Head and shoulders image of David Lepard, audio-visual technician, College of Medicine.

Bio/Historical Note: Trained at Saskatchewan Technical Institute, Moose Jaw, in radio, television, and electronics, Dave Lepard worked at the University of Saskatchewan from 1968-2003 as an audio-visual technician, first in the Division of Audio/Visual Services, later in the College of Medicine. In the union for support workers, CLC Local 54 (later CUPE 1975), Lepard served on the bargaining committee, the bursary committee, as treasurer for two terms, and as co-editor with Tonya Kaye of the newsletter The Skopein. Lepard was often elected delegate to local, provincial, and national labour conventions. He continues to be active in the labour movement after his retirement from the U of S in 2003. In the University of Saskatchewan Non-Academic Retirees Association (USNARA), Lepard served on the bursary committee (2006-2016) and as president (2015-2017). As USNARA faced dwindling membership and difficulty recruiting leaders, Lepard led the drive to have NARA merge with USRA in 2017 to form one retiree association for all U of S employees.