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.

News

  • By April 8, 2010

    Nations won’t achieve the UN’s Millennium Development Goals by the target year of 2015, according to humanitarian and former Canadian UN ambassador Stephen Lewis.

  • Canada: a haven for pirates

    By April 7, 2010

    In mid-March, a Montreal man was convicted of illegally recording a movie in the theatre and sentenced to two and a half months in jail. This case is significant, not only because it represents the first conviction under Canada’s newly updated copyright laws pertaining to pirating movies from theatres and distributing them, but also because the man convicted, Geremi Adam, may have been single-handedly responsible for Montreal being called an epicentre of piracy by the FBI.

  • A neighbourhood divided

    By April 7, 2010

    Riversdale, one of Saskatoon’s most troubled neighbourhoods in terms of poverty and substance abuse, is in a state of rapid change. With the development of River Landing and the farmers’ market leading the way, an area once plagued by crime is beginning to see a shift in its local business.

  • N. Korea: even worse than you thought

    By April 7, 2010

    North Korea has been under the rule of an authoritarian regime for several decades. This much, at least, most people know. But what most people in the West either do not know or are only vaguely aware of is that there are human rights abuses taking place in North Korea on a daily basis.

  • Coca-Cola’s USask contract expires

    By April 7, 2010

    After being the exclusive cold beverage provider on campus for 12 years, Coca-Cola’s contract with the University of Saskatchewan has expired.

  • File sharing on campus

    By April 6, 2010

    Although Campus Safety does not respond directly to copyright holders, it is in the university’s interest to stop illegal file sharing on its network when it occurs. In 2009, they had to send over 100 notices to students to stop their file sharing activities.

  • Browsers may go fair trade

    By April 6, 2010

    Browsers may start to look very different in the next year. Plans to change Browsers to a primarily fair trade coffee shop have been set in motion in recent weeks.

  • USSU report cards

    By March 31, 2010

    The 2009-10 University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union executive may not have been the most radical student government ever, but nobody could accuse them of being vacuous.