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 Canadian University Press 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.
By Anna-Lilja Dawson March 29, 2012
In a province with the highest per capita aboriginal population in Canada, the University of Saskatchewan has startlingly low aboriginal retention rates.
Since 2007, aboriginal enrolment has been hovering around eight per cent of the total student population — provincially aboriginal people make up 16 per cent of the population. Meanwhile, first- to second-year retention rates fluctuate between 55 and 65 per cent.
By Daryl Hofmann February 14, 2012
The Office of the President is asking University of Saskatchewan aboriginal students to officially identity as such online through PAWS in order to get a better sense of the aboriginal student population.
In an email sent to all students Feb. 2, Joan Greyeyes, the president’s special advisor on aboriginal initiatives, said that having accurate knowledge of the number of aboriginal students will help provide “high-quality learning opportunities that are responsive, flexible and accessible” to students of aboriginal heritage. She added that it will also help guide the university’s decisions concerning academic programming, student supports and scholarships.
By Canadian University Press February 12, 2012
While there has long been a “moral imperative” argument to renew indigenous-Canada relations, the idea that there is an economic imperative to “fix” this relationship is a relatively new one, emerging after a series of Canadian court cases in the 1990s obligated government and industry to consult indigenous communities before extracting resources from their territories.
By Tannara Yelland November 24, 2011
Aboriginal students are one of Saskatchewan’s largest untapped economic assets, according to a new study done for the Gabriel Dumont Institute.
The Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada’s website claims that only eight per cent of aboriginal people in Canada between ages 25 and 64 have university degrees, while 23 per cent of non-aboriginal people in that same age group have university degrees.
By Kevin Menz February 18, 2011
The University of Saskatchewan Indigenous People’s Justice Programs will shut down next year.
By The Sheaf September 24, 2010
Earlier this month, the USSU signed a Strategic Alliance Agreement with the Office of the Treaty commissioner. All parties agreed to adopt the “We are all treaty people” slogan in an effort to educate the campus about treaty rights and responsibilities. They’ve also declared Oct. 4 to 8 “We are all treaty people week.”
By The Sheaf March 23, 2010
The Saskatchewan government reinstates funding for the beleaguered First Nations University of Canada and the U of S receives research funds from the federal government.