Archer Library Award Winner 2025

We are pleased to announce that Addisen Nelson is the winner of the Dr. John Archer Library Award for 2025. The Library Award celebrates undergraduate scholarship by challenging a student to explain in a compelling reflective essay how they personally engaged with staff, resources and services at the Archer Library & Archives to complete a major assignment in any course taken completed within the last year. Addisen wrote about researching her project (titled Pauline Viardot-Garcia (1821-1910) Solitude) for Dr. Barbara Reul’s MUHI 202 – Music History Survey-Preclassical to Contemporary course from the Fall 2024 semester.

A copy of Addisen’s reflective essay and research assignment have been added to oURspace: https://ourspace.uregina.ca/handle/10294/5336.

A private photo-op ceremony happened on April 17. Pictured here is Addisen with the trophy, Dean of University Libraries & Archives Brett Waytuck presenting the plaque, and Addisen with Barbara Ruel.

Details about the award are at: https://library.uregina.ca/library_award

National Canadian Film Day 2025

Today is National Canadian Film Day: A coast-to-coast salute to Canadian cinema! Launched in 2014, Canadian Film Day has brought together hundreds of thousands of Canadians to celebrate our stories and the incredible achievements of our filmmakers.

To commemorate this day, the Archer Library & Archive’s Jason Cawood has put together a selection of recent Canadian films that can be accessed through the University Library’s media databases. Pick one to watch today!

Those databases are mentioned after the films’ titles here:

1995 (Ricardo Trogi / 2024) (Criterion On-Demand)

Infinity Pool (Brandon Cronenberg / 2023) (Criterion On-Demand)

Compulsus (Tara Thorne / 2022) (Criterion On-Demand)

The Dishwasher / Le plongeur (Francis Leclerc / 2023) (Criterion On-Demand)

Any Other Way: The Jackie Shane Story (Michael Mabbott & Lucah Rosenberg-Lee / 2024) (National Film Board of Canada)

Maybe Elephants (Torill Kove / 2024) (National Film Board of Canada)

Blackberry (Matt Johnson / 2023) (Criterion On-Demand)

Posthumans / posthumains (Dominique Leclerc / 2025) (National Film Board of Canada)

Extended Hours for Finals

From Sunday, April 13th through Friday, April 25th, the Library will be open until 2:00 am for the final exam period. No library services will be provided from 11:00 pm to 2:00 am, but student assistants will staff the Help Desk during this time to monitor the main floor area and provide general assistance.

There will be complimentary tea and coffee, courtesy of Starbucks, served at 9 PM during this period (weekdays only.)

🎨 Need a break from studying?

Take a moment to relax with free coloring pages in the Archer Library Alcove, or check out our online Library Web Adventures — they’re fun, quick, and stress-free! 🌟

Perfect for a little brain break during finals season. 💆‍♀️📚

👉 Explore here: https://library.uregina.ca/librarycontest/studybreak

New Employee Announcement – Julia Krueger

Curator and Preparator – President’s Art Collection

We are pleased to announce that Julia Krueger is the new Curator and Preparator of the University President’s Art Collection! Krueger is an independent curator & craft historian, and was previously the Registrar for the permanent collection at SK Arts. Welcome aboard, Julia!

Still Life Contest

Our “Still Life” contest ran from March 18 to April 6, and we received many creative ideas for Still Life table objects and Still Life uploads. A big thank you to the undergrads and grad students who entered the random draw — we loved seeing your artistic spirit!

Curious who won? Visit the “Still Life” Contest guide below to see the lucky winners of the book Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau (signed by the artist and donated by University of Regina Press) — plus the 10 library goody bags!

https://library.uregina.ca/librarycontest/stillife2025