Paul Gingrich was born on March 7, 1942 in Chatham, Ontario. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Mathematics from the University of Western Ontario in 1964 and a Masters of Arts in Economics from the University of Toronto in 1966. From 1966 to 1971 he attended the University of Michigan, studying in the Department of Economics.
Paul’s first teaching experience was as a summer instructor at Frontier College in 1964. From 1966 to 1969 he was a research assistant in the Population Studies Center at the University of Michigan and in 1967 was a summer research assistant at The Population Council in New York City. He taught Economics as a Teaching Assistant at the University of Michigan and as a sessional instructor at Henry Ford Community College from 1969 to 1971. In 1971-72 he was Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana. Later in 1972 he joined the Department of Sociology and Social Studies at the University of Regina, attaining the rank of Professor in 1992, and retiring in 2007.
Paul taught many sociology courses at the University of Regina. His papers and research focus on multiculturalism and the understanding of it, refugees, immigration and integration, and people and community in rural Saskatchewan. He has also explored population and labour force issues, such as incomes of young people and families.
Paul’s administrative work includes membership in the University of Regina Executive Council and the Research Ethics Board. He served as Chair of the University of Regina Faculty Association and Chair of the Association’s Grievance Committee as well as being a member of the Executive and Internal Management Committees of the Association. For the Department of Sociology and Social Studies Paul was a member of thirteen Honours committees and thirty Graduate committees, and was external examiner for five Master of Arts oral examinations. He was a member of the Department’s Student Research Fund and has been responsible for Library ordering. In the Regina community Paul was a member of the board of the Regina Open Door Society and has been a contributor to the media on social and economic issues.
He was a member of the Prairie Metropolis Centre. He authored or co-authored numerous papers and articles. His membership in Professional Organizations include the Canadian Population Society and the Canadian Sociological Association. He has given many public talks on population and economics. Paul is now Professor Emeritus of the University of Regina.
Paul’s website is: http://uregina.ca/~gingrich/
Joan Givner was born in Manchester, England on September 5, 1936. Joan Givner (nee Short) graduated from the University of London with a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in 1958 and a Ph.D. in 1972. She earned a Masters degree in Arts from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri in 1965. While in the United States she taught high school from 1959 until 1961. She then taught English at Port Huron Junior College (now St Clair County Community College) from 1961 until 1965. Givner joined the predecessor of the University of Regina, the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus, as a Lecturer of English in 1965 and in 1972 became an Assistant Professor, in 1975 an Associate Professor and in 1981 she became a Professor of English. Joan retired from the University of Regina in 1995 to Victoria, British Columbia and taught creative writing at Malaspina College – Cowichan Campus during the spring of 1997.
Givner has published several books: Katherine Anne Porter: A Life (1982), Tentacles of Unreason, (1985), Katherine Anne Porter: Conversations, Introduction, (1987); Unfortunate Incidents (1988), Mazo de la Roche: The Hidden Life (1989), Katherine Anne Porter: A Life (Revised Edition) (1991), Scenes from Provincial Life (1991), The Self-Portrait of a Literary Biographer (1993), In the Garden of Henry James (1996), Thirty-four Ways of Looking at Jane Eyre: Essays and Fiction (1998) Half Known Lives (2001), Playing Sarah Berhardt (2004) and a series of books for young adults: Ellen’s Book of Life; Ellen Fremedon, Voluneteer; Ellen Fremedon, Journalist. She has also published numerous short stories, published articles in Studies in Short Fiction, Genre, International Fiction Review, Southwest Review and Descant to name a few. She has also contributed chapters for several books and delivered many papers and readings on Katherine Anne Porter and other topics across Canada and the United States
Givner currently resides in a small seaside town north of Victoria, B.C. Although she is retired from teaching, Joan still continues to write fiction books such as Half Known Lives and Ellen Fremedon as well as reviewing books for B.C. Bookworld, The Toronto Star, Books in Canada and other publications.
The Globe Theatre is Saskatchewan's largest professional theatre company, it is a non-profit organization overseen by a volunteer Board of Directors, elected by the members of the Globe Theatre Society. It is Canada’s only permanent, professional "theatre-in-the-round", seating 406 patrons. The Theatre’s Main Stage season consists of six shows which run from October to May. The Shumiatcher Sandbox Series showcases work of new, or emerging artists. The Sandbox features six shows ranging from theatre, dance and multidisciplinary performances.
The Theatre moved to its current location, the heritage building called the Prince Edward Building (also known as the Old City Hall and formerly the Regina Post Office), in Regina’s downtown area in 1981. Prince Edward, a member of the Royal family granted royal patronage to the Globe Theatre in 1992.
The Globe Theatre was founded by Ken and Sue Kramer, the Artistic Directors have been:
Ken Kramer (1966-1989); Susan Ferley (1989-1998); Ruth Smillie (1998-present)
From 1966 to 1989 the Globe Theatre premiered a number of works by playwrights such as Brian Way and Rex Deverell as well as work by author/playwright Gail Bowen, theatre artist Joey Tremblay and many other notable playwrights.
The Globe Theatre is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian (PACT) Theatres, and employs its stage management, actors, and artists under the Canadian Theatre Agreement (CTA) through the Canadian Actors' Equity Association.
Ted Godwin was born in Calgary, Alberta in 1933 studying at the Alberta Institute of Technology and Art in Calgary from 1951 to 1955. He also attended several Emma Lake Artists Workshops, including those led by Barnett Newman (1959), John Ferren (1960), Jules Olitski (1964), and Lawrence Alloway (1965). From 1955 to 1964 he worked in the commercial art field as Art Director for CJLH Channel 7 in Lethbridge, and a neon designer, winning 2nd prize at an international neon design competition, N.E.S.A. in 1958.
In 1962-63 he spent the year sketching and painting in Greece on a Canada Council grant and was hired by the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus to teach at the School of Art in 1964.
Godwin remained at what became the Visual Art Department at the University of Regina for the rest of his working career. He exhibited with Ken Lochhead, Art McKay, Ron Bloore, and Doug Morton as one of the Regina Five. Following the Regina Five years he became known for his large Tartan paintings. A heart condition (which eventually forced him to retire in 1985) produced the Dying Orchids series in 1974. From the mid 1970s to the present, Godwin has produced several series of large and vivid landscape paintings.
In 1991 Godwin mounted exhibitions of new work simultaneously in four Canadian cities: Vancouver, Calgary, Regina, and Toronto. The show was known as the Lower Bow project and Ted was present to open each of the exhibitions; Calgary Thursday evening, Regina Friday, Toronto on Saturday, and Vancouver on Monday. In 1999, The Nickle Arts Museum of Calgary mounted and toured a major examination of Godwin's Tartans and in 2008 the Nickle mounted a major touring exhibition of Godwin’s Regina Five Years, 1957 to 1967.
Ted Godwin was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy in 1974, and was awarded the Queens Silver Jubilee Medal 1978. For his Messages from the Real World A Handbook for the Emerging Artist, (1999) Ted won the Sask Book Award for best new publication (Educational). He was awarded the Alberta College of Art and Design Board of Governors Award of Excellence and was also awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Regina in 2001. In 2004, for his excellence in the field of visual arts, Ted was made an Officer of the Order of Canada and in 2010, he was chosen Artist of the Year by Trout Unlimited.
Ted Godwin has been exhibiting his work since 1955 and has had more than 60 solo exhibitions. He currently resides in Calgary where he devotes himself to writing, painting, fishing, Tai Chi, and Alcoholics Anonymous.
Dorothy Anna (Cohen) Goldman, was born in New York City on July 24,1904, she married Leon Goldman in 1926 and was mother to two daughters: Marilyn (Lyn) and Barbara, and a son, Arthur (pseudonym: Tony Thorn). During World War II Dorothy volunteered for the Red Cross and served on their executive board for forty-two years. She served on the board of the United Way for twenty-three years and for the Jewish community through the Hadassah-WIZO Organization of Canada both locally and nationally for many years. She was president and a Life Member of the Women’s Canadian Club of Regina, which later joined with the Men’s Canadian Club to form the Canadian Club of Regina. During her lifetime Dorothy received many honours and awards for her community work, including
an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from the University of Regina in 1991, and the Good Servant Award from the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. She was a long time promoter of cultural life in Regina, supporting music, theatre and the arts. Several University of Regina scholarships are sponsored by the Goldman family, in Journalism, Business, English, and Fine Arts. Dorothy passed away in February 1996.
Marilyn (Lyn) Roberta Goldman was born in Regina in December 1932. She attended Central Collegiate and went to Queen’s University, leaving in 1954 to work in television production in Toronto. Some years later, she continued her studies and obtained a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in English from the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus in 1974 and a Master of Arts degree in English from the University of Regina in 1980.
From Toronto, she moved to Los Angeles and worked at Columbia Pictures as a secretary, following which she was a film booker for a chain of drive-in theatres. In 1958 she returned to Regina and began work at CKCK television as a writer-producer but left again in 1962 to become a freelance television producer in Toronto. Returning to Regina, Goldman began work at the Saskatchewan Jubilee & Centennial Corporation as the Performing Arts Officer and in 1968 was appointed Director of Publicity and Information at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus. After coordinating the work on the Feasibility Study for the School of Journalism and Communications, she moved to University of Regina Extension as the Communications and Programming Officer and then as Acting Head of Fine Arts and Humanities from 1979 to 1981. From 1981 to 1985 Lyn worked as the Public Relations Director for the University of Regina and returned to University Extension as Head of Certificate Programs until she retired in 1990.
Lyn was also a freelance commentator on CBC Radio for 15 years, and from 1979 to 1980 hosted CKCK Radio’s program, “This Sunday.” She served on the founding board of directors of Cable Regina and served on the City of Regina's Arts Policy Committee and Commission from 1978 to 1981. Lyn has been a long-time accredited member of the Canadian Public Relations Society and remains active in many of the city’s arts and culture organizations, among them: Regina Little Theatre, Regina Women's Network, the Saskatchewan Writers' Guild, and the Saskatchewan Arts Board and is also a member of the Canadian Club of Regina devoting much of her time between September and May to this organization.
In 1982 she received an award from the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) in the business and professional category, and has received both the Queen’s Golden Jubilee and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medals, among other awards. She received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from the University of Regina in 2015.
Although retired from the University of Regina, Lyn’s affiliations with the institution are still manifold. She has been a member of the Scholarship Committee and the Social Committee for the Academic and Administrative Pensioners Association, and meanwhile, continues to raise funds, support and to promote the University tirelessly.
Dr. Lyn Goldman died on January 13, 2026, in Regina, Canada, at the age of 93.