April 2012

-  Bill Bonner was featured on the Voice America internet radio show Family Caregivers Unite episode entitled “Snoopers and privacy for family members” on Tuesday, April 17. http://www.voiceamerica.com/Show/1669

-  Hill-Ivey alumni Kalen Emsley and Derrick Emsley, and current Hill student Dave Luba, were featured in an article in the Leader Post on April 16 discussing their company Ten Tree and their upcoming appearance on the Dragon’s Den. http://www.leaderpost.com/Tree+steps+into/6463889/story.html

-  Bruce Anderson was featured in Regina’s newest newspaper Metro News on April 3 discussing Saskatchewan’s increasing wages.

-  Faculty and staff of the Paul J Hill School of Business are proud to announce the success of one of their BBA students, Adam Reeson, in the Pacific North West Economic Region (PNWER) Business Ideas Competition. To enter the competition, students submitted a 3 minute video about a proposed new business venture. The top four submissions, including Adam's submission, earned an invitation to Entrepreneurial Boot Camp at Royal Roads University in Victoria, BC. Students at this boot camp will spend two days working intensively on their business development with expert mentors.

Congratulations to Adam, and thanks to Chris Street for taking the lead in organizing the University of Regina entries to this competition. We also want to acknowledge the help and support of Bruce Anderson and Bob Kayseas of the Faculty of Business Administration, Riley Moynes and Adam Burwell of Living Sky Media (www.LivingSkyMedia.com), and Rebecca Gibbons at the University of Regina.

The PNWER Business Ideas Competition was open to all universities/colleges of the Pacific North West Economic Region (more than 50 schools in total) and each school was invited to hold an internal competition where students submitted a three minute video about a business idea. The best videos from each participating university were submitted to the PNWER competition and underwent an adjudication process. Through this process the top four entries were selected for the opportunity to attend Boot Camp. More detailed information about the process can be found at http://management.faculty.royalroads.ca/pnwer-bic 

March 2012

- Sean Tucker was interviewed on CBC Radio Blue Sky on Friday, March 23 about the wildcat strike by some Air Canada workers.
 

- Sean Tucker was interviewed by CBC Radio Blue Sky on Tuesday, March 6 regarding the government appeal of the essential services legislation.

- The UR Business Students’ Society’s participated in the 5 Days for the Homeless campaign for the third year in a row to raise awareness and funds for homelessness in Regina. Thanks to generous support from families, the university, and the Regina community, the group raised $19,228.49 for Carmichael Outreach. The campaign received a variety of news coverage including:

·  Wednesday, March 7 Ally Pilkey, co-chair of the event was on Access’s Talk of the Town

·  Article in the Leader Post on Monday, March 12

   http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Unique+camp/6286287/story.html

·  Short interview with Danielle LaRochelle, co-chair of the event on CTV News on Monday, March 12

·  Interviews with participants on Global News morning show on Tuesday, March 13

·  Coverage of the pancake breakfast on CBC News on Tuesday, March 13
 

- Bruce Anderson was interviewed by Global TV on Wednesday, March 21 regarding the budget.

February 2012

- Sean Tucker was interviewed by the U of R Carillon regarding essential services legislation. The articleran in the February 16-29, 2012 edition (page 4). http://www.carillonregina.com/?p=6691

- Sessional lecturer Jason Zhao was featured in an article in the Leader Post on Friday, February 24 (p.B1) promoting his new restaurant Simmer Hot Pot restaurant. http://www.leaderpost.com/life/authentic+Chinese+dining/6201381/story.html

- Ron Camp was interviewed by Global News on Tuesday, February 28 regarding the Ontario-Alberta disagreement on oilsands. http://www.globalregina.com/video/index.html?v=N17nDFbY9f6nq_daNCatfWdU8W4jtxQU#stories

- Bruce Anderson was interviewed for Global TV on Wednesday, February 8 on the 2011 Census results that Regina and Saskatchewan have experienced significant growth since the 2006 Census.

- Sean Tucker was a guest on CBC SK Radio, Blue Sky on Tuesday, February 7 regarding court decisions in essential services cases.

- Sessional lecturer Dan Cameron was featured on CBC Radio (English and French) on Monday, February 6 commenting on the Sask. Court of Queen’s bench decision on the constitutionality of the Public Service Essential Services Act as well as the recent revisions to the Sask. Trade Union Act.

January 2012

- Sean Tucker was interviewed by CFRC (Queen’s University Radio) on Tuesday, January 31 regarding labour law reform in Saskatchewan.
 

-  Bill Bonner was a guest on VoiceAmerica Internet Talk Radio on Tuesday, January 24 on a program called “Family Caregivers Unite”. The topic of the episode was “Caring in Privacy”. You can find the episode at: http://www.voiceamerica.com/show/1669/family-caregivers-unite 

- The Hill JDC West team was featured in a news release on the U of R website on Monday, January 16 celebrating their 1st overall placing at the JDC West Competition in Edmonton January 13 to 15th. The team of 48 students was made up of 13 individual teams. Several of the individual teams placed in the top three including: 1st in Marketing, 2nd in Strategy, 2nd in MIS, 2nd in Sport, 2nd in Participation, 3rd in Finance. The team was also featured in the Leader Post on Wednesday, January 18 (p. D1) with an article highlighting their accomplishments. Co-chair Kyle Gibson was also interviewed by CBC Radio on Wednesday, January 18.

- Wally Lockhart was featured in a news item on the U of R website on Thursday, January 12 regarding his Health System Report Cards.  He was also interviewed by CHAB Radio on Thursday, January 12, CBC Radio and CJME Radio on Friday, January 13, CTV News on Friday, January 13, and featured in an article in the Leader Post on Friday, January 13 (p. A5). See the full Health System Report Cards.

- UR Investing was featured in an article in the Leader Post on Monday, January 9 (p. D1). The article outlined the specifics of program and featured quotes from the Darryl Yasinowski who is a sessional lecturer and one of the program advisors as well as students Ben Waite, Luke Davis and Shane MacNaughton. Darryl also discussed UR Investing on NewsTalk 980 on Tuesday, January 10.

- The ICBC team was featured in a news release on the U of R website celebrating their accomplishments at the Inter-Collegiate Business Competition in Kingston January 5 to 7th. Four teams (9 students) from the Paul J. Hill School of Business went to the final round of the competition representing the U of R in the Human Resources, Business Policy, Marketing and Debate categories. The HR team finished in first place and the Business Policy team finished in second place overall in their categories. The team was also featured in the Leader Post on Wednesday, January 11 (p. D1) with an article highlighting their accomplishments. Sean Tucker was featured on Global news on Tuesday, January 10 discussing the ICBC team’s success. An article was also featured in the Regina Sun on Sunday, January 22 (p. 36). Students Andrew Polasek and Taylor Carson were interviewed for 800 CHAB radio on their ICBC experience. The interview aired on Tuesday, January 24.
 

- Ron Camp was interviewed by Global TV on Tuesday, January 3 regarding a report released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives entitled “Canada’s CEO Elite 100, The 0.01%”. In particular the interview focused on the growing income gap in Canada and the finding that in 2011, the top 100 CEOs in Canada were compensated 189 times more than the average Canadian worker.