Soledade Pedras - Green Breakthrough in Crop Protection This video tells the story of an important discovery by U of S chemistry professor Soledade Pedras, Canada Research Chair in Bioorganic and Agricultural Chemistry, who was named the U of S’s 2009 Distinguished Researcher. Flash Video (Runs: 4:10) Direct Download
Roanne Thomas-MacLean - Breast Cancer Researcher and Associate Professor Sociology
Roanne Thomas-MacLean, Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Saskatchewan was named a distinguised researcher by the U of S in 2008. Her work exploring the breadth and impact of breast surgery on a woman's ability to use her arm is one of the largest studies of its kind in the world. Flash Video (Runs: 4:57) Direct Download
Wei Xiao - Cancer Cell Researcher and Microbiology Professor
Wei Xiao took his youthful interest in plants and turned it into a complex research project which has unlocked a cancer-fighting protein complex. The University of Saskatchewan's Distinguished Researcher for 2008, Wei continues to teach, research, and collect an unusual assortment of stamps. Flash Video(Runs:
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Caroline Tait - Aboriginal Health Researcher
Faculty Researcher for the Indigenous Peoples' Health Research Centre. Flash Video (Runs:
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Dean
McNeill - Head, Department of Music Teacher, musician and composer: Dean McNeill meshes the many aspects of
music in his life. Flash Video (Runs:
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Susan Shantz - Artist & Professor
of Art
Art is an avenue to learning for Art History professor Susan Shantz. She
describes how her recent work "Canopy" stimulates the various
senses of the observers and communicates a message to them.
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Jean-Pierre St.Maurice - Canada Research Chair in Environmental Sciences
Being Canada Reserach Chair in Environmental Sciences helps Jean-Pierre St.
Maurice keep his eyes on the sky...the night sky to be exact. That's where
he gets a bird's eye view of the aurora borealis. Flash
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JoAnne
Dillon - Researcher VIDO
As Dean of the College of Arts & Science, JoAnne Dillon has a full
schedule. But her love of research takes her into the microbiology lab
to study the antimicrobial resistance of various bacterial pathogens. Flash
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Jim Miller - Canada Research Chair
Native-Newcomer Relations
It's an exciting time for Jim Miller to be studying Native-Newcomer Relations. As
Canada Research Chair in Native-Newcomer Relations at the U of S he explores
why we have had so much trouble living together in the past and how we might
build better relationships in the future.
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Peter Stoicheff - English Professor & Associate Dean Humanities & Fine Arts
What does the web page have to do with the medieval page? English Professor
Peter Stoicheff 's discovery of a box of manuscripts from the 1100's to
1500's is helping tell the story of how the two are alike. Flash
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Sylvia Abonyi - CRC Aboriginal Health
Sylvia Abonyi is Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Health and a member of
the Saskatchewan Population Health Research Unit where she looks for ways
to involve northern Saskatchewan community members in improving health
in their communities. Flash
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Steven Franklin - VP Research
Studying grizzly bear populations is a long way from his job as Vice-President
of Research at the U of S. But Steven Franklin converges his two
interests in a very full life.
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Henry Woolf - Professor Emeritus, Department of Drama
An actor and director of theatre for decades, Henry Woolf brought his gifts
of the stage and his wit to the University of Saskatchewan and to Saskatoon
more than twenty years ago. Flash
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Naomi Carriere - Master Student in Biology
A Master's student in Biology, Naomi Carriere is looking at traditional aboriginal
knowledge of the woodland caribou and modern-day scientific knowledge in
an effort to help preserve the species. Flash
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Keith Thor Carlson
Exploring aboriginal issues led History Professor Keith Carlson to the story
of Louie Sam. The tragic saga of the young aboriginal boy in the 1800s helped
Carlson reveal how one small incident can lead to a century of after-shock,
and how telling such a story helps students learn the lush nature of history. Flash
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