University of Saskatchewan

The USask crop research projects received support from Saskatchewan’s Agriculture Development Fund (ADF), meant to aid the growth and advancement of the agricultural industry in the province through innovative work solving modern…

The legalization of cannabis in Canada is driving the demand for scientifically backed insights to inform public health messaging. Until recently, pre-clinical cannabis research – done without the use of human participants to determine…

Root rot in pulse crops has grown to be a devastating issue for growers across Saskatchewan and Western Canada, so a team of University of Saskatchewan (USask) researchers and colleagues at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC) …

Paintings, beadwork, digital illustrations, a story skirt – when Dr. Jordan Woodsworth (DVM, PhD) was completing her graduate studies focused on the dog-human relationship in Northern Saskatchewan and Indigenous communities, a…

Nineteen USask-led and four VIDO-led projects were provided funding by the ADF, which receives support from both the federal and provincial governments. Two additional projects at USask’s Prairie Swine Centre (PSC) also received…

Dr. Hassan Vatanparast (PhD), professor in the School of Public Health and the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, is this year’s recipient of the SHRF Career Achievement Award. The award honours a Saskatchewan-based researcher who…

The concert – titled “Illuminare” after the Elaine Hagenberg composition of the same name – will feature performances by the Greystone Singers and Aurora Voce conducted by Dr. Jennifer Lang (PhD), associate professor of choral and music…

The University of Saskatchewan (USask) has placed among the best universities in the world in two newly released international subject rankings. After increasing its ranking in the 2023 THE and ShanghaiRanking university tier list to the…

Members of USask’s senior leadership team took part in a “research summit” during a recent trip to Frankfurt, Bonn and Berlin, with the goal of fostering and reaffirming USask’s commitment to Germany in both research and education. The…

The University of Saskatchewan's VIDO Vaccine Development Centre is one of only seven organizations selected as a member in the NIAID service provider pool. It is also the only non-U.S. organization and the only university-based…