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Alumnus named to finance
post
U of R alumnus Ralph Goodale BA’71 was
appointed Finance Minister by Prime
Minister Paul Martin on December 12,
2003 and delivered his inaugural budget
on March 23.
Ralph Goodale BA’71
Goodale was first elected to the
Parliament of Canada in 1974 at the age
of 24. In the 1980s, he served as leader of
the Saskatchewan Liberal Party and in
1986 was elected a member of the
Saskatchewan Legislative Assembly.
Goodale returned to the House of
Commons as MP for Regina-Wascana
(now Wascana) in October 1993 and was
appointed Minister of Agriculture and
Agri-Food. He was re-elected in June 1997
and November 2000. He served as
Minister of Natural Resources Canada
from June 1997 through January 2002 and
as Minister of State and Leader of the
Government in the House of Commons
from January to May 2002. In May 2002,
he was appointed Minister of Public Works
and Government Services Canada. He has
also been the Federal Interlocutor for
Métis and Non-Status Indians as well as
Minister responsible for the Canadian
Wheat Board, Communication Canada,
and the Office of Indian Residential
Schools Resolution.
Order of Merit recipients
share U of R connection
University of Regina senior policy fellow
and past premier Roy Romanow, former
fine arts faculty member and acclaimed
ceramic artist Jack Sures, and U of R
graduate and celebrated writer Guy
Vanderhaeghe, were among six
Saskatchewan citizens to receive the
4 THE THIRD DEGREE Spring 2004
Saskatchewan Order of Merit at an
investiture ceremony in Saskatoon in
January.
Romanow was first elected to the
provincial legislature in 1967 and was reelected
in seven provincial elections. He
assumed leadership of the New
Democratic Party in 1987 and was premier
from 1991 until his retirement from
politics in February 2001. Romanow has
been senior policy fellow at the University
of Regina since April 2001.
Jack Sures established the ceramics
program at the Regina Campus of the
University of Saskatchewan (now the
University of Regina) in 1965. He served
as head of the U of R's Department of
Visual Arts from 1969 to 1971, retiring in
1998 as professor emeritus.
Guy Vanderhaeghe, one of
Saskatchewan's most acclaimed writers,
earned a Bachelor of Education degree
from the U of R in 1978. Vanderhaeghe
won Governor General's awards for his
book, Man Descending, in 1982, and his
novel, The Englishman's Boy, in 1996.
The Order of Merit is the province's
highest honour and recognizes
outstanding contributions in the arts,
business, the professions, research,
education, community leadership and
public service.
Athletics review
Three athletes received top
honours at an April 7 ceremony
recognizing the outstanding
accomplishments of U of R
student-athletes. Matt Dean,
football, received the President's
Award for the student-athlete
who best combines academic
excellence, athletic achievement
and service to the University and
community; Cymone Bouchard,
women's basketball, received the
Outstanding Female Athlete
Award; and, Rob Muntain, men's
hockey, received the
Outstanding Male Athlete
Award. Bouchard and Muntain
were also selected for Most
Valuable Player Awards in their
respective sports, as were the
following athletes:
• Tyler Wright - men's
basketball
• Hart Spencer - men's
volleyball
• Samantha Lawrek - women's
volleyball
• Kelsey Rezansoff - women's hockey
• Darren Peters - men's track and field
• Lorinda Moroschan - women's track
and field
• Apollo Bellisle - men's wrestling
• Carla Binning - women's wrestling
• Jan-Michael Pelechytik - swimming
• Jon Ryan - football
• Astrid Baecker - women's soccer
Michelle Zulyniak of the women's
volleyball team was named Most
Outstanding Female Rookie and track and
field's Wade Huber was named Most
Outstanding Male Rookie.
(L to R) Cymone Bouchard, basketball, Matt
Dean, football, and Rob Muntain, hockey, were
named the University's top student-athletes at
an April 7 ceremony.
(Photo: Bryan Schlosser, Leader-Post)
T he Cougars women's basketball team came up just
short of a national championship as the team lost
to the University of British Columbia Thunderbirds 60-
53 in the CIS Championships final played in Winnipeg
on March 14. The Cougars advanced to the
championship as the number one seed and Canada
West Champion after posting a season record of 22-2
in conference play. Fifth-year guard Cymone Bouchard
was named the Nan Copp Award winner as the top
female basketball player in the nation.