September 29, 1997
Festival ?97
Posted September 29, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 29, 1997
97-09-14-EX
University of Saskatchewan to host
women?s conference
The University of Saskatchewan will host Festival 97: A
Gathering of Women October 24 - 26, 1997 at the Delta
Bessborough Hotel, Saskatoon. The conference has as its
theme Communities, Cultures, Connections and Change.
Sponsored by the University of Saskatchewan?s Extension
Division in collaboration with Women 2000, the festival will
provide a forum for women to discuss the political, social
and economic challenges ahead as the new millenium
approaches.
Topics to be covered include creative economics, working
towards violence-free communities, human rights and
justice, women?s health, global issues, and visions for the
future.
Guest speakers during the conference include Heather
Menzies, Judy Rebick and Susan Ward. Menzies is a writer,
mother, teacher, gardener, peace activist, and adjunct
professor at Carleton University. She is the author of six
books, including the 1996 best seller Whose Brave New
World? The Information Highway and the New Economy.
Judy Rebick, former President of the National Action
Committee on the Status of Women, has been involved in
struggles for social justice for almost 30 years. She
recently co-authored the book Politically Speaking, a
dialogue about feminism, racism and politics.
Susan Ward is from Nova Scotia and works with indigo
stories: of women and cloth, a one-of-a-kind private
sector corporation committed to sustainability and growth
of women-affirmative economics. She has worked in
international development for 27 years.
For more information please contact:
Glenis Joyce, Conference Coordinator
Extension Division
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-5553
Pharmacy and Nutrition Research Day
Posted September 29, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 29, 1997
97-09-15-PH
Pharmacy and Nutrition research open to
public
Acting Dean Ted Hawes and the faculty, staff and students of the College
of Pharmacy and Nutrition extend a cordial invitation to the public to
attend their third annual Research Day.
The event will take place Friday, October 3 between 12:00 noon and 3:30
p.m. in the lobby and the second floor rotunda of the Thorvaldson
Building, University of Saskatchewan campus.
Posters describing current research of faculty, postdoctoral fellows,
graduate students and summer research students will be featured. The
range of topics includes pharmaceutical and nutritional sciences,
applications in clinical practice, dietary analysis and nutrition education.
There will also be information available on graduate studies in Pharmacy
and Nutrition.
Refreshments will be provided, and everyone is welcome.
For more information please contact:
Dr. Ted Hawes, Acting Dean
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-6328
September 25, 1997
Former Student Confesses to Vandalizing Lounge
Posted September 25, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 24, 1997
97-09-13-OTHER
Former student confesses to vandalizing
lounge
After a lengthy investigation by the University of Saskatchewan Security
Services Department, an Aboriginal former student has confessed that he
is responsible for vandalizing the Indigenous Students Council lounge at
the University of Saskatchewan. The University?s Security Services
Department has been investigating the incident since it took place
January 29, 1997. Yesterday they obtained a confession from the former
student, who has returned to live on his reservation.
The Indigenous Students Council had labelled the vandalism, which
consisted of a broken telephone, torn posters and overturned garbage
cans, as racism. However, the former student says he had no intention of
racism in committing the acts. He says he was dismayed to learn that
racism was considered an issue, but fear prevented him from confessing
to his actions before now. He also says he regrets his actions and has
apologized to the University and to the Indigenous Students Council.
This is the second incident in recent weeks in which racism was alleged,
but later found to have no basis in fact. I am relieved to learn the truth
about this case, said Dr. Vera Pezer, Associate Vice-President (Student
Affairs and Services). The University of Saskatchewan has many
academic programs and support services in place to assist Aboriginal
students who wish to pursue a university degree. I sincerely hope that the
rumours surrounding these incidents, which have been proven to be
unfounded, do not discourage any Aboriginal student from attending the
university.
The University and the former student have agreed that he must be held
accountable for his actions. The form of restitution has yet to be
determined, but could include a healing circle, so that other students,
faculty and staff who were affected by the incident could participate.
For more information please contact:
Dr. Vera Pezer
Associate Vice-President (Student Affairs and Services)
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-4747
September 23, 1997
Allen Linden to speak at College of Law
Posted September 23, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 23, 1997
97-09-12-LA
Allen Linden to speak at College of Law
On Monday, September 29, The Honourable Mr. Justice Allen Linden,
Federal Court of Canada, will deliver a public lecture entitled Torts
Tomorrow: Empowering the Injured and No-Fault Insurance, in the Law
Library, beginning at 12:30 p.m.
Justice Linden was appointed to the Supreme Court of Ontario in 1978,
following several years as Professor of Law at the Osgoode Hall Law
School in Toronto. In 1965 he published a statistical study on
compensation for victims of car accidents, which aided in the development
of Ontario?s no-fault insurance plan, considered to be among the most
advanced in the world.
For more information, contact:
Sharon Wandzura-Fehr
Guest Speakers' Secretary
College of Law
(306) 966-5873
September 19, 1997
Richard Bartlett to speak at Law College
Posted September 19, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 18, 1997
97-09-11-LA
Richard Bartlett to speak at College of Law
On Monday, September 22, Richard Bartlett, Professor of Law at the
University of Western Australia, will deliver a public lecture entitled
Equality Before the Law: The Extinguishment of Native Title in Australia.
The lecture will take place in the Moot Court, College of Law, beginning at
12:30 p.m.
Richard Bartlett?s research interests include native title in Australia, with particular reference to resource development and native title, the
operations and decisions of the National Native Title Tribunal, and the law
in relation to water resources of Western Australia. He teaches Property
Law, Mining and Energy Law, Aboriginal Peoples and the Law and Natural
Resources Law. He is the Director for the University of Western Australia?s
Centre for Commercial and Resources Law. He has also appeared as
counsel in native title litigation before the High Court of Australia.
For more information, contact:
Sharon Wandzura-Fehr
Guest Speakers' Secretary
College of Law
(306) 966-5873
Increased enrollments in College of Agriculture
Posted September 19, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 19, 1997
97-09-10-AG
Increased enrollments in the College of
Agriculture
There are 732 Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (B.S.A.) students
registered in the College of Agriculture this fall, an increase of 3.8 per
cent over last year. Furthermore, early registrations in the Diploma in
Agriculture program also suggest an increase over last year. The strong
Agri-Business section of Saskatchewan?s economy continues to provide
optimism and good job opportunities for agricultural graduates.
The demographics of the B.S.A. student population are changing. Almost
60 per cent of the 265 new B.S.A. students are women, and within a year
or so the student body will have equal numbers of men and women.
Under the college quota the minimum average required for admission
from high school was 70 per cent; however, the mean average of those
admitted was well above that, at 80.2 per cent.
Courses in the Diploma program run from mid-October to early April, so
that students can help with fall harvest and spring seeding.
Approximately half of the Diploma graduates return to operate their home
farm and the rest find employment in the agricultural service sector.
Deadline for registration in the Diploma program is October 15, 1997.
For more information on the Bachelor of Science Program, please
contact Lyle Elmgren at (306) 966-4054.
For more information on the Diploma in Agriculture Program, please
contact Dr. Mike Grevers at (306) 966-7876.
September 17, 1997
CIDA awards U of S $3.3 million grant to build health delivery in Mozambique
Posted September 17, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 17, 1997
97-09-09-NU
CIDA awards U of S $3.3 million grant to build
health delivery in Mozambique
The University of Saskatchewan has been awarded a $3.3 million
program grant from the Canadian International Development Agency
(CIDA) to enhance training for health workers in Mozambique.
The five-year program will be undertaken with the National Directorate of
Health and other health organizations in Mozambique, and will involve U
of S faculties of Medicine, Nursing, Dentistry, Pharmacy and Nutrition,
Physical Therapy, and others.
The Community Education and Outreach Centre in Saskatoon,
Saskatoon District Health, Saskatchewan Health, the Combined
Faculties of Health Sciences at the University of Western Cape, South
Africa, and the University of McMaster Research Centre for the Promotion
of Women's Health will also be involved.
The program will be coordinated by the Prairie Region Health Promotion
Research Centre (PRHPRC) at the U of S.
Gerri Dickson, program coordinator and associate professor of nursing at
the U of S, says the aim of the program is to help health workers become
more responsive and accountable to local people. Mozambique has
identified health improvement as a central focus for building peace in that
country. Primary health care and health worker training are keys to
improving the response of the health care system to community needs.
She noted that the program will aim to enhance health worker training by
creating new methods and resources for teaching health workers. It will
also work to increase support for health workers to practice more
effectively with local people in their communities.
There are many commonalities in the challenges facing health workers in
communities in Canada, Mozambique, and elsewhere, Dickson added.
The program will be designed to enable us to learn from each other.
Field training and research sites for learning and practice in the
community will be established in Mozambique and Canada. There also
will be international networking through a Centre for Community Health
Training and Practice located in the PRHPRC, which has experience in
promoting health in the community.
Joan Feather, coordinator of the PRHPRC, noted that the program builds
on a long association between the U of S and the Ministry of Health in
Mozambique, based on the recent CIDA-funded project that trained
teachers of oral health workers, a project also supported by CUSO.
The new program expands the partnership in Mozambique to
encompass training for all kinds of health workers and organizations
outside government and, in Canada, to include all health science
faculties and major partner organizations outside the University. These
partnerships will help to connect the universities to local communities in
Mozambique and Canada and to provide opportunities for health
workers, teachers, and students to develop and practice in more
egalitarian ways, one of the key goals of the program.
Through the program, Feather added, health workers and their teachers
in Mozambique, Canada, and South Africa will form an international
partnership that will benefit health work in communities and facilitate
understanding and education about international development.
For more information, contact:
Gerri Dickson, Associate Professor
College of Nursing
University of Saskatchewan
Health Sciences Building
107 Wiggins Road
Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5
Phone: (306) 966-7939
FAX: (306) 966-7920
E-mail: dicksong@duke.usask.ca
or
Joan Feather, Coordinator
Prairie Region Health Promotion Research Centre
University of Saskatchewan
Health Sciences Building
107 Wiggins Road
SASKATOON SK S7N 5E5
Phone: (306) 966-7932
Fax: (306) 966-7920
E-mail: feather@duke.usask.ca
September 12, 1997
U of S Scholarships Awarded
Posted September 12, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
97-09-07-OTHER
University of Saskatchewan Awards
Entrance Scholarships to Top Students
Saskatoon SK, 11 September 1997 - The University of Saskatchewan
has awarded forty-one scholarships ranging in value from $4,200 to
$17,000 to top entering students. Recipients were selected for
outstanding academic performance and, in some case, demonstrated
excellence in leadership and extracurricular activities.
The University's premiere awards, the President's First & Best
Scholarships, were awarded to five Saskatchewan high school
graduates who demonstrated excellence in academics, leadership and
extracurricular activities. The awards are eached valued at $17,000, with
$5,000 paid in the first year and $4,000 in the remining three years.
The recipients are:
Mandy Cadieux, Shaunavon
Karla Kirlenko, Cando
Maureen McAlister, Melfort
Paul Perrault, Saskatoon
Michael Scott, Saskatoon
The newly-created Chancellor's Scholarships were awarded to 23
Saskatchewan high school students on the basis of excellent academic
performance in high school. The scholarships are each valued at
$16,000, with $4,000 paid in each year of study.
The recipients are:
Trevor Allen, Moose Jaw
Jill Apshkrum, Moosomin
Kelsey Bartel, Drake
Kristopher Breen,Saskatoon
Anita Datta, Yorkton
Christine Fedorak,Saskatoon
Ruth Ann Ginther,Saskatoon
Trevor Griffin, Carnduff
Joel Hilderman,Wolseley
Raedon Holden, Regina
Erin Hunt, Regina
Christine Jaspar,Saskatoon
Brad Joyce, Regina
Nathan Kolla, Saskatoon
Regan Kurz, Saskatoon
Nadia Luciuk, Regina
Alwin Lui, Saskatoon
Lorne Mach, Saskatoon
Peter Marttala, Lumsden
Mark McTavish, Asquith
Brita Sperling, Dalmeny
Melanie Weiss, Big River
Shea Zubkow, Leask
Cameco Corporation Scholarships for Women in the Geological
Sciences are awarded to women with excellent academic records who
plan to pursue studies in the Geological Sciences. The scholarships
cover the cost of tuition, fees and books in first year and may be renewed
for a second year. Students may also receive a summer work placement
with Cameco Corporation following their second and third year of study.
The recipients are:
Kirsten Alm, Saskatoon
Rachel Gammell, Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan Entrance Scholarships are awarded on the
basis of outstanding academic achievement in high school. The awards
are each valued at $4,200.
The recipients are:
Alyssa Allen, Regina
Morgan Brown, Rosetown
Monica Fedirko, Rose Valley
Gavin Graham, Lone Rock
Laura Kopera, Prince Albert
Shannon Martens, Saskatoon
Derek Massey, Kindersley
University of Saskatchewan International Student Entrance Awards are
awarded to International Students who have choosen to pursue their
studies at the University of Saskatchewan. The awards are each valued
at $7,000.
The recipients are:
Petre Gueorguiev Kotev, Bulgaria
Dennis S. Kovalev, Uzbekistan
Andrey A. Mirtchovski, Bulgaria
Gygory Bartok, Hungary
For more information, please contact:
Kara Exner,
Cordinator of Scholarships and Awards
Office of the Registrar
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-6722
email: Kara.Exner@usask.ca
September 11, 1997
International symposium on adolescent bone health
Posted September 11, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 8, 1997
97-09-03-PE
Adolescent bone health topic of symposium
Brittle bones can seriously impair an older person?s mobility and quality
of life. What many teenagers do not understand is that their actions
during adolescence can have a great impact on the strength of their
bones in later life.
The College of Physical Education at the University of Saskatchewan will
host an international symposium on adolescent bone health on
September 15, 1997. Participants will discuss the impact of such factors
as exercise, calcium intake, water fluoridation, and genetics.
The Pediatric Bone Group at the University of Saskatchewan is in the
seventh year of a longitudinal study of bone mineral development in
children. This is the only study of its kind in the world, and the data being
gathered by the Group is being used by researchers from around the
globe. The Group is multidisciplinary and includes researchers from
Physical Education, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Nuclear Medicine.
Much of the research up to this point has focused on treating and coping
with osteoporosis, says College of Physical Education Dean Bob
Faulkner. Our intent is to find out what we can do to avoid osteoporosis.
To do that we are looking at how bones develop in children and what
effect factors such as diet and exercise have on this development.
The conference, which is sponsored by Merck Frosst, will take place at
the Delta Bessborough Hotel.
For more information please contact:
Bob Faulkner, Dean or Don Bailey, Professor
College of Physical Education College of Physical Education
University of Saskatchewan University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-6465 Tel: (306) 966-6994
or
Shawn Davison
College of Physical Education
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-6769
Student employment and career centre aids in job search
Posted September 11, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 8, 1997
97-09-04-OTHER
Student employment and career centre aids
in job search
The nail-biting wait between submitting a resume for a job, and finding out
if you?ve been chosen for an interview, has just gotten a little bit easier
thanks to technology.
The Student Employment and Career Centre (SECC) at the University of
Saskatchewan now allows students to check their progress during
recruitment drives by visiting the SECC homepage on the World Wide
Web (http://www.usask.ca/sas/secc).
Each year the SECC conducts a number of professional recruitment
drives. The month of September is devoted to Accounting positions.
During the drives, companies who have jobs available provide postings to
the Centre. Students attend presentations on preparing resumes and
handling interviews. They then apply for the jobs posted, and by checking
the SECC homepage, they can find out if they were chosen for an
interview. The homepage also allows students to check postings, and get
helpful career hints.
Last year, the SECC had 1,046 organizations post over 1,800 job
openings. In addition to the recruitment drives and regular job postings,
the Centre provides interview facilities, a career resource library, a library
of information on various companies and occupations, critiques of
resumes, workshops, a volunteer experience program, and a youth
experience program which provides recent graduates with a subsidized
work term to give them marketable, transferable skills.
For more information contact:
Doug Rain, Director
Student Employment and Career Centre
(306) 966-5003
Community Policing lecture on September 16, 1997
Posted September 11, 1997
September 10, 1997
97-09-06-OTHER
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
Christopher Braiden, a leading authority on community
policing, will present a public lecture Tuesday, September
16 at 7:30 p.m. titled Policing: Perhaps We?re Not What We
Think We Are. The presentation will take place in
Convocation Hall on the University of Saskatchewan
campus.
Braiden is a dynamic and entertaining speaker, known for
his outspoken criticism of traditional policing models. He
promotes a new way of policing which focuses on building
partnerships and problem solving with members of the
community.
Christopher Braiden is a former superintendent with the
Edmonton Police Service, and Special Advisor on Policing to
the Governments of Canada and Alberta.
Everyone is invited to attend this presentation, courtesy of
the U of S Security Services. Complimentary parking will be
available in R Lot.
For more information, please contact:
Gion Bezzola, Director
Security Services
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-4505
September 08, 1997
Dion to speak at College of Law
Posted September 08, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 5, 1997
97-09-02-LAW
St鰨ane Dion to speak at College of Law
On Wednesday, September 10, St鰨ane Dion, the federal minister of
intergovernmental affairs, will deliver a public lecture entitled "Recognizing Quebec, a Canadian Value", in the Law Library, beginning
at 12:30 p.m.
The federal government's front man in the ongoing debate concerning
Quebec independence, Dion, MP for Saint-Laurent-Cartierville, is well
known as the purveyor of the Government's national unity and
reconciliation strategies.
Before joining the Chr鴩en administration in Ottawa in 1996, Dr. Dion
taught political science at both the Universit頤e Moncton (1984) and the
Universit頤e Montr顬 (1984-1996), specializing in the study of public
administration and organization theory.
For more information, contact:
Sharon Wandzura-Fehr
Guest Speakers' Secretary
College of Law
(306) 966-5873
September 03, 1997
Lecture on Cross-Cultural Approaches to Health Care Ethics
Posted September 03, 1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - September 2, 1997
97-09-01-OTHER
Cross-cultural approaches to health care ethics
topic of lecture
Cross-Cultural Approaches to Health Care Ethics will be the topic of the
inaugural lecture in the Edwards Family Lecture Series in Religion and
Business Ethics, to take place Thursday, September 18, 1997 at
7:30 p.m. in St. Thomas More College Auditorium, University of
Saskatchewan campus. The lecture is open to the public free of charge,
and everyone is invited to attend.
Dr. Harold Coward, Director of the Centre for Studies in Religion and
Society at the University of Victoria, will deliver the inaugural lecture,
which will deal with the multiculturalism which is reflected in our diverse
religious community and the ethical problems faced by health care
professionals and business people.
The Edwards Family Lecture Series in Religion and Business Ethics will
bring renowned scholars to Saskatoon to offer public lectures focusing
on two main concerns of modern society: religion and spirituality in a
multicultural society, and ethical issues faced by those in business and
the professions.
The series is funded by a Trust Fund established by the Edwards family,
directors of the Saskatoon Funeral Home. The Departments of Religious
Studies and Philosophy at the University of Saskatchewan are
coordinating the series.
For more information, contact:
Professor David Crossley, Head
Department of Philosophy
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-6389
