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ON CAMPUS NEWS news.usask.ca NOV. 8, 2019 Volume 27, Issue 3 CONVOCATION CELEBRATION This year’s Fall Convocation will be held on a new day as the University of Saskatchewan’s graduation ceremonies move to Merlis Belsher Place on Wednesday, Nov. 13. In this edition of On Campus News, we take a look at the major award winners, as well as the honorary degree and earned doctorate recipients. OCN also chats with a trio of bachelor’s, master’s and PhD students who share their stories with us prior to receiving their degrees at Fall Convocation. SEE PAGES 6-9 — 4-5 — — 10 — — 13 — REMEMBRANCE DAY SLEEP EXPERT ACADEMIC ALL-CANADIANS Publication Mail Agreement #40065156 Rebranded co-operatives centre On Campus News is published 12 times focused on future per year by University of Saskatchewan JEN BUDNEY Marketing and Communications. It is distributed to all USask faculty, staff, graduate students and members of More than 50 co-op practitioners Centre for the Study of Co-opera- governing bodies, as well as to others and researchers gathered on October tives is looking ahead to the next in the university community, related 16 during Co-op Week to celebrate 35 years, and while we are focused organizations, some Saskatchewan the 35th anniversary of the newly on important bread-and-butter government officials and news media. rebranded Canadian Centre for policy and operational questions of Subscriptions are available for $24 the Study of Co-operatives at the taxation and co-operative gover- per year. Story and photo ideas University of Saskatchewan. nance, we’re also looking at broader are welcome. Advertising rates are available online or on request. The celebration marked a issues of sustainability, innovation, new strategic vision of the centre and economic justice, to articulate - (formerly known as the Centre for the role for co-operatives in solving Dr. Marc-Andre Pigeon (PhD) is the director of the Canadian DAVID STOBBE On Campus News aims to provide a the Study of Co-operatives), under problems in these areas.” Centre for the Study of Co-operatives at USask. forum for the sharing of timely news, the leadership of Dr. Marc-André Melissa Hoover, founding information and opinions about Pigeon (PhD). executive director of the American speech. She stressed the need for “The key lesson of co-operatives events and issues of interest to the USask community. “I think these values hold great non-profit Democracy at Work co-operative organizations to focus is to avoid polarizing approaches appeal for the youngest generation of Institute—a national organization as much on co-operative values to problem solving,” she stated. The views and opinions expressed by writers of letters to the editor and co-op practitioners and researchers, dedicated to building the field of as economic returns in an era of “Economics can’t be separated viewpoints do not necessarily reflect the millennials and Generation worker co-operatives—came from ever-widening economic inequality, those of USask or On Campus News. Z,” said Pigeon. “The Canadian San Francisco to deliver the keynote ecological crisis, and political unrest. SEE CENTRE'S, PAGE 15 - We acknowledge we are on Treaty 6 Territory and the Homeland of the Métis. We pay our respect to the First Nation and Métis ancestors of this place and reaffirm our relationship IN CASE YOU MISSED IT with one another. A lot happens at the USask during the weeks when On Campus News isn’t published. - Here are a few of the top stories from news.usask.ca: EDITOR James Shewaga VIDO-InterVac MOU Mining mentors Award for Kochian Beef Industry Chair WRITER Chris Morin USask’s VIDO-InterVac and South With a $133,000 investment from Dr. Leon Kochian (PhD), Canada Dr. Gabriel Ribeiro (DVM), Korea’s International Vaccine Saskatchewan mining companies Excellence Research Chair at the new Saskatchewan Beef DESIGNERS Brian Kachur Institute (IVI) have signed a through the International Minerals the University of Saskatchewan Industry Chair at the University Pierre Wilkinson memorandum of understanding Innovation Institute, USask is (USask), has won the 2019 of Saskatchewan (USask), will be (MOU) to share expertise and best partnering with the Saskatoon Arrell Global Food Innovation developing nutritional strategies to practices in vaccine development to Tribal Council on a mentorship Award for global excellence in improve health, performance and benefit human and animal health program for Indigenous women. food innovation. Adjudicated profitability, while lessening the globally. The MOU, signed in Seoul MentorSTEP supports Indigenous by internationally recognized environmental impact of beef cattle by USask President Peter Stoicheff, women to pursue STEM and scientists, the award from the Arrell production. The chair will help to VIDO-InterVac Associate Director mining-related business, health, Food Institute at the University of identify technologies and nutritional Paul Hodgson, and IVI Director and environmental disciplines. Guelph recognizes global research and management practices to General Jerome Kim, establishes a MentorSTEP brings together leaders who have made exceptionally improve the sustainability and formal scientific exchange program members of Saskatchewan’s mining significant contributions to scientific productivity of forage-based and between the two organizations in community, matched as mentors to understanding that will improve feedlot beef cattle production ISSN: 1195-7654 PUBLICATIONS MAIL infectious disease research and young Indigenous women at USask food security for the planet. The systems. Ribeiro is working with two AGREEMENT NO. 40065156 vaccine development, and enables pursuing a variety of STEM and award carries a $100,000 cash prize. graduate students in the Department Return undeliverable addresses to: students, post-doctoral fellows and related degrees. As well, Indigenous Kochian is associate director of the of Animal and Poultry Science. His UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN scientists to complete training and high school girls from Saskatoon USask Global Institute for Food research includes rumen in vitro MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS learning exchanges. Saskatchewan and participating First Nation Security and a faculty member fermentation systems, beef cattle G16 THORVALDSON BUILDING 110 SCIENCE PLACE Premier Scott Moe was on hand to partner schools will engage with in the College of Agriculture and metabolism and feedlot nutritional SASKATOON, SK S7N 5C9 witness the signing ceremony. USask student mentors. Bioresources. studies. Email: [email protected] FOR MORE UP-TO-THE-MINUTE NEWS, VISIT: news.usask.ca @usask 2 NOVEMBER 8, 2019 PEOPLE OF THE PLAN The University of Saskatchewan’s new seven-year plan through to 2025 is entitled The University the World Needs and has been gifted Indigenous names nīkānītān manācihitowinihk (Cree) and ni manachīhitoonaan (Michif), which translate to “Let us lead with respect.” In each issue of On Campus News in 2019, we take a closer look at the 12 major goals of the new plan by profiling individuals involved in the university’s commitment to Courageous Curiosity, Boundless Collaboration and Inspired Communities. In this issue, we chat with Dr. Jay Famiglietti (PhD), executive director of USask’s Global Institute for Water Security. COMMITMENT: INSPIRED COMMUNITIES GOAL: CELEBRATE STORIES (Inspire the world by achieving meaningful (Equip all members of our community with the tools and opportunities to share and change with and for our communities) propagate the university’s knowledges, successes, and stories—locally and globally) Jay Famiglietti: Inspiring communities JAMES SHEWAGA Whether it is at the White House of the world, water is going to be or the United Nations, in the increasingly scarce, especially in community or in the classroom, our groundwater aquifers,” he Dr. Jay Famiglietti (PhD) is said. “Those are being overtaxed committed to communicating the and pumped at an unsustainable science of discovery. rate and so that will pose major A former NASA Jet Propul- threats for water availability, sion Laboratory scientist and water security and food security a world-leading hydrology as well … In many parts of the researcher, Famiglietti joined U.S. and probably in Canada as the University of Saskatchewan well, we are past that time when (USask) in 2018 as the Canada you don’t have to worry about 150 Research Chair in Hydrology it. We are at a time when we do and Remote Sensing and as the need to think about it, so that executive director of the Global is why the education part of it Institute for Water Security—the is so important. It is absolutely No.1-ranked institute for water essential that we engage with the research in the country. community.” Leading a research group that Famiglietti said it was accesses advanced satellite data USask’s commitment to world- to track changes in freshwater leading hydrology research and availability around the world, the government’s strong support Famiglietti firmly believes it is Dr. Jay Famiglietti (PhD) is the executive director of the Global Institute for Water Security and the Canada DAVID STOBBE of that work, that brought the responsibility of researchers 150 Research Chair in Hydrology and Remote Sensing at the University of Saskatchewan. him north from California to to actively reach out to share their Saskatchewan last year. findings with local and global responsibility of communicating and Pentagon, State Department and TV appearances with the CBC, BBC, “It might not be well-known audiences—a key commitment explaining