Speaker recruitment is ongoing and the list of participants will be updated
as additional speakers join the Centennial Speakers Bureau. Please check
back regularly for information on new Centennial Speakers Bureau participants.
| Haidah Amirzadeh |
Lawyer, Iranian refugee, immigrant community volunteer |
| Howard Anderson |
Second World War veteran, Grand Chief, engineer, native
youth hockey coach, drug & alcohol prevention coordinator |
| Vishal Avinashi |
Youth leader, medical student, volunteer and committee member |
| Brenda Baker |
Singer, songwriter, children’s author |
| Gordon Barnhart, Ph.D. |
Acclaimed historian, author, and expert on the Canadian parliamentary
process, former Clerk of the Legislative Assembly of Saskatchewan,
Parliament and the Senate. |
| Perry Bellegarde |
Former Grand Chief of the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations,
negotiator, facilitator |
| Jan Betker |
Olympic and 3-time World Curling Champion |
| Doris Bircham |
Cowboy poet, author, poet, performer, rancher, volunteer |
| Nelson Bird |
Award winning journalist and host of Indigenous Circle (CTV) |
| Gary Bosgoed |
Professional Engineer, one of Saskatchewan’s leading aboriginal
engineers, entrepreneurs and business leaders, as well as motivator,
leader and business coach. |
| April Bourgeois |
Publisher of Saskatoon’s Planet S Magazine and Regina’s
prairie dog |
| Gail Bowen |
Acclaimed fiction author, Associate Professor and Head of the English
Department at First Nations University of Canada. |
| Doug Chisholm |
Historian and author of Their Names Live On, a book detailing
the naming of geographic sites for those who died in the Second World
War |
| John Cross |
Chairman of Philom Bios Inc., former member of the National Research
Council of Canada, and former Chairman of the Saskatchewan Research
Council |
| Grant Devine |
Former Premier of Saskatchewan, politician, author, speaker, Ph.D.
in Agriculture Economics |
| Dr. James Dosman |
Director of the Institute of Agricultural Rural and Environmental
Health and co-founder of the Agricultural Health and Safety Network
in Saskatchewan. |
| Tibor Feheregyhazi |
director of Saskatoon’s Persephone Theatre |
| Wes Fineday |
Plains Cree writer, oral historian, storyteller and Traditional
Knowledge Keeper, cultural and speech and language consultant, promoter
of cultural diversity |
Laurier Gaureau
(english version)
(french version) |
Fransaskois playwright and historian |
Claude-Jean Harel
(english version)
(french version) |
Historian, guest columnist on CBC radio, and tour company operator. |
| Larry Hubich |
Labour educator and president of the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour |
| Krishan Kapila |
Teacher, volunteer, and promoter of multiculturalism |
| Chester Knight |
Juno award-winning musician, Cree singer and songwriter |
| Lester Lafond |
Businessman, President of Lafond Insurance & Financial Services
Ltd., member of the Saskatoon Regional Economic Development Authority,
and Past-President of the Saskatoon Chamber of Commerce |
Patricia Leguen
(english
version)
(french
version) |
Snow, ice, sand, and fire sculptor. |
| Randy Lundy |
Cree poet, and Assistant Professor of English in the First Nations
University Department of English |
| Keith Martell |
Chairman of the Board of the First Nations Bank of Canada, advisor,
Chartered Accountant and Certified Aboriginal Financial Manager |
| Neal McLeod |
Poet, artist, professor of Indigenous Studies at the First Nations
University of Canada |
| Brennan Merasty |
Role model for Metis youth, youth support worker |
| Ken Mitchell |
Acclaimed writer of novels, histories, stories, poetry, stage plays,
screen plays and dramas |
| Robert Mitchell |
Lawyer, negotiator, mediator, arbitrator, former Justice Minister
and Post-Secondary Education Minister |
| Marge Nanaair |
Promoter of multiculturalism, advocate for minority groups, and
volunteer |
| Corporal Jim Pratt |
Member of the Regina Police Service and volunteer with the Regina Police Service Community Cadet Corps Program |
| Tara Robinson |
CTV Regina news anchor |
| Robert Sass |
Professor emeritus with an extensive background in labour law,
administration, industrial relations and occupational health and
safety |
| Rod and Denyse Simair |
Award-winning artists of crystalline glazed porcelain |
| Ruth Smillie |
Director, playwright, actor, theatre educator, Artistic Director
of Regina’s Globe Theatre |
| Deb Thorn |
President and CEO of Moose Jaw’s Temple Gardens Mineral Spa |
| John Treleaven |
President and CEO of Saskatchewan Trade and Export Partnership,
former Ambassador to the Philippines |
| Bill Waiser |
Specialist in western and northern Canadian history, author, and
CBC television historical segment host |
| Dan Weber |
President and CEO of Itracks, a specialty online data collection
firm |
| Nicole White |
Outspoken advocate of the gay and lesbian community in Saskatchewan,
recipient of Saskatoon YWCA’s Young Woman of Distinction Award |
| C.M. (Red) Williams |
Agricultural expert and president of Saskatchewan Agrivision Inc. |
| Lee D. Wilson, Ph.D. |
Ph.D. in chemistry, Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry
at U of S, researcher, recipient of a National Aboriginal Achievement
Award in Science and Technology in 2004 |
| Michael Zaplitny |
Radio broadcaster and manager, businessman, current President of
the Regina and District Chamber of Commerce |
A Representative from
the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron |
A synchrotron produces super brilliant light that has useful applications
in Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geology, Archaeology and many other
disciplines. A representative from the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron,
Canada’s newest flagship science research facility, will describe
what a synchrotron is, how it works, and what it can be used for. |
