20 Notable alumni of
University of Regina
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The University of Regina is 2110th in the world, 735th in North America, and 44th in Canada by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 20 notable alumni from the University of Regina sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Tatiana Maslany
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- dancertelevision actorfilm actoractor
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Tatiana Gabriele Maslany is a Canadian actress. She rose to prominence for playing multiple characters in the science-fiction thriller television series Orphan Black (2013–2017), which won her a Primetime Emmy Award (2016), two Critics' Choice Awards (2013 and 2014), and five Canadian Screen Awards (2014–2018). Maslany is the first Canadian to win an Emmy in a major dramatic category for acting in a Canadian series.
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Akiem Hicks
- Occupations
- player of American football
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Akiem Jamar Hicks is an American football defensive end who is a free agent. He was drafted by the New Orleans Saints in the third round of the 2012 NFL Draft and has also played for the New England Patriots and Chicago Bears. He played college football at Sacramento City College and at the University of Regina.
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Jon Ryan
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- player of American footballCanadian football player
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Jonathan Robert Ryan is a Canadian former professional football punter. He played university football for the University of Regina Rams, and began his professional career with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL) after being selected in the CFL Draft. He also played for the Green Bay Packers and was a member of the Seattle Seahawks for ten seasons.
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Elisa Loncon
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- linguistlanguage teacherwritertranslatoressayist
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Elisa Loncón Antileo is a Mapuche linguist and indigenous rights activist in Chile. In 2021, Loncón was elected as one of the representatives of the Mapuche people for the Chilean Constitutional Convention. Following in the inauguration of the body, Loncón was elected President of the Constitutional Convention. This role, along with her academic career, has placed her at the center of public attention and controversy. In particular, her formal education became a subject of public scrutiny when the Council for Transparency (CPLT) demanded the release of her academic records, igniting a debate about the intersection of race, class, and public transparency in Chile.
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Erin Weir
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- economistpolitician
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Erin M. K. Weir is a Canadian politician from Saskatchewan. From 2015 until 2019, he was Member of Parliament for the riding of Regina—Lewvan. Weir initially sat as a member of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP) but was expelled from the party's caucus on May 3, 2018 after a dispute over a third party investigation that sustained some claims of harassment. No appeal of this investigation was granted. Before entering federal politics, Weir ran in the 2013 Saskatchewan New Democratic Party leadership election and was an economist with the Canadian section of the United Steelworkers union.
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Perry Bellegarde
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Perry Bellegarde is a Canadian First Nations advocate and politician who served as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations from December 10, 2014, to July 8, 2021. He had previously served as chief of the Little Black Bear First Nation, chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations, and as the Saskatchewan regional chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
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Stefan Charles
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- player of American football
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Stefan Charles is a professional Canadian football defensive tackle who is a free agent. He was most recently a member of the Edmonton Elks of the Canadian Football League (CFL). He played CIS football with the Regina Rams.
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David Anderson
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- politician
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David L. Anderson is a former Conservative member of the House of Commons of Canada representing Cypress Hills—Grasslands, a position he has held from 2000 until 2019. He was a member of the Canadian Alliance from 2000 to 2003. He is a businessman, and a farmer. He has received broad based support being re-elected in 2004, 2006, 2008 and 2011 with significant margins.
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Robert Kitchen
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- politician
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Robert Gordon Kitchen is a Canadian politician of the Conservative Party elected as a Member of Parliament in the House of Commons of Canada to represent the federal electoral district of Souris—Moose Mountain at the 2015 Canadian federal election.
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Nevan Krogan
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- biologist
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Nevan J. Krogan is a Canadian molecular and systems biologist. He is a professor and the Director of the Quantitative Biosciences Institute at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), as well as a senior investigator at the J. David Gladstone Institutes.
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Angie Abdou
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- novelistuniversity teacherwriter
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Angela "Angie" Abdou is a Canadian writer of fiction and nonfiction.
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Carolyn Rodrigues
- Years
- 1973-.. (age 51)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Carolyn Allison Rodrigues-Birkett is a Guyanese politician who was appointed Permanent Representative of Guyana to the United Nations in 2020. She previously served as Director of the Food and Agriculture Organization Liaison Office in Geneva from 2017 to 2020 and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana from 2008 to 2015.
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Elizabeth Raum
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- oboistcomposer
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Elizabeth Raum is a Canadian oboist and composer.
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Neal Hughes
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- Canadian football player
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Neal Hughes is a former professional Canadian football player for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Hughes, who is of Métis heritage, signed with the Riders as a free agent after completing his university career with the Regina Rams.
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Dione Taylor
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- jazz musiciansinger
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Dione Taylor is a Canadian blues, roots, soul and jazz singer/songwriter, born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan. Dione calls her music the “Prairie Blues”, which is a mixture of Roots, Blues, Gospel and Americana. She is influenced by vocalists such as Aretha Franklin, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Son House and Sarah Vaughan. She released her first album, Open Your Eyes, in 2004, and it was nominated for Vocal Jazz Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2005.
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Jim Hopson
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- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- educator
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Jim Hopson was the president and chief executive officer for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. Hopson served in this role from 2005 until 2014. Under his stewardship, the Roughriders captured the Grey Cup in 2007 and 2013, and the team has recorded record profits.
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Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum
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- activist
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Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum is a member of the Cree Nation. She is an advocate for First Nation and environmental rights in Canada. She is a founding member of Idle No More, a lawyer, a professor, and an author. In all of these cases, her work is focused on spreading awareness and education about First Nation and Environmental rights.
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Jordan Sisco
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- player of American footballCanadian football player
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Jordan Christopher Sisco is a former professional Canadian football wide receiver who played for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League (CFL).
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Ellen Moffat
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- artist
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Ellen Moffat is a Canadian media artist who works in sound, image and text in installation and performance. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she now resides in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
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Kyle Herranen
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- visual artist
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Kyle Herranen is a Canadian visual artist. He studied Traditional Animation at Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario (1997) before earning a Bachelor of Fine Arts at York University in Toronto (2004) and receiving his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Regina in Regina, Saskatchewan (2008). Herranen lives and works in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.
