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Robert Wayne Mitchell was born on March 29, 1936 in Preeceville, Saskatchewan to Charles Stuart and Beda Annette (Abrahamson) Mitchell. He was raised on a farm near Sturgis and graduated from Sturgis Composite High School in 1954. Mitchell earned Bachelor of Arts (Economics) and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Saskatchewan in 1957 and 1959 respectively.

After graduation, Mitchell articled with a Regina law firm and was admitted to the Saskatchewan Bar in June, 1960. He practiced law in Swift Current and Regina until August, 1970. He then moved to Ottawa, Ontario to work for the Federal Government as Director of Legal Services with the Department of Regional Economic Expansion and Department of Labour. In 1974 he worked as a Labour Relations Expert with the International Labour Organization in the Caribbean. After returning to Saskatchewan and serving as Deputy Minister of Labour for Saskatchewan from 1974 to 1979, Mitchell practiced law and was a senior partner in Mitchell Taylor Romanow Ching, a Saskatoon law firm. He also served on various panels and boards as a consultant, mediator and negotiator. Mitchell was chairman of the Key Lake Board of Inquiry (1979-1980) and was the federal government's chief negotiator for Inuit land claims in the Central and Eastern Arctic (1981-1982).

Mitchell's involvement in provincial politics began in 1982, when he ran unsuccessfully as the New Democratic Party (NDP) candidate in the Saskatoon Fairview constituency. He was first elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in 1986 and served as the NDP member for Saskatoon Fairview until 1999.

Mitchell held various portfolios in the Roy Romanow Government, serving as Minister of Human Resources, Labour and Employment (1991-1992); Provincial Secretary (1991-1992); Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1991-1995); and Minister of Labour (1992). He resigned from Cabinet on February 20, 1995 and was reappointed on April 5, 1995. He served as Minister of Justice and Attorney General (1995); Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Skills Training (1995-1997); and Minister of Labour (1996-1998). He was also Minister Responsible for numerous agencies, boards and commissions, including the Saskatchewan Public Service Commission (1992-1995) and the Saskatchewan New Careers Corporation (1995-1997).

Mitchell resigned from Cabinet on September 21, 1998 and vacated his seat in the Legislative Assembly on January 18, 1999. Chris Axworthy (NDP) became MLA for Saskatoon Fairview in the June 28, 1999 by-election.

Mitchell became Chief Negotiator for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN) in 1999, and later was appointed police complaints investigator for Saskatchewan in 2004 and chair of the Saskatchewan Public Complaints Commission in 2009.

Robert Mitchell died on November 18, 2016.

Mitchell married Sandra Gail Stolson, a lawyer, on October 18, 1968. They had six children: Janet, Roberta, Stephanie, Shannon, Donna and Alison.

Rose Marie Louise Simard was born on April 17, 1947 in Val d'Or, Quebec. Simard grew up in Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, graduating from Carpenter High School in 1965. She attended the University of Saskatchewan from 1965 to 1970, earning Bachelor of Arts (Philosophy) and Bachelor of Laws degrees.

Louise Simard articled in Regina and was admitted to the Bar in 1971. She has practiced as legal counsel in both the public and private sector during her career. Simard became the first female Legislative Council and Law Clerk for the province of Saskatchewan in 1974, prior to setting up her own law firm in 1978.

Active in many community organizations, Simard has delivered speeches on family and matrimonial property law, real estate law, law and poverty, and human rights. She was appointed a member of the Attorney General's Committee on the Consolidation of the Queen's Bench and District Courts in 1979. She also served as vice-chair of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission and as consumer representative on the Counsel of the College of Physicians and Surgeons from 1982-1985. Other past service includes board membership with the Saskatchewan Lung Association, the Canadian Nurses Association, and honourary membership with the Saskatchewan Registered Nurses' Association. Simard is a member of the Canadian Medical Association Task Force on Physician Supply in Canada and the Canadian College of Health Services Executives.

Simard was first elected New Democratic Party (NDP) Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Regina Lakeview constituency in 1986. She served as Opposition Health Critic as well as critic for the Saskatchewan Power Corporation, women's issues, the Human Rights Commission and the Ombudsman.

In 1991, after re-election in the Regina Hillsdale constituency Simard became a Cabinet minister in the Roy Romanow government, serving as Minister of Health and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women from 1991 to 1995. Simard introduced the wellness model of health care, involving extensive reforms to the health care system, hospital closures in rural Saskatchewan and the establishment of health districts and boards.

On February 3, 1995, Simard resigned from Cabinet and retired from political life the following year. She joined the law firm of McPherson, Leslie and Tyerman in April 1995.

In 2000 Simard was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer the Saskatchewan Association of Health Organizations (SAHO). Simard left this position in December 2003 to become President and Chief Executive Officer of the Health Employers Association of British Columbia. She continues (2007) in this capacity and currently resides in Vancouver.

Louise Simard has two children, Paul and Marin from her first marriage.

Axel Christian Petersen was born in Denmark in 1903 and came to Canada in 1926. He was employed as an agent with the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool in Landis, Saskatchewan for many years. In 1953, he moved to Regina, where he worked as a public relations officer for the Hotels Association of Saskatchewan until his retirement in 1973.

Petersen was active in various organizations, including the Saskatchewan Tourism Association; the Royal Danish Guards and the Scandinavian Clubs in Regina and Saskatoon. Petersen's lifelong hobby was photography and he often presented slide shows of his work to various groups.

Petersen died in Regina on March 27, 1991.

Petersen did not marry or have children.

William Trant was born in Leeds, Yorkshire, England March 14, 1844 to Mr. and Mrs. William Trant. He was educated at the Mechanic's Institute and Grammar School in Leeds. Around 1863, Trant founded the Leeds Astronomical Society. He also began working in publishing. In 1867, Trant moved to London, working as a journalist and an author, then to Paris, France as a war correspondent. He traveled extensively, including moving to India where he became an editor and founded several papers. In 1889, he emigrated to Canada.

In Canada, Trant initially homesteaded in an English settlement, Cotham, near Dubuc, North-West Territories. He briefly worked for the Regina Leader, once as staff and in 1901-1902 as an editor, was an editor of the Regina Standard, and worked as clerk to the Rumbler Paul Company. He was called to the bar in 1904 and practiced law in Arcola and Regina. He was appointed Police Magistrate of Regina in 1907. Trant became the first Provincial Archivist in 1914 and served until his death in 1924. In 1917, he moved to Victoria, British Columbia where he lived until his death.

Trant organized the Regina Agricultural Society, helped organize the Children's Aid Society and the Shakespeare Club, and was president of the Canadian Club. As well, Trant continued to author articles for English periodicals throughout his time in Saskatchewan.

Cecil Clifton (C.C.) Tannahill was born in a sod house near Liberty, Saskatchewan on December 4, 1912 to Magruder and Jessie (nee Castell) Tannahill. After completing his early education in the Liberty district, Tannahill operated a farm and automobile dealership in Liberty and played baseball with the Liberty Eagles. He married Isabel Anne Coutts, a teacher from Bulyea, on November 29, 1939. Their son, Gary Clifton, was born on March 13, 1944.

Tannahill was interested in coins from an early age, but only joined the Canadian Numismatic Association (CNA) in 1950, later becoming a life member. The Tannahills moved to Regina in 1953, where Tannahill embarked on a career as a salesperson and co-founded The Regina Coin Club, serving as its first president. Tannahill conducted numismatic research as he travelled throughout Western Canada for business purposes.

Tannahill took every opportunity to promote organized numismatic research in Saskatchewan, whether by example or through administrative service. In 1965, he published his first listing of Saskatchewan Trade Tokens through the CNA, which was updated via addendums on two separate occasions. In 1980, an authoritative version of his work was released, which was entitled An Illustrated Edition on Banking, Trade Tokens, Paper Money & Scrip used in the Territory and Province of Saskatchewan. The next year, Tannahill received the Royal Canadian Numismatic Association's highest honour, the J. Douglas Ferguson award. It is presented annually to the living numismatist who has contributed most to the science of numismatics in Canada, either through research, writing, publishing, or in any other matter.

By that point, Tannahill had been a director of the CNA for a number of years, serving as director for the prairie provinces, and then as President from 1959-1961. He was also President of the Canadian Numismatic Research Society in 1966, and he usually published under the auspices of being a Fellow of that organization. Tannahill relocated to British Columbia in the 1970s, but continued to attend numerous conventions as a Numismatic Consultant, often appearing as a speaker or adjudicating for exhibitions. Over the years, he won many awards and ribbons for his displays and work in numismatics.

Colleagues claim that Tannahill's approach, with its focus on forming context for the collections through detailed historical investigation, raised the standard for numismatic research and collecting. In 1974, the Saskatchewan Department of Culture and Youth purchased his complete collection of Saskatchewan numismatica. This consisted of over 1200 items involving trade tokens, wooden money and depression scrip, as well as the Specimen Bank Notes of the Weyburn Security Bank, one of only three known sets. Tannahill was appointed a research officer with the title “Special Advisor”, responsible for organizing and augmenting the collection, an activity he returned to Saskatchewan to pursue when he retired in 1982. This collection remains with the Western Development Museum at Saskatoon, but has been configured as a portable display so that it can travel around the province to the various museums.

Tannahill remained in Saskatchewan until 1997, when he went to stay with his son in Vernon, B.C. He died in April of 1997.

Frederick Woodley Anderson was born on April 21, 1920 in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan to Edward and Leila (Woodley) Anderson. He received his primary and secondary education in Moose Jaw and attended the University of Saskatchewan, where he earned Bachelor of Arts (1948) and Master of Arts (1949) degrees. Anderson also studied at the London School of Economics.

Anderson's career as a teacher and administrator began in 1951, when he accepted a position as special lecturer in Economics and Political Science at Regina College. Anderson subsequently held various positions at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus and the University of Regina as follows: assistant professor of economics (1954-1962); associate professor of economics (1962-1965); professor of economics (1966-1983); associate Dean of Arts and Sciences (Social Sciences) (1969-1975) ; acting chairman of the Department of Anthropology (1972-1975) and coordinator of the Canadian Plains Studies Program (1977-1983). Anderson retired from the University of Regina in 1983.

Throughout his career, Anderson participated in many studies and commissions on transportation policy in Canada and abroad. He served as secretary and director of research for the federal Royal Commission on Transportation (1959-1961) and was the first president of the Western Transportation Advisory Council. Anderson served as a consultant and advisor to numerous government and private organizations, published on the topic and addressed numerous transportation related conferences, symposia, and inquiries.

Anderson died in Regina on September 5, 2009.

Anderson married Betty Ashton of Moose Jaw in 1943. The Andersons had one son, William.

David Johnson was born in England in 1928, and attended public schools near London. Despite an interest in art, he attended Loughbourough College from 1946-1948 and became a teacher. However, in 1950 he began night and Sunday classes at a local art school, and in 1952 won a four year scholarship to the Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting. Completing his degree in 1956, he continued to study as a graduate scholar at Byam Shaw until 1957. It was also during this time that he studied classical draughtsmanship and stained glass. Johnson spent six years as studio assistant to renowned English mural artist Brian Thomas, doing work on windows at Westminster Abbey, the chapel of the Order of the British Empire and the American Memorial Chapel at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.

Johnson immigrated to Ontario, Canada in 1973 with his wife and six children. He worked first for Encyclopaedia Britannica (Manitoba-Saskatchewan region), but in 1978 resumed working full-time as an artist. He started his company, David Johnson Studio, in 1979 (the company was incorporated in 1984). The family settled in Regina, Saskatchewan and Johnson designed his first Canadian windows in Wawota, Moose Jaw and Regina during 1979. He was elected a professional member of the Stained Glass Association of America, based on recommendations from clients and existing members, and continued to hold membership in the British Society of Master Glass Painters. His studio work focused on conservation, restoration and original stained glass pieces. The majority of the windows created were for churches throughout Saskatchewan and Ontario; however, Johnson created works in almost every other province in Canada. While the studio was in operation, Johnson was active in the art scene in Saskatchewan as a director of Neutral Ground Gallery (Regina), and as a director of Saskatchewan Architectural Heritage Society and Heritage Regina. He also worked as the arts editor for Grain, a publication for Saskatchewan writers and artists, contributed articles to the Commonwealth and was commissioned for several sculptures and portrait paintings.

In 1996, David Johnson and his wife Christine moved to Tyvan, Saskatchewan. Johnson was awarded the Municipal Heritage Award from the City of Regina in 1997 for his interior restoration work. He was also awarded with the Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan Heritage Architecture Excellence Award in 2007 in the Exterior Restoration category, and in 2010 in the Adaptive Reuse category . Johnson's commissioned works included portraits, sculptures, courtroom drawings for television and stained glass in churches, hospitals, commercial sites and homes.

David Johnson died near Tyvan on December 14, 2013.

Frederick Dennis Munroe was born on November 13, 1881 in Moose Creek, Stormont County, Ontario to David D. and Mary (McRae) Munroe. He attended Moose Creek School and the Cornwall Collegiate Institute. He received a Doctor of Medicine, Master of Surgery (M.D., C.M.) degree in 1906 from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. In 1908, Munroe moved to Welwyn, Saskatchewan, where he was a general practioner for twenty-two years. Munroe served as chairman of the Welwyn School Board and was a member of the Board of Stewards of the Welwyn United Church.

Munroe was elected to the Saskatchewan Legislature in the 1929 general election and served as a Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly for the Moosomin constituency until 1934. Munroe served in the J.T.M. Anderson Government as Minister of Public Health and Minister-in-Charge of The Child Welfare Act from 1929 to 1934. During his ministry, he served as chairman of the Saskatchewan Cancer Commission and helped establish a psychopathic ward in the Regina General Hospital. The ward was named the Munroe Wing in 1949.

Following his defeat in the 1934 election, Munroe established a medical practice in Regina and continued to work until June, 1954. In 1954, he was honoured by the Saskatchewan Division of the Canadian Cancer Society through the creation of the annual Munroe Lectures. Munroe died in Regina on November 21, 1955.

Munroe married Frances Gardiner Jamieson on September 1, 1909. They had four children: Donald; Frances; Frederick and Eleanor.

James Keith McRobb was born on February 2, 1924 in Regina, Saskatchewan to James and Edna B. McRobb. He had two siblings: Doreen and Donald. In 1930, McRobb moved with his family to the Southey district and resided there until his family returned to Regina in 1932. McRobb attended Strathcona and Benson Schools and graduated from Scott Collegiate Institute in 1942. After graduation, he delivered milk for Co-operative Creameries.

McRobb enlisted in the Royal Canadian Air Force in September 1942 and trained in Regina and Manitoba (Brandon and Portage la Prairie). Graduating third in a class of twenty-two trainees, he became a navigator and was sent overseas in 1943. On July 28, 1944, Flying Officer McRobb and his crew failed to return to their base in England after a night bombing raid over Germany. He was officially listed as missing and later buried in Hamburg War Cemetery in Ohlsdorf, Germany.

In 1957, McRobb Lake, located southwest of Big River in central Saskatchewan, was named in McRobb's honour.

Bohdan Kazymyra was born in Cherniiv, a village in Western Ukraine, on 19 October 1913 to Olha Wilczek and Dmytro Kazymyra. In 1922 the Kazymyra family moved to Zolochiv, where Kazymyra completed his high school education.

Kazymyra attended the University of Louvain in Belgium from 1932 to 1935. While there he attained a Licentiate of Political and Social Sciences with distinction. Upon his return from Belgium, Kazymyra continued his studies at the Ukrainian Theological Academy in Lviv, Ukraine. He graduated in 1941 and was appointed lecturer in Sociology and Research Methodology at the Academy until the summer of 1944. As the Soviet army advanced into Western Ukraine, Kazymyra fled to Krakow, Poland and from there to Vienna, Austria. While in Vienna he enrolled in a doctoral studies program in theology at the University of Vienna. He later changed his area of study to history. He lived in Vienna until 1948 when he moved to Belgium to manage the Ukrainian Press Bureau. He was also appointed as a senior research assistant, Sociology at the University of Louvain and was active in promoting Ukrainian interests in Western Europe.

Sponsored by Bishop Vasyl Ladyka of Winnipeg, Kazymyra immigrated to Canada in 1950 to assist with work in the Ukrainian Catholic Church in Western Canada. Kazymyra married Elizabeth Dorota on June 9, 1950 in Edmonton, Alberta.

While in Edmonton, from 1950 to 1955, Kazymyra worked as the manager and editor of the magazine, "Catholic Action" and directed the affiliated radio program. He also assumed responsibilities for the "Ukrainian News" newspaper. During this time he pursued his research interests in immigration and settlement of Central Europeans in Canada. He received his PhD in 1955 from the University of Vienna.

The Kazymyras had three children, Nadia, Marta and Dmytro. Kazymyra enrolled at McGill University in 1955 and graduated with a Bachelors degree in library science in 1956. After working as a librarian for a short period at the Department of Agriculture in Ottawa, Ontario, the family moved to Regina, Saskatchewan in 1959 when Kazymyra accepted a position as librarian-archivist with the Saskatchewan Power Corporation. He remained in this position until 1967.

In August 1967 he became head of the Serials Department at the University of Regina Library and in 1978 became head of the Archives Department at the University until 1980. During this period he was also an associate professor at St. Clement's University in Rome and a sessional lecturer with the University of Regina's History Department. Kazymyra retired from the University of Regina in 1981. He continued to research and write until the mid-1990's. Kazymyra resided in Regina until his death on February 14, 2007.

Kazymyra was a member of numerous professional and community organizations, including the Association of Canada Archivists, Canadian Library Association, Saskatchewan Library Association, Canadian Historical Association, Canadian Plains Research Centre, Shevchenko Scientific Society, Ukrainian Free Academy of Arts and Sciences, Ukrainian Catholic Councils of Canada and Ukrainian Canadian Congress.