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 September 13, 2012

    Five years after helming the University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union, the organization still can’t get rid of former president James Pepler. Pepler is set to take over as chair of University Students’ Council this year.

  • University of Saskatchewan pioneers car sharing in Saskatoon

    By September 12, 2012

    The University of Saskatchewan’s Office of Sustainability is launching Saskatoon’s first car share program, WeCar. As of Sept. 14 there will be two Ford Focuses available on campus for rent to the public on an hourly basis.

  • USSU president digs in to the Food Basket Challenge

    By September 11, 2012

    USSU President Jared Brown and several prominent Saskatoon citizens are taking the Saskatoon Food Bank’s annual food basket challenge. The basket includes mainly dry pantry items, small amounts of fresh fruit and vegetables and some meat. For some, this is a drastic change. For others, it’s the hard reality of life.

  • Medical school reforms blocked: general academic assembly votes to force council to revisit its decision

    By September 7, 2012

    The aisles of Convocation Hall were packed tight as the general academic assembly convened for a rare special meeting Sept. 6 and voted to force university council to revisit its decision to approve sweeping changes to the College of Medicine.

  • Ryerson student and pilot Marco Misic killed in plane crash

    By September 7, 2012

    The night before a major flight test at the Waterloo Regional International Airport, Marko Misic and his friends took a break from studying to read John Gillespie Magee Jr.’s poem High Flight: “Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth / And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings.”

  • Student debt more ominous than getting good grades

    By September 6, 2012

    Canadian students returning to universities this week are more worried about simply paying for school than receiving good grades.

  • A fresh take on dorm life: pilot program has like-minded students live as community

    By September 6, 2012

    A handful of students living together in a newly-renovated area of Voyageur are planning something slightly different and entirely new to the University of Saskatchewan. A group of 16 undergraduates have been selected to pilot a Living Learning Community, or LLC.

  • U of S President Busch-Vishniac rallies students for orientation

    By September 5, 2012

    Excitement filled the Bowl early in the day on Sept. 4 as over 2,000 new students were welcomed and introduced to the University of Saskatchewan at orientation 2012.