Congratulations to Gregory Nelson and Arthur Slade, 2018 Alumni of Influence Recipients!

English Graduates Gregory Nelson and Arthur Slade

Honoured at Alumni of Influence Dean's Gala & Award Ceremony

March 16, 2018

At the Alumni of Influence Dean's Gala & Award Ceremony on March 16, 2018, the college honoured 11 new recipients of the Alumni of Influence Award. Three hundred people came together in Saskatoon to recognize and celebrate the achievements of these esteemed graduates.

Gregory Nelson
BA'88

Gregory Nelson is an award-winning writer and producer for television, theatre and radio who has dedicated his career to creating characters and stories that are uniquely Canadian. A prolific playwright, Nelson’s works for the stage have been published and produced across Canada and have won multiple awards, including two Alberta Book Awards and first prize in the Canadian National Playwriting Competition. Nelson is currently one of Canada’s leading television writers and producers. Recent credits include writer and co-executive producer on the Emmy Award-winning series Orphan Black and on the Netflix fur-trade drama Frontier.

- Excerpted bio courtesy of College of Arts and Science, Alumni page.

Arthur Slade
BA'89

Arthur Slade is an acclaimed author and activist who dedicates his spare time to the advocacy of youth literacy. Slade’s national reputation as an outstanding author of books for children, young adults and adults is reflected in the awards he has won, including the TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, France’s Grand Prix de L'Imaginaire and the Governor General’s Award for Children’s Literature. Slade is also deeply engaged in the local and national literary community. He has made hundreds of presentations to aspiring authors across Canada and taught writing at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity and the University of Toronto. Slade has been a mentor in the MFA in Writing Program at the University of Saskatchewan and a writer-in-residence at the Regina Public Library.

- Excerpted bio courtesy of College of Arts and Science, Alumni page.

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