University of Regina — Attraction in Regina

The university of regina had my respect at one point. But during covid they were unprofessional, had lazy professors and didn't care if you had complications with online classes. As a president of a club during shutdown, my club was denied assess, even alone. For the 2 years we lost every member and it in turn killed an engineering club with once 40+ members. Their policies surrounding vaccines forced students to give up there private health information to attend any on campus event or be forced to get hours of tests before being allowed in. Many of there professors took online classes as an easy break from work, posting videos often years old from previous semesters in poor resolution and audio quality. Never responding to questions and even if you had a class that used live lectures you would be punished for any technical issues you experienced. Getting participation marks off for internet issues or zoom being overwhelmed with users and disconnecting randomly. Often missing key parts of lectures that you were forced to learn elsewhere. They required the download for 3rd party softwares to track you during exams that were found to be harvesting data and releasing your private data. Often the tracking software detecting you "cheating" because of roommates talking in other rooms, pets, people at the door, drinking water, looking to the side or even if you had to use the bathroom. Perhaps you were like me and lost internet the day of my final exam, you would get a no pass for not showing up to the final. All this and no matter what proof you tried to show the university they denied any retakes or refunds. Overall the university showed to be extremely ignorant about student needs, invasive of there privacy, let profs be lazy with no repercussions, destroyed clubs that for many were the few enjoyable things there and ignored complaints/issues...

I think a lot of things need to be reevaluated at this university, but as we all know, change does not happen overnight. Focusing on the positives, over the past eleven years the university has been going through some kind of evolution. There has been a lot of projects completed. The new residence towers, underground parkade and the new traffic signs took a while to build but they still got built. UofR renovated parking lots, and updated the university signs. They also removed the only on campus computer store probably because of operational costs. A lot of programs got upgraded and the UofR is still working on ways to improve campus life. Despite getting hit with COVID-19 the university still found a way to deliver classes to the students who were willing to learn. Overall the UofR is doing a good job, but there is still room for improvement much like any other university.

On the student side of things, the UofR has had an influx in entitled spoiled brats attending school thinking they own the place just because they pay school fees. Not sure why but these students are always complaining about something! There is no self accountability it’s always some professors fault. It’s a miracle the professors do not kick some of the students out.

On the other hand, there are those hard working students who diligently study and participate in class. I am sure the university faculty appreciates them despite the complaining.

A lot of students complain about how hard university is, but then they are the first ones to procrastinate and not prepare for any classes. They also prefer to study last minute for exams, then when they fail they blame everyone else but themselves……….. you all...

No doubt this institution is a party school. But if you really care about learning and are serious about your degree, those distractions will not fathom you. Somewhat hardcore on the social justice worriers as well, but none of them will harass you as compared to other post-secondary schools I've attended (Although, the Christian clique likes to try convert you in the main centre on some days). The content taught here is of very well research, a lot of it original, and neutral in its controversies. The student-professor relations are quite personal and the profs. tend to share their concern when you do not attend class (they want you to pass). Food really sucks here, but it's getting better; year by year. Class sizes are typically small and leave room for inter-personal relationships with a diverse body of students. There is a heavy Indigenization effort which helps Indigenous students succeed in their academics. The services are accessible and have very short waiting times. The facility is great and compact, so you won't do too much walking, although classes do tend to be in random locations around campus.

Parking is not much of an issue, but ticket issuers are an issue-- and they're abundant.

Overall great school, great academics, and very accessible for all.

Regina is an alright city as well. Not as dangerous as the media makes it seem. Just don't walk anywhere north of Dewdney Ave by yourself in...