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The club now known as University of Regina Women has had various titles, they have been the University of Regina Women's Club, and Faculty Wives’ Club. The group was begun by women who were socially aware, who saw in their communities the necessity for taking leadership roles that could bring more focus to the needs and concerns of their community.
The first meeting of 16 women was held in November 1915 where it was decided that the objectives would include stimulating intellectual growth in women while at the same time advancing culture, and educational learning of the community thereby promoting civic reform. They worked for the war effort, peace, public education, immigration and social welfare, the group altered its focus when and where necessary.
Membership in the Club is open to all women employed at the University as well as those employed on either the College Avenue Campus or the Main Campus. The club offers support, assistance and fellowship to new teaching staff and their wives, they also act as a service group to assist with Convocation Teas and other University related events. They also continuously raise money for scholarships and bursaries.
In 1992, the University Women's Club of Regina changed its name to the Canadian Federation of University Women, this change of name, it was felt, better reflected the national relationship of the group to other branches.
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On March 1, 2013 the name of the Canadian Plains Research Center (CPRC) Press was changed to the University of Regina Press and launched on June 1, 2013 at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences held in Victoria, B.C.. The first Director of the University of Regina Press was Bruce Walsh who planned to “build on the publishing program already in place—including books on [Indigenous] issues, the environment, and regional themes—while strengthening the scholarly apparatus of the press.” At its launch the University of Regina Press had a mandate to publish 30 books a year in both academic and trade formats. Since their launch in 2013, the University of Regina Press has published eight national bestsellers, including: “In My Own Moccasins” by Helen Knott (2020); “After the War: Surviving PTSD and Changing Mental Health Culture” by Stéphane Grenier, with Adam Montgomery (2018); “Speaking in Cod Tongues: A Culinary Journey” by Lenore Newman (2017); “Firewater: How Alcohol Is Killing My People (And Yours)” by Harold Johnson (2016); “Otto & Daria: A Wartime Journey into No Man's Land” by Eric Koch (2016); “The Education of Augie Merasty: A Residential School Memoir” by Joseph Auguste Merasty, with David Carpenter (2015); “Children of the Broken Treaty” by Charlie Angus (2015); and “Clearing the Plains” by James Daschuk (2014).
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1965-2017
The Regina Campus Faculty Club was incorporated in 1965 as a non-profit private club and was originally located in the Conservatory Building on the University's College Avenue Campus. In 1975 the Club moved to the second floor of the College West Building on the University's main campus and in 1993 became known as the University Club. The Club was managed by a Board of Directors who are appointed for a two year term at the membership’s annual general meeting. The Board of Directors includes a President, Past President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer and the members at large. The Board of Directors appoints the University Club Manager to oversee daily operations of the Club.
The Club was a member based non-profit corporation that operated for over 50 years. Two types of memberships were available: U of R Regular (voting) and Associate (non-voting). In 2017 Regular memberships were available to any full time employee of the University of Regina, its affiliated colleges: Campion College, Luther College and the First Nations University of Canada. Associate memberships were available to anyone who did not qualifying for a Regular membership. Associate Memberships were divided into two types, these were a Corporate Membership which was available to corporations and businesses near the University and a Friend of The Club membership was available to retired employees, members of the near-by community who were not employed by the University or its associated colleges. Graduate and undergraduate students (in their 4th year or higher), sessional lecturers and other non-full time employees of the University could also take advantage of this type of membership.
At the time of its closing the main area of the University Club Dining Room had seating for between 60 to 80 people, 20 more seats were located in the Window Room, (which could double as a meeting space), and the Club's lounge could seat up to 40 people. Full-service catering was available for all manner of University-related events or general events held on campus. These services included food, bar service, staff, rentals and décor if needed.
Renovated in 2004 and again in 2010 resulted in additional office space and a new Club entrance where they were able to install coat racks and chairs. The Club ceased to operate in 2017.
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In 1962 Phyllis Kristjanson and Dorothy Van Cleave got the idea to start an afternoon curling club for women. By 1963 they had nine of the University’s faculty members’ wives and seven of their neighbors signed up to curl on Wednesday afternoons in the Curlodrome at Regina’s Exhibition Place.
In 1967/68 Dr. William Riddell, then Principal of the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus donated a trophy to the Lady Curlers to promote friendly competition and social interaction between the University of Saskatchewan team and the Regina team.
In Regina members new to curling were offered instruction by other club members and in the 1970s two-day curling clinics began for those interested in honing their skill.
The University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus Lady Curlers became the University of Regina Ladies Curling Club in 1975, and continued to play against the University of Saskatchewan team in bonspiels and competitions for the Riddell Cup annually. In the1980s, the club became known as the University of Regina Curling Club.
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1888–1971
Charles Torville was born in Bournemouth, Hampshire England, he was the son of Rose Blanchard Torville and stableman father Robert Torville. His parents separated in 1897 and Charles was sent to an orphanage in London and there received a brief education.
In 1899 Charles was able to emigrate to Halifax and in 1910 took up a homestead in the Milestone district in Saskatchewan where he worked and wrote his poetry and songs, one can easily imagine him filling in empty winter evenings with words, seeking to find the magical combination that would bring him fame and fortune through songs and poetry. Charles Torville had many interests in life and searched for personal truth through mystic and secret societies such as the Order of the Eagle and the Lily and the Mystic Brotherhood University.
Charles wrote and published three volumes of poetry including "Song of my Soul" in 1965. He retired to Regina in 1966.
Upon his death he bequeathed $50,000 to the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, which was used to establish the Torville Honour Scholarship, presented annually to a student majoring in English.
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1910-1995
John Wallace Thornicroft was born in London Ontario on June 21, 1910 and came to Regina in the 1920s. He joined the Regina Conservatory Junior Orchestra as a young man and since 1927 has been affiliated with the Regina Symphony Orchestra in several different capacities. From 1960 to 1963 John was a first violin section player for the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra and for the Port Huron, International Symphony Orchestra from 1964 to 1967. He returned to Regina for his first appointment with the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus in 1968 when he was hired as an Administrative Assistant in the Department of Fine Arts. John also taught violin at the Regina Conservatory (of Music) and played violin for the Regina Symphony Orchestra where he was concert-master and conductor/director from 1955 to 1958.
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1927-2014
Anthony Thorn is the pseudonym of Arthur Goldman, the son of Leon and Dorothy Goldman, born in Regina in 1927. He is a graduate of the University of Saskatchewan (BA, 1947) and pursued graduate studies in English literature at the University of Chicago.
Thorn began to paint in 1948. His first studies in painting were in Regina with Kenneth Lochhead followed by studies in figure drawing at the Chicago Art Institute, studies in oil painting techniques with Frederic Taubes at the Banff Centre, studies in stained glass design at the Centre d’Art Sacré, Paris, and drawing at the Academie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris. In 1955 Thorn was apprentice to the muralist David Alfaro Siquéiros in Mexico and studied in acrylic technique with Jose Gutierrez. In later years he studied watercolor and sumi painting with Mataichiro Isoda in Kyoto, Japan, and metal-smithing in Corfu, Greece.
His work has been exhibited with galleries across Canada but also in France, Mexico, the Canary Islands and the United States. About 40 of his works are in corporate and public collections in Canada. Notably in the collections of the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and the Greater Victoria Public Library; they consist of paintings and carved works in gold leaf, ivory and other precious materials. Eight of his works in public collections have been honored with the designation “of outstanding significance and national importance” by the Canadian Cultural Review Board.
As an educator, along with various teaching in Toronto, Thunder Bay and Victoria art classes, his main academic teaching was as a Lecturer in Fine Arts at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay (1977 to 1979) and an Instructor in painting for the Department of Extension of the University of Victoria (1981 to 1984) He wrote as an art reviewer and critic for the publication Toronto Citizen (1971 to 1972)
Anthony Thorn lived in Victoria, British Columbia until his death in July 2014.
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1948-
David was born in Holdfast, Saskatchewan in 1948 and studied with David Gilhooly in ceramics at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, where “funk” artist David Gilhooly served as an early mentor to him as well as other artists of the region.
David Thauberger received a Bachelors of Fine Arts degree in 1971 from the California State University at Sacramento and a Masters degree in Art in 1972.
He earned a Masters degree in Fine Arts at the University of Montana in 1973, and then returned to Saskatchewan where his importance as an Canadian artist grew.
Thauberger worked primarily with ceramics until 1975 when he switched to painting. He took instruction from “untutored artists” or "folk artists" and through his work as a consultant with the Saskatchewan Arts Board from 1974 to 1978 and from 1983 to 1985 he became aware of the work of many of these artists in the province. He was able to research them and purchased their work, he began curating exhibitions and contributing to documentaries and art books about them.
He admires community life, and the values that folk art often represents, believing that through perceptions of place and tradition truly authentic art work is created.
Thauberger’s work is found in numerous public, private and corporate collections, he has exhibited his work throughout North America and is a member of the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts. Thauberger’s many awards and grants include his appointment as a member of the Order of Canada in 2008 and in 2009 being awarded the Lieutenant Governors award for Saskatchewan Artist Award. David Thauberger has also served on the board of the Canada Council for the Arts.
He currently lives and works in Regina, Saskatchewan
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