THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.

  • By March 3, 2010

    The University of Saskatchewan announced a $12 million donation from the Nasser family on Feb 26. Professor Emeritus Karim Nasser was on hand with his wife, Dora, five children and grandchildren to make the announcement.

  • Afghan mission shifts to development

    By March 3, 2010

    Jean McCardle wants you to believe in the Afghanistan mission. The senior development advisor for the Canadian International Development Agency has worked for several years in Kandahar, Afghanistan ”” which Canada is responsible for ”” coordinating the government’s efforts to rebuild and improve the province, which has been plagued by decades of armed conflict.

  • Chatroulette: full of wieners

    By March 3, 2010

    For about two months, talking to strangers has been all the rage. The reason for this is the meteoric rise of Chatroulette, the Internet’s latest chat site. It matches you up with random strangers around the world. Users can communicate via webcam and microphone or simply through text, although without a camera you’re likely to get “nexted.”

  • Saskatchewan’s psychedelic past

    By March 3, 2010

    Experiments that took place in Saskatoon and at the Weyburn mental hospital radically expanded the field of psychiatry and were a notable part of the shift from a focus on psychoanalysis to cognitive science, driven by drug therapy.

  • Pollution linked to diabetes

    By March 2, 2010

    Studies showing a clear link between pollution and the development of diabetes have been around since the early 1990s. The National Academy of Sciences published a report in July 1993 that linked Type 2 diabetes to dioxin, one of the main chemicals in Agent Orange, the infamous herbicide used to clear vast swathes of Vietnamese jungle.

  • News Briefs: March 4, 2010

    By March 2, 2010

    Lung Association launches 2010 “Share the Air” raffle / STM to hold community forum / University celebrates Aboriginal Achievement Week / Pharmacist Awareness Week 2010

  • Students’ Council: Feb 25, 2010

    By March 2, 2010

    Student fees set to increase and an update on the lobbying efforts of the Saskatchewan Students’ Coalition

  • Canadian men’s hockey team wins 14th gold of the Vancouver Olympics

    By February 28, 2010

    If drinking on a Sunday is considered a faux pas amongst certain circles, exceptions will have been made on Sunday Feb. 28 as Canada and the United States battled for the coveted Olympic gold in men’s hockey in Vancouver.