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Study examines racism reported by Black medical students at Saskatchewan school

Study examines racism reported by Black medical students at Saskatchewan school

Jun 10, 2024 | 8:04am
Medical researchers at the University of Saskatchewan College of Medicine looked inward for their latest study — an attempt to capture the experiences of racism faced by Black medical school students. The resulting empirical study, published Monday in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, documents a litany of reported indignities that include a senior doctor defending her use […]

Sask NDP seeks legislative food pricing study

Nov 16, 2022 | 10:30am

Saskatchewan’s NDP leader Carla Beck is calling for a special legislative committee to study food pricing issues in Saskatchewan. The NDP wants the study to look into supply chain issues, fair pricing for Saskatchewan livestock producers, and food security issues in the North. The SaskParty government rejected the NDP call. Agriculture minister David Marit says […]

USask heads up PTSD study

Dec 9, 2019 | 12:00pm

A University of Saskatchewan team is leading a $1.4-million study into how psychiatric service dogs can help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder recover from alcohol and drug addictions. Researcher and Professor Darlene Chalmers said concluding the dogs do help in a previous study laid the foundation for the next phase. She said over 30 people […]