Dr. Melissa Morgan, BEAD ’03
Kiah Holness: Alumna envisions schools and environments of empowerment
Inspiring Teacher (CTV)| Natalie Agecoutay-Sweet (’05)
Spotlight on Christian Mbanza BEd’17
Érika Baldó MEd ’21
Érika Baldó a complété son mémoire de maîtrise en éducation française en décembre dernier.Celui-ci porte le nom “Les défis auxquels les mères-enseignantes de l’immersion française en milieu langagier minoritaire canadien font face”.
Christian Mbanza BEd’17 French Bacc
Sask. teacher not waiting for Black history to be added to the curriculum – CBC The National Jan 24, 2022
Joanna Sanders BEd’05
Bushra Kainat BEd’21
Thor Stewart BEAD-YNTEP ’21
Helen Molloy (BEd’00) 2021 STF Arbos Award
Claudia Castellanos MEd’14
Bob Matlock (B.Ed.’74) honoured
Joanne Weber PhD’19
Jan. 11 2020 LeaderPost: Regina woman named first Canada Research Chair in Deaf Education
Brandon Needham (PhD’21)
2020 CBC Future 40 winner.
Lori Campbell (MEd’16) | 2020 Women of Inspiration Award
2020 Women of Inspiration Award
https://www2.uregina.ca/education/news/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Indigenous-Centres-Lori-Campbell-takes-home-award-for-national-leadership-_-St.pdf
Stefan Endsin (MEd’17) in the news
Jeannine Whitehouse SUNTEP Grad
Whitehouse went through SUNTEP and now works for Regina Catholic Schools as the First Nation, Métis and Inuit education co-ordinator. Bringing her family’s story somewhat full circle, she is leading the board’s implementation of the Métis Nation-Saskatchewan’s Michif Early Education Program at Sacred Heart Community School.
https://globalnews.ca/video/7401715/reviving-michif-language-and-culture-through-education
Christine Selinger BEd’11 BSc’11
Outstanding Young Alumni Award Recipient 2020
Rosalie Tsannie-Burseth MEd’01
Recipient of the 2020 U of R Professional Achievement Award
Degrees Magazine feature at https://www.degreesmagazine.ca/4645-2/2020/11/23/
Minnie Mckenzie | Woodlands Cree Dictionary
NORTEP ’93 / MEd ’10
Kam Bahia (BEd’08/MEd Psych’19) Feeding Youth of Regina during Pandemic
SUNTEP alum Garrick Schmidt ’20
Carla Lorence ’02 | Cathedral Arts School in Covid-19 Crisis
Lori Campbell MEd’16
Deborah Gibson Dingwall M.Ed.’10
Lily Mckay Carriere MEd’10
Coordinator for a new Bachelor of Education program being delivered out of Charlebois Community School in Cumberland House,
Heather Faris (nee Haynes) BEd’96 MEd’12
2019 Recipient of Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence in STEM Certificate of Achievement
Brianne Urzada BA’14/BEd’12
2019 Recipient of Humanitarian and Community Service Award
Glen Nelson BEd’89
2019 University of Regina Sports Hall of Fame
Anna Lucero
How one internationally educated teacher became a teacher in Canada
Kyla Wendell McIntyre BEd/BA MEd’11
2019 Global Citizen Award
Katherine LeBlanc B.Ed.’90
One of Canada’s Outstanding Principals (The Learning Partnership)
Victor Thunderchild MEd ’17
2018 (Prince Albert) Best Secondary Teacher award recipient. 2020 Cree Language Program
Amy Moroz BEd’98 & Andrea Ward BEd’00 MEd’10
2018 Dr. Robert and Norma Ferguson Award for Outstanding Service
Allan Bonner BEd’78
2018 Distinguished Professional Achievement Award
Brittany Frick
Led by recent MEd grad, Brittany Frick, Ituna School club runs on Girl Power!
Chelsey Clifford BEd ’16 Developing Girls in the Game
Jim Hall BEd ’79 Old photos inspire return to U of R
Kelley Jo Burke BEAD’90
- 2017 winner (with composer Jeffery Straker) of Playwright Guild of Canada’s national Best New Musical Award for Us
- 2009 winner of the Saskatchewan Lieutenant-Governor’s Award for Leadership in the Arts,
- 2009 City of Regina Writing Award (her third time receiving that award), and the
- 2008 Saskatoon and Area Theatre Award for Playwriting.
Naomi Fortier-Frecon BEd’07 and Leia Laing BEd’08
2017 Governor General’s History Award for Excellence in Teaching
Bert Yakichuk MEd ’77 New President of Alumni Association
Dr. Margaret Dagenais CVTED’87 BVTED’91 MEd’97 PhD’11
2017 Dr. Robert and Norma Ferguson Award for Outstanding Service
Guy Vanderhaeghe BEd’78
2017 Lifetime Achievement Award
Bonnie Chapman | Artist and Educator
Where has your B.Ed. taken you? Alumna Christine Selinger
Kimberly Brown in Tanzania | Education Beyond Borders
Lindsay Stuart B.Ed.’09,M.Ed.’15
2015 Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence Recipient
Where has your B.Ed. taken you? Steffany Salloum
Angels Corner Story
Alumna Nicole Unrau ~ 2015 Saskatchewan Athletics Female Coach of the Year
Jim Hopson BEd’75
2015 U of R Alumni Lifetime Achievement Award
Alumnus Duane Janiskevich: Encouraging Others to Care for Their Safety
Dick White BEd’74
2019 Canada West Hall of Fame
2018 U Sports’ Austin-Matthews Award
2015 Saskatchewan Hall of Fame
Alumnus Ryan Caswell (BEAD’09) plays Nicky in Avenue Q
Claire Krueger
The CEA Ken Spencer Award Honourable Mention ($1000) We Are All Treaty People: A Powerful Way to Bring Treaty Education to the Classroom, Claire Krueger at Palliser Heights School – Prairie South School Division, Moose Jaw, SK
Sean McEachern BEd’03
2014 Dr. Robert and Norma Ferguson Award for Outstanding Service
Alumna Kayla Brodner: U of R Cougar Women’s Wrestling MVP 2015
James Wahl BEd’95
2015 Canada’s Outstanding Principals Awards presented annually by The Learning Partnership
Jeannie Mah BEd ’76/ BA ’93 Saskatchewan Artist
Where has your B.Ed. taken you? Paula MacDowell
Alumnus Success Story: Adam Ward
Miali-Elise Coley BEd’13
Dr. Carol Fulton
B.Ed. ’86, M.Ed. ’93, Ph.D. ’06 (UBC)
2013 YWCA Woman of Distinction
William (Bill) Knight BA ’69 BEd’70
2012 Lifetime Achievement Award
Vera Tourangeau B.Ed. (INDEd)’90
2012 Distinguished Humanitarian & Community Service Award
Joanna Sanders BEd’05
Prime Minister’s Award for teaching excellence (2011)
CBC Saskatchewan “Future 40” (2016)
Saskatchewan Ministry of Education recipient of the “Excellence in Education Award for Student First/Citizen-Centred” (2017).
Peta White | Melanson Award recipient 2011
Doug Folk MEd’93
Doug Folk PGDEA’89, MEd’93
2010 Alumni Award
2018 Regina Sports Hall of Fame Hockey: First head coach of Regina Rebels when they joined the new Saskatchewan Midget Female AAA Hockey League in 2006-07 … Stepped aside as head coach to become assistant for three seasons after winning league and regional championships in 2012-13, one of two times the team participated in Esso Cup … Named SMFAAAHL’s coach of the year in 2008-09.
Anne Luke BSW’85, BEd’95, MEd’05
2009 Honorary Degree Recipient (Established Regina Early Learning Centre)
Milissa Gavel
Milissa Gavel, 2008 Certificate of Excellence Recipient | Prime Minister’s Awards for Teaching Excellence and Teaching Excellence in STEM
2010 Milissa Gavel, Ann Kipling Brown, Lisa Lenkart, and Norman Yakel were recipients of a Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation grant for their study: “Teachers’ Role and Preparation in the Professional development of Pre-Service Teachers in a Rural Setting”
Ken Howland BA’66, BEd’69
2007 Lifetime Achievement Award
Elaine McNeil BEd ’81, MEd’91
2004 Global Citizenship Award
2006 Lifetime Achievement Award
Linda Dodd BEd’74
Melanson Award Citation, SOEEA, 2006
Former Cougar https://www.degreesmagazine.ca/a-look-back-at-the-cougars/2018/05/09/
Richard Turchenek BEd’72, BA’74, PGD(EdAdmin)’96, CPS’01
2006 Distinguished Alumni Award for Humanitarian and Community Service
Ben Grebinski BEd’79, MEd’81
2005 Distinguished Alumni Award in Professional/Business
Ben is the recipient of several awards including Computing Canada’s IT Executive of the Year and the University of Regina Crown Achievement for Professional Contributions. He is a recipient of various athletic, coaching and official awards. Recently Ben was featured in the American Educational Leadership publication for his work in Change Management. Ben was also featured by One Smart World Canada and Smart Technologies of Canada for his innovation in Systems Thinking and Instructional Technologies. He is also the recipient of a Star Blanket gifted to him by a First Nations Tribal Council and an Indigenous Award for community development.
Gwen Keith BEd’74, MEd’77 PGDEA’83 MEd’84
1998 Distinguished Alumna of the Year Award in Business and Professional
Rick Seaman PhD’95
Dr. Seaman, an alumnus, retired from the Faculty of Education in 2014. In 1997, the Saskatchewan Roughriders recognized him for encouraging and supporting amateur football in the province of Saskatchewan. More recently, he was honoured as the 2014 Football Canada Gino Fracas Award recipient presented to the CIS Assistant Coach of the Year