Board of Directors

Philip Charrier is Head of the History Department at the University of Regina and has served on the RIFFA Board since 2016. He specializes in processes of modernization and development in Asia, with particular focus upon visual culture in twentieth century Japan. His research addresses the tensions between artistic and documentary modes of photographic and cinematic expression, individual creativity and the broader influence of socio-cultural context, intention and reception, subjectivism and anti-subjectivism, and ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ cultural historical constructs.

Trevor Grant teaches at the School of Journalism – University of Regina.  Prior to 2016, he was a producer/director and writer of documentaries, TV Series and music programming. Trevor is the educational and co-creative director for LOOK: A Mental Health/Film Initiative which is the cornerstone community-based program in the RIFFA foundation.

Vaughn Solomon Schofield has had a successful career in business and has provided leadership to international, national, and provincial organizations.

Mrs. Solomon Schofield strongly supports the Canadian Forces; she is the Provincial Chair of the Canadian Forces Liaison Council and is the former Honourary Colonel of the 10 Field Artillery Regiment and The Service Battalion. In acknowledgment of her many contributions, she was awarded the prestigious Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service.

In the 1980s, Mrs. Solomon Schofield was Chair of the Board for a 200,000-member crime prevention organization. She traveled throughout North and South America to establish Crime Watch groups. Fluent in English and Spanish, Mrs. Solomon Schofield worked with the government of Guayaquil, Ecuador to establish their Crime Watch group and acted as an interpreter. She also hosted a Crime Prevention television talk show for four years in Fort Lauderdale and was twice voted Florida’s Crime Prevention Woman of the Year. She has served on numerous municipal, provincial, and federal Boards.

Mrs. Solomon Schofield received the Saskatchewan Volunteer Medal in 2009, the Saskatchewan Centennial Medal in 2005, the Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2012, The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022, and the King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2024. She served as Saskatchewan’s 21st Lieutenant Governor from March 2012 to March 2018, and served as Chancellor of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit.

Mrs. Solomon Schofield was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan, and was educated at the University of Saskatchewan Regina Campus and The Rae-Vogue School in Chicago. Prior to her appointment as Lieutenant Governor, she was President and CEO of Western Group of Companies, a business real estate organization holding interests throughout Western Canada. She and her late husband Gordon Schofield have two children and four grandchildren.

Mrs. Solomon Schofield completed her term as Chair of the Saskatchewan Police Commission and joined the SaskPower Board of Directors in 2021.