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17 unusual facts about University of Saskatchewan


Alientrap

Vermeulen started the project as a computer science student at the University of Saskatchewan bringing on McGibney, a longtime friend then studying illustration at Sheridan College.

Capitalist Piglet

On March 3, 2006, University of Saskatchewan President Peter MacKinnon distributed an e-mail to all university staff and students calling on The Sheaf to apologize.

Catholic Christian Outreach

CCO was founded in 1988 by André and Angèle Regnier at the University of Saskatchewan as a reaction to the lack and curbing of enthusiasm they saw in their fellow Catholic students.

Cobalt therapy

In 1949, Dr. Harold E. Johns of the University of Saskatchewan sent a request to the National Research Council (NRC) asking them to produce Cobalt-60 isotopes for use in a cobalt therapy unit prototype.

Cyril Richardson

He attended the University of Saskatchewan, Emmanuel College in Saskatoon and the Union Theological Seminary.

David Butler-Jones

He is a Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Manitoba as well as a Clinical Professor with the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology at the University of Saskatchewan's College of Medicine.

Ed Whalen

Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Ed Whalen was studying medicine at the University of Saskatchewan in 1948 when he dropped out to take a part-time job in radio broadcasting at CFQC radio.

Frank Cyril James

In 1947, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Saskatchewan.

Franklin M. Loew

He received his undergraduate degree and Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Cornell and a doctorate in nutrition from the University of Saskatchewan.

George S. N. Luckyj

In 1947, he moved to Saskatoon, Canada for a position teaching English literature at the University of Saskatchewan.

Hardy Trophy

It is named for Evan Hardy, the former head of the agricultural engineering department at the University of Saskatchewan, who had played for the Huskies for its first five years before a rule that only students could play.

Harvey's

The Home Depot partnership for Saskatchewan ended in 2006, leading to the closure of all restaurants in that province except for the University of Saskatchewan location.

Nihal Jayawickrama

He was the former Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Justice (1970–1977), Professor of Law at University of Hong Kong (1984-1997), Ariel F Sallows Professor of Human Rights at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada (1992-1993), and Executive Director of Transparency International (1997-2000).

Paul McHugh

He graduated LL.B.(Hons I) from Victoria University of Wellington, LLM (Saskatchewan), and obtained his PhD at Cambridge with his dissertation "The aboriginal rights of the New Zealand Maori at common law" (which was awarded a Yorke Prize in 1988).

Peter J. Dyck

He graduated from Rosthern Junior College and attended the University of Saskatchewan, but dropped out to pastor several struggling local churches.

Queen Mary's Grammar School

Prof Martin Ennals, Ariel F. Sallows Professor of Human Rights in 1991 at the University of Saskatchewan, Secretary-General from 1968-80 of Amnesty International, and younger brother of David

Thaddus E. Weckowicz

Weckowicz received his Bachelor of Medicine (MB and ChB) from the Polish School of Medicine at the University of Edinburgh, his Diploma in Psychological Medicine (DPM) from the University of Leeds and his PhD from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.


Arbor Creek, Saskatoon

Kaplan Green - Dr. David L. Kaplan, C.M.; winner of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, former head of the University of Saskatchewan’s Department of Music and former conductor of the Saskatoon Symphony Orchestra.

Augustus Kenderdine

Augustus Frederick Lafosse (Gus) Kenderdine (1870—1947) was a landscape and portrait artist of Lancashire and Saskatchewan, a farmer of Saskatchewan, and academic at the University of Saskatchewan.

Canada–Ukraine relations

The longest standing educational partnership at the post-secondary level is that of between the University of Saskatchewan and Chernivtsi National University.

Canwood, Saskatchewan

Higher education can be pursued out of town at the Saskatchewan Institute of Applied Science and Technology, University of Saskatchewan, or University of Regina.

Clayton Oscar Person

After service overseas in the Royal Canadian Navy from 1941-1945, he returned to enroll at the University of Saskatchewan where he was awarded Honours in Biology in 1950 and the MA in 1951.

David R. Olson

He attended the University of Saskatchewan from 1953–55, obtained a teaching certificate; he then taught in a village school in Alsask, Saskatchewan.

Eaton Internment Camp

In 2005, as part of a national campaign to seek official acknowledgement and redress for the World War I internment of Ukrainians and others, the Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage, an academic unit at the University of Saskatchewan, in association with the Saskatchewan Railway Museum commissioned and unveiled on the original site a bronze and tindal-stone memorial.

Ethan Vishniac

His wife Ilene Busch-Vishniac, now the ninth president of the University of Saskatchewan since July 1, 2012, was previously Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at Johns Hopkins, and provost and vice-president (academic) of McMaster University from 2007 until 2012.

Frank Kusch

Kusch has earned a Ph.D from the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, and a Master's Degree from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.

Gordon Beattie Martin

He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, the son of Dr. Robert Beattie Martin and Francis Mildred Spooner, and was educated at the University of Saskatchewan.

Grant Devine

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, he received a B.Sc. in Agriculture degree specializing in Agricultural Economics in 1967 from the University of Saskatchewan, an M.Sc. specializing in Agricultural Economics in 1969 from the University of Alberta, an M.B.A. from the University of Alberta in 1970, and a Ph.D. in Agricultural Economics from Ohio State University in 1976.

Ilene Busch-Vishniac

In December 2011, she was selected as the ninth president of the University of Saskatchewan, replacing Peter MacKinnon.

James Till

He attended the University of Saskatchewan with scholarships awarded by the Standard Oil Company and the National Research Council, graduating with a B.Sc.

Joe Oteng-Adjei

He then did his masters degree and subsequently PHD in Canada on power systems at the University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada between 1984 and 1987 on a Commonwealth Scholarship.

John P. Barber

Dr. Barber received the Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Saskatchewan in 1967 and his Ph.D. in Engineering Physics from Australian National University in 1972.

Ken Cheveldayoff

Educated at Carleton University in Ottawa, University of Saskatchewan, and Newport University in Southern California, Cheveldayoff holds a B.A. (Honours) in Economics and Political Science (1988) and a Masters of Business Administration (1996).

Mitro Makarchuk

In 1959, as a first year student at the University of Toronto, Makarchuk offered to underwrite a Canadian intercollegiate hockey championship between the University of Toronto Varsity Blues men's ice hockey team and University of Saskatchewan Huskies as there was no national playoff between eastern and western Canadian regional hockey champions.

Neil Stanley Crawford

He graduated from the University of Saskatchewan Law School in 1954, and practiced law in Edmonton, Alberta during the 1950s and 1960s, before becoming involved in politics.

Paul Schoenhals

He was born in Clinton, Ontario, the son of Stewart John Schoenhals and Phyllis Lillian Elliott, and was educated in Ontario, at Nutana Collegiate in Saskatoon and at the University of Saskatchewan, where he received a BEd.

Sidney Merlin Spidell

He was born in Parkdale, Nova Scotia, the son of Sidney Freeman Spidell and Lucinda Ann Saunders, and was educated in Parkdale, in Mortlach, Saskatchewan and at the University of Saskatchewan.

Sue Pedersen

Pedersen began her endocrinology career with busy practices in both Calgary, AB, and at the Royal University Hospital at the University of Saskatchewan.

Walter Tarnopolsky

Between 1959 and 1983, he was a professor of law with, variously, the University of Saskatchewan, University of Windsor, Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, and the University of Ottawa.

William James Gilbert Allen

He was born in Regina, Saskatchewan, the son of Alfred B. Allen and Delores M. Holmes, and was educated there, at St. Peter's College and at the University of Saskatchewan.