Education key with incorporating aboriginal culture on university campuses
In 2012, the U of S created the Indigenous Voices Program to educate and develop staff and faculty members’ knowledge of aboriginal culture, as it may apply to them at the university. The program was well received and has proceeded past the pilot period. To celebrate, the U of S hosted a pipe ceremony Sept. 3, 2013.
Controversy arose when the Sept. 13 issue of On Campus News, the U of S news service, published an editorial critiquing the pipe ceremony for “marginalizing women” and for not being an inclusive ceremony.
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Prime Minister Harper pushes for pipeline in Kelowna
Prime Minister Stephen Harper was in Kelowna the weekend of Sept. 14 for a national caucus meeting, as well as to meet with residents opposed to the proposed pipeline projects in British Columbia.
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Suicide prevention in north-western Manitoba requires a broad scope
Professor of psychiatry Dr. Jitender Sareen, from the University of Manitoba, and his colleagues have teamed up with community members in north-western Manitoba to create the Swampy Cree Suicide Prevention Team.
The Swampy Cree Suicide Prevention Team is made up of representatives from eight Swampy Cree tribal councils, researchers and clinicians from the university and international experts in the fields of aboriginal health, trauma and suicide prevention.
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University of Saskatchewan working to reduce budget shortfall
SASKATOON (CUP) — One year after the University of Saskatchewan announced a looming deficit of $44.5 million for 2016, a total of $15.5 million has been trimmed from the shortfall. Click here for the original article from The Sheaf The 2012-13 budget was expected…
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Young farmers have promising futures
For years now young adults have been becoming more and more adept with technologies that infiltrate every aspect of their lives. As these adults enter the workforce they bring an entirely new skill set — especially in agriculture.
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