and performed by Dr. Brenna, had a five-year run on CBC Radio. Having completed his PhD at the University of London, Dr. Brenna regularly leads a study abroad course in London and Stratford-upon-Avon for students.

President MacKinnon receives a donation from the Royal Bank of Canada.

Article titled: "Archeology Prof. Hones Murder Investigation Techniques." Ernie Walker and Barb Sharanowski work at a table.