Greg Marchildon, Canada Research Chair in Public Policy and Economic History and professor at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS) has been awarded the 2013 Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (SHRF) Achievement Award.
Held on November 15 and 16, the Pathways to Prosperity (P2P) annual conference brought together researchers, community leaders and government officials from the federal and provincial levels, to discuss best practices for improving integration of immigrants and visible minorities within Canadian communities.
The University of Saskatchewan has received $1 million from Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), on behalf of the Co-operative Retailing system, for a new initiative in co-operative business development in rural and Aboriginal communities in Canada.
Students from the Johnson-Shoyama Students’ Association (JSSA) at the University of Regina campus are doing their part to contribute to the social and economic condition of those living in Regina.
Bruno Dupeyron, associate professsor and graduate chair in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (University of Regina campus), has been awarded two Fulbright awards.
John Whyte, policy fellow in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, was awarded an honorary degree at a convocation ceremony at York University on Wednesday morning.
JSGS students involved in Ken Coates’ JSGS 863: Aboriginal Peoples and Public Policy class travelled to La Ronge on October 8-9 to participate in a field session with Mayor Tom Sierzycki, as part of a larger community-engagement initiative taking place at the University of Saskatchewan.
Sharon Lee Smith, assistant deputy minister with Western Economic Diversification Canada (Saskatchewan) and Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School (JSGS) policy fellow, was awarded the IPAC Gold Medal for distinguished public service in Saskatchewan.
Professors David Natcher (College of Agriculture and Bioresources) and Rose Olfert (Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy) have been awarded $73,656 by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council to investigate the social, economic and environmental changes that have occurred in the Maple Creek region of Saskatchewan over the past 50 years.
The University of Saskatchewan’s Centre for the Study of Co-operatives has been awarded $100,000 from CHS Inc., the largest agricultural co-op in the U.S., to develop new courses for a graduate-level certificate program that will focus on experiential learning opportunities in co-operatives.
Chloe Miller’s daily walk to work is different compared to that of most students.
The University of Regina is pleased to welcome former consul general of Canada in Denver (CO), Dale Eisler, as a senior policy fellow in the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, effective September 1, 2013.
Held August 18-21, The Institute of Public Administration of Canada Canadian (IPAC) 65th annual conference brought together public administrators from across Canada – including system decision-makers and policy-makers – to discuss why and in what areas and ways governments must reinvent themselves.
Professor Murray Fulton was named a Fellow of the Canadian Agricultural Economics Society (CAES) for his substantial contributions to the advancement of agricultural economics, and for his contributions to the Canadian agricultural and resource economics profession.
Held June 10-11, the first Integrated Training Program in Infectious Disease, Food Safety and Public Policy (ITraP-IDFP) symposium, One Health: Maintaining a Healthy Planet, brought together researchers, practitioners, and graduate students from all over the world to discuss pathogen-host interplay, emerging diseases, new vaccines, animal health and ecology, and public policy.
The 2013 Triple Helix Conference, held in London, England and organized by the Big Innovation Centre, focused on the theme of “The Triple Helix in a context of global change: continuing, mutating, or unravelling?”
Travis Reynolds, PhD candidate at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS) University of Saskatchewan campus has been awarded a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), totaling $105,000 over three years, to further his work on accountability, behaviour and trust in the public sector.
Cassandra Opikokew, PhD candidate at the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (JSGS) University of Regina campus has been awarded a Doctoral Research Award by the Canadian Institute of Health Research, totaling $108,000 over three years, to further her work on Indigenous health and education policy.
