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 6, 2013

    Bill Rafoss, the former chief investigator of the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission, stopped over in Cairo for four days on his way to monitor the presidential elections in Kenya. The University of Saskatchewan political studies sessional lecturer says Egypt is worse than it was before the revolution.

  • Civil war half a world away hits close to home: U of S student rep. on her summer in Libya

    By November 28, 2012

    Kinesiology student councillor Nour Abouhamra has seen a nation torn apart by injustice unite in hope for a better tomorrow. Now she’s brought her experiences back to the University of Saskatchewan to help support students dealing with similar issues.

  • There’s no excuse for voter apathy

    By October 29, 2011

    On Nov. 7 inhabitants of Saskatchewan will go to the polls to vote for new leadership. Unfortunately, it is too often in Canada that we neglect or take for granted the freedom that we have to choose the people who lead us.

  • Fight the powers that be: where is the Canadian revolution?

    By October 7, 2011

    Revolution is upon us, brothers and sisters! Across the globe, hordes of young people are taking to streets, crying for revolution, heckling riot police, smashing a window or two. To some spectators, these demonstrators are reckless anarchists. But the millions of people who have joined revolutions this year aren’t “rioting for the sake of rioting.” That’s more of a drunken hockey fan thing.

  • From 9/11 to the Arab Spring

    By September 12, 2011

    Al Qaeda’s operating environment today is vastly different from the one in which it launched its most notorious operation, the 9/11 terror attacks. Osama bin Laden was killed by United States Navy Seals in Pakistan in May. Three brutal Middle East dictatorships were removed this year. Has militant jihadism failed, placing Al Qaeda’s survival in doubt?

  • 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.