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 August 22, 2011

    Amid a growing wave of concern about climate change, many countries — including Brazil, Australia, the US, and EU members — passed laws in the 2000’s outlawing or severely restricting access to incandescent light bulbs. But the real problem, as ever, is that the new technology is not yet as attractive as the old.

  • The challenging billions: addressing the world’s exploding population

    By August 21, 2011

    While the human race took perhaps one million years to reach one billion people (around the year 1800), we have been adding successive billions every 10-20 years since 1960. Will we be able to meet the population challenge, just as we have met previous challenges, through technological and institutional innovation?

  • Pepsi beats out Coke for five-year campus beverage deal

    By August 14, 2011

    The tyrannical regime of Coca-Cola has fallen. The giant is dead! No more will we be slaves to a multinational behemoth with a dubious environmental and ethical track record. Instead, a new faceless multinational corporation will fill the void.

  • Changes to PAWS may threaten functionality

    By August 12, 2011

    Upon close inspection, recent changes to PAWS sacrifice certain level of functionality in exchange for visually sleeker website and the promise of enhanced usability.

  • Don’t give up on the revolutions in the Arab world

    By August 12, 2011

    During the last year, in countries throughout the Middle east and North Africa, people hit the streets to fight for their rights. The Arab Spring was in full bloom. Yet, eight months later, the euphoria has subsided and countless crooks are still firmly in place across the region.

  • Campus safety arrests 4 bike thieves

    By August 11, 2011

    It is usually easier to find a spot for a bicycle on campus than it is to park a car, but cyclists face the constant worry that their vehicle won’t be waiting for them at the end of the day.

  • Why More Migration Makes Sense

    By July 8, 2011

    In almost every rich country, anti-immigrant fervor is at fever pitch. But it is a malady that must be resisted if these societies are to continue to prosper and developing countries are to fight poverty and sustain economic growth.

  • A take on the “Summer of Strikes”

    By July 6, 2011

    Teachers have marched, postal workers have stopped posting and air service personnel have stopped flying. This flurry of union activity is a reminder of the important role unions have in keeping employees happy and ensuring that employers are not being exploited.