Alberta's Premier Presents Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal to President Haynal

Alberta's Premier Alison Redford presented a Diamond Jubilee Medal to CUC's President Mark Haynal at a ceremony in Edmonton Tuesday, January 15.  Before presenting the medal to each president of Alberta's 26 publicly-funded post-secondary institutions, Redford said, "Alberta is fortunate to have such dedicated, visionary leaders in the post-secondary system. I wanted to recognize these leaders, and celebrate the work they do to help build our world-class centers of learning."

The official news release for the event explained that the Premier presented the medals with Enterprise and Advanced Education Minister Stephen Khan while the presidents were in Edmonton for a meeting of Campus Alberta stakeholders.

“Campus Alberta is a great example of how the advanced education system is being innovative in meeting the needs of learners,” said Minister Khan. “I was very proud to help recognize these leaders in Alberta’s post-secondary system.”

The Diamond Jubilee Medal was created to mark the 60th anniversary of her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s accession to the Throne as Queen of Canada. During the year of celebrations, 60,000 deserving Canadians are being recognized.


"It was an honour to meet the premier and Minister Khan and to receive this medal," said Haynal.  "While I may have been the one who represented CUC at this event, it is the talent and dedication of this institution's faculty and staff that have made CUC an important part of Campus Alberta." 

President Haynal, back row, third from the left, with the other medal recipients posed for a group photo with Premier Redford, front and centre, and to her left, Enterprise and Advanced Education Minister Stephen Khan.

For more information on Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Alberta, and for a list of recipients’ names, please visit: http://alberta.ca/diamondjubilee.cfm.