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 December 2, 2013

    The debate surrounding potentially offensive sports team names and mascots has been raging for decades and has now taken hold in Saskatoon.

  • The fight over high school ‘Redmen’ name and ‘Indian head’ logo is not going away

    By November 2, 2011

    The ongoing fight over a Saskatoon high school logo is not going away.

    The controversy erupted last month over the name “Redmen” and the logo — a red-skinned man with braided hair — used to represent Bedford Road Collegiate sports teams.

  • I am not a clan member, just a white guy

    By October 13, 2011

    The only people who would disagree that racial equality is a positive force and a worthy cause are awful, so it would be really cool if I wasn’t automatically grouped in with them because I happen to come from a coastal region in Scandinavia where humans have white skin.

  • Student to file complaint with Quebec Human Rights Commission over frosh blackface incident

    By September 20, 2011

    A McGill law student will be filing a complaint with the Quebec Human Rights Commission after witnessing and recording the use of blackface at a frosh activity on Sept. 15.

  • York student stirs controversy after misunderstanding prof’s remarks

    By September 20, 2011

    A York University professor has become a target of criticism for a remark he made Sept. 12 during his introductory lecture for a first-year class. A student thought she heard the professor Cameron Johnston advocate for all Jews to be sterilized.

  • The Help is nothing to scoff at

    By September 1, 2011

    The Help is not as progressive as it would like to be nor as backwards as some critics have called it. It is simply a good film, well acted and with a strong emotional cord that will move and reassure viewers, although not challenge them.

  • Human rights council appeals neo-Nazi case decision

    By January 21, 2011

    Former USask prof and unapologetic neo-Nazi Terry Tremaine is fighting an ongoing legal battle with the Canadian Human Rights Council, which is appealing his recent acquittal on charges of contempt.

  • REVIEW: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

    By September 16, 2010

    I grew up questioning the authorship of To Kill a Mockingbird. I did not believe Harper Lee wrote it. I didn’t even think that she could have written it. It was too good and too profound.