Released on May 28, 1998
Premier Roy Romanow today announced the appointment of a Citizens'Advisory Council on Anniversaries. The mandate of the Council is to
provide vision, direction and leadership and make policy
recommendations to the government. The Council will consider
initiatives for Saskatchewan's role in the millennium and for the
province's centennial in 2005.
The Citizens' Advisory Council will seek public input for programs and
projects relating to these two major milestones in the province's
history.
"The province's celebrations belong to the people of Saskatchewan and
I encourage all citizens to submit their ideas for projects and
initiatives," Romanow said.
The Council is comprised of 19 volunteers from around the province.
"The Council members are exemplary individuals from all walks of
life," Provincial Secretary Ned Shillington said. "They bring a wide
range of experiences in community development and voluntarism. We
will be looking to them for leadership. I thank them in advance for
contributing their time to this important process."
Saskatchewan will mark its 100th anniversary as a province of
Canada in 2005. In the past, Saskatchewan residents have
celebrated the province's 90th, 75th and 50th Anniversaries. The
success of those anniversaries is a result of communities
focussing on three elements: commemorating their past,
celebrating the anniversary year and leaving a legacy for the
future. These same values will be applied in the planning and
implementation of all initiatives for the upcoming millennium and
centennial.
"A provincial celebration of the magnitude of a 100th anniversary
requires the co-ordinated effort of all levels of government,
businesses, community service groups and most importantly, the
people of the province," Romanow said. "This is a celebration of
and for all people in the province. It is an opportunity to not
only showcase our province and our people, but also to portray
our province's motto From Many Peoples Strength.
"This Council will be instrumental in ensuring the success of the
anniversaries program through the participation of all sectors in
Saskatchewan."
An Anniversaries Secretariat in the Department of Provincial
Secretary has been established to provide support to the
Anniversaries Council and to co-ordinate the activities of
government. Individuals can contact the Citizens' Advisory
Council and the Secretariat by phoning the toll-free number
1-888-390-2005
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For more information, contact:
Dickson Bailey
Executive Director, Anniversaries Secretariat
Regina
Phone: (306) 787-4048
CITIZENS' ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ANNIVERSARIES
Honourary Co-chair Dr. John Archer, O.C., S.O.M.
Well-known historian and author of numerous publications and several
books relating to Saskatchewan's history; recipient of many
distinguished awards including the Queen's Silver Jubilee Medal, 1978;
Order of Canada, 1981; and Saskatchewan's Order of Merit, 1987.
Residence: Regina
Honourary Co-chair Allan Sapp, O.C., S.O.M., R.C.A.
Successful Saskatchewan visual artist, whose work is characterized in
a limited palette of brown, white and black, depicting the life he saw
and remembered while growing up on the Red Pheasant Reserve near North
Battleford. Allan Sapp has exhibited widely across Canada, the United
States and abroad. He has been the subject of film documentaries and
has several books published about him and his work.
Residence: North Battleford
Chair Paul Rezansoff, S.V.M.
Former vice-chair, Saskatchewan Arts Board; recipient of: Saskatchewan
Volunteer Medal, Lescarbot Award, and Canadian Silver Jubilee Medal;
appointed chair, 1976-81, Minister's Advisory Committee on the Fine
Arts in Education; former president and board member, Saskatchewan
Council of Cultural Organizations, Saskatchewan Society for Education
through Art Organization of Saskatchewan Arts Councils; former vice-president, Canadian Society for Education through Art; former chair,
Swift Current National Exhibition Centre; current president, Swift
Current Allied Arts Council; former chair Swift Current Municipal
Heritage Advisory Committee; member, Swift Current Tourism Committee;
retired arts educator.
Residence: Swift Current
Vice-Chair Bob Ellard
Senior partner of McMillan Lehrer Ellard Croft Architects Planners
Consultants Ltd.; was president of the 1995 Grey Cup hosted by Regina;
current president of Saskatchewan Roughrider Football Club; former
vice-president of Sask Sport Inc.; former president of the Regina
Dragon Boat Festival; former vice-president of the 1987 Western Canada
Summer Games; former president of Saskatchewan Rowing Association and
of Rowing Canada.
Residence: Regina
CITIZENS' ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ANNIVERSARIES
Colleen Bailey
Current employment - Creative Development Officer for Superchannel in
Saskatchewan; Saskatchewan Arts Board member, 1970-1975; advisory
board member, Canada Council Touring Office, 1983-1985; member, Board
of Directors, Saskatchewan Power Corporation, 1992; served on the
Cultural Advisory Committee of Saskatchewan Lotteries Trust Fund for
Sport Culture and Recreation, 1979-1980; founding member of the
Yorkton Arts Centre, 1967; current member of the Board of Directors,
Cable Public Affairs Channel; current member of Saskatchewan Power
Board of Directors on Audit/Finance Committee.
Residence: Yorkton
Veronica Balon
Long-time resident of Prince Albert; current position - Care Co-ordinator of Pineland Homecare; has held a variety of front-line
service positions with community-based health and social service
agencies in Prince Albert; active volunteer with provincial and Prince
Albert sport and community associations including: the North Park
Centre in Prince Albert, 1999 Western Canada Summer Games, Queen Mary
Community School, IODE, 1992 Saskatchewan Summer Games and the 1988
Summer Olympics.
Residence: Prince Albert
Gail Bowen
Professor, University of Regina, Saskatchewan Indian Federated
College; regular Arts Columnist; regular speaker at universities,
colleges, schools, libraries and arts institutes; published author and
recipient of numerous awards including the nomination for Books in
Canada/W.H. Smith First Novel Award, 1990 for Deadly Appearances; and
winner Best Novel Award, Crime Writers of Canada for A Colder Kind of
Death 1995.
Residence: Regina
Marjorie Brown
Former president, University of Regina Student's Union; M.A., student,
University of Regina; former national executive representative for
Saskatchewan, Canadian Federation of Students; former member, Board of
Governors, University of Regina; Board of Directors, Briar Patch
Magazine; former chair, Saskatchewan Component of the Canadian
Federation of Students; volunteer, Regina Humane Society; People for
Animals; Alberta Wilderness Association; published author.
Residence: Regina
CITIZENS' ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ANNIVERSARIES
Gary Carlson
Presently secretary-treasurer for Saskatchewan Home-Based Business
Association; General Manager, Daybreak Bed and Breakfast (home-based
business); community leader in many areas, including: past chair,
University of Saskatchewan Senate; past president, Saskatchewan
Association on Human Rights; member, Saskatchewan Homecoming 81
Committee; chair, Volunteer Sub-Committee, Saskatchewan's 75th
Jubilee, 1980; past chair, South Zone Recreation Board, 1987; member,
Saskatchewan Homecoming 71 Committee; instrumental in establishing
the Saskatchewan Agricultural Hall of Fame.
Residence: Regina
Doug Cuthand
Writer and journalist; sole owner and proprietor of Blue Hill
Productions, a film company whose focus is documentaries, docu-dramas
and dramas for all markets; member of Saskatchewan Motion Picture
Industry Association, Circle Visions Artists Corporation and the
Saskatchewan Writers Guild; past board member of SaskFILM; current
production includes The Story of Big Bear, a two-part mini series for
television.
Residence: Saskatoon
Jack Greening
Owner, operator of Jacobson Outfitters Ltd., Anglin Lake; formerly
employed with Saskatchewan Public High School Board as Driver
Education, 1957-1975; co-developer of Curriculum Component of Drinking
and Driving for High School Driver Education for Saskatchewan High
Schools; co-author of the current drivers education handbook; taught
first pilot course, in Prince Albert, of Saskatchewan Education
"Driving While Impaired Program"; author of many reports on the
effects of driving while impaired; numerous presentations in Public
Education on Alcohol and Drug Abuse, and authored the Department of
Education's white paper on the topic; lifetime honourary member of
Saskatchewan Driver Education Association and the Saskatchewan Safety
Council.
Residence: Anglin Lake
Dr. Stewart Mein, C.D.
President, Royal Canadian Legion, Pierceland Branch; appointed vice-chair, Saskatchewan Heritage Property Review Board; former member,
Canada Remembers 50th Anniversary Committee; former president and
board member, Saskatchewan History and Folklore Society; former board
member, Saskatchewan Architectural Heritage Society; former member,
Cultural Advisory Committee for Lottery Funding, Saskatchewan Council
of Cultural Organizations; former member, Advisory Committee,
Saskatchewan Archives Board publication, Saskatchewan History.
Residence: Pierceland
CITIZENS' ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ANNIVERSARIES
Jeremy Morgan
Chairman of the Board, Tourism Saskatchewan, representing arts,
heritage and multicultural communities; Executive Director of
Wanuskewin Heritage Park Corporation and General Manager of Wanuskewin
Indian Heritage Inc.; former General Manager, Saskatchewan Council of
Cultural Organizations; president, Association of Cultural Executives;
appointed chair, Minister's Interim Heritage Council.
Residence: Saskatoon
Theresa Stevenson, C.M., S.O.M.
Outstanding community work in meeting the needs of hungry children;
developed the "Chili for Children" program which provides as many as
two hundred young people a day with hot nutritious lunches,
significantly impacting the child hunger situation in Regina; named
Citizen of the Year of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations
in 1988 and 1992; recipient of the Canada 125 Commemorative Medal in
1992; included in Maclean's Magazine honour roll in 1993; and
appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in 1994.
Residence: Cowessess Indian Reserve
Natasha Stinka
Current member, University of Saskatchewan Board of Governors; current
chair of Place Riel Society Board of Directors; member, Student
Assistance Task Group; involved in the National College Women Student
Leader Conference, Washington, DC in 1997; past president, Student
Union, University of Saskatchewan.
Residence: Saskatoon
Laverne Szejolt
Community worker, both professionally and as a volunteer, with a focus
on youth and low income families; past work includes providing
opportunities for youth to enhance interpersonal skills through work
and experience; past co-chair of new Community Economic Development
Organization; 1991 recipient of the YWCA Woman of the Year Award for
Community Enhancement.
Residence: Saskatoon
CITIZENS' ADVISORY COUNCIL ON ANNIVERSARIES
Irma Taylor
Long-time resident of Regina; involved in a wide range of community
activities; free-lance consultant in event planning and administrative
services; Cultural Affairs Seminar Leader at the Saskatchewan Police
College; board member of Namerind Housing Corporation; member of the
Regina City Police Race Relations Advisory Committee; charter member
of the Aboriginal Family Service Centre in Regina.
Residence: Regina
Kate Waygood
Councillor, City of Saskatoon, since 1979; as City Councillor, sits
on: the Broadway Improvement Business District, Municipal Heritage
Advisory Committee, Social Housing Committee and Public Library
Committee; former president, Saskatoon Heritage Society; former
Governor, Heritage Canada 1987-1994; chair, Heritage Canada 1992-1994;
committee member, Celebrate Saskatchewan 1980; founding director,
Nutana Residence Association; current board member, Interim Heritage
Council; current director, Saskatchewan Heritage Foundation; current
member, Saskatchewan Judicial Council.
Residence: Saskatoon
Peter Zakreski
Senior vice-president, Human Resources, Federated Co-operatives Ltd.,
founding member and former president of Saskatchewan Personnel
Association, River Heights Community Association, Archibald Park
Community Association, and St. Paul's Cathedral Parish Council; former
Saskatoon city alderman; former board member, Sask Sport Inc.; senior
vice-president, 1989 Jeux Canada Summer Games; vice-president of
Facility Development and vice-president of Complimentary Activities,
1989 Jeux Canada Summer Games; former president, "Best Ever" 1991
World Junior Hockey Championship; recipient of Saskatoon's Citizen of
the Year, 1991; recipient, five Outstanding Citizen certificates, City
of Saskatoon.
Residence: Saskatoon