Feature Story: President and Vice-Chancellor Vianne Timmons to receive Education award from Indigenous organization

• Main Author: External Relations, University of Regina
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: External Relations, University of Regina 2018
• Subjects: Vianne Timmons; Indspire Award for Education; National Aboriginal Achievement Awards; Indigenization; Indigenous Peoples; Canada; Regina; Mi’kmaq
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10294/8730

University of Regina President and Vice-Chancellor Vianne Timmons has been announced as a recipient of a 2019 Indspire Award for Education. The announcement of the 2019 Indspire Award recipients is being made today in the House of Commons. Later, the recipients will be recognized at a reception hosted by the Honourable Geoff Regan, Speaker of the House of Commons. “As someone who has worked to promote and enhance Indigenous education in Canada, I am honoured to be recognized with an Indspire Award,” says Timmons. "This award means a great deal to me, and I like to think that my Mi’kmaq ancestors would be proud of the work I have tried to do over the years.” Staff no