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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  • 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.

  • Massive round of layoffs looms: colleges and units unaffected so far will soon see job cuts

    By February 27, 2013

    The University of Saskatchewan is gearing up to execute a second and more extensive round of job cuts between now and the end of April. Soon the remaining 75 per cent of colleges and units that have so far gone unaffected by cuts will see layoffs.

  • Professor packaged dead ducks and sent them to Memorial University administration

    By February 15, 2013

    After administrators at Memorial University posted a sign asking campus to stop feeding the ducks at Burton’s Pond, several apparently starved to death. Now one biology professor is taking matters into his own hands.

  • Student groups join forces for a bolstered Aboriginal Achievement Week in March

    By February 14, 2013

    The University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union has secured a $40,000 sponsorship for Aboriginal Achievement Week, a five-day celebration of aboriginal culture that will run March 11-15.