Directors

Dr. Jeff Keshen

President & Vice Chancellor

Dr. Jeff Keshen assumed the role of President and Vice-Chancellor on July 1, 2021 following an almost year-long, rigorous, national search process. Dr. Keshen is the University of Regina’s eighth President. He joins the University after serving for three-and-a-half years as Vice-President of Memorial University’s Grenfell Campus in Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador. Previously he served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts at Mount Royal University in Calgary. He also served as Chair of the Department of History at the University of Ottawa and was an Adjunct Professor in the Centre of Military and Strategic Studies at the University of Calgary.

Dr. Keshen holds a doctoral degree from York University with a research concentration in the history of war and conflict. He was the recipient of the Government of Ontario June Callwood Award for Outstanding Service in Volunteerism for his success with the establishment of the University of Ottawa’s Experiential Learning Service. He was a double nominee for the 3-M National Teaching Fellowship Award, and was awarded both the Ontario Leadership in Teaching Prize and University of Ottawa’s Excellence in Education Prize.

Dr. Keshen is the author of five books, more than 25 scholarly articles, and has edited 11 books. His book Propaganda and Censorship in Canada’s Great War was awarded the best non-fiction book by the Writers Guild of Alberta. It was also shortlisted for the Humanities and Social Sciences Federation of Canada’s Harold Adams Innis Prize for the best book in the Social Sciences. His book Saints, Sinners and Soldiers: Canada’s Second World War was shortlisted for the Raymond Klibansky Prize for the best book in the Humanities, a prize awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Federation of Canada. The book was also recognized with the C.P. Stacey Prize for the best book in the military history category.

Dr. Keshen lives in Regina with his wife and his two children.