THE UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN’S MAIN CAMPUS IS SITUATED ON TREATY 6 TERRITORY AND THE HOMELAND OF THE MÉTIS.
By Canadian University Press February 19, 2012
Programmers working at the Autonomous Agents Laboratory at the University of Manitoba may have developed the world’s first humanoid-robot ice-hockey player.
Thus far the robot is capable of taking a shot, stick handling and taking rudimentary strides on some makeshift skates. She makes her moves with a miniature Bison hockey stick.
By Canadian University Press November 6, 2011
The University of Winnipeg aims to have gender-neutral washrooms on campus by the end of the academic year.
“If students identify as transgendered, they need to have a safe space where they feel comfortable in terms of meeting a basic need like going to the washroom,” said Debra Radi, the U of W executive director of the office for the vice-president academic.
By Tannara Yelland September 20, 2011
In the wake of two recent studies, Canadian universities are being encouraged to look at wage equality between their male and female instructors.