Jeff Keshen, PhD

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Biography

Dr. Jeff Keshen became the University’s eighth President and Vice-Chancellor on July 1, 2021.

Since that time, he has worked in many areas to advance the University’s three-part mission of teaching, research, and service to community. University highlights of his tenure thus far include:

• creation of the Centre for Experiential and Service Learning;
• opening of the Brad Hornung Accommodations Test Centre;
• development of the University’s first-ever Indigenous Engagement Strategic Plan as well as an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action Plan;
• development of a 2023-2026 Academic Plan;
• creation ofa Regina Research Alliance with the City of Regina; and
• facilitation of numerous academic and research agreements with provincial, national and international institutions.

Dr. Keshen joined the University of Regina after serving for three and a half years as Vice-President of Memorial University’s Grenfell Campus in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. Previously he served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Mount Royal University in Calgary. He also served as Chair of the Department of History at the University of Ottawa and was an Adjunct Professor in the Centre of Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary. 

He holds a doctoral degree from York University with a research concentration in the history of war and conflict. He was the recipient of the Government of Ontario June Callwood Award for Outstanding Service in Volunteerism for his success with the establishment of the University of Ottawa's Experiential Learning Service. He was a double nominee for the 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award, and was awarded both the Ontario Leadership in Teaching Prize and University of Ottawa's Excellence in Education Prize. 

Dr. Keshen is the author of five books and more than 25 scholarly articles, and has edited 11 books. His book Propaganda and Censorship in Canada's Great War was awarded the best non-fiction book by the Writers Guild of Alberta. It was also shortlisted for the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada's Harold Adams Innis Prize for the best book in the Social Sciences. His book Saints, Sinners and Soldiers: Canada's Second World War was shortlisted for the Raymond Klibansky Prize for the best book in the Humanities, a prize awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Federation of Canada. The book was also recognized with the C.P. Stacey Prize for the best book in the military history category.

 

Mailing Address:
President's Office
Administration-Humanities Building 514
University of Regina
3737 Wascana Parkway
Regina SK  S4S 0A2