When Emrys Jones was appointed professor of Drama at the University of Saskatchewan, in 1944, he is credited with being the first full professor of Drama at any University in the Commonwealth.

[2] Jones is also known for rare historic photos he took in the late 1920s, when he worked aboard vessels working in Canada's sparsely settled North.

Jones donated his photos to the University in the late 1960s.

[1] He spent the next eight years working as a high school teacher, before returning to University to complete his Masters and PhD.

[1] In 2008 Dwayne Brenna published an illustrated history of the Greystone Theatre, entitled Emrys' Dream: Greystone Theatre in Photographs and Words.