Person

Rands, Stan, 1908-1985

Born in Fort Macleod, Alberta on July 20, 1909, the son of a Yorkshire coal miner, Stanley Rands attended a rural public school and MacLeod High School, graduating in 1928. In 1931 he received a B.A. from the University of Alberta, and an M.A. in psychology and education in 1937. As a Rhodes Scholar he attended Oxford University in England, earning a Diploma in Theology in 1934 and a B.A. in philosophy, politics, and economics in 1936. From 1937-1942 Rands taught high school in Alberta, serving as Dean of Alberta College for one year and Senior Instructor with the Correspondence School Branch for two years. In 1942 he moved to Winnipeg where he served concurrently as Assistant/Acting Director of Adult Education at the University of Manitoba and Western Regional Supervisor for the National Film Board. Promoted to NFB headquarters in Ottawa, he worked as Director of Research and Reports, and Program Coordinator, from 1945-1950. He then moved to Regina to work for the Saskatchewan Department of Public Health, first as Director of Health Education (1950-1951), and later as Assistant to the Director of Psychiatric Services (1951-1954) and Deputy Director of Psychiatric Services (1954-1963). In 1963, in the wake of the doctors' strike in Saskatchewan over Medicare, Rands left the civil service to serve as Executive Director of the Community Health Services Association (Saskatchewan), an organization dedicated to establishing community clinics throughout the province. He was forced to leave that position in 1966 when funding for a full time director was no longer available, although he continued to work on behalf of the Association for some time on a volunteer basis. Having served as a sessional instructor in 1965-1966, he joined the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus as Lecturer in Psychology, achieving the rank of Associate Professor in 1971. Rands formally retired in 1976, although he continued to teach as a sessional. In 1977 he was named Professor Emeritus. Stan Rands participated widely in community organizations in the areas of health, education, peace, civil liberties, and aging. He held executive positions in the Canadian Mental Health Association (Regina), the Regina Defense Committee, the Regina Civil Liberties Association, the Canadian Public Health Association, Saskatchewan Branch, the Saskatchewan Psychological Association, Regina Pioneer Village and the Saskatchewan Federation of Home and School. He was an advocate of medicare and played a central role in the community clinic movement in Saskatchewan. He was a founding board member and served for a number of years as secretary-treasurer of the Community Health Services Association (Regina), and was named honorary board member of the Regina Community Clinic in 1972. As well, he was a member of numerous professional societies, and was a founding member of the Canada-China Friendship Association (Saskatchewan). On December 24, 1943 he married Doris Fraser of Pilot Mound, Manitoba. They had three children, Jeanie, Brian and Ailsa. Stan died in Regina in 1985. His book 'Privilege and Policy: A History of Community Clinics in Saskatchewan' was finished by friends and published posthumously in 1994.