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.
By Raisa Pezderic February 19, 2012
A candlelight vigil was held on Feb. 15 in the Bowl for missing U of S student Hamza Alsharief, who has not been seen since mid December. Friends of Hamza, including students, staff, and faculty, all gathered in support of the missing 23-year-old Saudi Arabian student.
The vigil was organized by the campus Safewalk program.
By Anna-Lilja Dawson February 19, 2012
For a class assignment calling for students to create an “action plan,” Michelle Lee and her group chose to focus on the environmental side of social justice by taking a look at plastic bags and how they effect the environment.
This is how the current petition to ban plastic bags in Saskatoon began.
By Tannara Yelland February 18, 2012
University of Saskatchewan professor Lee Barbour has been granted a five-year Industrial Research Chair through the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada to study water flow in reclaimed oil sands mines.
The IRC program is a partnership between academics and industry; in Barbour’s case, oil giant Syncrude will provide half the funding for the $2.6-million project, and NSERC will put up the other half.
By Canadian University Press February 17, 2012
University of Regina Students’ Union vice-president of student affairs Melissa Blackhurst has been charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol, the Carillon has learned.
According to court documents, Blackhurst was stopped in Regina on Dec. 16 and charged with operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The documents, which are signed and dated Jan. 18, indicate that the Crown will proceed with a summary charge against her.
By Daryl Hofmann February 17, 2012
A 20-year-old female University of Saskatchewan student was sexually assaulted in a residence during the early morning hours of Jan. 1. The incident supposedly took place at the McEown Park towers off Cumberland Avenue.
It is not yet clear why information about the assault was delayed. The U of S Campus Safety statistics page, at present, still shows zero cases of sexual assault for 2012.
By Lewis Casey February 17, 2012
The University of Saskatchewan has a long and obscure history with mental health research. In the ’60s, professors Humphry Osmond, Abram Hoffer and Duncan Blewett used LSD therapy on both themselves and their patients to produce groundbreaking research and discoveries into the nature of mental illness and addiction before the drug was criminalized in 1969.
The film was introduced by the history department’s Erika Dyck, a major consultant on the film who helped ensure its accuracy. After the film ended she led a discussion on the content of the documentary, and later met with the Sheaf to discuss her own work in more detail.
By Nicole Barrington February 17, 2012
A new University of Saskatchewan report shows that money is not the most significant factor in the accessibility of post-secondary education.
The Accessibility and Affordability Report says that children from low-income families, rural communities, aboriginals and people with disabilities are less likely to attend a post-secondary school. But it also states the importance parents’ backgrounds play in their children’s future. The reasoning, according to the study, is that “having parents with post-secondary education creates a culture within the home that values higher education.”
By Ishmael N. Daro February 16, 2012
The university’s spending and planning will see a heavy focus on research for the next four years, as outlined in the Third Integrated Plan.
The integrated plans, first introduced in 2003, set multi-year priorities for the University of Saskatchewan, with the third plan set to come into effect in early March once the university council and board of governors approve it.