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May 14, 2011Convocation Hall

Certificate Graduation Ceremony

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CertificateGraduation CeremonyMay 14, 2011

ConvoCation Hall

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The graduation lists shown in this program were prepared prior to Graduation and may not reflect final college decisions regarding each student’s eligibility for graduation. As a result, some of the students listed in this program may not have been formally approved to receive the certificate indicated. The Registrar maintains the official list of graduates.

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President’sMessage

PreSidentPeterMacKinnoniwishexpressaverywarmwelcometothegraduatesofourcertificateprograms,andtheirfamiliesandfriendswhojoinustodaytocelebratethissignificantevent.

CeremoniesareanimportantpartofthelifeoftheUniversity,andgraduationisoneofthemostimportantceremoniesofall.itisourcelebration—withyouandforyou.itisduringthisceremonythatwecelebrateandrecognizeyouraccomplishmentsandachievementsandthecontributionsandsupportofyourlovedonestoyoursuccess.Youshouldfeelproudofthisdayandofthecommitmentandsacrificethatitrepresents.

SomeofyouareemployeesoftheUniversityofSaskatchewanandwillthereforecontinuetobeintouchwithus.ManyofyouareresidentsofSaskatoonandthenearbycommunity,butnomatterwhereyouare,itismywishthateachandeveryoneofyoucontinuetostayassociatedtoourUniversityofSaskatchewanalumnifamily,andthatwewillhavetheopportunitytowelcomeyoubacktocampusmanytimesintheyearsahead.

theUniversityofSaskatchewansalutesyou,thegraduatesofourcertificateprograms,andextendsitsverybestwishestoyouinyourfutureendeavours.

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theChancellor

VerAPeZerdr.PezerhasalongassociationwiththeUniversityofSaskatchewan,earningherundergraduateandgraduatedegreesfromtheuniversityandservingasassociatevice‑president(StudentAffairsandServices)from1991–2001.dr.Pezerfirstjoinedtheuniversityin1966inStudentCounsellingServicesandasapart‑timeinstructorinthedepartmentofPsychology.Shewouldlaterbecomedirectorofstudentcounselling,anassistantprofessorofpsychologyandassistantdean,CollegeofArtsandScience.Underherleadership,studentretentionandacademicsuccesswereenhancedandtheuniversity'sfirstofficesdedicatedtostudentemergencyfinancialassistance,disabilityservicesforstudents,andaboriginalstudentsupportprogramsestablished.

ShehasheldvolunteerandleadershiproleswiththeSaskatoonBoardofPoliceCommissioners,SaskatchewanCentennialGala,HopeCancerraceforrecovery,SaskatoonHousingCoalition,PersephonetheatreandtheYWCA.dr.Pezerhasalsocontributedwidelytoprofessionalandamateursportsorganizations.Sheisamemberandcurrentchairofthe1989JeuxCanadaGamesFoundation,directorofthe1991ScotttournamentofHeartsandceremonieschairofthe1989Brier.Asasportpsychologist,dr. PezerservedasanadviserandtrainertoCanadiancurlingteamsintwoolympicGames.

Anaccomplishedathleteinherownright,dr.Pezerisafour‑timeCanadianladies’curlingchampion,aCanadiansoftballchampion,andtwo‑timememberoftheSaskatchewanseniorwomen'sgolfteam.ShehasreceivedaplaceofhonourintheSaskatoonandSaskatchewanSportsHallsofFameandintheCanadianCurlingHallofFame.in2003,dr.Pezercompletedherfirstbook,theStoneAge:ASocialHistoryofCurlinginthePrairies.Shehasjustpublishedhersecond,titledSmartCurling.dr.PezerwashonouredwithaSaskatchewanCentennialMedalin2006,andin2002,receivedtheUniversityofSaskatchewanAlumniAwardofAchievement.

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GraduationProgramChancellorVeraPezer,B.A.,M.A.,Ph.d.,presiding

ProCeSSion

oCAnAdA

inVoCAtion MichaelMacLean,UniversityChaplain

introdUCtorYreMArKS russellisinger,registraranddirectorofAcademicServices,StudentandenrolmentServicesdivision

PreSident’SStAteMenttoGrAdUAndS

PeterMacKinnon

introdUCtionoFGrAdUAndS Business Administration Certificate (BAC)Executive Business Administration Certificate (EBAC)

Brookedobni,Associatedean,edwardsSchoolofBusiness

Certificates in Agriculture Program (CAP) Prairie Horticulture Certificate (PHC)

MaryBuhr,dean,CollegeofAgriculture&Bioresources

Certificate in Adult and Continuing Education (CACE)Certificate in Teaching English as a Second Language (CERTESL)Certificate in English for Academic Purposes (EAP)Certificate in Ecological Education (CERTEE)

BobCram,executivedirector,CentreforContinuinganddistanceeducation

ConFerrinGoFCertiFiCAteS ChancellorVeraPezer

AWArdSPreSentAtionS Paul S. Jaspar Chartered Accountant AwardPaulJaspar,thomsonJaspar&Associates

The Raj Manek Entrepreneurial AwardBrookedobni,Associatedean,edwardsSchoolofBusiness

Jackson PenrobertJackson,ProvincialCourtofSaskatchewan

Consumer Services Business Administration AwardGregFowler,director,ConsumerServices

Dr. C. Brooke Dobni Excellence AwardBrookedobni,Associatedean,edwardsSchoolofBusiness

Viterra AwardFarm Credit Canada AwardPHC Distinguished Graduate Award

MaryBuhr,dean,CollegeofAgriculture&Bioresources

CERTESL Distinguished Graduate AwardsCheriSpooner,director,distanceLearning,off‑CampusandCertificatePrograms,CentreforContinuinganddistanceeducation

ALUMniASSoCiAtionAddreSS delvarebin,AlumniAssociationrepresentative

introdUCtionoFSPeAKer BobCram,executivedirector,CentreforContinuinganddistanceeducation

AddreSS BrettFairbairn,ProvostandVice‑PresidentAcademic

CLoSinGreMArKS CheriSpooner,director,distanceLearning,off‑CampusandCertificatePrograms,CentreforContinuinganddistanceeducation

GodSAVetHeQUeen

Reception immediately to follow in the Atrium, Agriculture Building

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BUSineSSAdMiniStrAtionCertiFiCAteTawnya Jamey AndersonSaskatoon

Lori Marie AuchstaetterWadena

Hillary BarkerSaskatoon

Susan Theresa BraidSaskatoon

Kimberly Dawn BristowSaskatoon

Kendra Ann BrownWinnipeg,Manitoba

Randy Allen BrownSaskatoon

Ida Helen BuhlerAberdeen

Brett Anne BusseWatrous

Dora Chanda-EyreSaskatoon

Nicole Krista CherewaykoSaskatoon

Kelly Ivan DobrowolskySaskatoon

Cindy Rae Lynne EllacottSaskatoon

Rochelle Ray FjeldstromSaskatoon

Susan Joy FjeldstromSaskatoon

Linda Lee GaudetSaskatoon

Christopher Aaron GilchristBromhead

Leah Colette GreenSaskatoon

Marcos Juan GuerequetaPrinceAlbert

Michelle Lynn HankewichSaskatoon

Shannon Bernice HerbertMartensville

Diane Grace HessSaskatoon

Derryl W HildebrandtSaskatoon

Valerie Gail HoeflicherSaskatoon

Tracey Leigh Howell-PerretBirsay

Liddy Leslie KachurYorkton

Karen Ardis KalesnikoffSaskatoon

Shannon Dawn MantonPrud’Homme

Jonathon Tyler MarkusSaskatoon

Yvette Ilona McDonaldMelfort

Corinne Jacqueline NormanHumboldt

Amber Renae Norrisdelisle

Anna Maria PacikSaskatoon

Terry Brian PokolmMuenster

Lillina May ReiberSaskatoon

CertificateProgramGraduates

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Malayphone SaysanaSaskatoon

Sylvia May SchroederSaskatoon

Irene Helen SchwalmSaskatoon

Della Lynn SpearingSaskatoon

Gary Arnold ToySaskatoon

Mandy Lynn WaselickSaskatoon

Tara Lynn WestmacottMartensville

Ryanne WhitenorthVancouver,BritishColumbia

Peggy Susan WidynowskiSaskatoon

Barry James WoloshynSaskatoon

Stephanie Fong WongSaskatoon

Cheryl Ann YuzwaSaskatoon

Tristan Kenneth ZachowSaskatoon

Jeffrey Edmund ZimmerSaskatoon

Melissa Marie ZimmerSaskatoon

exeCUtiVeBUSineSSAdMiniStrAtionCertiFiCAteLisa Jo-Ann BagonluriSaskatoon

Douglas Leonard BrechtAsquith

Erin Maureen EbachSaskatoon

Sheila Evelyn HeadSaskatoon

Carol Anne KarppinenSaskatoon

Joseph Anthony MoserSaskatoon

John Tyler MossSaskatoon

Seshni NaidooSaskatoon

Darlene Patricia Ann ParsonsSaskatoon

Dianne P WingerakSaskatoon

CertiFiCAteSinAGriCULtUre

fall 2010 graduatesKathylynne Fentontisdale

Donald Edward TurgeonSpiritwood

spring 2011 graduatesLarry Lloyd HanowskiMelville

Krystal Dawn Nordickenglefeld

CertificateProgramGraduates

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Warren Derek PrattVancouver,BritishColumbia

Nona Corinne StewartWeyburn

Jana Lynn UngarianManning,Alberta

Shauna Leigh WhiteKipling

PrAirieHortiCULtUreCertiFiCAte

fall 2010 graduatesClint Barclay McConnellWynyard

Janelle Leanne Neumanregina

Katrina Anne SanfordVegreville,Alberta

spring 2011 graduatesLeslie Joanne CornellMooseJaw

Beverly Marie FedoriukClavet

Robert Joseph HusbandSaskatoon

Michael Anthony MolaroSaskatoon

Lesley Sutherlandoutlook

Karen Michelle TrimbleCalgary,Alberta

CertiFiCAteinAdULtAndContinUinGedUCAtionAnnette Lynn BeaulieuShellbrook

Patrick Lindsay BlairLacLaronge

Teresa Rose BluenorthBattleford

Deborah Laurie ChappellLangham

Marshall Blake EricksonthunderBay,ontario

Dean Larry FreySaskatoon

K Michael JamesSaskatoon

Elizabeth Ashley JonesStratford,ontario

Patricia Julianne LozowchukSaskatoon

Marjorie NagelMossbank

Tara Lynn OliverSaskatoon

Carla Elizabeth RoySaskatoon

CertiFiCAteinteACHinGenGLiSHASASeCondLAnGUAGe

fall 2010 graduatesAsiya AtchaMississauga,ontario

Bruce Eugene DawsonSaskatoon

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Rhonda Lee Day BordonaroHamilton,ontario

Alexander James DickSaskatoon

Joan Belva EricksonSaskatoon

Louisa FergusonMeacham

Maria Angela HaigKingston,ontario

Sukhjinder HundalBrampton,ontario

Janet Lorraine HurrenLondon,ontario

Ashley Mary KennedyWindsor,ontario

Elaine Tak LeungCalgary,Alberta

Laurel Mary Alice O’HanleySaskatoon

Hilda Anne ReedCaronport

Carrie Ellen RenaudKingsville,ontario

Allison Elizabeth RudachukStevensville,ontario

Sacha Ann Sahlmuellerregina

Karin Erika SattlerSt.Catharines,ontario

Fiona Helen Smithregina

Siu Wai Conita TamMarkham,ontario

Mary Dionne WilkinsonSaskatoon

spring 2011 graduatesMahmoud Abu KhatirLasalle,ontario

Patricia Wynne BealHavre‑aux‑Maisons,Quebec

Garry Allen BraunCarrotriver

Shu ChenSaskatoon

Reta Isobell DerksenMelfort

Katie Ruth DroppertSt.Catharines,ontario

Alice Virginia Leona EbyKitchener,ontario

Dawn Faith FergusonCutKnife

Gordon Robert FroeseSt.Catharines,ontario

Bradley Allan Gribbenoshawa,ontario

Frances Elizabeth HickmottLondon,ontario

Hilda Agnes HildebrandLacombe,Alberta

Megan Elizabeth HillSaskatoon

Debbie Louise KempChatham,ontario

Saba KhanMilton,ontario

Mi Jin KimSouthKorea

Rochelle Laura KnoxSaskatoon

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Joyce Olive Lorentzregina

Diane Smith MenschKingston,ontario

Susan Marie MuenchSaskatoon

Carol Pauline PennerSt.Catharines,ontario

Olga Prokhorovaedmonton,Alberta

Sahar RanaBrampton,ontario

Judith Maria ReidingerAjax,ontario

Noelle Marie ResendesWheatley,ontario

Anna Maria RobertsonLacombe,Alberta

Arlene Janice RomynAncaster,ontario

Farnaz SaghafinorthYork,ontario

Barry Calder Scotttoronto,ontario

Jeniffer Elizabeth SmallHamilton,ontario

Daniela UdickiUnitedStatesofAmerica

Doris Helen WeberWindsor,ontario

Lindsey Joy WhiteSaskatoon

Elsa ZyferiWindsor,ontario

CertiFiCAteinenGLiSHForACAdeMiCPUrPoSeSShaikhah Nayef Al OtaibiSaudiArabia

Sawsan Abdullah AljasimSaudiArabia

Fahad Mohammed AlzahraniSaudiArabia

Yintu BaoPeople’srepublicofChina

Wei CaoPeople’srepublicofChina

Zhihao CaoPeople’srepublicofChina

Chao ChenPeople’srepublicofChina

Qie ChenPeople’srepublicofChina

Yao ChenPeople’srepublicofChina

Indu Dharindia

Bo DongPeople’srepublicofChina

Jinyong DouPeople’srepublicofChina

Ya Nan DuPeople’srepublicofChina

Shan GaoPeople’srepublicofChina

Wensong GaoPeople’srepublicofChina

Cheng GongPeople’srepublicofChina

Yaqiong GuoPeople’srepublicofChina

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Zheyuan GuoPeople’srepublicofChina

Yanshan HanPeople’srepublicofChina

Miho HattaJapan

Yongtao HePeople’srepublicofChina

Jihyun HongKorea

Chenji HuangPeople’srepublicofChina

Weijun HuangPeople’srepublicofChina

Ying HuangPeople’srepublicofChina

Zi Ming HuangPeople’srepublicofChina

Shengnan HuangaiPeople’srepublicofChina

Liang JiangPeople’srepublicofChina

Yue JiangPeople’srepublicofChina

Le KangPeople’srepublicofChina

Ghadeer KintabSaudiArabia

Truc Thanh LeVietnam

Dan LiPeople’srepublicofChina

Jingya LiPeople’srepublicofChina

Runzhao LiPeople’srepublicofChina

Shuhong LiPeople’srepublicofChina

Wei LiPeople’srepublicofChina

Xiaohui LiPeople’srepublicofChina

Xiaoling LiPeople’srepublicofChina

Yang LiPeople’srepublicofChina

You LiPeople’srepublicofChina

Zeyuan LiPeople’srepublicofChina

Wen Dan LiangPeople’srepublicofChina

Meng LinPeople’srepublicofChina

Xuhui LinPeople’srepublicofChina

Yuanwang LinPeople’srepublicofChina

Chao Yi LiuPeople’srepublicofChina

Han LiuPeople’srepublicofChina

Hao LiuPeople’srepublicofChina

Hongdong LiuPeople’srepublicofChina

Jianwen LiuPeople’srepublicofChina

Nian LiuPeople’srepublicofChina

Peipei LiuPeople’srepublicofChina

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Lin Jie LuPeople’srepublicofChina

Qingqing LuPeople’srepublicofChina

Xiaofan LuPeople’srepublicofChina

Huichun MaPeople’srepublicofChina

ManglaiPeople’srepublicofChina

Xiang MaoPeople’srepublicofChina

Joyce Marly Da SilvaBrazil

Magnus Keller Mazimpakarwanda

Zeinab Arif Mohammediraq

Nooshin Nourooziiran

Youtong PanPeople’srepublicofChina

Sung Bin ParkKorea

Chi PuPeople’srepublicofChina

Mengying QingPeople’srepublicofChina

He QuPeople’srepublicofChina

Xiufeng RenPeople’srepublicofChina

Wenhui RuanPeople’srepublicofChina

Lizbeth Alejandra Santillan ChavarriaMexico

Dalia Mohamed ShembeshLibya

Yichao ShenPeople’srepublicofChina

Ye ShiPeople’srepublicofChina

Ping ShuPeople’srepublicofChina

Jianzheng SuiPeople’srepublicofChina

Yumi SumiJapan

Bo SunPeople’srepublicofChina

Haiyang SunPeople’srepublicofChina

Kaijing SunPeople’srepublicofChina

Kaiwen SunPeople’srepublicofChina

Minggui SunPeople’srepublicofChina

Mai TamugiJapan

Kai TangPeople’srepublicofChina

Praiya Unatrakarnthailand

Chao WangPeople’srepublicofChina

Haotong WangPeople’srepublicofChina

Jing WangPeople’srepublicofChina

Lu WangPeople’srepublicofChina

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Yi WangPeople’srepublicofChina

Guannan WuPeople’srepublicofChina

Heyu WuPeople’srepublicofChina

Qianqian WuPeople’srepublicofChina

Yigang WuPeople’srepublicofChina

Ding XiaoPeople’srepublicofChina

Dan XuPeople’srepublicofChina

Jiawei XuPeople’srepublicofChina

Mengyuan XuPeople’srepublicofChina

Yang XuPeople’srepublicofChina

Yaping XuPeople’srepublicofChina

Ying XuePeople’srepublicofChina

Fan YanPeople’srepublicofChina

Han YanPeople’srepublicofChina

Yu YanPeople’srepublicofChina

Ru YangPeople’srepublicofChina

Rui YangPeople’srepublicofChina

Yukai YaoPeople’srepublicofChina

Shasha YuPeople’srepublicofChina

Bei ZhangPeople’srepublicofChina

Jiayu ZhangPeople’srepublicofChina

Jingjing ZhangPeople’srepublicofChina

Suyu ZhangPeople’srepublicofChina

Zhu ZhangPeople’srepublicofChina

Dongzhe ZhaoPeople’srepublicofChina

LianJun ZhaoPeople’srepublicofChina

Ran ZhaoPeople’srepublicofChina

Bowen ZhengPeople’srepublicofChina

Yinghua ZhouPeople’srepublicofChina

Yuchao ZhouPeople’srepublicofChina

Miaoran ZhuPeople’srepublicofChina

Yulin ZhuPeople’srepublicofChina

CertiFiCAteineCoLoGiCALedUCAtionJeh Tonglen CusterraSaskatoon

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CertificateProgramAwards

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATE (BAC) PROGRAMPAUL S. JASPAR CHARTERED ACCOUNTANT AWARDPresentedbyPaulS.Jaspar,F.C.A.,tothe2011distinguishedgraduatefromtheBusinessAdministrationCertificateProgram

THE RAJ MANEK ENTREPRENEURIAL AWARDPresentedbytheUniversityofSaskatchewantothe2011topperformanceteamintheBusinessSimulationofBAC38BusinessPolicy

JACKSON PENPresentedbyrobertd.Jackson,Q.C.,tothe2011graduatefromtheBusinessAdministrationCertificateProgramwiththehighestmarkinBAC29BusinessLaw

CONSUMER SERVICES BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION AWARDPresentedbyConsumerServicesattheUniversityofSaskatchewaninhonourofJohnolson,pastdirectorofConsumerServices.PresentedtothestudententeringtheBusinessPolicycoursewiththehighestcumulativeaverageofthefirstsevencoursescompletedintheBACProgram.

ExECUTIVE BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION CERTIFICATE (EBAC) PROGRAM

DR. C. BROOKE DOBNI EXCELLENCE AWARDPresentedbydr.C.Brookedobnitothe2011distinguishedgraduatefromtheexecutiveBusinessAdministrationCertificateProgram.

CERTIFICATES IN AGRICULTURE (CAP) PROGRAMVITERRA AWARDPresentedtothe2011distinguishedgraduatefromtheCropProductionCertificate.

FARM CREDIT CANADA AWARDPresentedtothe2011distinguishedgraduatefromtheFarmBusinessManagementCertificate.

PRAIRIE HORTICULTURE CERTIFICATE (PHC) PROGRAMDISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARDPresentedbytheUniversityofSaskatchewantothe2011distinguishedgraduatefromthePrairieHorticultureCertificateProgram.

CERTIFICATE IN TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (CERTESL) PROGRAM DISTINGUISHED GRADUATE AWARDS PresentedbytheUniversityofSaskatchewantothedistinguishedgraduateforfall2010andthedistinguishedgraduateforspring2011fromtheCerteSLProgram.

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College Building Construction - November, 1911UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES A-23

HistoryoftheUniversityofSaskatchewan

theUniversityofSaskatchewanwasestablishedbytheUniversityActonApril 3,1907,only18monthsafterSaskatchewanbecameaprovince.

thepeopleoftheprovince,aswellastheirgovernment,wereinstrumentalinshapingthenewUniversity.theprovincialgovernmentrequestedallresidentswhoweregraduatesofaCanadianorBritishuniversitytoformthefirstConvocationandelecttheUniversity’sSenate.in1908,theBoardselectedProfessorWalterCharlesMurray,ofdalhousieUniversity,asthefirstPresident.

ClassesinArtsandSciencebeganinSeptember,1909,indowntownSaskatoon.Constructionofthecampusbeganin1910andthefirstbuildingswereoccupiedinthefallof1912.theyincludedtheCollegeBuilding(AdministrationBuilding),SaskatchewanHall(astudentresidence),residencesforthedeanofAgricultureandthePresident,alaboratoryforengineeringandanumberoffarmbuildings.

Fromthebeginning,theuniversityestablishedanemphasisonresearchandteachinginacontextofcommunityservice,andencouragedco‑operationamongdepartmentsanddivisionsintacklingcommonproblems.thedevelopmentofrust‑resistantstrainsofwheat,forexample,initiatedbytheUniversityandfederalandprovincialresearchagencies,hasbeenofuntoldvaluetotheprairieeconomy.

in1909,theUniversityhad70studentsandfiveprofessors,includingthePresident.todaythereareover19,000studentsstudyingattheUofS

theUniversityofSaskatchewanoverlookstheSouthSaskatchewanriver.MostearlybuildingsoncampusareCollegiateGothicinstyleandareconstructedina

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localdolomite,popularlyknownasgreystone.Subsequentlyconstructedbuildingsalsohavegreystone,aswellastyndallstone(pre‑cutslabsquarriedintyndall,Manitoba),concrete,brick,glassandaggregatefacings.

theUniversityoffersmanypointsofinterestforvisitors:thediefenbakerCanadaCentre,MuseumofnaturalSciences,MuseumofAntiquities,BiologyMuseum,PharmaceuticalMuseum,theobservatory,theGordonSnelgroveGallery,theSt.thomasMoreGallery,rugbyChapel,theLittleStoneSchoolhouse,theMemorialGates,PattersonGardenandtheKenderdineGallery.

HistoryoftheUniversityofSaskatchewan

Convocation procession on campus – May, 1928

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