Talk:University of Regina

Changes to "Aboriginal" Section
Well, apparently one can not simply add useful information to this article without the express permission of someone, or a consensus of people. The information I added (not sure if IP addresses will match up) was removed because the user User:Masalai decided that this should be discussed.

Well here's the section after I had edited it (and then subsequently deleted):

The University of Regina provides services to Aboriginal students. [part of this area was removed but did not think it was really relevant]

The University of Regina’s SUNTEP Program (Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program) was developed in partnership with specific Aboriginal communities to meet specific needs within Aboriginal communities.

The Aboriginal Student Centre (ASC) was established in 2006, with it's vision to strive to encourage, empower, and educate by assisting Aboriginal students to strengthen and realize their potential.

The ASC has Cultural/Traditional Advisors (formerly known as Elders) present on campus to provide social support to students and staff.

The ASC, in partnership with CIBC, also operate the CIBC kâspohtamâtotân Aboriginal Mentorship Program; where University students act as role models to younger students still in their home communities and to promote post-secondary education.

The University of Regina has established an Aboriginal Career Centre to assist with the transition to a fulfilling career.

Compare that to what was there initially, and now as of the present.

I looked through what was initially there and noticed it was not up to standards; First of, how can a section on Wikipedia devoted to the Aboriginal student population at the U of Regina not have any mention of the Aboriginal Student Centre? It makes no sense.

Secondly, there were typos in kâspohtamâtotân (and it should be all lower-case), as well it's operated through the ASC, in a partnership with CIBC. (hence the name CIBC kâspohtamâtotân Aboriginal Mentorship Program). Of course I added one more line in that it "promotes post-secondary education" (which is true).

Thirdly, yes there are "Elders" on campus, however that term is no longer used, which is why they are now called Cultural/Traditional Advisors. The name change is simply explained in that because they are paid employees of the U of R, as such they are incorrectly given the job title of "Elder"; which is not traditionally applicable as an Elder is someone who gives their time to provide support, wisdom, teachings, etc. at no cost. Yes, you're supposed to offer a gift as an exchange for their information, which is the traditional way of Aboriginal people. And of course, like I mentioned in the edit, this program is offered through the ASC.

I also added in what the SUNTEP abbreviation actually stands for (Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program). The program itself can also use more description (as like what year it was established, etc.) but I don't have that info present during the time in which I edited the article.

If the user User:Masalai feels that the edited section is not up to standards, then fix it. The way it was (and now presently) I do not feel is up to standards. It's out-dated and mis-informed. I would like to know why correct, relevant and applicable information (at least in my view) gets changed back to the out-dated information that I was trying to update.

/rant. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 142.3.152.21 (talk) 22:14, 28 August 2009 (UTC)

Update Endowment
Given the multi-million dollar investments by Paul Hill and Kenneth Levene, in the Faculty of Business alone, and the multi-million dollar investments of the new laboratory building and the other construction projects on campus, I contend that the currently listed endowment of $25.9 million is considerably out of date. Teen burger combo 04:55, 11 November 2007 (UTC)


 * It's certainly worth checking out but the fact that there have been recent ambitious construction projects on the new campus doesn't necessarily indicate that the university's endowment is larger than as stated; such projects are not generally funded out of a public university's endowment. Investments by the trustees of the endowment fund, on the other hand, would indeed suggest the endowment fund is now larger than as stated. Why don't you look into it. Masalai 08:29, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

Engineering Section
Is there any reason why the Faculty of Engineering has a section while no other faculties have sections? There is no referenced information in that section and I would like to suggest it be removed unless there is a similar section added for all other faculties or the section contains some references to the material it presents.farqfarq 20:31, 30 April 2007 (UTC)

Good heavens — are there no other faculty and alumnae of the University of Regina who have distinguised themselves? Masalai 07:14, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

Accredited Campion & Luther college courses?
The following text:


 * Campion and Luther colleges had been high schools offering junior college courses in affiliation with the University of Saskatchewan on the same basis as the old Regina College.

was changed by User:Masalai to:


 * Campion and Luther colleges had been high schools offering junior college courses in accredited by the University of Saskatchewan on the same basis as the old Regina College.

Now, as far as I know the term accreditation is reserved for a specific type of "authorisation" if you will, so it isn't just an adjective in the academic community but also a technical term. For example, the Faculty of Engineering offers accredited engineering degrees. This has special and specific meaning.

The reason I reverted the edit by Masalai is that not only was I unsure whether the change in meaning for this sentence was intended, but also because the grammar became incorrect with this change. Masalai, feel free to change the wording again but please provide a source showing that Campion and Luther college courses are accredited. Alternatively, an arguement why the term accreditation has a different meaning in this context might suffice. BigNate37 16:00, 10 July 2006 (UTC)

Notable faculty and alumni?
I contend that anyone in this list who does not have an article is probably not notable enough to be listed. Comments?  Big Nate 37 (T) 02:07, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


 * Which contemplates that the somewhat hit-and-miss operation of some Wikipedia devotee having written an article on such a person is a dispositive test of notability. This seems seems unlikely. On the other hand, the red links do suggest possible future articles. Masalai 09:10, 14 November 2006 (UTC)


 * True. In a perfect world those articles would not stick around were the subjects not notable, and then we'd remove the redlinks. In practice, that may take months or years to come about. I do wonder about the threshold of notability being used for these people I've never heard of before, though.  Big Nate 37 (T) 14:42, 14 November 2006 (UTC)

Fair use rationale for Image:Uregina.jpg
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BetacommandBot 23:21, 13 September 2007 (UTC)

Endowment source?
Can anyone verify the Endowment amount for the U of R? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Wiccapedia2 (talk • contribs) 04:43, 8 November 2009 (UTC)

Ranking and Reputation
I would recommend establishing a Ranking and Reputation section, you can use Canadian university rankings. FYI, it ranks as #10 for comprehensive universities by Maclean's in 2011. -- Natural  R X 22:15, 26 October 2011 (UTC)

External links modified
Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just added archive links to 2 one external links on University of Regina. Please take a moment to review my edit. If necessary, add after the link to keep me from modifying it. Alternatively, you can add to keep me off the page altogether. I made the following changes:
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20060212150005/http://www.uregina.ca:80/canadagames/newsletter/sept04.pdf to http://www.uregina.ca/canadagames/newsletter/sept04.pdf
 * Added archive https://web.archive.org/20081205191441/http://www.uregina.ca:80/gradstudies/calendar/programs_overview.shtml to http://www.uregina.ca/gradstudies/calendar/programs_overview.shtml

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Information on faculties
The information on the faculties at the U of R seem to be slightly out of date and may benefit from an update. Perhaps the Deans of each faculty could be added to the chart? As well as more current program information and enrolment? Paigemo (talk) 01:06, 20 February 2017 (UTC)