January 30, 2004
Saskatchewan's Brightest Students Spend A Day on U of S Campus
Posted January 30, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 30, 2004 2004-01-16-OTHER
Saskatchewan's Brightest Students Spend A Day on U of S Campus
The brightest Grade 12 students from across Saskatchewan will spend an
entire day on the University of Saskatchewan campus learning about the
exciting opportunities available to them. On Wednesday, February 4, more
than 130 students who have been identified as having an academic average of
95% or greater will spend a day with a U of S Scholar.
These Grade 12 students have been identified by their high school guidance
counsellors as academically gifted students and the U of S has invited them
to join the prestigious Greystone Scholars Society (GSS) - an organization
of students who share similar aspirations and interests and are already
successfully pursuing their educational goals. They are guaranteed an
entrance scholarship and other unique privileges.
On February 4, these Grade 12 students will be partnered with a GSS student
attending the U of S who will take them along to a class, tour the campus,
eat lunch with them and answer any of their questions. Their parents have
also been invited and will have separate tours in the morning as they visit
residences, the new Physical Activity Complex and the Canadian Light Source
synchrotron.
In the afternoon, students and parents will be brought back together to
attend sessions on admissions and awards. They will end the day at a private
reception hosted by President, Peter MacKinnon.
Media are invited to attend all or part of this day-long event. For more
information, a complete schedule of events, or to arrange to follow along
with a group of students or parents, please contact Erin Taman at (306)
966-6919.
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For more information, please contact:
Erin Taman
Communications
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-6919
Email: erin.taman@usask.ca
January 28, 2004
Planting Trees Focus of New U of S Ag Research Chair
Posted January 28, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Wednesday, January 28th, 2004 2004-01-14-AG
Planting Trees Focus of New U of S Ag Research Chair
Saskatchewan farmers may someday add trees to their crop options and help
Canada reach its commitments under the Kyoto Protocol thanks to knowledge
developed under an Agroforestry and Afforestation Research Chair at the
University of Saskatchewan funded by the Canada-Saskatchewan Agri-Food
Innovation Fund (AFIF).
Ken Van Rees, a professor in the College of Agriculture, has been appointed
to the new Chair. AFIF, a federal-provincial initiative dedicated to the
development of emerging primary and value-added agriculture sectors in
Saskatchewan, will provide a total of $1 million in funding over 10 years.
Van Rees will examine which tree species and varieties grow best in each of
the province's varied soil and climate regions. This will result in a
powerful database of knowledge that farmers will use for agroforestry -
planting trees.
"Dr. Van Rees's work promises to change how we think about trees and
agriculture," said Ernie Barber, Dean of Agriculture. "Trees offer farmers a
chance to diversify their income and serve a whole new market. At the same
time, our forestry industry will benefit from a renewable source of wood and
fibre."
"This new research chair builds on the success of Saskatchewan's progress in
agroforestry," said Deputy Premier and Minister of Agriculture, Food and
Rural Revitalization Clay Serby.
"The adoption of agroforestry and afforestation systems in Saskatchewan can
create many opportunities and benefits for our rural economy through crop
diversification, enhanced timber and fibre supply and bio-based products."
Van Rees will explore tree plantations and "silvopastoral" systems that
combine tree cultivation and cattle ranching. He will also study how trees
can be used to restore damaged ecosystems beside streams and rivers that are
essential to protect water quality and control erosion. Afforestation, or
establishing plantations where trees haven't grown for a long time, is also
an important part of the program.
While Saskatchewan farmers are adept at growing cereals and oilseeds, trees
are a different matter. What herbicides are safe for use around what trees?
What fertilizers should be used, and in what form?
"There's just so much we don't know," Van Rees says. "The goal of this chair
is to incorporate agroforestry and afforestation into farming practices, to
help farmers diversify. To do this, we need knowledge, and we need to get
that knowledge to the farmers."
To this end, Van Rees will work closely with researchers at the Agriculture
and Agri-Food Canada - PFRA Shelterbelt Centre in Indian Head to study the
performance of their fast-growing poplar hybrids. These trees promise to
yield harvestable timber within 20 years - four times faster than their
boreal counterparts such as aspen. Van Rees also intends to create a
computer database of tree performance across Saskatchewan's varied climate
and soil zones.
The Saskatchewan Forest Centre in Prince Albert is also participating both
with $139,000 through its Forest Development Fund for a research project,
and a commitment to transfer the knowledge to farmers through their
extension staff. Local industry players such as Mistik Management in Meadow
Lake and Weyerhaeuser in Prince Albert are also involved, as is the Canadian
Forest Service's Edmonton office.
"We're also working with extension agrologists and local farmers that have
taken some of our trees and allow us to use their land for research," Van
Rees said. "It's very much a collaborative, grassroots effort."
Trees are also excellent carbon sinks -- they absorb carbon dioxide from the
air and lock up the carbon in their wood. Van Rees is in year three of a
five-year research program exploring this question. The Natural Sciences and
Engineering Research Council (NSERC) has provided a $750,000 strategic grant
for this work, which may yield new tools to help reduce greenhouse gases.
NSERC is the leading federal government science granting agency.
The federal-provincial agreement governing AFIF ended in March, 2003.
Two-thirds of the funding comes from the Canadian government and one-third
from the province. In all, $91 million in research, development and
infrastructure was invested in Saskatchewan under the program.
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For more information, contact:
Ken Van Rees
Professor Department of Soil Science
College of Agriculture
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-6853 (please leave a message)
vanrees@sask.usask.ca
Michael Robin
U of S/CLS Research Communications
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-2427
michael.robin@usask.ca
www.usask.ca/research
January 27, 2004
U of S Announces Review of Safety and Security
Posted January 27, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 27, 2004 2004-01-13-OTHER
U of S Announces Review of Safety and Security
The University of Saskatchewan announced today that it is conducting an
external review of security and safety on campus which will be completed by
the end of February.
External consultants from Calgary will conduct a comprehensive review as
part of the University's continuing efforts to improve personal safety.
The review will include: an assessment of the effectiveness of current
safety programs and activities on campus; a review of the timelines,
adequacy and mechanism for seeking feedback and advice from the university
community on safety issues; an assessment of staffing levels in security and
the appropriateness of their training and preparedness. There will be
University-wide consultation with advocacy groups on campus including the
Student Union Women's Centre.
Tony Whitworth, Vice-President Finance and Resources said: "Personal safety
and accountability are of paramount importance and we are committed to
providing a safe environment for students, faculty and staff. If safety
needs improving then we will make the necessary changes."
Results of the review will be publicly available and recommendations
considered as soon as possible.
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For further information, contact:
Tina Merrifield
Communications
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-2213
January 23, 2004
U of S Joins Two Community-University Research Alliances Projects
Posted January 23, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Friday, January 23, 2004 2004-01-12-AR
U of S Joins Two Community-University Research Alliances Projects
The University of Saskatchewan will participate in two $1-million
Prairie-based research projects -- one to examine the role of the
Métis in Canadian society and history, and the other a
ground-breaking study of the experiences of women and children caught up in
domestic violence.
The projects, funded through the Community-University Research Alliances
(CURA) program of the federal Social Sciences and Humanities Research
Council (SSHRC), will foster valuable partnerships between the university
and community organizations, with the aim of producing practical research
that could lead to social change.
U of S geography professor Lawrence Martz is a co-applicant in Otipimsuak,
an innovative project aimed at improving economic prospects of the
Métis of northwest Saskatchewan. The chief investigator is the
University of Alberta's Frank Tough. Martz's team will receive $250,000 from
SSHRC.
Partners in Otipimsuak (meaning "people who own themselves," the
self-definition of the Métis), are the U of S, the Northwest
Saskatchewan Métis Council (NWSMC) and the Métis Nation of
Saskatchewan. Métis lawyer Clem Chartier of Saskatoon is co-director
with Tough and co-applicant with Martz.
Martz will direct and co-ordinate the geographic mapping elements of the
project, which will compare historic and contemporary Métis land-use
practices and highlight Métis harvesting rights. Among the 20
collaborators, including academics, northern Métis leaders,
archivists and consultants, are three U of S researchers: Keith Carlson
(history) and Roger Maaka and Brenda Macdougall, both in Native studies.
"This project builds on the long-standing relationship between the
university and the Métis Nation," said Steven Franklin, U of S
Vice-President Research. "The U of S is pleased to contribute $100,000 over
five years to the initiative, which will encourage Aboriginal participation
in teaching and research."
Otipimsuak will be based at the U of A, which receives 34 per cent of SSHRC
and other financial resources for the project. NWSMC receives 51 per cent of
the total funding, and the U of S 15 per cent.
Stephanie Martin of the U of S women's and gender studies unit and RESOLVE
(a U of S research centre focusing on solutions to violence and abuse) is a
collaborator in a University of Manitoba-based project, "The Healing
Journey: a longitudinal study of women who have been abused by intimate
partners."
This project, the first long-term study of its kind in North America, is led
by Jane Ursel of the U of M. It involves researchers, women and children in
Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan. Participating community agencies include
the Provincial Association of Transition Houses Saskatchewan and Tamara's
House in Saskatoon.
The study, comparing the experiences of abused women over a period of time,
could lead to improved therapeutic interventions, strategies for breaking
inter-generational cycles of abuse, and data on the merits of civil and
criminal justice involvements.
"This ground-breaking study will provide valuable information for
researchers in many disciplines, including psychology, social work, law,
nursing and education," Franklin said.
In all, the U of S has received funding from three CURA grants since the
program was launched in 1999.
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For more information, contact:
Sheila Robertson
Research Communications Officer
Office of the Vice-President Research
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-1425
sheila.robertson@usask.ca
http://www.usask.ca/research
Lawrence Martz
College of Arts and Science
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-4275
martz@sask.usask.ca
Stephanie Martin
Academic Research Co-ordinator
RESOLVE Saskatchewan
(306) 966-2255
resolve@arts.usask.ca
Doré Dunne
Media Relations Officer
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC)
(613) 992-7302
dore.dunne@sshrc.ca
January 20, 2004
University of Saskatchewan Biotech Experts
Posted January 20, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ? January 20, 2004
2004-01-10-OTHER
Biotech Experts
The University of Saskatchewan has several experts that are available to provide information and insight about biotechnology, law and agriculture in light of recent developments surrounding these topics.
| Name | Department | Field of Expertise | Telephone |
| Martin Phillipson | College of Law |
| 306-966-5892 |
| Peter Phillips | College of Biotechnology |
| 306-966-6919 |
| Michael Mehta | Department of Sociology |
| 306-966-6917 |
| Grant Isaac | Department of Management and Marketing |
| 306-966-2154 |
| William Buschert | Departments of Philosophy and Political Studies |
| 306-966-6955 |
| Graham Scoles | Department of Plant Sciences |
| 306-966-4957 |
For more information, please contact:
Erin Taman
Communications Officer
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-6919
Email: erin.taman@usask.ca
Government of Canada Funds VIDO Research Equipment
Posted January 20, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 20, 2004
Government of Canada Funds VIDO Research Equipment
SASKATOON, Saskatchewan - The Honourable Dr. Rey D. Pagtakhan, Minister of
Western Economic Diversification, today announced $1.14 million for the
University of Saskatchewan's Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization
(VIDO) to purchase research equipment and lab supplies for its newly
expanded facilities.
The equipment includes microscopes, pH metres, centrifuges and a variety of
other supplies that will be used in VIDO's expansion, which opened in
October 2003. Over the past three years, the Government of Canada has
contributed nearly $24.3 million to VIDO as part of its support for
innovation in the West. Of this amount, Western Economic Diversification
Canada (WD) has contributed $5.64 million.
"WD's investment will provide VIDO with the resources it needs as a global
leader in vaccine and infectious disease research," said Minister Pagtakhan.
"The Government of Canada is working with pioneering western research
centres like VIDO to leverage their ingenuity and capitalize on innovation."
"We are very appreciative of WD's support in helping us use our expansion to
its full potential," said VIDO Director Lorne Babiuk. "This investment will
allow us to fully equip our new facility. Every piece of equipment we buy is
an asset in ensuring we can deliver the high quality results for which we
are known."
VIDO's expansion of its current facilities added 50,000 square-feet of
state-of-the-art lab space and equipment, as well as new office space. Since
adding on, VIDO has increased its staff to more than 120 by recruiting over
40 research scientists and technicians.
Using the new labs, world-class scientific staff are probing the molecular
processes involved in infection and development of immunity, ultimately
leading to new vaccines that will protect the health of humans and animals.
The improved facility also enables VIDO to strengthen its focus on genomics
and proteomics research, both of which have significant applications to
human health.
Since opening in 1975, VIDO has established itself as a leader in
researching, developing and commercializing products used by producers in
the food animal industry in vaccine and infectious disease research. It
currently holds more than 50 biotechnology patents and has 32 pending. VIDO
also collaborates with research institutes around the world and with more
than 30 commercial companies.
Federal funding for this project was provided for in the February 2003
federal budget.
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A stronger West. A stronger Canada.
For additional information, contact:
Joanne Mysak
Western Economic Diversification Canada
(306) 975-5942
Toll-Free: 1-888-338-WEST (9378)
www.wd.gc.ca
Tess Laidlaw
Communications
VIDO
(306) 966-1506
www.vido.org
Kathryn Warden
Research Communications
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-2506
www.usask.ca
BACKGROUNDER
Backgrounder: VIDO $17.8 M Expansion
- Construction of the expansion began in October 2001, and was initially
budgeted at $14.3-million.
- Initial funding was provided by the Government of Saskatchewan ($5.15
million), the Canada Foundation for Innovation ($5.15 million), Western
Economic Diversification Canada (WD) ($2 million) and the Government of
Alberta ($2 million).
- In April 2002, Genome Canada asked VIDO to lead a $27 million national
genomics project to fight infectious diseases. Genome Canada gave VIDO $13.5
million to lead this project. To accommodate the project, VIDO needed to add
a third floor to its expansion. WD provided an additional $2.5 million and
the Province of Saskatchewan (Industry and Resources) $500,000 for the third
floor. The U of S also contributed $500,000 for a fully equipped conference
centre.
- The expansion will bring $19 million in research funding to Saskatchewan
and lead to the creation of close to 40 jobs in Saskatoon.
- The official opening of the VIDO expansion took place Oct. 16, 2003 and
the building is being fully utilized by VIDO's multidisciplinary team of
immunologists, epidemiologists, virologists, veterinarians and physicians,
biochemists, molecular biologists, biomedical engineers, and pharmacists.
- Wholly owned by the U of S, VIDO operates with substantial support from
the governments of Saskatchewan and Alberta, as well as federal government
and industry competitive grants.
January 15, 2004
U of S Announces Winner of Kirkpatrick Travel Award for 2003-04
Posted January 15, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 15, 2004 2004-01-07-ED
U of S Announces Winner of Kirkpatrick Travel Award for 2003-04
Jill Cavanagh has been selected as the recipient of the Kirkpatrick Travel
Award for 2003-2004.
Cavanagh is a Student and Family Counselor with the Holy Trinity School
Division in Swift Current. She taught for 25 years before obtaining her
Masters Degree in Educational Psychology in 1995. Her special interest has
been the organization of a peer ministry group that attends to students in
need. Two years ago, she won the Canadian Association of Principals Award
for her work in facilitating students to mentor two students battling
cancer. She also has an interest in helping students see and focus on
issues using photography.
As a recipient of the Kirkpatrick Travel Award, Cavanagh will have the
opportunity to visit Rowe, Massachusetts to study with Jan Philips, author
of the book God is at Eye Level, Photography as a Healing Art. Cavanagh
uses family photos, magazine pictures, and assigned camera shoots with
students and adults to reveal issues that may not have been exposed before.
She conducts workshops for teachers, ladies retreats and has contributed a
chapter to Dr. Ronna Jevne's (psychology professor at the University of
Alberta) book on photo journaling, Echoes and Images.
The Kirkpatrick Travel Fund is administered jointly by the University of
Saskatchewan College of Education, the University of Saskatchewan Alumni
Association, and the Saskatchewan Teachers' Federation. The annual award
celebrates the contribution the late Dean Emeritus Balfour Kirkpatrick made
to education in Saskatchewan.
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For more information, please contact:
Dr. Vivian Hajnal
Associate Dean, College of Education
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-7649
To obtain a photo of Jill Cavanagh, please contact:
Erin Taman
Communications Officer, University Advancement
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-6919
Email: erin.taman@usask.ca
January 13, 2004
U of S Students Bring Home Medals From Prestigious I.C.B.C. Competition
Posted January 13, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 13, 2004 2004-01-05-CO
U of S Students Bring Home Medals From Prestigious I.C.B.C. Competition
University of Saskatchewan teams medaled at the Inter-Collegiate Business
Competition (I.C.B.C.) held January 8-11 at Queen's University.
I.C.B.C. is Canada's oldest and largest undergraduate business case
competition attracting top business students from across the nation and
beyond. Competitors participated in preliminary rounds throughout the fall
for the chance to compete in the final rounds last weekend in which the U of
S teams placed second in the Business Policy Event and third in the Ethics
Event.
Business Policy team members from the College of Commerce included: Amanda
Walsh, Aaron Zatylny, and Sholeh Cummings. Ethics team members included:
Ryan Plewis and Mark Savenkoff. College of Commerce faculty member, Ayten
Archer supervised the two teams and accompanied them to Kingston.
"We are very proud of our students. They serve as excellent ambassadors for
the College, the University, our city and our province," said Archer. "The
quality of the programs we offer here at the U of S is reinforced through
awards such as I.C.B.C and allows us to continue recruiting the best and
brightest students."
"This recognition shows that the University of Saskatchewan is committed to
high standards and that our students benefit immensely from the high-quality
teaching and outstanding experience we provide to them," said Commerce Dean,
Lynne Pearson.
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For more information, please contact:
Ayten Archer
College of Commerce
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-8424
New National Music Curriculum Launched by U of S Music Professor
Posted January 13, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 13, 2004 2004-01-06-AR
New National Music Curriculum Launched by U of S Music Professor
A University of Saskatchewan Music Professor is the principal author of a
new national music curriculum adopted by the Canadian Band Association.
The national curriculum is the first of its kind in Canada, in any subject
area.
Professor Don Harris first proposed the idea of a national curriculum to the
Canadian Band Association in June 2000. His plan was to create a detailed,
high quality curriculum that would raise the level of music education in the
country by improving teaching conditions and helping those concerned about
music education understand what is required to deliver a quality education
in music.
His proposal accepted, Harris embarked on the painstaking process of writing
various drafts of the curriculum and standards. Ian Cochrane of the
Saskatoon Public School Division and Peter England, recently retired from
the Saskatoon Catholic School Board, worked with Harris in developing the
curriculum.
During the process, Harris met with hundreds of school and community music
educators and a wide variety of provincial and national music associations
to elicit their comments and suggestions.
In December 2003, the Canadian Band Association adopted the National
Voluntary Curriculum and Standards for Instrumental Music (Band). The newly
adopted curriculum is the third version of the national curriculum developed
by Harris and incorporates feedback from music educators across Canada.
Three documents, over 200 pages in length, are designed to guide school
administrators and teachers as they design programs that will teach music
through performance in band to students from Grades 7 - 12.
Harris plans for the national music curriculum to continue evolving with the
development of additional companion resources.
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For more information, please contact:
Jennifer W. Webber Forrest
Communications Officer
College of Arts and Science
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-1982
Email: jennifer.webberforrest@usask.ca
or
Professor Don Harris
Department of Music (On Sabbatical)
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 373-0773
January 12, 2004
"Campus Vets" premieres Monday, January 12, 2004 on Life Network featuring U of S students, staff and faculty!
Posted January 12, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 12, 2004 2004-01-04-WCVM
"Campus Vets" premieres Monday, January 12, 2004 on Life Network
featuring U of S students, staff and faculty!
Life Network looks at Canada's young veterinarians in training at U of S
From the working ranch to the adrenalin of a high-tech ER, Campus Vets
captures moments when animals, owners and veterinarians are bound together
in a race against time. Beginning Monday, January 12 at 8:30 p.m. (CST),
witness Canada's young vets in training as they pursue the demanding career
of saving injured and sick animals.
This 13-part series (airing Monday evenings) follows the stories of students
on the most modern and competitive veterinary college in North America, the
WESTERN COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE at the University of Saskatchewan.
From dogs and horses to a hairless albino rat and an arctic musk ox, Campus
Vets features a diverse range of needy animals.
Each half-hour episode documents the emotionally challenging, physically
demanding, and occasionally hilarious situations faced by the aspiring
veterinarians. Some of the challenging scenarios they tackle include
performing risky brain surgery on a dog suffering from seizures, removing 20
feet of intestine to save a colicky horse, and dealing with a frisky puppy
who has swallowed his owner's underwear.
For more information about Life Network Programs, please visit
www.LifeNetwork.ca.
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For more information, please contact:
Tina Baird
Publicist, Campus Vets
Tel: (604) 985-8991
Email: tinabaird@shaw.ca
January 09, 2004
Finding NEMO: U of S Protein Discovery Key to Immune Response and Cancer
Posted January 09, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 9, 2004 2004-01-03-OTHER
Finding NEMO: U of S Protein Discovery Key to Immune Response and Cancer
University of Saskatchewan health scientist Wei Xiao and his research team
have discovered a pair of proteins significant in stress responses within
cells - a finding that could lead to new approaches to drug design for
treating cancer and such deadly viral infections as SARS and HIV.
The discovery of the protein MMS2 and the way it works with another protein,
UBC13, in the complex web of communications within cells to create an immune
response was reported in the January 8 issue of the prestigious journal
Nature.
As the article explains, the U of S research was part of a larger
investigation involving California scientists studying immune response. The
U of S research was funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Xiao, professor and head of the microbiology and immunology department, said
the wider investigation focused on "finding NEMO." Here, NEMO is not a tiny
fish, but a tiny protein, an essential link in the chain of events resulting
in cells' efforts to defend the vast ocean of the human body against
invaders such as viral and bacterial infections. NEMO performs like a switch
activating the immune response.
The U of S contribution was discovering that MMS2 and UBC13 operate together
to motivate NEMO. The overall research clarifying this interaction --
finding NEMO -- provides a missing link in the chain of events that starts
with an intrusion such as exposure to a virus and ends with an immune
response.
When the protein duo activates NEMO and triggers the immune response to
fight invaders, cells multiply rapidly. This is useful in combating an
infection, Xiao said. "But if the chain reaction gets activated all the
time, without the presence of an invader, the result is uncontrolled cell
division and tumours," he said.
Thus, clarifying the role of the protein duo and NEMO has implications for
drug development as well as identifying and treating viral diseases and some
forms of cancer.
Some antibodies capable of acting upon the protein duo have been developed
at the U of S and recently licensed for research, Xiao said. Down the road,
this research could revolutionize the diagnosis and treatment of immune
diseases and cancer, by enabling scientists to boost the immune response to
fight infections or, conversely, to halt uncontrolled cell division that
would result in cancer.
Xiao says the protein duo of UBC13 and MMS2 was actually identified a few
years ago but the protein structure was only recently determined in a
collaboration with University of Alberta researchers that involved using a
synchrotron in Brookhaven, New York.
"We will be collaborating further with other researchers on the U of S
campus, using the Canadian Light Source (CLS) synchrotron," Xiao said. These
studies will focus on the structures of other proteins interacting with the
protein duo. The U-of-S-owned CLS (www.lightsource.ca) is to start
operations later this year.
More information is available from Nature's website under Letters to Nature
at:
http://www.nature.com/cgi-taf/dynapage.taf?file=/nature/journal/v427/n6970/i
ndex.html#article
The CIHR (www.cihr.ca) is Canada's premier federal funding agency for health
research.
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For more information, contact:
Wei Xiao
Professor and Head
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
College of Medicine
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-4308
wei.xiao@usask.ca
Sheila Robertson
Research Communications Officer
Office of the Vice-President Research
University of Saskatchewan
(306) 966-1425 or (306) 966-2506
sheila.robertson@usask.ca
www.usask.ca/research
January 08, 2004
New U of S Lecture Series Celebrates Saskatchewan's Upcoming Centennial Year
Posted January 08, 2004
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 8, 2004 2004-01-02-AR
New U of S Lecture Series Celebrates Saskatchewan's Upcoming Centennial Year
The road to Saskatchewan's centennial year in 2005 will be marked by the
launch of a series of public lectures at the University of Saskatchewan.
From January 2004 to January 2005, seven leading historians will look back
at Saskatchewan's past and where it has taken us.
The first lecture in the series takes place Monday, January 19th, 2004 at 4
p.m. in Room 134 in the Arts Building on the University of Saskatchewan
campus. Gerald Friesen, a U of S Alumnus who is now President of the
Canadian Historical Association, will give the first lecture.
Titled "Saskatchewan in the New Prairie History: A Conclusion and Some
Introductions," Friesen's lecture will take the unique approach of using the
present as a springboard into the past by examining the present cultural
condition of the province and proposing ideas about its origins. In effect,
he will let the "end" of the story help determine the beginning.
The lectures, designed to be both thought-provoking as well as entertaining,
will examine the history of Saskatchewan from a variety of perspectives.
The next lecture in the series will take place February 9th with UBC
professor Jean Barman's lecture "British Columbians' Saskatchewan: The View
from the Other Side of the Mountains."
More information can be found on the College of Arts and Science website at
http://www.arts.usask.ca/lectureseries/centennial/
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For more information, please contact:
Jennifer W. Webber Forrest
Communications Officer, College of Arts and Science
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-1982
Email: jennifer.webberforrest@usask.ca
or
Dr. Bill Waiser
Department of History
College of Arts and Science
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-5801 or 374-4509
Email: bill.waiser@usask.ca
