Politics & Society

International Society for Anthrozoology 2025 Conference

ISAZ
ISAZ 2025 will be hosted in Saskatoon by the University of Saskatchewan and the PAWSitive Connections Lab

Want to Raise a Kid in Canada? That’ll Be $293,000

The Walrus
The economic formula of parenthood has drastically changed in recent decades, says USask sociologist Dr. Karen Lawson (PhD)

USask research contributes to book on living well with dementia

Dr. Megan O'Connell (PhD) co-authored book, How to Live Well with Dementia: Expert Help for People Living with Dementia and their Family, Friends and Care Partners

Saskatchewan High School Ethics Bowl

Teams of high school students are invited to examine and discuss ethical issues

New funding announced for Indigenous health research network

The NEIHR has received $37.6 million over five years from the federal government through CIHR

Susi Ramstein Takes LSD and Inspires a Feminist Counterculture

A talk by Prof. Erika Dyck in the 7 Nights of History series

The 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 series

The Day the Anthropocene Didn't Begin

A talk by associate professor Jim Clifford in the 7 Nights of History series

The 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 series

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 Reflection

Métis 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 course

USask 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 institutions