University of Saskatchewan

That’s the thesis of University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Dr. Maurice Labelle (PhD). He is leading an international collaborative study of how the Non-Aligned News Agencies Pool (NANAP), which operated from 1974 to the mid-1990s,…

Dr. Anand Krishnan (PhD), assistant professor in the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), was awarded $120,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Institute for Cancer Research and from the Cancer…

Now, a University of Saskatchewan (USask) research team has developed an innovative glitter product that is biodegradable and uses light-reflecting shapes to create sparkles unlike any other – with the potential to mitigate plastic…

Dr. Lilia Yumagulova (PhD), with USask, and Dr. Anthony Shillito (PhD), from the University of Oxford, England, will each receive $140,000 over two years as part of the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships, a federal program which aims to…

Tier 2 CRCs, worth $120,000 annually for five years, are awarded by Canada’s three major granting agencies to exceptional emerging researchers who are recognized by peers for their potential to be leaders in their field. Henry, an…

Nitrogen is a crucial nutrient for plant growth and development in agriculture. Canada is the top producer and exporter of field peas in the world, with Saskatchewan being home to 54 per cent of pea growing area. “Canadian agriculture…

The $3 million Healthy Cities Implementation Science Team award was announced today in Ottawa by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). The funding, part of a total $27 million committed, is intended to support…

The content of this toolbox are proteins called effectors, and their mechanism of attacking cells to cause disease has been tough to pin down. Just ask microbiologist Dr. Miroslaw Cygler (PhD) at the University of Saskatchewan’s College…

“GIFS provides our industry, academic, and public partners in agri-food and agriculture the opportunity to accelerate and scale their research, so that it makes an impact in the world, increasing yields, improving drought resistance, and…

The Province of Saskatchewan is considering installing up to four small nuclear reactors on the electrical grid to reduce greenhouse gases in response to the federal government’s directive to phase out coal by 2030, with wind and solar…