University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan (USask) researcher Dr. Rachel Engler-Stringer (PhD) aims to change that by partnering with an array of community agencies and multidisciplinary academics to inform federal decision-making on a nationally…

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) provided the funds under its Project Grant program designed to support research that advances health-related knowledge, health care, health systems, and/or health outcomes.Improving the…

The results show that after exposure to the insecticides sulfoxaflor and imidacloprid, the honeybees suffer an impaired optomotor response, which is an innate orienting behaviour using wide-field visual motion information. Bees also use…

Dr. Michelle Collins (PhD), assistant professor in the Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology at USask’s College of Medicine, has been focused on how the heart forms and functions. As Collins describes it, the main molecule…

Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry François-Philippe Champagne announced in Sudbury, Ont., this morning that the federal government is investing more than $628 million through the Canada Foundation for Innovation…

The history of the Crop Development Centre (CDC) at the University of Saskatchewan is a celebration of plant breeding and how new varieties indelibly changed agriculture in Saskatchewan, and around the world. It is also the story of…

George and his collaborators are investigating whether dysregulation (deficiency or excess) of essential metals is linked to the development of such diseases as multiple sclerosis (MS) caused by demyelination—damage to the protective…

USask ranked 23rd worldwide and first in Canada in water resources, from 51-75 globally and fourth in Canada in veterinary sciences, and 76-100 globally and sixth in the country in environmental science and engineering. “We are proud that…

Dr. Alexandra King (MD), of Nipissing First Nation and co-lead of pewaseskwan, said Indigenous people have higher rates of heart disease and Kennedy’s Disease, and to address this, there is a need for culturally responsive health…

Dr. Cheryl Troupe (PhD), assistant professor in the Department of History at USask’s College of Arts and Science, was awarded $28,067 for her project that will include contributions from academics, civic staff, and Métis citizens to trace…