The University of Regina Author Recognition Program, presented by the Archer Library and Archives, was established in 2015 to celebrate and honour the contributions to authorship made by University of Regina faculty, staff, students, alumni and retirees throughout the preceding year. The program is intended to recognize the publication of new books, edited proceedings, sound recordings, musical scores and film or video recordings. The Library strives to ensure that it provides access to copies of all titles for the University community.
The 2021-2022 iteration marked the return to an in-person reception after a two-year hiatus, and it was encouraging to see such a sizable turnout for the event. The honoured authors included: Sarah Abbott, Taiwo Afolabi, Stacey Bliss, William Bonner, Mark Brigham, Lori Campbell, Heather Carter, Sydney Chadwick, April Chiefcalf, Paul Clarke, Monica Cliveti, Jason Demers, Darcy Donovan, Emily Eaton, Dale Eisler, Patricia Elliot, Simon Enoch, Lindsey French, James Gacek, Amanda Gebhard, Yu (Jade) Han, Cindy Hanson, Shuchen Hu, Margot Hulbert, Abiodun Isiaka, Joann Jaffe, Alex King, Sheena Koops, Don Kossick, Timothy Long, Esther Maeers, Carmen Faye Mathes, Emelia Munro, Kaetlyn Phillips, Claire Polster, Amy Quark, Ken Rasmussen, Morina Rennie, Kathryn Ricketts, Evie Ruddy, Barbara Ruel, Gale Russell, Aruz Sardarli, Katie Doke Sawatzky, Andrew Stevens, Florence Stratton, Cora Sellers, Ida Swan, Michael Trussler, and Maria Velez.
For a complete list of authors, see the official program here: https://library.uregina.ca/ld.php?content_id=36525353
“The Author Recognition event was a great opportunity to connect with other writers from the University community and learn about their amazing, fascinating and diverse projects. There’s such an amazing breadth of knowledge on this campus! Timothy Long and I were happy to share a few words about our exhibition and catalogue, Superscreen: The making of an artist-run counterculture and the Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop (MacKenzie Art Gallery, 2022). This project was a labour of love and several years in the making, so it was a pleasure to revisit it and celebrate our achievement in the company of colleagues.”
- Ali King, co-author of Superscreen
“Writing our book (Bats of British Columbia, 2022) was a challenge for a couple of reasons: It was a multi-author affair so getting everyone on the same page was a bit of a challenge at times as there is nothing like a bunch of opinionated academics trying to agree on how to do things. Fortunately in the end it all worked out. I am exceedingly proud of the book, especially because of how far we have come in our knowledge about bats since the first edition was published about 30 years ago. It was fun to talk about these things in front of a group colleagues at the ceremony and it essentially capped off all the challenges of getting it done. However, the best part of the ceremony for me was learning about the edited volume that Bill Bonner spoke about and contributed to (Jaffe et al. Divided, 2021), which lead to me buying and reading it. Without the event, I may not have learned about that book and would have not read the interesting contributions it contains.”
- Mark Brigham, co-author of Bats of British Columbia