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.

homosexuality

  • By November 23, 2012

    As one of the first openly gay RCMP officers in Canada, Cpl. Robert Ploughman takes his status as a symbol with a dose of good humour.

  • The gridiron closet: the changing face of homophobia in sport

    By October 26, 2012

    As I wait for my interview with a closeted bisexual football player to begin, I consider how awkward this conversation will probably be. I don’t know anything about John (name has been changed to protect anonymity). I know that he played football for a Canadian university team, I know that he’s bisexual, and I know that he’s told just a select few about his same-sex attraction. Only through a couple of twists of fate did I find out about him and convince him to agree to an interview.

  • Nothing queer about gay penguins

    By November 17, 2011

    The Toronto Zoo recently came under fire for separating two gay African penguins. According to Queerty.com, penguins Buddy and Pedro display typical courtship behaviors: grooming each other, swimming together and making mating noises at each other.

    But the zookeepers want to use the penguins’ “top notch” genes to save their species from extinction. The keepers defended their actions saying Pedro and Buddy don’t necessarily have sex — as if to suggest “they aren’t gay because they don’t have gay sex.”

  • U of S first school in Canada to join Athlete Ally campaign

    By September 21, 2011

    The University of Saskatchewan will take a positive step this fall in terms of celebrating Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender rights within sport. It will be the first school in Canada to take part in the international Athlete Ally campaign.

  • Mixing homosexuality with Christianity

    By April 1, 2011

    After spending some time with the chaplaincy department at Memorial, Reverend Robert Cooke is now an associate priest with St. Mark’s Anglican Church in St. John’s, where he leads a congregation with openly gay members.

  • Ban on gay blood donations is justified

    By September 23, 2010

    Reluctantly, I have to agree with Madam Justice Catherine Aitken of the Superior Court of Ontario, who decided blood donations from gay men could be banned by Canadian Blood Services.