FIVE NAMES STAND OUT AMONG THE CITY’S OUTSTANDING NAMES
The city has approved a list of names that will be added to the Street/Subdivision and Park Name Master List. Among the 30 new names are a turtle, two buildings, three minerals and 19 firefighters. Included are these five individuals who helped put Regina
1 Ivan Gutfriend
Ivan Gutfriend began his career with the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1970 as an assistant to athletic therapist Sandy Archer at the annual training camps. He continued in this role until 1978 when he became the full-time athletic therapist. In 1981, he was promoted to head athletic therapist and held that position for the next 35 years.
His tenure with the Roughriders made him the longest-serving employee in team history. In addition to working with the Riders, Gutfriend also taught at the high school and university level, coached high school basketball and provided medical coverage for an annual local basketball tournament. He was inducted into the Canadian Athletic Therapists Association Hall of Fame in 2016, and the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013. The Roughriders not only named their training room at the new Mosaic Stadium, The Ivan Gutfriend Training Room, but also enshrined him in their Plaza of Honour last year.
2
Peter Danakas
Born in Greece in 1936, and immigrating to Winnipeg in 1957, Peter Danakas found himself in Regina in 1966 when he became the general manager of the recently constructed Regina Inn. Taking over as owner in 1969, Danakas was heavily involved in the community, including as director of Buffalo Days, along with the Kiwanis Club and Tourism Saskatchewan. Recognized with a Commemorative Medal for the 125th anniversary of the Confederation of Canada, he was also named a Saskatchewan Ambassador by Saskatchewan Tourism and Small Business. He passed away on Oct. 2, 2005.
3
Zarqa Nawaz
Born in Liverpool and raised in Toronto, Zarqa Nawaz is a writer, journalist and filmmaker who is best known for creating Little Mosque on the Prairie, a hit show that ran from 2007 to 2012 on CBC. Nawaz, who lives in Regina, has also produced four short films, a documentary and a feature film, She recently completed her memoir. She has won an Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Diversity Award and was shortlisted for the Leacock Medal for Humour and two Saskatchewan Book Awards.
4
Glen Anaquod
A member of the Muscowpetung First Nation and a descendant of the Young Dog Society, Glen Anaquod dealt with the loss of his parents at a young age and attended the Lebret Indian Residential School in the 1950s and 1960s. Becoming an addictions counsellor for his First Nation, Anaquod also served as an Elder representing the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council and Treaty 4 region. On June
11, 2008, when Prime Minister Stephen Harper made an apology to former residential school students, Anaquod represented survivors at an event held in Fort Qu’Appelle. He would go on to share his experience through the National Film Board documentary, We Were Children.
5
Dr. Peter Hemingway
Moving to Regina at the age of 25 to attend the University of Regina, Dr. Peter Hemingway would begin teaching as an educational psychology professor at the university and was heavily involved with the Saskatchewan College of Psychologists. For his work, he was awarded the Psychology Association of Saskatchewan Jillings Award. Dr. Hemingway also served on the board of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, and was awarded the Donald C. Savage Award in 2002 for his long and dedicated service in the promotion of collective bargaining in Canadian universities and colleges. Dr. Hemingway retired in 2005, and died in 2006. Today, the Dr. Peter Hemingway Bursary is handed out to recognize his years of service.