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In the 1870s, on the heels of the founding of Manitoba in 1870, an acute need for advanced education was addressed by the founding, in 1873, of Manitoba College by the Presbyterian church and Wesley College by the Methodists, in 1877. In that latter year, both became active participants in the loose affiliation known as the University of Manitoba and, indeed, George Bryce of Manitoba College would prove instrumental in putting the University of Manitoba on a more formal foundation, in 1904. The two colleges were united in 1938 under the name of United College which, in 1967, received a charter to become the University of Winnipeg. Today, still rooted firmly in the heart of the city it serves so well, the University of Winnipeg offers outstanding education in the liberal arts and sciences to a diverse student body.
An MHS Centennial Organization Award was presented to the University of Winnipeg by Gordon Goldsborough on 16 May 2004.
Period
President
1967-1971
Wilfred Cornet Lockhart (1906-1991)
1971-1981
Henry Edmison Duckworth (1915-2008)
1981-1989
Robin Hugh Farquhar
1989-1999
Marsha Pearlman Hanen (1936-2019)
1999-2003
Constance Merriam Rooke (1942-2008)
2004-2014
2014-2020
Annette Trimbee
2020-2021
James Currie - Acting
2021-?
Todd Mondor
Period
Chancellor
1967-1968
Richard Henry Gardyne Bonnycastle (1903-1968)
1969-1978
Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)
1978-1984
Roderick Oliver Alexander “Rod” Hunter (1915-2001)
1984-1996
William John Antliff Bulman (c1929-2023)
1996-2000
Carol Ann Warner Shields (1935-2003)
2000-2009
H. Sanford Riley
2009-2020
Robert “Bob” Silver
2020-present
Barb Gamey
Period
Dean
1992-1997
John Randall Hofley (1939-2021)
Period
Dean
1946-1957
Edwin Gardiner Dunn Freeman (1890-1973)
Name begins: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Recipient
Year
Albert Clifford Abbott (1897-1983)
1974
Peter Agre
2018
George Aitken (1906-1984)
1972
Ida Albo
2016
Madeleine Jana Korbel Albright (1937-2022)
2005
Benjamin Wilson Allison (1870-1953)
1935
John A. Armstrong
1978
William L. Armstrong
1910
Abraham J. Arnold (c1923-2011)
2001
Jesse H. Arnup
1924
Harry Crowson Ashdown (1885-1971)
1968
Leonard Asper
2009
Clarence Edward Atchison
1973
1998
B
Thomas Mayers Badger
1965
George Bain
2016
Vaughan Lawson Baird (1927-2013)
1987
James Ballantyne
1906
Philip Barker (1880-1967)
1944
Bernice Scott Bateman (1907-1996)
1974
Maurice Baudoux (1902-1988)
1965
Mary Elizabeth Bayer (1925-2005)
1975
Ida Bear
2019
Gerald S. Bell
1941
Rev. Dr. John E. Bell
1953
Hugh Avery Benham (1911-1997)
1973
David Bergen
2007
Virginia Gingerick Berry (1915-2003)
1987
C. H. Best
1943
Thomas William Bird (1883-1958)
1950
Elinor F. E. Black (1905-1982)
1970
Keith Black
2004
Cindy Blackstock
2017
William Alexander “Bill” Blaikie (1951-2022)
2007
Margaret Bloodworth
2007
Elswood Frederick Bole (1910-1987)
1974
Roberta Lynn Bondar
2001
Annie Boulanger
2019
Joseph Bova
2000
Richard Spink Bowles (1912-1988)
1982
Rev. Dr. Harry I. Bowman
1967
Oscar Brand
1987
Rev. Thomas Alex Broadfoot
1939
Pat Broe
2008
Martin Brokenleg
2022
Gretta Helen Gordon Brown (1903-1987)
1979
The Venerable James R. Brown
1977
James Porter Browne
1957
June Bruce
2020
Thomas Buchanan
1918
Bonnie Buhler
2014
2014
William John Antliff Bulman (c1929-2023)
1983
C
D. Ralph Campbell (1918-2008)
1977
Douglas Lloyd Campbell (1895-1995)
1978
Maria Campbell
2018
Rev. Dr. Neil Kenneth Campbell
1963
Norman F. Cantor
1973
Tantoo Cardinal
2020
Leonard Cariou
1992
J. A. Carmichael
1903
John Archibald “Archie” Carmichael (1916-2001)
1982
Edwin Gladstone “Eddie” Cass (1893-1985)
1974
Hugh Clifford Chadderton
1992
Agathe Chartrand
2020
Henry Bruce Chown (1893-1986)
1979
Jean Chrétien
2014
Ruth Christie
2019
Gordon Minto Churchill (1898-1985)
1976
Howard Hewlett Clark
1965
J. A. Clark
1915
Wylie C. Clark
1923
James Whyte Clarke
1940
Solomon Cleaver
1901
G. S. Clendinnen
1928
Roland Cloutier
1977
Oliver Coleman
1927
David Conly
1966
William W. Conly
1972
Walter Allison Cooke (1866-1954)
1910
John A. Cormie (1877-1947)
1924
James Arthur Coulter (1916-2005)
1974
Dave Courchene
2019
Lorraine Coutu-Lavallee
2020
John James Cowan
1950
A. Russell Cragg
1946
J. Richmond Craig
1952
H. T. Crossley
1921
Peter A. Cumming
2023
Thomas Albert John “Jack” Cunnings (?-1987)
1978
Adam Cuthand (?-1994)
1970
D
Harold D. Dalgleish
1970
Roméo Antonius Dallaire
2013
Sandra DeLaronde
2021
Thomas Denton
2021
Ajit Kaur Dhillon Deol (1926-2024)
2013
Father Patrick Desbois
2013
Mohinder Singh Dhillon
2008
Olive Patricia Dickason (1920-2011)
2003
Robert George Brian Dickson (1916-1998)
1991
Ani DiFranco
2013
Hugh W. Dobson
1925
2010
Rev. Dr. J. Ralph Donnelly
1980
Walter Edward Donnelly (1890-1969)
1942
Sister M. Berthe Dorais
1974
Frederick John Douglas (1913-1998)
1957
Thomas C. “Tommy” Douglas (1904-1986)
1984
John A. Doyle
1925
Ken Dryden
2013
Henry B. Duckworth
1945
Henry Edmison “Harry” Duckworth (1915-2008)
1984
S. W. Dyde
1911
Rev. Dr. G. A. Dyker
1941
Rev. Dr. George Fraser Dyker
1957
E
The Most Rev. Dr. Sigurbjorn Einarsson
1975
James Eldridge
2007
Robert W. K. Elliott
1954
Charles Endicott
1925
James Endicott
1910
John Herman Enns (1889-1974)
1964
Robert Enright
2016
Georges Erasmus
1992
Michael Ewanchuk (1908-2004)
1979
Valdimir Jónason Eylands (1910-1983)
1953
F
Jonathan F. Fanton
2011
James Farquharson
1904
Rev. Dr. William O. Fennell
1963
J. T. Ferguson
1910
Frank Prescott Fidler
1961
Mr. Robert Finch
1984
George Bernard Flahiff (1905-1989)
1972
2008
1975
Charles Harkness Forsyth
1969
Harold A. Frame
1951
Ursula Franklin
1994
John Foster “Jack” Fraser (1930-2021)
1993
Paul D. K. Fraser
1986
Robert McKee Frayne
1949
Samuel Freedman (1908-1993)
1983
Edwin Gardiner Dunn Freeman (c1890-1973)
1958
Rev. Dr. John Freeman
1974
David Friesen (1911-2007)
1981
Rick Frost
2013
Northrop Frye
1958
Ethel Margaret Futers Fulton (1922-2014)
1985
G
Leonard Gaetz
1899
S. D. Gaudin
1932
Ronald Wilson Gibson (1903-1993)
1972
Gustave Gingras
1970
David A. Golden (1920-2012)
2011
Jane Goodall
2017
Cecil Earle Gordon
1962
John King Gordon
1979
Allan E. Gotlieb
1985
William Roger Graham (1919-1988)
1969
Irving Guttman (c1928-2014)
1995
H
Robert Haddow
1913
Norma Jane Hall (1919-2007)
1975
Alexander Hamilton
1911
Alvin Chown Hamilton (1926-2014)
1996
Alan H. Hanna
1992
Hartley J. Harland
1961
Rev. Dr. H. Gordon Harland
1976
Wesley Harland
1967
Elijah Harper (1949-2013)
2011
Peter Alexander Herrndorf (1940-2023)
1993
George Nicholos Heshka (1933-2021)
2013
Tomson Highway
1993
Josie Hill
2010
John Steven Hirsch
1985
John E. Hogg
1905
Benjamin Horch (1907-1992)
1974
The Right Rev. Dr. Wilbur Kenneth Howard
1975
Ernest Marshall Howse
1948
Allen Richard Huband (1903-1993)
1953
Charles H. Huestis
1916
James Edward Hughson
1916
Roderick Oliver Alexander Hunter (1915-2001)
1971
I
Herbert Moffat Irwin
1926
Patricia K. Irwin
2001
Sharon Hope Irwin
2008
J
John Jackson
1946
Thomas Jackson
1998
1981
F. E. Howley James
1952
Rev. Dr. Vincent J. Jensen
1977
Duncan James Jessiman
1976
Norman Jewison
1988
David Bruce Johnson
1962
George Johnson (1920-1995)
1992
Rev. Dr. Ernest Peter Johnston
1969
Stephen Juba (1914-1993)
1974
K
Won Yong Kang
1962
H. J. Keith
1925
Gertrude Allison Kent (?-1989)
1981
Rev. Frederick William Kerr
1931
J. Larkin Kerwin
1983
Tobasonakwut Kaagagewanakweb “Kelly” Kinew (1936-2012)
2011
Otto Klassen (1927-2018)
2007
Wanda Koop
2002
Robert Kozminski
2012
Chantal Kreviazuk
2014
C. Ruth Krindle
2007
Leo Friman Kristjanson (1932-2005)
1980
1972
Robert P. Kroetsch
1983
L
S. R. Laidlaw
1919
Homer Lane
1951
J. E. Lane
1933
Jessie Hermione “Jess” Lang (1916-2018)
1997
John Langstaff
2008
George Laughton
1926
Arthur Lavender
1956
Clarkson Brunskill Lawson
1936
Gordon Lawson (1904-1995)
1974
Ruston William Lawson
1975
Augustus Searle Leach (1909-1993)
1977
Vincent Leah (1913-1993)
1985
Douglas W. Leatherdale
2000
Louise Leatherdale
2023
Dianne Leggatt
2007
2020
Marion Lewis
1986
W. A. Lewis
1927
Richard J. Light
1991
Judge Walter J. Lindal
1971
Wilfred Cornet Lockhart (1906-1991)
1977
Shirley Elizabeth Perret Loewen (1936-2022)
2000
William H. Loewen
2000
Gerhard Lohrenz (1899-1986)
1974
Wesley Crawford Lorimer (1913-2010)
1969
M
John Alexander MacAulay (1892-1978)
1970
Roderick George McBeth [MacBeth] (1858-1934)
1885
Donald Bruce MacDonald
1961
James D. MacDonald
2005
Rev. James Sutherland Mackay
1927
Walter C. MacKenzie
1970
Clarence MacKinnon
1909
Murdoch A. MacKinnon
1916
George Campbell “Cam” MacLean (1921-2008)
1989
John MacLean
1971
Rev. Dr. Frank W. MacLean
1955
Rev. Dr. William Gordon MacLean
1966
W. A. MacLean
1966
J. W. MacMillan
1909
George William Maltby (c1915-1999)
1982
Anthony Theodore “Tony” Mann (c1921-1996)
1981
Clifford Manning
1920
Henry William Manning
1974
Lorna R. Marsden
1994
1995
William George Martin (1886-1973)
1943
Rev. Dr. Clifford S. Matchett
1953
Robert Ernest McCullagh (1869-1965)
1927
Arthur B. McDonald
2019
Robert McDonald
2010
Rev. Dr. Hugh McFarlane
1952
Raymond McFeetors
2007
Diane McGifford
2012
Rev. Dr. John L. McInnis
1944
Daniel McIntyre
1912
Donald F. McIntyre
1971
Earl Daniel McIntyre
1982
Chas. L. McIrvine
1922
Stanley Wesley McKay (1911-2003)
1981
William John “Jack” McKeag (1928-2007)
1976
Gordon A. McKinnon
1997
John Fletcher McLaughlin
1916
Robert K. N. McLean
1968
Albert William McLeod
2018
Duncan M. McLeod
1929
Stanley R. McLeod
1954
George McMillan
1955
Rev. Dr. George Wallace McNeill
1957
Rev. Dr. James E. McNeill
1964
Marilou McPhedran
1992
Rev. Dr. William McPherson
1954
Duncan McRae
1946
J. W. Melvin
1925
John Mighton
2019
Arthur Kazumi Miki
1999
Rev. Dr. Bruce A. Miles
1973
Joyce Milgaard
2007
J. George Miller
1924
J. S. Miller
1932
Rev. Dr. I. Marguerite Miller
1977
Frank Milligan
1976
John W. Moffat
1989
Randall Moffat
2007
Leo Mol (1915-2009)
1974
Alfred Maurice Monnin (1920-2013)
1972
Andrew Moore (1890-1974)
1975
Annie Mae McIntyre Moore (1889-1980)
1975
Ewart Horace Morgan (1896-1983)
1971
David Moroni
2014
Denis Mukwege
2014
James Edward Munro
1923
Anne Ethel “Nan” Murphy (1902-1990)
1974
S. C. Murray
1907
N
Bernard Naylor (c1907-1986)
1980
Zara Nelsova
1985
Thomas Neville (c1869-1963)
1949
Don Newman
2007
William “Bill” Norrie (1929-2012)
1981
O
Nancy F. Olivieri
2006
Sylvia Knelman Ostry (1927-2020)
1984
David Owen
1953
P
J. Carlyle Parker
1946
Patricia Parker
2021
Samuel J. B. Parsons
1952
Rev. Dr. David R. Patterson
1955
Florence Ferris Pearce (?-1981)
1974
Thomas Burridge Pearson (1885-1972)
1948
Russell A. Peden
1965
Fred Ralph C. Penner
1995
Edmund Guthrie Perry
1941
Michael Everett Joseph Phelps (1947-2019)
1992
John “Jack” Whitney Pickersgill (1905-1997)
1982
E. Leslie Pidgeon
1919
Rev. Dr. Lorne Pierce
1954
John C. Polanyi
2005
Margaret E. Prang
1978
Robert P. Purves (c1928-1997)
1996
Q
R
Samuel Price Rattray (1908-1979)
1971
Donald G. Ray
1968
Diane Redsky
2022
Andrew Dunn Reid
1935
W. S. Reid
1930
Helena Friesen Reimer (1905-1993)
1974
Bill James Richardson
1998
George Taylor Richardson (1924-2014)
1990
2011
James A. Richardson
2008
John William Ridd
1949
H. Sanford Riley
2009
Leland F. S. Ritcey
1969
John Roberts
2007
William D. Roberts
2011
Hugh John Robertson
1926
Mary Robinson
2003
Charles Dufferin “Duff” Roblin (1917-2010)
1968
Arnold G. Rogers
1989
Oscar Maurtua de Romana
1988
Allan Ronald
2006
Remi J. De Roo
1990
Thomas Bruce Ross (1904-2001)
1970
Warren Rothwell
1938
Mark C. Rumball (1857-1926)
1914
S
Sister Lesley Sacouman
2006
Clayton Sandy
2023
John Ralston Saul
2014
Rev. Dr. Tom Saunders
1959
Hugh Hamilton Saunderson (1904-1984)
1968
Robert J. Sawyer
2014
Theodore Peter Schaefer (1933-2007)
1982
David William “Dave” Schindler (1940-2021)
2002
Steven Schipper
2007
Peter Scott
1923
Jack Milburn Scurfield (1899-1974)
1974
Donald Bruce Sealey (1927-2005)
1984
Harvey L. Secter
1999
James Shaver
1936
Michael John Victor “Jack” Shaver (1918-2001)
1980
Carol Ann Warner Shields (1935-2003)
1996
Robert K. Siddall
1986
Mr. Haraldur Sigmar
1944
Saul Simkin
1974
Rev. Dr. Robert Murray Simmons
1966
Rev. Dr. Allan B. Simpson
1971
Calvin Murray Sinclair (1951-2024)
2011
Pawan Singal
2018
Berenice Barbara Warne Sisler (1924-2019)
1990
Adam Grant Smith (1916-2000)
1970
Charles Rhodes Smith (1896-1993)
1973
Edwin W. Smith
1937
Ian Cormack Palmer Smith (1939-2024)
1990
Linda Tuhiwai Smith
2018
D. M. Solandt
1925
Douglas B. Sparling
1959
Walter John Spence
1967
Leslie Spillett
2011
Arnold Theodore Spohr (1923-2010)
1983
Edgar Graham Standing (1895-1980)
1978
Joseph Alexander Stephen (1899-1966)
1964
William Stephenson (1896-1989)
1979
Joseph B. Stern
2014
Frederick George Stevens
1938
Andrew Stewart (1851-1925)
1899
C. H. Stewart
1913
Rev. James Esek Stewart (1901-1986)
1966
Andrew W. Strachan
1936
Peter Strang
1912
S. C. Studd
1943
David Suzuki
2015
T
Antonio “Tony” Tascona (1926-2006)
1994
James M. Taylor
1972
Nelson Thibault
1987
Paul Griffith Thomas
2017
Rev. Dr. Edmund J. Thompson
1956
Susan Thompson
2016
Robert McDonnell Thomson
1888
Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson (1895-1989)
1979
Harvey Thorleifson
2007
Joseph Thorarinn Thorson (1889-1978)
1970
P. B. Thorton
1930
Clarence I. Tillenius (1913-2012)
1970
Miriam Toews
2015
Vic Toews
2010
Alejandro Toledo
2009
Bramwell Bernard Tovey (1953-2022)
1993
Donald Treffinger
2009
Alban James Tufts (c1867-1944)
1925
Harry G. Tuttle
1951
U
V
William D. Valgardson
1995
Steve Van Bockern
2015
W
Connie Walker
2023
H. B. Wallace
1946
Allan Harvey Watson (1891-1978)
1969
James Snarr Watson (1870-1953)
1947
Sheila Watt-Cloutier
2006
Philip Weiss
2003
F. F. Westbrook
1912
Anne Wheeler
1994
Rev. Dr. Peter Gordon White
1964
M. Gladys Whitehead
1982
Rev. Dr. Alfred Ernest Whitehouse
1940
Rudy H. Wiebe
1986
Hamilton Wigle
1919
Rev. G. Duncan Wilkie
1959
Samuel Wilkinson
1931
Byron Williams
2017
Alex Wilson
2022
Bertha Wilson
1992
Gilbert B. Wilson (1867-1962)
1914
Lois M. Wilson
1986
Roy Fyfe Wilson (1925-2005)
1971
George Woodcock
1975
X
Y
Gao Ying
2006
Victor Yushechenko
2008
Z
Jack Zipes
2017
Joseph Zuken (1912-1986)
1974
See also:
Historic Sites of Manitoba: Wesley College / University of Winnipeg (505 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg)
Memorable Manitobans: Duff Roblin Awards
We thank Nathan Kramer for providing additional information used here.
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 14 November 2024
