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The 'University of Regina' is a degree-granting institution located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Originally a private denominational junior college of the Methodist Church of Canada and founded in 1911, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, was disaffiliated by the Church and fully ceded to the University in 1934; in 1961 it attained degree-granting status as the Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan and has been an autonomous university since 1974. It had an enrollment of over 12,500 full and part-time students as of the 2002-03 academic year and was rated sixth in the 2005 ''Maclean's'' magazine Canadian National Comprehensive Universities Rankings.

Contents

History

Origins

Junior College of University of Saskatchewan

Regina Campus

University of Regina

Federated colleges

Faculties

Co-operative Education

Residences

Dr. John Archer Library

Notable faculty and alumni

Sports

Media

Notes

External links

History

Origins

In direct response to the award of the University of Saskatchewan to Saskatoon rather than Regina, the Methodist Church of Canada established Regina College in 1911 on College Avenue in Regina, Saskatchewan, starting with an enrollment of 27 students; it was adjacent to the now long-defunct St Chad's College (a theological seminary for the training of Anglican clergy) and Qu'Appelle Diocesan School, also on College Avenue. It commenced a formal association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college offering accredited university courses in 1925^[1] though continuing as a denominational college of the now-United Church of Canada, the successor to the Methodist Church.
Methodist patrons of Regina College contributed amply to its development: Francis Nicholson Darke, a pioneer of early Regina, financed the building of Darke Hall, the concert venue of the old Regina College Campus, built in 1929. (See Regina's historic buildings and precincts.) However, in 1934, the United Church was financially hard pressed by the Great Depression and in any case its history from the great Egerton Ryerson of urgent advocacy of universal free public education made its involvement in private schools anomalous. It accordingly fully surrendered Regina College to the University of Saskatchewan, although Regina College and its successor Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan and University of Regina have — possibly unawares — retained the Methodist motto "as one who serves" (Luke 22.27).

Junior College of University of Saskatchewan

With the transfer of control to the University of Saskatchewan the range of courses offered was somewhat broadened. The upgrading process accelerated in 1961 when the college was granted full-degree granting status as the Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan.^[1]

Regina Campus

The arts and sciences programs evolved with the growth of Regina Campus, which held its first convocation in 1965. The new campus was begun in 1966 to the southwest of the old campus whose buildings, however, remain in use: the old Girls' Residence is now used by the Regina Conservatory of Music; the Normal School is now the Canada-Saskatchewan Soundstage. The original design of Regina Campus (as of Wascana Centre itself) and its initial buildings, in a stark concrete modernist style, were by Minoru Yamasaki,^[1] the architect of the original World Trade Center in New York.
The original vision was that:
:they would be located close enough together that passage between them in the winter could be provided through connecting corridors in the "podium" or first [ground] floor of all buildings in the central instructional complex. Each podium would be larger than the remaining floors of the buildings rising above it, thereby creating the impression of separate buildings rising from a common base. The buildings would be constructed around sunken, landscaped courts which would be accessible visually and physically by generous windows and doors from the corridors located along these enclosing walls.^[4]
Further building has been substantially in accord with Yamasaki's vision, notwithstanding some controversy over the years as to its suitability for the featureless Regina plain; by 1972 with the demolition of Yamasaki's 1955 Pruitt-Igoe housing project in St. Louis, Missouri — such demolition being considered by some to be the beginning of postmodern architecture — Yamasaki's modernist aesthetic was already somewhat passé in the view of many architects.
Campion and later Luther Colleges, which like Regina College had also been denominational junior colleges affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan, established "federated college" status on the model of Victoria, Trinity, St Michael's and University Colleges at the University of Toronto (and ultimately the collegiate system of Oxford and Cambridge) and built facilities at the new campus. (A fourth denominational college in Regina, St Chad's on the former Anglican diocesan property on College Avenue immediately to the east of Regina College, merged with Emmanuel College on the Saskatoon campus in 1964 and closed its Regina facilities.)
As with other rapidly expanding universities in the late 1960s, the Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan was able to benefit from a significant outflow of academics from American universities during the Vietnam era of U.S. history at a time when the supply of Canadian PhDs could not yet keep up with demand; it was labelled by a deputy commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP, the Canadian federal police force) as one of the three most radical campuses in Canada, along with Burnaby's Simon Fraser University and Sir George Williams University (now part of Concordia University) in Montreal.

University of Regina

Disappointment as to the nonfulfillment of plans by the University of Saskatchewan to situate various faculties at the Regina rather than the Saskatoon campus led to a Faculty Council being formed with the goal of making the campus an autonomous institution.
In 1974, the University of Regina was established as an institution independent of the University of Saskatchewan, although its development was slow until the 21st century, when a renewed burst of building and expansion occurred. That being said, numerous of the university's faculties are significantly smaller in the 21st century than they were in the 1970s as priorities have shifted from liberal arts to vocational training.
As of the 2002-2003 academic year the U of R was rated 6th in the 2005 ''Maclean's'' magazine Canadian National Comprehensive Universities Rankings. The original Regina College buildings on College Avenue continue in use; the old Girls' Residence is now the Regina Conservatory of Music and the old Normal School is now the Canada-Saskatchewan Soundstage.
In the summer of 2005 the University of Regina hosted the 2005 Canada Games. Many events took place in the newly completed, state of the art Centre for Kinesiology and Health Studies. The administration of the games proceeded from the University of Regina Students Union offices.
The campus has experienced a recent spurt of growth and expansion, having been static for some two decades after the construction of La Residence at the end of the 1970s. The Education Building has been significantly enlarged and the new Riddell Centre, the North and South Residences, the Centre of Kinesiology and the First Nations University of Canada have been built. The building of the North and South Residences also involved a significant redevelopment of the landscaping of the campus around a new oval^[5] as an aesthetic and community hub of campus. A lab building extension is under construction which will add 150,000 square feet to the university. Future plans include construction on the east side of the Ring Road. The goal is to accommodate an enrollment of 25,000.
Being discussed in early 2006 was the construction of a multipurpose arena on the University of Regina campus. The Regina Research Park is located immediately adjacent to the main campus and conducts many of its initiatives in conjunction with university departments. In recent years, local benefactors have substantially endowed the university with scholarships and chairs in various disciplines.^[6]

Federated colleges

The University has three federated colleges:

★ Campion College^[7]

★ First Nations University of Canada

★ Luther College^[8]
Campion and Luther colleges had been high schools offering junior college courses accredited by the University of Saskatchewan on the same basis as the old Regina College, out of premises located elsewhere in Regina. Campion became a junior college of the University of Saskatchewan in 1923 (as had Regina College) and a federated college in 1964. It built its facilities on the new Regina Campus in 1968^[9] and subsequently vacated its original high school premises on 23rd Avenue. Its Regina Campus building was designed in accordance with Minoru Yamasaki's original plan for the campus, with a "podium," contemplated as eventually being joined with the campus-wide ground floor. Thus far this has not occurred and Campion remains an isolated building.
Luther College opened its building on the new Regina Campus in 1971 but continues to operate its high school on Royal Street,^[10] on the site of the first Government House of the North-West Territories. By this point the original Yamasaki plan for the campus was being reconsidered and the Luther College complex is isolated to the east of the principal campus buildings, though it is connected by an all-weather corridor via Campion College.
The First Nations University of Canada grew out of the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, established in 1976, which was an original foundation at the University of Regina. Its new building to the east of Luther College replaced its original facilities to the west of College West and was opened by Prince Edward in 2003 and visited by the Queen in 2005 when she installed a commemorative stone to symbolise the special relationship between Canada's First Nations and the sovereign.
Ironically, the United Church, having been the founder of the original Regina College, and the Anglican Church, having founded the now largely historic-in-importance St Chad's College in Regina, maintain no presence at all at the University of Regina.

Faculties

The University has the following faculties:

★ Faculty of Arts (B.A., M.A., Ph.D.). The Faculty of Arts contains the School of Journalism. The Department of English has published the ''Wascana Review'',^[11] a journal of literary criticism, poetry and short fiction, since 1966.

★ Faculty of Science (B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D.)

★ Faculty of Social Work (BSW, MSW, Ph.D.)

★ Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies (B.Kin, M.Sc.)

★ Faculty of Business Administration (BBA, MBA, MHRM; MPA with School of Public Policy)

★ Faculty of Engineering (B.A.Sc., M.E., M.A.Sc., Ph.D.). The Faculty of Engineering offers five programs: Electronics Systems, Environmental Systems, Industrial Systems, Petroleum Systems and Software Systems

★ Faculty of Education (B.Ed., M.Ed. Ph.D.)

★ Faculty of Fine Arts (BFA, MFA, B.Mus., M.Mus.)

★ Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research (in co-ordination with the above faculties masters and doctoral degrees)

Co-operative Education

The University of Regina is the sole co-operative education university in Saskatchewan. Typically, over fifty percent of the university undergraduate students are enrolled in the co-op program with the highest percentage being in the faculties of science and engineering.

Residences

Regina College originally contained male and female student residences which were converted to academic use when the College became affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in 1934. (The old girls' residence now accommodates the Regina Conservatory of Music.) The new campus now has the following residences, which have enabled campus life to be considerably enlivened from the somewhat bleak atmosphere of its early days:

★ College West, the first on-campus residential accommodation, constructed in 1972.^[12] In addition to apartment student residences it also contains classrooms and the university bookstore, relocated from its first premises in the Classroom Building and then in the Administration-Humanities Building.

★ La Residence, which gives priority to francophone students and maintains a French-speaking student atmosphere.^[12]

★ North and South Residences, completed in 2004.^[14]

★ Luther College Residences, the University's second federated college, after the Roman Catholic Campion College, and second on-campus residence, opened in 1971.^[12]
The United Church, having vacated tertiary education in Regina when it ceded Regina College to the University of Saskatchewan,^[12] and the Anglican Church, having removed its St Chad's College from Regina to Saskatoon,^[17] do not maintain a presence at the University of Regina. The Christian and Missionary Alliance Church formerly maintained the residential Canadian Bible College in Regina and offered some of its courses for accreditation with the University of Regina but was unable to obtain university status in Saskatchewan and vacated to Calgary in 2003.^[18]

Dr. John Archer Library

Main articles: Dr. John Archer Library

The Dr. John Archer Library is the main library of the University of Regina. Its purpose is to meet the teaching, learning, and research needs of University of Regina students, faculty, and staff. It was opened in 1967, and named after Dr. John Archer in 1999—the first building on the University of Regina campus to be named after an individual.

Notable faculty and alumni

★ Shadia B. Drury, professor of political science and philosopy; Canada Research Chair in Social Justice

★ John Hewson, former Australian federal opposition leader

★ Pamela Wallin, former national broadcaster

★ Ken Mitchell, novelist and playwright^[19]

★ Joan Givner, biographer, novelist and short story writer^[20]

★ Saros Cowasjee, novelist, short story writer, critic, anthologist, screenwriter^[21]

★ Bob Boyer (1948-2004), visual artist, Professor and Head of Indian Fine Arts, SIFC.[1]

★ Glenda Goertzen, children's author

★ Ralph Goodale, Member of Parliament

★ Gregory Marchildon, Executive Director, The Romanow Report

★ Graeme Mitchell, jurist and singer

★ Jason Clermont, CFL Receiver

★ Guy Vanderhaeghe, novelist^[22]

★ Jyoti Omi Chowdhury, journalist ("The Bangladesh journal"); community activist; poet; political scientist; historian ("A Brief History of the Student Union")

★ Jon Ryan, CFL and NFL kicker

★ Ann Saddlemyer, literary critic, Master of Massey College, University of Toronto

★ Roy Bonisteel, Laurier LaPierre, Knowlton Nash, Bill Cunningham, Val Sears, Myrna Kostash, Brian McKenna, Walter Stewart, Dodi Robb, John Sawatsky and Maggie Siggins, ''inter alios'', have been visiting professors in the School of Journalism.

★ Dione Taylor (BFA), a noted jazz singer

★ W.J. Matheson, singer, songwriter, performer, actor, playwright

★ John Griffiths, tuba soloist

Sports

The University of Regina is a member of Canadian Interuniversity Sport and fields men and women's teams in various sports. Listed below are the teams and their current coaches:
Regina Rams - Football:
Current coach: Frank McCrystal
After competing in PJFC football for many years they moved to the University ranks in 1999 as a member of the Canada West Conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport.
Basketball - Men's:
Current Coach - James Hillis
Basketball - Womens's:
Current Coach - Dave Taylor
Volleyball - Men's:
Current Coach - Scott Schutz
Volleyball - Women's:
Current Coach - Melanie Sanford
Hockey - Men's:
Current Coach - Blaine Sautner
Hockey - Women's:
Current Coach - Sarah Howald
Soccer - Women's:
Current Coach - Jason Jones
Track and Field:
Current Coach - Carla Nicholls
Swimming:
Current Coach - Jasen Pratt
Cross County:
Current Coach - Carla Nicholls
Wrestling:
Current Coach - Leo McGee
Cheerleading:
Current Coach - Nicole Bidwell
All University teams are called the Cougars, with the only exception being the Rams, as they were originally a non-University team.

Media

The university's student newspaper is ''The Carillon''.
The University of Regina does not have its own campus radio station, although the independent community radio station CJTR-FM actively solicits volunteers among the school's student body.

Notes

1. Jim Pitsula, "University of Regina," in Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 14 July 2007.
2. Jim Pitsula, "University of Regina," in Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 14 July 2007.
3. Jim Pitsula, "University of Regina," in Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 14 July 2007.
4. Fletcher, Tom. "The Work of Minoru Yamasaki," ''New York Architecture Images and Notes''. Internet: http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON001G.htm.
5. "The Dr Lloyd Barber Academic Green." Retrieved 17 July 2006.
6. For example, the Dr Morris C. Shumiatcher Graduate Fellowship in English, endowed by Dr Shumiatcher's widow Jacqui Shumiatcher in 2006: Shumiatcher donates 5,000 to support English graduate students Retrieved 14 July 2007.
7. See Campion College website
8. See Luther College website
9. "Campion College," The Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan retrieved 12 July 2007.
10. "Luther College," ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan'', retrieved 12 July 2007.
11. See ''Wascana Review'' website
12. "University of Regina," Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
13. "University of Regina," Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
14. University of Regina Campus Growth: Residence Buildings. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
15. "University of Regina," Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
16. "University of Regina," Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
17. "Anglican Church of Canada," ''Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan''. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
18. "Canadian Bible College/Canadian Theological Seminary," Encyclopedia of Saskatchewan. Retrieved 18 July 2007.
19. ''Stones of the Dalai Lama'' (1993); ''The plainsman'' (1992); ''Rebels in time: three plays'' (1991); ''Witches and idiots: poems'' (1990); ''The shipbuilder'' (1990); ''Through the Nan Da Gate: a China journey'' (1986); ''Gone the burning sun'' (1984); ''Chautauqua girl: a musical show for young people'' (1982); ''The great cultural revolution: a play'' (1980); ''The con man: a novel'' (1979); ''Davin, the politician: a play'' (c1979); ''Everybody gets something here: stories'' (1977); ''The Meadowlark Connection: A Saskatchewan thriller'' (1975); ''Wandering Rafferty: a novel'' (1972)
20. ''Half Known Lives'' (2000); ''In the Garden of Henry James'' (1996); ''Scenes from Provincial Life'' (1991); ''Unfortunate Incidents'' (1988); ''Tentacles of Unreason'' (1985)); biographer (''Katherine Anne Porter: A life'' (1982) ''Mazo de la Roche: The Hidden Life'' (1989); essayist and memoirist (''Thirty-Four Ways of Looking at Jane Eyre'' (1998); ''The Self-Portrait of a Literary Biographer'' (1993); Room of One's Own (1992)
21. ''Goodbye to Elsa'' (1974); ''Mulk Raj Anand: Coolie : an assessment'' (1976); ''Nude therapy'' (1978); ''So Many Freedoms: Major Fiction of Mulk-Raj Anand '' (1978); ''The last of the maharajas: A screen play based on Mulk Raj Anand's Private life of an Indian Prince'' (1980); ''Modern Indian Fiction'' (1981); ''Suffer little children'' (1982); ''Stories from the Raj'' (1983); ''Women Writers of the Raj '' (1990); ''Studies in Indian and Anglo-Indian Fiction'' (1995); ''The Assistant Professor'' (2000)
22. ''My Present Age'' (1984); ''Homesick'' (1989); ''The Englishman's Boy'' (1996); ''The Last Crossing'' (2001)); short story writer (''Man Descending'' (1982); ''The Trouble With Heroes'' (1983); ''Things As They Are?'' (1992)

External links

★ University of Regina official website

★ University of Regina profile with ample photos

★ University of Regina Residence Services

★ English as a Second Language Program, University of Regina

★ The Graduate School of Public Policy

★ Books by Former University of Regina Department of English students

★ Regina Research Park