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When Bargaining Becomes Begging: The Black Death and the Enactment of England's Statute of Labourers
Nov 20, 2024
STM faculty member Hannah Wood will be presenting this talk as part of the 7 Nights of History 2024/25 series
Literature Matters / Works in Progress: matriarch rising
Nov 20, 2024
A poetry reading and discussion by Tenille Campbell
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The Roots of Rural Resentment: Conservatism and the (Ab)Uses of Populism in Saskatchewan
Nov 22, 2024
This talk is part of the Political Studies Speaker Series
Saskatchewan Corrections Recruitment Event
Learn about practicum and employment opportunities with the corrections teamInternational education journey takes new USask graduate to Ottawa
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Kathryn Sawatzky (BA’24), the College of Arts and Science’s study abroad coordinator, finds learning opportunities at a national conferenceWe Have Had Music
A concert by the USask Greystone Singers and University ChorusFrom Colombia to Canada: USask instructor finds solace in academia and military
At the age of 43, Dr. Andres Posso-Terranova (PhD) began his military life againRemembering Gordon Patterson: From POW to the University of Saskatchewan
He was the first Canadian awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal and went on to survive five years in German prisoner of war campsHarvesting triple wins
Dr. Christy Morrissey (PhD) seeks to advance our understanding of the value of ecosystem servicesIndigenous USask graduating student uses art, degree to build community
An award-winning multimedia artist and musician will be graduating with a master’s degree at the 2024 USask Fall ConvocationUSask blanket project honours children who never made it home
University Art Gallery director jake moore worked with Donna van de Velde and the Mistatimōk Committee to tie orange ribbons for the spirit of each child who never made it home from residential schoolsRetired registered nurse finds passion in anthropology at USask
USask graduate will receive University Medal in Social Sciences at Fall Convocation.Renowned One Health, AI researcher receives top USask honour
A world-renowned pioneer in computational intelligence, Computer Science associate professor Dr. FangXiang Wu (PhD) has received USask's Distinguished Researcher AwardUSask President’s Medal winner finds purpose in helping others
When she wasn’t studying, Amélia Katherine Gagnon—and her dog—supported students, health-care workers and patientsGeological sciences helps USask graduate expand horizons
University Medal in Sciences winner discusses benefits and challenges of switching her major midway through her undergraduate studiesWe Have Had Music
A concert by the USask Greystone Singers and University ChorusUSask blanket project honours children who never made it home
University Art Gallery director jake moore worked with Donna van de Velde and the Mistatimōk Committee to tie orange ribbons for the spirit of each child who never made it home from residential schoolsGlobal Café: Sisters for Sale
A documentary screening and Q&A with creators of the film "Sisters for Sale" that uncovers a human trafficking crisis and leads to an incredible series of eventsUSask Symphony Orchestra: The New World!
The USask Symphony Orchestra will be performing classic works from Ive and Dvorak, as well as music from West Side Story, Naruto and RockyUSask Concert Band: Around the World and Beyond
The USask Concert Band will perform pieces that uses fixed media as a way to meditate on the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic and its relation to space explorationU of S Wind Orchestra: Scenes from Past to Present
The Wind Orchestra will present a variety of traditional and new repertoire, while celebrating a diverse pool of composers, styles and cultureRhythms of Swing: The Duke and Beyond
The USask Jazz Ensemble brings the iconic works of Duke Ellington to lifeGolden Goals
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The husband-wife duo of Brett (BA’22) and Carmen Levis (BScNutr’17) are forever bonded by their time as Huskie student-athletes and their love of the beautiful game.Yann Martel on Writing and Making Sense of it All
Acclaimed author explores what writing can be and shares insights on his upcoming booksNew music travel award for students inspired by mother’s career
The Irene McEwen Travel Award for Music Students designed to help students participate outside of SaskatchewanUSask Residence Queer Housing adds community lounge to its home
USask Arts and Science Alumni of Influence recipient Anthony Bidulka (BA'83, BEd'91, BComm'91) and Herb McFaull provided a generous donation to create a Queer Housing community lounge‘Ellen’ came out as gay nearly 30 years ago. TV hasn’t been the same
CNN
It was 'a pivotal moment in queer representation on screen,' says USask assistant professor of women’s and gender studies Rachel Loewen WalkerSee all Alumni and Giving News
International education journey takes new USask graduate to Ottawa
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Kathryn Sawatzky (BA’24), the College of Arts and Science’s study abroad coordinator, finds learning opportunities at a national conferenceFrom Colombia to Canada: USask instructor finds solace in academia and military
At the age of 43, Dr. Andres Posso-Terranova (PhD) began his military life againRemembering Gordon Patterson: From POW to the University of Saskatchewan
He was the first Canadian awarded the Distinguished Flying Medal and went on to survive five years in German prisoner of war campsIndigenous USask graduating student uses art, degree to build community
An award-winning multimedia artist and musician will be graduating with a master’s degree at the 2024 USask Fall ConvocationUSask President’s Medal winner finds purpose in helping others
When she wasn’t studying, Amélia Katherine Gagnon—and her dog—supported students, health-care workers and patientsAlumni Book Nook: Jebunnessa Chapola
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Dr. Jebunnessa Chapola (GPSC’18, PhD’22) has written a new book exploring reconciliation from her lived experiences as a racialized newcomer academic motherA passion for interdisciplinary research
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USask graduate Vyom Patel (BSc’23) is now exploring the interface of quantum information, machine learning and applied mathematicsGolden Goals
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The husband-wife duo of Brett (BA’22) and Carmen Levis (BScNutr’17) are forever bonded by their time as Huskie student-athletes and their love of the beautiful game.Yann Martel on Writing and Making Sense of it All
Acclaimed author explores what writing can be and shares insights on his upcoming booksNew music travel award for students inspired by mother’s career
The Irene McEwen Travel Award for Music Students designed to help students participate outside of SaskatchewanUSask Residence Queer Housing adds community lounge to its home
USask Arts and Science Alumni of Influence recipient Anthony Bidulka (BA'83, BEd'91, BComm'91) and Herb McFaull provided a generous donation to create a Queer Housing community loungeAsk the Alumni Expert: Heather Morrison
Green & White
Morrison (BFA'08) studied drama in the College of Arts and Science and now helps people overcome the fear of public speakingSee all Science & Technology News
Harvesting triple wins
Dr. Christy Morrissey (PhD) seeks to advance our understanding of the value of ecosystem servicesA farewell to the original USask linear accelerator
On Campus News
Sixty years ago, it transformed the university. Now, it is being replaced.How one of the first X-ray tubes came to USask from a family farm
For more than 50 years, no one was sure what it wasNew USask Schulich leaders excel in the classroom and the community
Sahas Mittal and Rowan Redekopp have been named the USask 2024 recipients of the prestigious Schulich Leadership ScholarshipA prayer not a protest
Canadian Geographic
In 40 years of studies, Dr. John Pomeroy (PhD) and colleagues have watched the South Saskatchewan River transformUSask agriculture, environmental sustainability projects receive Canadian Space Agency funding
Two innovative projects will use satellite technology for detailed mapping and analysis of the Earth’s surfaceGeology Atrium to be temporarily closed for maintenance work
Geology Atrium to be temporarily closed from Aug. 13 to Sept. 4USask Science Outreach and VIDO bring vaccine knowledge to Sask schoolkids
Top vaccine scientists are helping with science education for Indigenous K to 12 studentsUSask researchers part of discovery of three extinct walnuts in Arctic
An international research project discovered three new extinct walnut species in an unlikely placeWhy are the northern lights sometimes pink?
CBC News
What makes the northern lights change colours? Nothing on Earth, says Dr. Daniel Billett (PhD)‘The cutting edge in mathematics’: USask hosts CMS Summer Meeting
The Canadian Mathematical Society Summer Meeting is a major knowledge-sharing event for mathematiciansInnovation Saskatchewan invests $600,000 in USask-led HAWC science mission through ISF program
The funding will help HAWC advance Canadian space science through the development of advanced technological space instrumentsIndigenous USask graduating student uses art, degree to build community
An award-winning multimedia artist and musician will be graduating with a master’s degree at the 2024 USask Fall ConvocationUSask blanket project honours children who never made it home
University Art Gallery director jake moore worked with Donna van de Velde and the Mistatimōk Committee to tie orange ribbons for the spirit of each child who never made it home from residential schoolsIndigenous USask student spends summer research project with wild horses
Summer research experience helped Arts and Science undergraduate student overcome imposter syndromeNew funding announced for Indigenous health research network
The NEIHR has received $37.6 million over five years from the federal government through CIHRLiterature Matters / Works in Progress: matriarch rising
A poetry reading and discussion by Tenille CampbellAnishinaabe elder uses online video to pass along love of language to children
The Globe and Mail
Indigenous languages can hold answers to pressing modern questions, says Department of Indigenous Studies faculty member Randy MorinUSask alum’s art part of Truth and Reconciliation stamp series
Residential school survivor and acclaimed artist Adrian Stimson (MFA’06) has helped create a powerful stamp series to commemorate the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.Week of Reflection
Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR) is September 30th. USask observes the week before NDTR as the Week of ReflectionIndigenous USask student aspires to become ‘legal’ hacker
Computer science major Noah Merasty had opportunity to conduct research with NSERC grant as a first year undergraduate studentMaking international connections in Indigenous education
Two USask Indigenous Studies faculty members played significant roles in establishing Indigenous university programming in Mexico 20 years agoNuit Blanche Eve weaves creativity and community at USask
On Campus News
Members of the ISAP team will present their interactive installation, Troposphere at the 2024 Nuit Blanche Eve event on Sept. 27Métis politics and governance the focus of new USask course
“POLST 324: Métis, otehpayimusuak and âpihtawikosisânak Governance” is the political studies department’s first Métis-centred courseSee all Politics & Society News
Global Café: Sisters for Sale
A documentary screening and Q&A with creators of the film "Sisters for Sale" that uncovers a human trafficking crisis and leads to an incredible series of eventsSaskatchewan High School Ethics Bowl
Teams of high school students are invited to examine and discuss ethical issuesNew funding announced for Indigenous health research network
The NEIHR has received $37.6 million over five years from the federal government through CIHRThe Roots of Rural Resentment: Conservatism and the (Ab)Uses of Populism in Saskatchewan
This talk is part of the Political Studies Speaker SeriesSusi Ramstein Takes LSD and Inspires a Feminist Counterculture
A talk by Prof. Erika Dyck in the 7 Nights of History seriesThe Day the Sea Claimed the Port of Old Winchelsea: Medieval Storms and Flooding that Shaped the English Coast
A talk by post-doctoral fellow Andrew Moore in the 7 Nights of History seriesThe Day the Anthropocene Didn't Begin
A talk by associate professor Jim Clifford in the 7 Nights of History seriesThe Stonewall Riots—The Spark that Lit Gay, Lesbian and Trans Rights
History professor Valerie Korinek will be presenting this talk as part of the 7 Nights of History 2024/25 seriesWhen Bargaining Becomes Begging: The Black Death and the Enactment of England's Statute of Labourers
STM faculty member Hannah Wood will be presenting this talk as part of the 7 Nights of History 2024/25 seriesWeek of Reflection
Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR) is September 30th. USask observes the week before NDTR as the Week of ReflectionMétis politics and governance the focus of new USask course
“POLST 324: Métis, otehpayimusuak and âpihtawikosisânak Governance” is the political studies department’s first Métis-centred courseUSask researcher empowers communities with culturally rooted digital heritage project
In the heart of Cumberland House, Sask., a groundbreaking digital heritage project will build connections between Indigenous communities, researchers, and institutionsCanada’s fertility rate has plummeted. Maybe we shouldn’t care
Toronto Star
USask associate professor of sociology Dr. Laura Wright (PhD) asks if there's another way to address the consequences of a declining birthrateEight songs that ‘inspire inclusion’ on International Women’s Day
USask Women’s and Gender Studies Program faculty members give their song recommendationsThe Anthropocene, atmospheric chemists, geologists and historians
Active History
Scientists have voted against declaring an Anthropocene epoch, but it's all a matter of perspective, writes historian Dr. Jim Clifford (PhD)The water gets hotter and the frog just sits there
National Observer
We need national co-ordination, new investment and novel technologies to respond to the climate emergency, writes Dr. John Pomeroy (PhD) of the Department of Geography and PlanningService dogs play vital roles for veterans, but Canada’s lack of standards makes travel and access difficult
The Conversation
Drs. Colleen Dell (PhD) and Linzi Williamson (PhD) examine the need for service dog standards in CanadaStriving for transparency: Why Canada’s pesticide regulations need an overhaul
The Conversation
Department of Biology professor Dr. Christy Morrissey (PhD) is among researchers calling for more transparent and scientifically robust pesticide regulation in CanadaThis solar cycle, the sun’s activity is more powerful and surprising than predicted
The aurora is both a scientific wonder and a risk factor to industry, writes USask postdoctoral fellow Dr. Daniel Billett (PhD)Manitoba’s reasons for refusing to search for Indigenous women’s remains in landfill are a smokescreen
The Conversation
Obstacles to a search have more to do with political will than technical concerns, writes Department of Political Studies faculty member Dr. Kathy Walker (PhD)How colonial racism fuels Saskatchewan’s criminalization of Indigenous men
The Conversation
Indigenous people shouldn’t have to fear police who are supposed to protect them, write Indigenous studies faculty members Dr. Kathy Walker (PhD) and Randy MorinConvicted murderer Colin Thatcher’s invitation to the Saskatchewan legislature diminishes us all
The Conversation
Recent events at the legislature show that we live in a society that normalizes violence against women, writes Dr. Kathy Walker (PhD) of the Department of Political StudiesStatement on the tragedy at James Smith Cree Nation and Weldon
A message from Dr. Priscilla Settee (PhD), vice-dean Indigenous in the College of Arts and ScienceThe simple reason a viral math equation stumped the internet
The Conversation
Mathematicians and mathematics educators have been weighing in on a particular debate rooted in school mathematics that shows no signs of abatingSee all Students & Campus Life News