Head and shoulders image of Dr. Bob Bone, professor of Geography and acting head of the Department of Native Studies.

Bio/Historical Note: Dr. Robert Martin Bone was born on 20 June 1933. He earned a BA (1955) in Geography from the University of British Columbia, an MA from the University of Washington (1957) and a PhD from the University of Nebraska (1962). Dr. Bone served as geographer with the Geographical Branch of the Government of Canada from 1957-1963. He joined the faculty of the Department of Geography at the University of Saskatchewan in 1963. Dr. Bone remained in Geography until 1970 when he became Professor and Director of the Institute of Northern Studies. With the closure of the INS in 1982, Dr. Bone returned to the Department of Geography. He is the author of The Regional Geography of Canada, a textbook used in Canadian universities. In 2000 he became acting Head of the Department of Native Studies. Among Dr. Bone’s areas of expertise are the Canadian Arctic, sub-Arctic and the Soviet Union.