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[email protected] news.usask.ca Inside Jason Disano and Carolyn Brooks in the Social Sciences Research Laboratory. LIAM RICHARDS Taking the pulse of a province Survey exemplifies interdisciplinary research Kirk Sibbald Few and far between are phones on March 5, conducting gration and diversity; health, arity of the social sciences,” plinary research, increasing research projects that can bring telephone surveys of more wellbeing and Saskatchewan said Jason Disano, director of community engagement and together more than 30 faculty than 1,000 randomly selected families; and moral issues. the SSRL, noting that Taking providing hands-on research members, 40 students and residents across the province An agreement has been the Pulse of Saskatchewan opportunities for students are engage an entire province. to gauge attitudes on several struck with Postmedia News involves researchers from all keystones of the SSRL, said That is the aim, however, of contemporary, and oftenand the CBC, so results of the seven departments within the Disano, and this survey ties Taking the Pulse of Saskatch- divisive, topics. The survey is survey will be unveiled through Division of Social Science in the into all three objectives. ewan, an ambitious survey comprised of 42 questions, all The StarPhoenix, The Leader College of Arts and Science. To develop the survey being undertaken by the Social of which fall under one of seven Post, and CBC Saskatchewan “I think you would be hard questions and methodology, Sciences Research Laboratory’s themes: sustainable resource this coming fall. pressed to find any initiative researchers worked in six (SSRL) new survey facility.