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.

Image of Neil Richards (Library assistant) and Valerie Korinek (professor of History) with a part of the 25 Lives display.

Bio/Historical Note: "25 Lives: Out & Proud," was the 25th-anniversary project of the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives (CLGA). The Toronto-based organization selected 25 inspirational people in the LGBTQ community to honour those whose achievements and openness about their sexuality have had an impact on Canadian society. Their portraits, mainly done by artists within that community, were donated. There are 13 women and 12 men, there is regional representation, and people from a number of different cultural backgrounds. Indeed, the honourees range from politicians and entertainers to writers and activists. Among the 25 were Svend Robinson, k.d. lang, Jim Egan, Mary-Woo Sims, Anne Bishop, Persimmon Blackbridge, Robin Metcalfe, Ken Popert, Robert Laliberte, Jovette Marchessault. Tim McCaskell, Shelley Tremain, and Audrey Butler. The exhibit was co-ordinated by Neil Richards (Library) and Valerie Korinek (History).

Michael Swan, Professor of History, stands outside around campus.

Bio/Historical Note: Peter Michael Swan was born on 4 October 1931 in Kennedy, Saskatchewan. He earned three degrees from the University of Saskatchewan: a B.A. Honours (1952), M.A. (1957), and B.Ed (1959). He completed a Ph.D. in Classical Philology from Harvard University in 1965. Dr. Swan became a permanent faculty member of the University of Saskatchewan in 1962. He held a variety of administrative posts and played an important role in the creation of the University's Museum of Antiquities. Dr. Swan served as the Assistant Dean of Arts and Science, Acting Head of the Departments of Art, Classics/Greek and Roman Studies, and Modern Languages and as the Director of the Learned Society Conference, University Studies Group and Undergraduate Programs and Students in the Department of History. His scholarly specialties are the early Roman Empire, in particular the reigns of Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula, Claudius, and Nero (31 B.C.-A.D. 68), and the Roman historian Cassius Dio, on whom he has written various articles and edited two books. In 2004, his book, "The Augustan Succession", was published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Swan was honoured by the University of Saskatchewan at its 1989 Spring Convocation with the Master Teacher Award. He was named Professor Emeritus of History upon his retirement in 1999.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Yvonne Brown, associate dean of Nursing, 1986-2000.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Yvonne Margaret Rose Brown was born in 1940 in Strasbourg, Saskatchewan. She attended school there prior to entering the College of Nursing at the University of Saskatchewan in 1958, where she earned a BSN and BA (great distinction), as well as a subsequent MCEd. in 1983. Dr. Brown had a long and distinguished career in Health Sciences culminating in eleven years as dean of the College of Nursing (1989-2000). Other milestones include: general duty nurse, University Hospital (1963-64); lecturer in Anatomy and Physiology, Centralized Teaching Program (1964-66); clinical instructor in Obstetrical Nursing, U of S, School of Nursing (1966-67); sessional lecturer (1975-81); lecturer (1981-83); assistant dean (1986-89); and Professor Emerita upon retirement (2008). Dr. Brown published numerous articles and participated in a major nursing textbook and history of the College of Nursing. She received many awards, medals, and scholarships throughout her academic career. The Yvonne Brown Award for Nursing Excellence was established by the SRNA in 2000; as well as two awards, one for a Saskatoon site student and one for a Regina site student, for a graduating four-year degree student with the highest cumulative nursing average during the total program. Yvonne Brown died in 2016 in Saskatoon.

Head and shoulders image of Dr. Bill Waiser, Department of History; outdoor image.

Bio/Historical Note: William Andrew Waiser (b. 1953) earned a BA in History (Hons) from Trent University in 1975 and an MA in History from the University of Saskatchewan in 1976. He was awarded a Queen's Fellowship from The Canada Council in 1975-1976. He earned a PhD (History) from the U of S in 1983. Dr. Waiser was also awarded a Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada from 1979-1981. Dr. Waiser joined the Department of History at the U of S in 1984 and served as department head from 1995 to 1998. He was Yukon Historian for the Canadian Parks Service prior to his university appointment. He was named the university's Distinguished Researcher in 2004 and received the College of Arts and Science Teaching Excellence Award in 2003. Dr. Waiser was awarded the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, the province's highest honour, in 2006, and elected a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada the following year. He was awarded an honourary Doctor of Literature (D.Litt) from the U of S in 2010. Dr. Waiser retired from the university in 2014. He was named a Member of the Order of Canada on 30 June 2017. He is the 2018 recipient of the Royal Society of Canada J.B. Tyrrell medal, presented for “outstanding work” in Canadian history, as well as the 2018 Governor General’s History Award for Popular Media: The Pierre Berton Award. Dr. Waiser has published several books, including Park Prisoners: The Untold Story of Western Canada's National Parks and (with Blair Stonechild) Loyal till Death: Indians and the North-West Rebellion, which was a finalist for the 1997 Governor General's Literary Awards for non-fiction. Dr. Waiser's book All Hell Can't Stop Us: The On-to-Ottawa Trek and Regina Riot won the 2003 Saskatchewan Book Award for non-fiction. His award-winning centennial history of the province, Saskatchewan: A New History, was published in 2005. In 2020 he was honoured with a lifetime achievement award for Prairie history by the Canadian Historical Association (CHA). Dr. Waiser is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History (2023), and is a full-time writer and speaker.

Peter Purdue, professor, Department of Art & Art History, wins car at the Vanier Cup held in Toronto. Huskies won 24-17 over Concordia Stingers.

Bio/historical note: Image appeared in 8 Jan. 1999 issue of OCN.

David Carpenter, professor of English, seated with a copy of his book Banjo Lessons. Carpenter won the City of Edmonton Book Prize for Banjo Lessons (Coteau Books, 1997), a novel in which a young man comes of age in mid-century Alberta.

Bio/Historical Note: David C. Carpenter, born 1941 in Edmonton, Alberta, earned a BA in modern languages (1962) and a BEd (1964) from the University of Alberta. He earned an MA in English (1967) from the University of Oregon and a DPhil from the University of Alberta (1973). Carpenter has served on the faculty of the English Department at the University of Saskatchewan since 1975. His oeuvre, which includes poetry, essays, short stories, novellas, and full-length books in fiction as well as non-fiction genres, focuses primarily on nature and his native western Canada. Works of fiction by Carpenter include Jewels, Jokes for the Apocalypse, and God's Bedfellows. Writing Home and Courting Saskatchewan are books of essays by him. In 2010, A Hunter's Confession, was released, in which he explores the history of hunting, subsistence hunting versus hunting for sport, trophy hunting, and the meaning of the hunt for those who have written about it most eloquently. Carpenter was awarded an honourary Doctor of Literature degree by the U of S in 2018.

Image of Dr. Catherine Lesley Biggs, professor, Women and Gender Studies, sits at home with her two cats.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. C. Lesley Biggs co-taught with Susan Gingell the first women’s and gender course at the University of Saskatchewan. Dr. Biggs is an associate professor in the Department of History (2023). Her main areas of interest lie in the history and sociology of the professions with a particular focus on complementary and alternative healers, and the sociology of the body. Dr. Biggs was a recipient of the Master Teacher Award in 2009.

The production team of "A University of the People." Front (l to r): Danielle Fortosky, head, DAVS; Bob Lindsay, Native Studies, scriptwriter; Michael Hayden, History, executive producer. Back: Colleen Fitzgerald, St. Peter's College, Muenster, narrator; Dwayne Brenna, Drama, voice-over narration; Michael Milo, post-production editor.

Bio/historical note: Image appeared in 8 Jan. 1999 issue of OCN.

The sun sets behind clouds over Emma Lake, Saskatchewan.