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.

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  • Ultraconservative Bill Whatcott clashes with U of S students in wake of Supreme Court ruling on hate speech

    By March 13, 2013

    Late in the afternoon near the end of February, Bill Whatcott sat at his office in the quiet city of Weyburn, Sask. He was having a bad day. That morning, Canada’s top court ruled that two anti-gay flyers he distributed in Saskatoon years earlier violated Saskatchewan’s Human Rights Code and met the legal definition of hate speech.

  • Grad student U-Pass approved

    By March 7, 2013

    Graduate students at the University of Saskatchewan voted Feb. 27 to implement a universal bus pass, or U-Pass, for a one-year trial period beginning in September 2013. After the trial period students will vote on whether or not to keep the pass permanently.

  • U of S explores the possibility of an architecture program

    By March 6, 2013

    The University of Saskatchewan is hosting a series of lectures and presentations to spread awareness and interest in an architecture program at the school.

  • U of S lecturer and former chief investigator of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission visits Egypt, Kenya

    By March 6, 2013

    Bill Rafoss, the former chief investigator of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, stopped over in Cairo for four days on his way to monitor the presidential elections in Kenya. The University of Saskatchewan political studies sessional lecturer says Egypt is worse than it was before the revolution.

  • Cancelled elections and new policies: Engineering students’ society under the magnifying glass

    By March 6, 2013

    The Saskatoon Engineering Students’ Society is under scrutiny from its members after executive elections were cancelled and major changes were made to its election policy.

  • High HIV rates in Saskatchewan have many demanding harm reduction

    By February 27, 2013

    Saskatchewan has the highest HIV infection rates in all of Canada, and the number is growing. Some are looking to Vancouver’s experience with Insite as inspiration for harm reduction techniques.

  • U of S grads strike gold getting stench out of sports equipment

    By February 27, 2013

    Since graduating, two former University of Saskatchewan business students have been on a mission to find a solution to one of Canada’s most pressing issues — the smell of dirty hockey equipment.

  • Gordon Oakes-Red Bear Centre still a go: project will break ground once spring arrives

    By February 27, 2013

    University of Saskatchewan President Ilene Busch-Vishniac confirmed ground will break on the Gordon Oakes-Red Bear Student Centre once spring arrives, despite the first round of construction bids for the $15-million project coming in over budget.