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 27, 2012

    On Sept. 21, first-year medical student Kaitlyn Hughes walked across the stage tentatively to receive her new uniform. As the crisp, white coat was draped on her shoulders she realized the burden it comes with. The University of Saskatchewan’s white coat ceremony introduced 100 new students to the College of Medicine. It is the largest freshman class in the school’s history.

  • U of S borrows to pay for capital projects

    By September 26, 2012

    The University of Saskatchewan now has the cash to complete its many infrastructure projects thanks to an agreement with the provincial government that put nearly $95 million at the university’s disposal.

  • Unemployed Professors: ethically questionable website thumbs nose at the academy

    By 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.

  • Fear over securitized campuses lingers on in Quebec despite end of student strike

    By 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.

  • B.C. planning ahead for aboriginal post-secondary education

    By 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.

  • The cost of higher learning: U of S tuition by the numbers

    By 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.

  • U of S students petition against Regina students’ deportation

    By 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.

  • PQ win represents partial victory for the student movement, but the struggle is not over

    By 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.