Sask Polytech, URegina, USask form new institute for energy, mining

December 08, 2023

Saskatchewan Polytechnic, the University of Regina, and the University of Saskatchewan recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that will provide the framework for the establishment of the Saskatchewan-based Global Institute for Energy, Mines and Society (GIEMS). This institute will develop high-level research to meet the needs of the mining and energy industries and provide […]

SK invests $5M to reserve seats in out-of-province health sciences programs

December 07, 2023

The Government of Saskatchewan has invested $5M to reserve 149 seats in health sciences programs outside the province. With this funding, SK renewed interprovincial agreements to reserve seats in cardiovascular perfusion, diagnostic medical sonography, electroneurophysiology, magnetic resonance imaging, nuclear medicine technology, occupational therapy, prosthetics and orthotics, and respiratory therapy; as well as establishing a new […]

USask GIFS partnership receives $56M commitment for Bangladesh agtech centre

November 30, 2023

The University of Saskatchewan’s Global Institute for Food Security (GIFS) and the Bangladesh Agricultural Research Council have received a $56M commitment from the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. This funding will be used to establish a research and training initiative in Bangladesh named the Bangabandhu-Pierre Elliott Trudeau Agriculture Technology Centre (BP-ATC). Through BP-ATC, […]

SK expands student loan forgiveness for nurses, nurse practitioners  

November 29, 2023

The Government of Saskatchewan has announced that it will expand the Saskatchewan Loan Forgiveness for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners program to the communities of Prince Albert, Moose Jaw, Swift Current, Yorkton, and the Battlefords. Under this program, nurses and nurse practitioners who start employment in the communities on or after January 1, 2023 can have […]

1885 Resistance artifact repatriated to GDI Métis Museum  

November 29, 2023

A long-lost artifact from the 1885 Resistance has been repatriated to the Gabriel Dumont Institute’s (GDI’s) Métis Museum. The item—a Hollis & Son’s Hudson’s Bay Company Indian Trade Fusil—was taken from the Métis or a First Nations ally in 1885 by an Ontario-based soldier and later was stored at the Fanshawe Pioneer Village (FPV) in […]

USask, Lakeland partner to offer BSN program in Lloydminster 

November 28, 2023

The University of Saskatchewan has partnered with Lakeland College to offer students a way to complete all four years of a Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) program in Lloydminster. Students will stay in Lloydminster as they complete classroom learning and take part in labs led by local nurse educators at Lakeland, and will be able […]