[4] Fafard met Ric Gomez and David Gilhooly in 1968 when he arrived at the Regina School of Art to teach pottery and sculpture.

At the foundry, he worked in series, producing portraits of well-known artists and politicians, including bronzes of Canadian prime ministers Pierre Elliott Trudeau, and John G.

[6][7] Fafard's works have been shown in Canada and abroad in countries including the United States, Great Britain, France and Japan.

[10] The National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa installed his colourful Running Horses (2007) in 2011 adjacent to the Sussex Drive entrance.

[Source: “Joe Fafard”, Terrence Heath, Vancouver: Douglas & McIntyre, 2007, p. 46] Their son, Joёl, was born on November 18, 1968.

During this period of professional and personal turmoil in Fafard's life, he met Alyce Hamon, who came from a large French-Canadian family in Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan, who worked in French theatre in Saskatoon.