The Centre for Discovery in Learning is a research centre created to build capacity and generate outcomes in the scholarship of university teaching and learning. The mandate of the Centre for Discovery in Learning is to:

• enhance the scholarship of research in higher education at the University of Saskatchewan
• promote, support, and acknowledge research and scholarship in education at the university level at the U of S
• help develop researcher skills in this area among interested scholars (through seminars and workshops, mentoring, and peer support, etc.)
• increase productivity in research and related scholarly work (conference publications, published articles, invited presentations, etc.) 

The CDL is affiliated with the University Learning Centre:

• The University Learning Centre is an academic service and support unit focusing on partnerships to support student learning.
• The Gwenna Moss Centre is a teaching support unit focusing on partnerships to help faculty, instructors, sessional lecturers, and graduate students develop and hone their teaching skills.