THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By Daryl Hofmann September 25, 2012
“Paper? or PARTY? The choice is yours…” That’s the slogan for a Montreal-based website that gives college students the chance to pay cash to have their papers penned by a former university professor.
By Canadian University Press September 22, 2012
Though Quebec’s unlimited general student strike is over for now, tensions on campuses have left some students and teaching staff questioning how universities can continue to claim to support an environment of collegiality and openness.
By Canadian University Press September 19, 2012
The British Columbia provincial government announced this summer its plans for increasing aboriginal involvement in post-secondary institutions — a much-need move, says one First Nations post-secondary student liaison.
By The Sheaf September 19, 2012
Undergraduate tuition at the University of Saskatchewan is up 4.75 per cent this year and is projected to continue rising each year until 2016. The budget framework that accompanies the university’s four-year third integrated plan projects a tuition increase of 5.2 per cent for 2013-14, and an additional 4.5 per cent jump in each of the following two years.
By Anna-Lilja Dawson September 18, 2012
A group of University of Saskatchewan students have joined in solidarity opposing the deportation of Victoria Ordu and Ihuoma Amadi, two international students from the University of Regina.
By Canadian University Press September 14, 2012
Despite a Parti Québécois victory in last week’s provincial election, student leaders say the movement is far from over. This comes after the party’s headline-making promise to abolish the university tuition hikes that sparked the protests that dominated Quebec the past year.
By Kevin Menz September 13, 2012
Ilene Busch-Vishniac isn’t intimidated by former University of Saskatchewan president Peter MacKinnon’s legacy. Busch-Vishniac recently moved in to MacKinnon’s old home and began working her new job from MacKinnon’s old office inside the recently renamed Peter MacKinnon Building.
By Daryl Hofmann September 13, 2012
The Toronto man who has spent more than a year searching for DNA proof that he is the son of former primer minister John Diefenbaker says he has found the missing link.