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The former Chief of Cowessess First Nation, Cadmus Delorme, was elected as the University of Regina’s tenth Chancellor.
His three-year term begins July 1st, with a possibility of re-election for one additional term.
“I look forward to empowering and advancing the University’s continued commitment to reconciliation, innovation and academic excellence,” Delorme said in a statement provided by the university.
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In that same release, the university’s President and Vice-Chancellor, Jeff Keshen, said Delorme was “an inspired –and inspiring –choice.”
Delorme will succeed the former Chancellor, Pam Klein, who was first elected back in 2019.
Keshen thanked Klein, “for her exemplary service and unwavering commitment to the University over the past six years.”
(From left to right) Cadmus Delorme, Pam Klein, Lillian Eva Quan Dyck and Jeff Keshen pictured at a graduation ceremony at the University of Regina. Delorme will succeed Klein as the university’s Chancellor (University of Regina, Facebook).
Getting to know Delorme
This isn’t Delorme’s first affiliation with the university, having been involved with the institution in some capacity for more than 15 years.
He got his undergraduate degree from the First Nations University of Canada, a federated college of the University of Regina.
In a 2021 interview, Delorme said that while he was there, an Indigenous governance class woke a “warrior spirit” in him.
Afterwards, in 2016, Delorme was a Master’s student at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy.
The day after finishing that degree, he was elected Chief of Cowessess and then re-elected in 2019.
While he was Chief, the First Nations community made headlines for the discovery of 751 potential unmarked graves at the site of the former Marieval Indian Residential School in 2021.
“The Roman Catholic residential school has impacted us intensely and today we have generations that may have not gone to residential school, but they are feeling the first and second generation of that impact,” Delorme said after their discovery.
Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Cadmus Delorme, and Premier Scott Moe in July of 2021. Delorme was elected Chief of Cowessess First Nation in 2016 and served in that role until 2023 (980 CJME file photo).
In 2023, Delorme was appointed as chairperson of the Residential School Documents Advisory Committee for a five-year term.
The committee focuses on developing recommendations, and sharing and identifying documents of historical interest with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
“This committee is to take those records in government, where we normally don’t have the opportunity to look at them, to transition them out of government to a national centre where First Nations and ad hoc committees can find the information they seek,” Delorme said back in 2023.
Also in 2023, Delorme was elected to serve as the Chair of the Board of Governors at the university.
Back in 2021, when Delorme was asked if his future would include provincial or federal politics, he said he’s just enjoying the journey.
Role of a Chancellor
The next chapter in Delorme’s journey as chancellor puts him in a prominent role with the university.
The position of Chancellor oversees the academic welfare of the university, while also acting as a voting member of the Board of Governors and representing the school in the community.
Delorme will also chair the Spring and Fall Convocation ceremonies.
