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 March 3, 2010

    Jean McCardle wants you to believe in the Afghanistan mission. The senior development advisor for the Canadian International Development Agency has worked for several years in Kandahar, Afghanistan ”” which Canada is responsible for ”” coordinating the government’s efforts to rebuild and improve the province, which has been plagued by decades of armed conflict.

  • Chatroulette: full of wieners

    By March 3, 2010

    For about two months, talking to strangers has been all the rage. The reason for this is the meteoric rise of Chatroulette, the Internet’s latest chat site. It matches you up with random strangers around the world. Users can communicate via webcam and microphone or simply through text, although without a camera you’re likely to get “nexted.”

  • Saskatchewan’s psychedelic past

    By March 3, 2010

    Experiments that took place in Saskatoon and at the Weyburn mental hospital radically expanded the field of psychiatry and were a notable part of the shift from a focus on psychoanalysis to cognitive science, driven by drug therapy.

  • Pollution linked to diabetes

    By March 2, 2010

    Studies showing a clear link between pollution and the development of diabetes have been around since the early 1990s. The National Academy of Sciences published a report in July 1993 that linked Type 2 diabetes to dioxin, one of the main chemicals in Agent Orange, the infamous herbicide used to clear vast swathes of Vietnamese jungle.

  • News Briefs: March 4, 2010

    By March 2, 2010

    Lung Association launches 2010 “Share the Air” raffle / STM to hold community forum / University celebrates Aboriginal Achievement Week / Pharmacist Awareness Week 2010

  • Students’ Council: Feb 25, 2010

    By March 2, 2010

    Student fees set to increase and an update on the lobbying efforts of the Saskatchewan Students’ Coalition

  • What the hell is oil sand anyway?

    By February 24, 2010

    Underneath the boreal forest in northern Alberta the topsoil and clay give way to an ocean of sand and silt. But this is not like most other sand in the world ”” this dark, sticky underground expanse is the controversial and highly lucrative oil sands upon which Canada’s environmental and economic health may rest.

  • Stopping HIV/AIDS in the prison system

    By February 24, 2010

    The rate of HIV and AIDS infection among prison inmates is anywhere from 10 to 20 times higher than the general population ”” a problem that could easily be curbed, according to the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network, through the use of clean needles and medical supplies.