Alumni and Friends

Your affiliation with the University of Regina affords you many personal benefits. As an alumnus you can access valuable services offered exclusively to you by our affinity partners - Manulife, TD Home and Auto Insurance, and Degree frames from Milburn Universal Designs. The U of R offers many opportunities for alumni and friends to keep in touch, learn, and make new connections.

Learn about all the benefits of being a U of R alum!

Nominations are now open for the 2025 ACAAs!

Every year, the University of Regina celebrates the best and brightest among its more than 92,000 alumni with the Alumni Crowning Achievement Awards (ACAAs). Established in 1992, the ACAAs were created to honour our extraordinary alumni for their outstanding commitment to excellence, community engagement and leadership, and impact on the social, cultural, and economic well-being of our communities.

Jennifer Dubois CA '10, CCE '12. DADMN '12, CICA '12, BBA '16, opens up about her humble beginnings and what she has achieved as a FNUniv graduate, an entrepreneur, and an Indigenous business owner. Her dreams came true in 2017, when she opened her very successful salon spa, Miyosiwin, a Cree word meaning “being beautiful”. Jennifer’s goal was to create meaningful change as an entrepreneur and an advocate for Indigenous excellence. Through her professional work at Miyosiwin and her passion and dedication to economic and personal growth, Jennifer strives to inspire and uplift Indigenous entrepreneurs and professionals throughout Canada.

Lynn Armstrong BA ’94, BAJC ’96, is a force to be reckoned with. Since graduating from the U of R, this journalist, businessperson, and “relentless entrepreneur” has been on a continuous rinse-and-repeat cycle of learning and mastering a wide variety of things. Her never-ending energy and thirst for knowledge has garnered several communication awards including two Auditor General's Awards and the Award of Excellence in Communication four years in row from the International Association of Business Communicators. A local business owner, Lynn operates ZÖE Shoes + Objects, a women’s boutique in Cathedral that will soon make room for Inspiraré, an in-house yoga studio. In this Degrees article, she discusses her university experience, her communications work, and her quest to follow her own path.

Since graduating from the U of R, Shawn Fraser BA’07 has made a career dedicated to caring for community. Following older siblings to Luther College from Carnduff Saskatchewan, Shawn found a built-in community of like-minded people that has helped him build a fulfilling life here in Regina. A career that has thus far included work with Regina’s Carmichael Outreach, the YMCA Regina, and a term on Regina City Council has led him to his current role as Chief Executive Officer of the John Howard Society Saskatchewan where he and a dedicated team work to help people who are at risk or involved in the criminal justice system. He talks to Degrees about what he loves about his work, the value of a smaller university experience, and what he’s looking forward to next.