On Campus News, March 18, 2016

March 18, 2016 Volume 23, Issue 13

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PRAIRIE PULSE POWER Kirsten Bett (left) and Sabine Banniza work to power up pulses for the Prairies. With the help of colleagues at the Crop Development Centre, the researchers develop varieties that thrive on the Prairies, enriching soils and providing profitable options for farmers that offer consumers affordable food, rich in protein, nutrients and fibre. Read the full story on Page 8.

 DAVID STOBBE It’s easy being green Campus initiative celebrates sustainability champions

 LESLEY PORTER

As Energy Conservation Month the Prince Albert distance I’m really comes to a close, offices from all education campus. Each office over campus continue to work is led by a “champion” to looking to support together in an effort to combat encourage colleagues to adopt other offices in their waste and help the U of S become and maintain more sustainable more sustainable. habits. In turn, their workplace sustainability The Work Green program, is recognized based on many initiatives. launched by the Office of factors, such as waste reduction, Erin Akins Sustainability in 2014, is a water and energy conservation, network of workplaces across and sustainable purchasing campus committed to improving practices. coffee grounds and food waste, sustainability practices. The Office of Sustainability reusable coffee pods (an issue “I’m really looking to provides resources to program many offices are struggling with, support other offices in their participants, including educa- explained Akins) and purchasing sustainability initiatives,” said tional opportunities (such reusable dishware and utensils Erin Akins, the Work Green as workshops and training to eliminate single-use items program co-ordinator. “In doing sessions) as well as communica- such as water bottles and paper so, I always like to highlight tions materials. Grants of up to cups. their work.” $300 are also available to help “Every department on LESLEY PORTER In just over a year, the Work Green units invest in the Erin Akins, the Work Green program co-ordinator.  campus is different,” said Akins. program has grown exponen- adoption of greener practices. “Some have funding in their tially to include more than 40 “If it seems appropriate and example, the University Library efforts, they used approximately offices to buy these things. staff members in units and it supports sustainability, then put its grant toward a paper 1.5 million fewer sheets of copy For others, it would be people departments across campus, we support it,” said Akins. “The reduction campaign, which paper than in 2014. buying that on their own. This is including Facilities Manage- grants aren’t too large but they included educational materials Other grant projects with an opportunity for those offices ment, Financial Services, the go a long way.” targeted at students to reduce positive results include an President’s Office and even Indeed they do. In 2015, for their printing. Through their electric composter to recycle See Sharing, Page 3

INSIDE SPRING TUNE-UP 5 HEALTHY SUPPORTS7 2 March 18, 2016  Opening the door to student savings University supports development of open textbooks

 HENRYTYE GLAZEBROOK When Noreen Mahoney and Brooke Klassen told their first-year class they would be using an open textbook, they did not expect the students to respond with a rousing cheer.

Mahoney and Klassen— concept allows for much greater associate dean, students and control over teaching materials. Mahoney Klassen Ross degree programs, and director, Though there are a number undergraduate and certifi- of similar projects happening on want to and not having to skew it in courses—all because they go ward implementing open cate programs, respectively, at campus, Mahoney and Klassen’s based on the materials that have without the textbook because textbooks on a larger scale in Edwards School of Business— open textbook is one of only three been provided,” Klassen said. they’re waiting for financial aid to Canada. Thus far, Ross said the said the reaction was likely due in development that have been “It’s really a student-centred kick in or for the next paycheque. shared materials and experiences to savings on textbooks. officially endorsed and funded by focus,” Mahoney added. It’s hurting them academically,” from the provinces’ combined According to their esti- the U of S. Heather Ross, an instruc- she said. efforts have been indispensable. mate—which places an approx- Because these books are tional design specialist for Ross works to support and “This networking is proving imate cost of $100 per book for published with less restrictive the Gwenna Moss Centre for improve learning on campus, so valuable for us because we’re each of the 340 students enrolled licensing, the two were able to Teaching Effectiveness, echoed and to that end has been aiding building on their lessons, we’re in Comm 119: Business Compe- tailor their text to perfectly fit this emphasis on success, faculty interested in open building on their resources—and tencies—the class saved students their course—drawing from stressing the ripple effect that textbooks in finding resources they’re getting excited because a combined total of $34,000. multiple sources and including a thinner wallet can have on to work with, revealing the ins we’re creating stuff here that they “What we’re hearing from only material that is wholly students. and outs of Creative Commons don’t have,” Ross said. students is that it’s such a relief for relevant in an order of their “They take fewer courses, licensing and helping with inte- “That’s the beauty of open. them not to have to buy another choosing. they drop courses, they do poorly gration into courses. It’s not a competition; it’s collab- textbook, especially when a lot of “When you’re in the In 2014, a memorandum of oration.” material at the intro level is very classroom, it’s so nice to have understanding was signed Mahoney and Klassen are similar,” Klassen added. that authenticity where between Saskatchewan, still refining their textbook Open textbooks are a new you feel like you’re British Columbia according to student feedback. frontier in academics, with actually giving and Alberta to Meanwhile, it has already been Mahoney and Klassen among them exactly lead a united adopted by two more instructors those who are pioneering their what you charge to- in Edwards and is being consid- use at the U of S. Taking its ered for a course in the College of name from the open copyright Arts and Science—in a version, license they are placed under, naturally, that will be updated open textbooks allow free use for for the new audience. educators, students and members “Frankly, we’re still learning. of the public without losing the We’re still adapting and moving quality that comes with peer-re- forward, but it will only get better viewed work. now,” Mahoney said. “Campus- The duo was drawn to open wide, I think a movement has textbooks in part because the started.” 

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Neither allows a to fill in a blank area in animal view from the inside of the gut. health—what goes on in a horse’s Veterinarians also can gut? use an endoscope—basically a “Whenever I talk to students camera on the end of a thin cable about the horse abdomen, I —to look as far as the horse’s put up a picture of a horse and stomach, and a rectal exam to put a big question mark in have a look from the other end, the middle,” said veterinary Montgomery said. Ultrasound researcher Dr. Julia Montgomery can be used, but it can not see in the Western College of Veteri- through gas. This is a signifi- nary Medicine. cant drawback since the horse’s To help answer the question hindgut, or colon, contains a lot mark, Montgomery worked with of gas as its food ferments. equine surgeon Dr. Joe Braca- Montgomery is excited monte and U of S electrical and about the possibilities. Capsule computer engineer Khan Wahid, endoscopy promises veteri- a specialist in health infor- narians a powerful new tool Kahn Wahid and Julia Montgomery use a data logger and sensors see inside a horse.  SUBMITTED matics and imaging. The team to diagnose diseases such as used an endoscopy capsule—a inflammatory bowel disease function looks like. paper on the subject. capsule within the animal at any sort of “mini submarine” with and cancer. Veterinary surgeons Wahid, associate professor “We thought, ‘why not try point in time. a camera about the size and could use it to check surgical in the College of Engineering, it for veterinary medicine?’” A horse’s greater size may shape of a vitamin pill—to have sites to ensure they are healing has long worked with endoscopy Wahid said. “Because there’s also offer opportunity, such a look inside a horse. Veteri- properly. capsule technology for humans nothing like it on the market.” as increasing the size of the nary undergrad student Louisa “This would be the only way and has even patented algo- On March 1, they did just capsule and with it, the amount Belgrave and engineering to really get a picture from the rithms and data compression that. Montgomery, Bracamonte of on-board equipment. For grad student Shahed Khan inside,” she said. technology for their improved and Wahid used off-the-shelf example, standard endoscopy Mohammed rounded out the Researchers could also use performance. The “camera pills” capsule endoscopy technology. capsules have one camera, which team. it to see how well drugs used have been in use for human They shaved eight patches on has its limitations. “This is really a cool way to to stimulate bowel action are medicine for some time, he the horse’s abdomen to accom- “At one point, the capsule look at the entire small intestine,” working, or to answer basic explained, but have yet to be modate the sensors and rigged a got flipped and it was facing Montgomery said, explaining questions such as determining applied in equine health. A liter- harness to hold the data recorder backward; we were getting the only other ways are explor- what “normal” small intestine ature search turned up only one for the test run. a receding view rather than Then Bracamonte andlooking ahead,” Wahid said. “So Montgomery administered the an obvious improvement would capsule through a stomach tube be a two-camera capsule.” directly to the horse’s stomach. Now that Wahid, Mont- Sharing sustainability success For the next eight hours or so, gomery and Bracamonte have the capsule and its camera made their proof of concept, they plan held for the champions to discuss the program is seeing those its way through the horse’s small to run more tests in the next From Page 1 and share their green workplace discussions between offices on intestine, offering a contin- few months on different horses to do that, and it doesn’t have to initiatives and successes—a campus,” she said. “It’s those uous picture of what was going to gather more data. With this come out of someone’s pocket.” highlight for Akins. discussions and connectivity on inside. Once they started in hand, they plan to pursue Quarterly meetings are also “My favourite part about that are bringing big change.”  seeing hay, they knew they had funding to further develop reached the horse’s cecum, at the equine capsule endoscopy. entrance to the large intestine. While the immediate bene- Not ready to be a green champion just yet? Fret not—here are For Wahid, the test was ficiaries may be Saskatchewan GOING GREEN some simple things you can do to cut the waste at work: proof-of-concept that capsule horses mainly used for pleasure endoscopy is effective in horses, riding, the North American and 1. Pack a waste-free lunch. Opt for reusable 3. Pay attention to what you are printing. “This is a and also pointed to some needed international scene includes containers over disposable materials like plastic huge one,” said Akins. Ensure printers are set to improvements. For one, the animals for show jumping wrap and aluminum foil. “You can generate a lot double-sided printing and think about what you of waste just with your lunch,” said Akins. need to print, say, for a meeting. “It takes a bit “movie” has a gap or two as the and racing—basically the elite of forethought in terms of how you’re sharing sensors on the outside of the athletes of the equine world, 2. BYOM (bring your own mug). If the line-ups are materials.” horse lost the signal from the with trainers and veterinarians any indication, the U of S is a coffee-friendly capsule. to match. campus. But the single-use cups make for a lot 4. Quality > quantity. Many offices purchase pro- “The equipment is designed “From the engineering side, of excess trash. The Tim Hortons and Starbucks motional items to give away as gifts, only to outlets on campus offer discounts for anyone have them end up in the trash soon after. “Really for a human, and a horse is we can now look at good data,” who lugs their own mug. If you do not have a look at what you’re purchasing as an office,” said obviously much larger,” he said. Wahid explained. “Once we reusable mug, Aikins said “Everyone who signs Akins. “Is it a high-quality item? Do people really He suggests improvements to know more about the require- up for the program gets a free green mug.” need it? Is there something you can give that the sensor array to solve this ments, we can make it really they’ll actually use?” If not, consider alternatives. problem and also give a better customizable, a pill specific to idea of the exact location of the the horse.” 

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NEW TO US Leading the pack Women’s basketball team reflects on stellar year

 HENRYTYE GLAZEBROOK

Peter Slade

Well-crafted policy helps everyone—from farmers, to railways, to grain handlers—get a fair piece of the economic pie, explained Peter Slade, who joined the Department of Bioresource Policy, Business and Economics in the College of Agriculture and Bioresources in July 2015. But policy can be overwhelmed by extraordinary events, such as the 2013-14 crop year, when Prairie farmers produced a bumper crop that they could not get to market due to a clogged rail system. “If you look at the difference between the price grain handlers were receiving in Vancouver versus the price they were paying farmers in Saskatchewan, those prices really diverged,” Slade said. “So, the grain handlers were doing very well, at the expense of farmers.” To remedy the problem before the next big crop, Slade explained govern- ments might raise the “cap” on how much railways are allowed to charge to When the U of S Huskies women’s and to get that notoriety is well transport grain—but only for a limited time, so there is incentive to get the crop to port more quickly. Likewise, policy could be crafted to ensure sufficient basketball team lost their first deserved. It doesn’t just happen port capacity. home game of the season last by chance. They’ve earned this.” month, they did not realize what Dalyce Emmerson is one of “What we’re looking at now is whether those grain handling companies have kind of streak had slipped away. those fifth-year athletes, bowing the right incentives to invest in the socially optimal amount of port capacity.” At the time, the team was out from her final year of play Slade was born and raised in St. John’s, N.L., and took his undergraduate boasting a 32 game winning as both a champion and three- Thomaidis degree at Memorial University of Newfoundland. He pursued his masters and streak on home court—a mere time all-Canadian player—an doctoral education at the University of Guelph before being drawn to the 10 games shy of breaking the accolade she has every chance Sport (CIS) national women’s U of S by personal connections and a position as the Canadian Canola Growers standing record of 42. of winning for the fourth time, basketball championship, held at Association Agricultural Policy Chair. He is inspired to work at a university in a Though Head Coach Lisa given this season’s play. the University of New Brunswick province where agriculture is a priority. Thomaidis said the team had not Still, she remains humble in Fredericton, N.B., March “It does bring out your passion a bit more when you can feel the things you’re been tracking their home game about the prospect. 17-20. doing are important to the people of the province,” he said. wins until media pointed them “If you ask anybody on our Emmerson, who has gone Slade is just getting his teeth into federal government programs designed to out, the players were still able team, nobody cares about the to nationals three of the four mitigate business risk for farmers. A major policy document, Growing Forward to take some good lessons away athletes of the week or anything previous years without bringing III, is due from the Canadian government next year, and he and his colleagues from the upset. like that. Those are on the back home the title, thinks the team’s want to be ready to contribute to consultations. He also has classes to teach. “I think the silver lining in it burner. We want the big team outlook is positive. “One thing that I really try to instill in students is to get rid of the status quo is that it really helped to re-focus wins and the team awards,” “In other years we’ve felt bias,” he explained, urging them to instead start with a blank slate. our team and to expose some Emmerson said. good. We’ve known that we of the weaknesses that we defi- Up next for the Huskies is “I ask them, ‘if you had to start from nothing at all, what would be the optimal nitely have. We’re not going to be the Canadian Interuniversity See Winning, Page 10 policies?’ Once we think we know what these may be, we can then start to able to just get by on talent. That think about, ‘how can we pull current policies more toward this ideal?”  weekend, in particular, it was the HUSKIE PRIDE defensive side of the ball where MORE STORIES, PHOTOS we struggled,” Thomaidis said. Huskies women’s basketball is not the only team that AND COMMENTS ONLINE Huskies women’s basket- has seen great success this past year. Elsewhere on ball has been on a hot streak all season. The team spent the campus, the dogs have been sprinting toward success majority of the season leading on the field, slamming their opponents on the mat news.usask.ca league rankings and, on Feb. and earning the spotlight at the national level. 24, were part of a social media sensation when a Twitter photo Men’s track and field: Won Canada West championship. Fifth- appeared of Prime Minister year Jared Olson named CIS men’s track and field Student-Athlete Justin Trudeau proudly hoisting Community Service Award winner and captured the gold medal in the a basketball signed by the entire men’s 60m hurdles at the CIS Championships. Graham Black, Jared squad. Olson, Adam Paslawski and Garrett Peters earned gold in the 4x200m relay. The team of Graham Black, Ryan Kowalchuk, Garrett Peters ON CAMPUS NEWS With the end of the season and Jaden Porte also won gold in the 4x400m relays. in sight, Thomaidis and fifth-year On Campus News is published 18 times per year by University of Saskatchewan Marketing and Communications. It is distributed to all U of S faculty, staff, graduate guard Laura Dally were named Men’s hockey: Won Canada West championship and will compete students and members of governing bodies, as well as to others in the university Canada West Coach of the Year in the University Cup March 17-20. 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In a win against The views and opinions expressed by writers of letters to kg) won the CIS silver medal and was named 2016 CIS Female Rookie the editor and viewpoints do not necessarily reflect those of University of Regina Cougars of the Year. Andrew Johnson (82 kg) won CIS silver medal. Annie the U of S or On Campus News. in the final, the team capped Monteith (48 kg) and Katie Dutchak (51 kg) received CIS bronze News Editor: Kris Foster off league play with another medals, and Dutchak was named Canada West Female Wrestler Writers: HenryTye Glazebrook, Lesley Porter, Michael Robin CanWest title, the fourth in of the year. Designers: Brian Kachur, Pierre Wilkinson program history. Editorial Advisory Board: Rajat Chakravarty, Patrick Hayes, “It’s been a fantastic year Men’s volleyball: Won silver at Canada West final, currently pursuing Fiona Haynes, Sandra Ribeiro, Sharon Scott, national championship. CJ Gavlas named CIS Rookie of the Year. 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 KRIS FOSTER

The U of S College of Education training in the area of EAL.” continued, aims to increase the launched a new English as an EAL resources, Prytula number of teachers who have Additional Language (EAL) continued, are “few and far the knowledge, specialized skills teacher certificate in response between. If there are classrooms and expertise that will assist to the growing number of K-12 with no EAL specialized assis- them in working with English students requiring this support. tance, and if teachers don’t have language learners at all grade Since 2008, Saskatchewan the background in this, students levels so that those students has seen an influx of students are at risk.” can successfully meet credit requiring specialized instruc- To help meet the EAL requirements and graduate from tion in EAL, while the number needs in the school divisions Saskatchewan schools. of teachers trained in this area and First Nations across “This is not just about new has not grown proportionately. Saskatchewan, the College of Canadians, this will also help “Over the past eight years, Education, in partnership with teachers who work with other the number of students in the the Ministry of Education, and students for whom English is not pre-K-12 system that require with much consultation with a first language, such as Indig- EAL instruction grew from school divisions, developed Michelle Prytula, dean of the College of Education.  SUBMITTED enous students or Hutterian one per cent to nine per cent,” the post-degree certificate students,” said Prytula. said Michelle Prytula, dean of in English as an Additional EAL support during the 2015-16 providing English language Teachers who enroll in the the College of Education. “This Language Education. school year,” explained Prytula. support, differentiated instruc- certificate program—consisting rising number of students has “Data from the Ministry of “This means our teachers are tion, settlement support and of 10 courses, eight required resulted in a need for more Education estimates that 15,000 faced with larger classes as attention to cultural diversity.” teachers with specialized students in K-12 are receiving well as pressures that include The EAL certificate, Prytula See Certificate, Page 10 Strings on stage Amati ready for spring concerts  LESLEY PORTER

The U of S Amati Quartet is waves locally, winning the orate with the great musicians of known for nurturing young senior piano competition at the the Amati Quartet,” said Friesen, musical talents in Saskatoon. 2015 Saskatoon Music Festival, “and I am very honoured to Over the last three years, as well as first place in the piano have been asked to perform this violinist and founding member category at the National Music concert with them.” Marla Cole has invited young Festival. The opportunity for a soloist soloists from the city to join With talent and accolades to to play with an orchestra—espe- them during the quartet’s show spare, Friesen was an easy pick. cially at such a young age—is Rudolf Sternadel, Geoff Cole, Marla Cole and Terence Sturge.  SUBMITTED over the Thanksgiving weekend. “We’re delighted that he agreed a unique one, explained Cole, Continuing on this theme, to do a concerto with us,” said as they typically would not get level because I had to know my Additionally, Cole ex- the quartet’s March 26 show will Cole. to do so unless they had won a stuff. So I think, in that sense, it plained, the musical repertoire feature young piano phenom The feeling, of course, is competition. Similar opportuni- pushes you along, and it pushes from the baroque era is a good Godwin Friesen. At 16 years of mutual. “It will be a great expe- ties she had earlier in her career you to that next level where you age, Friesen has already made rience and a lot of fun to collab- “are what pushed me to the next know what is required.” See Quartet, Page 6

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 KRIS FOSTER

The University of Saskatchewan “These common spaces and facilities.” recently started the process to support social engagement,” he Out of the recreation come up with a vision for the said. “Harvard had a real issue plan, said James Cook, recreation and athletic spaces where many students, unless manager, business opportuni- and facilities on campus for the they were involved in sports, ties corporate administration, next 20 years. didn’t have a way to come the university “would develop With the help of Cal Brook—an architect and It’s fascinating to see what’s planning consultant who led the development of U of S campus happening across North American master plan in 2006, the College campuses with an increasing emphasis on Quarter master plan in 2009, and Vision 2057, a plan that guides the qualities of student life that reinforce the development of the universi- a sense of belonging and wellbeing. ty’s land within Saskatoon—the university is attempting to map Cal Brook out the ideal mix of space and facilities to enhance the student together; kids were lonely and plans on how to accomplish experience at the U of S. isolated.” the recommendations over a “The College Quarter plan Another North American number of years and identify has a combination of facilities trend Brook pointed to is the funding to do so.” mixed in with other uses that idea of having fitness centres as Related to recreation facil- integrates the campus with the Cal Brook, an architect and planning consultant.  KRIS FOSTER landmark buildings on campus. ities, Cook continued, there rest of Saskatoon,” explained “They should be prominent and is a lot of excitement in the Brook, principal of Brook builds on the deferred mainte- blurring the line between social very transparent so that you can community for a new twin ice McIlroy. “As we started digging nance work carried out by Facil- and physical engagement—it’s see the activity and energy of the facility in College Quarter. into the College Quarter plan, ities Management Division. not just team sports anymore.” campus in those buildings. They “A replacement ice facility recreation, wellness and athletic The second phase, the Brook used Harvard can be a great recruitment tool.” is a high priority of the univer- facilities were really of great “fun part,” as Brook called it, University as an example where Brook said that the while sity’s Board of Governors,” Cook interest.” has to do with a “visioning common space features outdoor the “PAC is a great facility today, said. “We are moving forward Before plans for more exercise with the entire campus fire pits, make-shift curling as we think about planning for working with our preferred facilities and spaces in the community. Taking the ideas rinks and foosball tables, and the future, we should think partners and in consultation College Quarter take shape, he of active lifestyle, wellness and lots of outdoor seating that is creatively about how to get the with the community, but no final continued, there was a “desire athletics and figuring out what ideal for study groups or classes. most out of recreation spaces decisions have been made.”  to look at that in the context the university could be in the of everything the university future to embrace those themes.” An online survey can be filled out until the end of the month at surveymonkey.com/r/uofs_rec was currently offering, from To that end, Brook and his swimming pools and gyms, to team set up stations for three fields and courts.” days all around the U of S to poll The development of a plan the campus community. Further for recreation facilities and feedback will be collected spaces, he said, will take place in through an online survey. Quartet has loyal following two phases, with a final report The plan, aspirational in with recommendations to be nature, requires people to “think audience because there’s a core two violins, a viola and a cello— completed by fall 2016. about how wellness and active From Page 5 group that have been there for a also have a rich history unique The first phase is the engagement can be strengthened long time.” to the province and the U of S. technical part, a review of the and be a focus of the campus student repertoire—“a very good However, she has noticed a Assembled by the Amati family state of repair of existing facil- experience. It’s fascinating to stepping stone to more difficult shift in the demographic of the of Italy throughout the 1600s, ities like pools and gyms at the see what’s happening across work.” audience, perhaps due to the they were purchased by collector Education Building and the North American campuses Because of the quality of young talents that accompany Stephen Kolbinson and sold to PAC, and Griffiths Stadiums. with an increasing emphasis on musicians—both permanent the quartet on occasion. the U of S in 1959 for a minimal “We’re looking at, within 20 the qualities of student life that and guests—the quartet has “It started out being mostly fee, with the intent that they years, what repairs or changes reinforce a sense of belonging maintained a loyal following, professors and retirees,” said would be enjoyed within the will be required to either keep and wellbeing.” said Cole. “We have people that Cole, but that has shifted province, said Cole. them going or even potentially This emphasis on student have never missed a concert and somewhat over 13 years. “I think “Certainly the instruments replacing those facilities with experience, Brook continued, is started right in 2003—our first more people are open to experi- belong to the university. They new, modern facilities.” “tied to the whole range of recre- year—so we see a lot of friendly menting with music.” were designated for the people of This review, he explained, ation and leisure activities— faces when we look out into the The quartet’s instruments— Saskatchewan.” 

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MARG SHERIDAN

There is always room for growth. curriculums. That is the takeaway Val “Indigenizing our curric- Arnault-Pelletier stressed when ulum, and indigenizing our talking about the strides the college is huge,” Arnault-Pelletier College of Medicine has made explained. “But the question is when it comes to its Aboriginal how do we get there? And one portfolio. of the things that I always say to “A few years ago we had different colleagues is that this three (Aboriginal) students isn’t only a Val Arnault-Pelletier in undergrad,” she explained responsibility, this is the respon- recently during a tour of the sibility of all of us—the success newly opened Gordon Oakes Red of any of our students, and the Bear Student Centre. “Today we success of any of our program- have 31—that’s a huge increase in ming is all of our responsibilities. a short amount of time. There are some great initiatives “But I think we have much happening on campus related to more to do—I’m always looking indigenization at the U of S and to grow, expand, and enhance some good partnerships we can current programming and initia- continue to build on such as the tives.” Indigenous Voices Program at And that is nothing less than the Gwenna Moss Teaching and what the college and Arnault-Pel- Learning Centre.” letier expect from her work as Arnault-Pelletier said that Val Arnault-Pelletier, aboriginal co-ordinator College of Medicine.  PAUL SAYERS the Aboriginal co-ordinator. by “working together, creating Her work not only keeps her new programming and new in indigenized learning,” said family roots are from Beardy’s she explained. “Working on busy with community outreach initiatives, always checking with Jaylynn Arcand, a third-year and Okemasis First Nation and those kind of initiatives that in helping to draw students students and seeing what we can Métis student. “She has been a Waterhen First Nation, also bridge cultures and build rela- to the college, but she spends be doing, that’s how we build a support for me since the first day believes that part of indige- tionships with Aboriginal and time meeting current students, strong program.” of medical school, and when I nizing the curriculum involves non-Aboriginal communities’ one-on-one, to discuss their And it has not escaped think of all the people who have introducing all medical students off-campus, it’s opening the eyes experiences, the curriculum and the notice of the students how led me to be successful as an to the needs of the Aboriginal of students to that whole experi- share feedback about where they important her work has been Indigenous leader, I think of Val. community, both in Saskatoon ence. think the college can improve. in increasing the recruitment, “Her office has always been and rural communities across “Continuing to build on that It is no coincidence that in supporting mentorship, and open to me and to my class- the province. in our new curriculum in the her six years at the college she has helping to ensure the college mates for anything—from casual “We have Aboriginal clerk- subsequent years is how we can seen not only growth in terms retains its Aboriginal medical conversations to support during ships now for any students—not make a difference.”  of the number of Aboriginal students. more difficult aspects of medical just Aboriginal—to go to All Marg Sheridan is the online students, but an improvement in “She is always looking for school.” Nations Healing Hospital and communications co-ordinator in the Aboriginal and rural health new ways to engage students Arnault-Pelletier, whose Dakota Whitecap First Nation,” the College of Medicine. PROS vs. JOES (Huskies wrestler) (Michael Robin)

Throughout 2016, members of the university communications because we did a single hour while on the road at CIS). This and a half workout, rather than pays off in their academic lives: team are working out with our Huskies to see what it takes to the usual routine of an hour in the best wrestlers tend to be the morning and another couple the best students. They’re also be a Huskie student athlete. In this edition—Huskie wrestling. hours after classes. I thought I encouraged to do community was in pretty good shape, but volunteer work on top of every- Who are you and what kickboxing three times a week. up some more with laps, calis- the Huskies women and men thing else. The team spends do you do? thenics like jumping jacks and are at a whole different level. so much time together that Michael Robin, I’m the research What did the Huskies leg swings, plus a lot of different You can watch collegiate-level they are friends, social life and communications specialist. I have you do? gymnastic moves such as flips, sports and admire the athletes, extended family all wrapped up write stories about science and The team had me in for what is cartwheels, front and back rolls. but once you’ve been on the mat into one. provide related strategy and called a “taper” day, which is what Then we grappled, interspersed against a Huskie wrestler, you I was inspired by this truly support. they do right before a competition with active rest (more laps) and truly appreciate and respect exceptional bunch of people (in this case CIS nationals). The the occasional break for instruc- their power, speed and skill. and grateful for the opportunity What’s your experience idea is to sweat a bit (okay, a lot) tions from the coach or a sip of To be a Huskie demands to work out with them. I found in this sport? before final weigh-ins and put a water. supreme dedication and focus— myself wishing I was 30 years I wrestled a bit in high school final fine edge on their skills. We they don’t waste time, because younger so I could take a shot (early 1980s) and have done a started with an impromptu game How was the experience? they have no time to waste (for at joining them—if I was good little jujitsu. I mainly train in of indoor soccer, then warmed I’m glad I visited on a taper day, example, they wrote exams enough!  8 March 18, 2016  The pulse of the Prairies U of S plant breeders examine pulse crop problems

 GLENN CHEATER Kirsten Bett wants to nearly Sabine Banniza face a see-saw flower until there are 12-hour double the acreage devoted to battle. days—and guess what?—we pulse crops on the Prairies— For example, one of the don’t get those until the day about one-fifth of the of the centre’s earliest successes was before harvest. They’re also super West’s 70-million crop acres. chickpeas, which went from sensitive to frost. So yeah, they’re “Our goal is to have pulses in 10,000 acres in 1996 to more than a lot of fun.” a one-in-four-year rotation—let’s a million in 2001. By last year, it Lentils have the opposite say 20 per cent of the landscape,” was a tenth of that amount. problem—the long days of June said Bett, a professor in the “Declining prices were a make them want to flower soon Department of Plant Sciences in factor, but disease played a major after emerging from the soil. the College of Agriculture and role,” said Banniza. “We had Researchers are looking to Bioresources. “We’re at 12 per major infestations of ascochyta genetics to help them crack these cent, so we’re not there yet. But blight.” tough problems. Bett is project we want to offer every producer It comes with the territory: lead of the international lentil at least two species of pulses so plant millions of acres of any crop gene sequencing effort. Earlier they can include these legumes and disease pressure skyrockets, this year, she and her colleagues in their rotation.” especially if you plant the same published an important genome Pulses (dry peas, lentils, dry crop on the same field every two milestone. beans, chickpeas and faba beans) or three years. Today, one of the “The lentil genome assembly pack a triple punch: they provide biggest threats to peas and lentils will help us better understand affordable protein for a growing is a root rot, first discovered in this crop,” she said. “More impor- world population, they are a rich Saskatchewan in 2012 and now tantly, it will lead to development source of fibre and nutrients with widespread. of genomic tools that will help multiple health benefits, and they “If you go into areas where improve breeding practices and naturally add nitrogen to the soil. they have a lot of problems, you accelerate varietal development.” It is a win-win-win with just can see a very clear trend between These tools will allow a teensy problem—plant breeders how often they grow a pea crop breeders to track multiple, need to develop varieties that and the incidence of root rot,” complex traits during cross- are better yielding, can thrive in Banniza said. breeding, which will help them areas where pulses are not tradi- Growers demand improved develop high-quality and high- Kristin Bett and Sabine Banniza.  DAVID STOBBE tionally grown and are resistant disease resistance, varieties better yielding lentils in less time. to a host of diseases. suited to the northern plains Banniza cites the tightly It is a tall order, but Bett and and a host of other traits such integrated nature of the CDC have a better understanding are similar, and in some cases, her colleagues at the U of S Crop as larger chickpeas, which fetch team as another competitive of how good your resistance is where they are located on a chro- Development Centre (CDC) have higher prices on world markets. advantage. and how long it might last,” said mosome of a similar plant. a record of filling such orders. The challenge is exacerbated “We sort of pollinate each Banniza. Bett cites an old saying that In the 1970s, virtually no pulses by pulse crops’ origins in tropical other with new ideas,” she said, Another example of their plant breeding is like a lottery, were grown in Saskatchewan. or subtropical regions—a vastly pointing to genomics as example. team approach is KnowPulse, and 99 per cent of all crosses “will Since U of S plant breeder Al different place than the Canadian “I’m surrounded by plant which Bett described as “a breed- break your heart.” Slinkard released the Laird lentil Prairies. breeders and one of the things er-friendly web portal you can “It’s not cheap to develop in 1978, the CDC has produced “First of all, you can’t plant all plant breeders do these days use without knowing anything a variety,” she said. “It takes a more than 200 pulse varieties. them before the ground is warm is map genomes. So one day, I about databases.” good 10 years from the time I As of the 2015 crop year, enough, so you have to wait thought, ‘Why don’t I try this Just as you might want to make a cross to getting it out on about 3.9 million acres of lentils until the last week of May, then with a fungus?’” find a store in your neighbour- the landscape. So the more you and 3.7 million acres of dry peas you need them to come out of It was an inspired idea. hood, a plant breeder might be can increase efficiency—either in were grown. But to expand this, the ground quickly,” Bett said of “If you understand what interested in a gene that inhibits costs or time—the better.”  Bett and colleagues Bert Vanden- dry beans. “Because traditional makes a fungus virulent, what a particular enzyme. Type that Glenn Cheater is the owner berg, Tom Warkentin, Bunyamin varieties are often sensitive to genes are involved, and how into KnowPulse and you can find of High Bluff Media in Winnipeg Tar'an and plant pathologist day length, they typically don’t quickly they change, then you all the genes in the database that and Edmonton.

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Each year, the Nominations Committee of Council invites University of Saskatchewan faculty members, librarians and sessional lecturers to step forward and offer to serve on university committees. Our committees are the mechanism through which collegial university governance is achieved. Finding excellent people to serve on our committees is the job of the Nominations Committee. Our terms of reference direct us to find members who are broadly representative of the disciplines of the university. We select nominees for their experience, demonstrated commitment, and potential for a significant contribution to committee functions, and we strive for equity in representation.

Following are the committee vacancies which we are looking to fill for the 2016-17 academic year. We usually try to appoint people for three-year terms. Sessional lecturers are appointed for one year. To volunteer or to nominate someone else: submit nominations online at: usask.ca/secretariat/forms/index.php by Wednesday, March 23, 2016.

Committee What does it do? How Information about often? expected vacancies

University Council Committees Academic Programs Reviews and approves curricular changes from all colleges, recommends twice a month Three vacancies + sessional Committee major curricular changes to Council, oversees policies relating to students and academic programs. Governance Committee Reviews Council bylaws and faculty council bylaws; responsible for academic once a month One vacancy misconduct and academic appeal regualtions. International Activities Develops and reviews policies, programming, and strategic directions for once a month One vacancy Committee international activities and programs. Nominations Committee Nominates GAA and Council members for university committees and panels. as required Six vacancies Planning & Priorities Reviews and advises Council and the university administration on planning, twice a month Four vacancies + sessional Committee budgeting, and academic priorities. Research, Scholarly & Artistic Reviews and advises Council on issues related to research, scholarly and twice a month Three vacancies, including an Work Committee artistic work, including research-related policies. Associate Dean Research Scholarships & Awards Grants awards, scholarships and bursaries open to students of more than one as required Two vacancies Committee college or school; advises Council on scholarship and awards policies and issues. Teaching, Learning & Academic Reviews and advises on pedagogical issues, indigenous content, support services once a month Three vacancies + sessional Resources Committee for teaching and learning and policy issues related to teaching, learning and academic resources. Collective Agreement Committees University Review Committee Reviews college recommendations for awards of tenure, renewals of probation, frequently November Four vacancies (URC) and promotions to professor. to March (evenings)

Renewals and Tenure Hears appeals of URC decisions recommending against renewal of probationary March Four vacancies including one Appeal Committee period or award of tenure. senior administrator

Promotions Appeal Panel Members of the Promotion Appeal Commitee, Sabbatical Committee, and variable in 16 vacancies President’s Review Committee are selected from this roster. the spring

Other Committees Recreation and Athletics Recommends on recreation and athletic fees charged to students variable One vacancy Advisory Council and reviews reports on expenditures. Joint Committee on Chairs and Reviews proposals to establish new chairs and submits to the Council and Board of variable One vacancy Professorships Governors for approval.

For more information, please contact a member of the Nominations Committee of Council:

Nominations Committee of Council: Phone Ed Krol Pharmacy & Nutrition 2011 Tamara Larre Law 1966 Terry Wotherspoon Sociology 6925 Nancy Gyurcsik Kinesiology 1075 Dwayne Brenna Drama 5185 Jim Greer Office of the VP Teaching & Learning 2234 Bram Noble Geography & Planning / SENS 1899 Jaswant Singh Veterinary Biomedical Sciences 7410 Sandra Calver Secretary 2192 Michael Nikerson Food and Bioproduct Sciences 5030

For more information, visit usask.ca/secretariat/governing-bodies/council/committees.php or call 306-966-2192 10 March 18, 2016  Coming events

advanced skills in realist methodologies Canadian composer Matthew Emery’s Child Health Research Trainee Day Mental Health Training for  Courses/Workshops led by Gill Westhorp, an international- dedication. After and welcoming local March 24, 11 am-2:30 pm, Graduate Managers ly-recognized specialist and trainer in high school students performing in our Student Association Commons, April 6, 1-4 pm, Admin C280. If you lead ESL Classes at the Language realist methodologies. Each day of the side-by-side chorus. Admission: $15, Emmanuel and St. Chad, 1137 College or supervise U of S employees, this Centre workshop will have a different focus and students/seniors $10. Available at McNally Drive. Residents, graduate students, three-hour workshop will empower April 4-May 30, part-time program, will include provision of advanced skills Robinson, or choir members, or at the postdoctoral fellows and undergraduate you to break down stigma and create a spring term. Classes will cover writing lectures/workshops; time for researchers door. All are welcome. For more infor- students are invited to present their child mentally healthy workplace. Wellness and applied grammar, pronunciation, or research teams to work on or develop mation, please contact Jennifer Lang at health-related research. Please contact Resources, a division of Human Resources, graduate-level writing, reading or their own projects; and sessions in [email protected] or 306-966-6812. Erin Prosser-Loose, Department of Pediat- has partnered with Sun Life Financial to listening skills, and spoken English. For which researchers present their work in rics research co-ordinator, at erin.loose@ provide this free training for managers. more information or to register contact progress, receive feedback and discuss Greystone Theatre Production usask.ca, for questions. This session will prepare you to identify 306-966-4351 or visit ptesl.usask.ca. issues and strategies in realist design and March 23-April 2, 8 pm, John Mitchell and address mental health issues in the methodologies. University of Saskatch- Building. Les Belles-Soeurs, by Michel Forbidden Love: The Unashamed workplace comfortably, confidentially Spring Session Multilingual ewan registrants: $500. Students: $250. Tremblay, translated by John Van Burek Stories of Lesbian Lives and in a consistent manner. The session is Conversational Language External registrants: $1,000. Team rates and Bill Glassco, directed by Pamela Haig March 28, 6:30 pm, Broadway Theatre. powered by Solareh. To register, visit the Classes available at the rate of 10 per cent off for Bartley. Written in 1965 by Canada’s Movie screening hosted by the women’s Safety Resources training website: Classes from April 18 to June 13, 2016: teams of three to five, and 25 per cent best-known Francophone playwright, and gender studies program and the safetyresources.usask.ca/services/ • French levels 1 to 6: $215 (GST exempt) off for teams of six or more. Email yxe. Michel Tremblay’s iconic Les Belles Soeurs provost’s advisory committee on gender training/index.php. • Spanish levels 1 to 6: $225.75 (GST [email protected] for registration is a boisterous comedy that irrevocably and sexual diversity. Following the film, included) information. changed not only the subject matter there will be a reception and Q-and-A featuring co-director Lynne Fernie. This • Japanese levels 1 and 2: $225.75 (GST but the very language considered event is free. included) acceptable in Québecois theatre. Set in  • Japanese for the Traveller: $252.00 Seminars/Lectures a working class kitchen in Montreal, this Easter Break Rainforest Ecology (Manual and GST included) much-produced and frequently translated Telehealth Spousal Support script features a cast of fifteen women Camp for Kids • German levels 1, 2 and 4: $225.75 (GST discussing their relentless pursuit of life March 28-April 1. Rainforest Ecology included) Groups for Caregivers of Persons and love—and bingo! For tickets, call Camp runs Monday to Friday in Room 306, • Italian levels 1, 2 and 4: $225.75 (GST with Dementia Williams Building, 9 am-4 pm with one 306-966-5188. For more information, included) March 31, 4-5 pm. Psychology professor hour of before and after care. Daily field please contact Douglas Thorpe at doug. • Cree level 1 (Materials and GST Megan O’Connell will give a talk entitled trips to hike the U of S campus, MVA trail, [email protected]. Website: artsand- included) Telehealth spousal support groups for Wanuskewin, Saskatoon Zoo, Pike Lake science.usask.ca/drama/greystone/ SUBMIT caregivers of persons with dementia. or Beaver Creek Conservation Area. Learn Textbooks and workbooks are extra onstage.php. unless otherwise indicated. Members of the university community about the ecology of rainforests around and the general public are welcome to For more information, visit the world in B.C., Costa Rica, Amazon and Coming events attend this presentation which is part of learnlanguages.usask.ca or call Africa and their animals. Visits from social- the Department of Psychology’s monthly  Miscellany 306-966-4355 or 5539. ized tiger salamanders, a garter snake and Next OCN: Friday, April 1 colloquium series. World Water Day 2016 rescued and non-releasable Big Brown Deadline: Thursday, March 24 Community Arts Bats (they’re small). Fee: $295; before and School of Public Health March 23. Join the Global Institute for Explore your creativity and develop after care: $40. Register online at ccde. Email [email protected] Water Security for World Water Day skills in drawing, painting, sculpture, – Vaccinology and Immunother- usask.ca/ecologycamps. photography, glass, jewelry making, fiber apeutics Seminar Series events at the Diefenbaker Canada Centre. art, graphic design, art history and more. March 24, 12:30 pm, VIDO lecture theatre. The day will begin at 2 pm with a Water These courses help you gain confidence R. Bundi Magiri presents: Innate immune Leaders Lecture Series, which will include as you develop your portfolio. Classes responses activated by adjuvant PCEP in pigs. a presentation from Emily Anderson, MSc are taught by professional artists. Take candidate and winner of the GIWS video Certificate unique classes for general interest or work toward contest. Talks by the recipients of the a certificate. For more information, visit  The Arts Water Security Research Excellence Award ccde.usask.ca/art. Register online or call and Best Doctoral Thesis Award in Water 306-966-5539. U of S Greystone Singers and Security Research will follow, as well as a in Saskatchewan University Chorus in Concert poster competition and a wine and cheese Realist Methods and Realist reception at 4:30. Full details can be of its kind in Saskatchewan,” said March 20, 3-5 pm, Knox United Church, From Page 5 Prytula, “It’s a great example of Synthesis Training Workshop 838 Spadina Crescent E. U of S Greystone found at usask.ca/water. Please RSVP to June 13-17. This immersive five-day work- Singers and the University Chorus pres- [email protected] by March how we continually take steps shop will guide participants through ents After, featuring the premiere of 17 if attending the reception. and two elective, for a total of in order to match the needs of 30 credit units—will cover a the ever-changing education wide-range of material: under- landscape in Saskatchewan.” standing the purpose, process The development of the and approaches to learning EAL Certificate at the U of S additional languages; learning was supported by the Ministry approaches to assessment that of Education, which enabled a are culturally and linguistically four-month part-time second- appropriate; and educational ment of Nadia Prokopchuk, a practices that support cross-cul- senior program manager of EAL tural learning and cultural and Languages to the College of diversity in the classroom. Education to help develop the “This is the only certificate certificate.  Winning ways continue winning streak. Instead, they From Page 4 are more invested in heading into every game ready to face off played well and earned our spot against their next opponent. there, but this is the first year “It’s not really about the I think that we all feel we can streak. None of us really paid actually do the job and bring attention to that until the media it home if we’re all on the same pointed it out. It’s not about page and the wheels are rolling that for us. Every weekend, it’s properly. It just makes it that about getting these two wins and much sweeter knowing that it’s getting the next two,” Thomaidis actually possible for us.” said. Looking forward, Thomaidis “It’s more about wanting a said the team is less interested two-game winning streak each in chasing another home game weekend.” 

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The most important rule of frequent users of health-care pharmacy within reach. marketing is to know your services and have more prescrip- In the coming months, audience. tions, something Guedo has Guedo will work with an That is something Carla definitely seen working at the external media firm to execute Guedo, owner of the Medicine pharmacy. “They’re the majority the student plan and finalize Shoppe Pharmacy in Place Riel, of the pharmacy users, just by the locations and placements for learned when she commissioned nature of the demographic that the targeted ads. She remains a team of bright young business we serve.” impressed with the work the students to draft a marketing To catch the eye of that students did and the input they plan for her. elusive target audience, the plan provided. “Because we’re a small, included advertisements that “We weren’t really sure, independent pharmacy, I’m the “look like glossy fashion ads,” when we began, what our expec- one who makes the marketing said Phillips. Rather than hiring tations were when working with decisions—but I don’t have a models, the group chose to use student groups,” she said. “But background in marketing,” said students in the ads—addressing they were really professional.” Guedo. “So the students were a common health concerns such From Phillips’ point of fantastic resource for us to be as headaches, cold sores and view, a project such as this is an able to use. They gave us really chapped lips—something else experiential learning oppor- great work and really great ideas that really appealed to Guedo. tunity that prepares students to use.” “It’s a little more reflective for a career in marketing. The Specifically, the students Carla Guedo, owner of the Medicine Shoppe  LESLEY PORTER of what students on campus look kinds of issues they encounter, were a part of professor Barb Pharmacy in Place Riel. like,” she said. “We were really she explained, such as deciding Phillips’ Integrative Marketing excited about having that type of where to advertise and how Communications class, a fourth- students,” said Phillips, who To offset this, Guedocampaign.” much to budget, “are really good year course in the Edwards is also the Rawlco Scholar in and Phillips chose a plan that The ads also contain the because they’re real. And when School of Business. Student Advertising. “Plus it’s super targeted female students. The tagline “On Campus, Just they graduate, they will be doing groups work collaboratively on helpful for the small business or team provided statistics showing Like You,” which serves as a those same things. It’s a real- marketing and advertising plans not-for-profit.” that young women are more gentle reminder that there is a world problem they’re solving.”  for a client Phillips chooses— With all that in mind, typically a small business or Guedo approached Phillips Nominate an individual or team not-for-profit in the community. about the project last fall, for the University Library Dean’s The students present their providing her with an overview Award for Excellence today! thorough plans to the client, of the business to “really under- who picks the best one—that is, stand what we were looking for,” the one the client feels represents she said. Phillips then relayed their business the best. The plan this information to her students, is then adopted and executed who presented their ideas to by the client’s business, giving Guedo in December. students a taste of the marketing While the pharmacy is world before they have their certainly open to the public, degrees in hand. “it’s mostly students who use it,” The project is a staple of said Guedo. She is given some Phillips’ class, and one she has resources for local marketing been doing for 20 years, with past and advertising, as well as clients including the Saskatoon pre-made branded materials, Symphony Orchestra, Tourism but these pieces are typically Saskatoon and Wanuskewin targeted towards seniors—not Heritage Park. a common demographic on a “It’s really exciting for the university campus.

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Share your knowledge at [email protected] Smart advice Megan Vandendriessche knows the power of students. “We are students first—that’s basically where we come from,” said Vandendriessche, an academic advisor in the College of Arts and Science. “My job is to help students. If students weren’t at the university, I wouldn’t have a job.” With infectious enthusiasm and a passion for helping others, Vandendriessche is instrumental in assisting students achieve their academic goals through coaching, goal-setting and mentorship. “Our advising philosophy here is very holistic,” she said, adding that rather than focusing on deficits, “we come from a strengths base when it comes to advising. We talk about your strengths and how you can leverage those in everything you do.” Originally from Vancouver Island, Vandendriessche moved to Saskatoon to attend the U of S in 2009. While completing her urban planning degree, she volunteered extensively on campus, including with the University Learning Centre (now known as Student Learning Services) as a peer student advisor—similar to her current job, she explained, “but scaled back and working with prospective students.” She stayed in that role, working full-time during the summer and part- time during the school year, and became very knowledgeable about not only the different supports and resources on campus, but the many departments and programs as well. Not long after graduating in 2014, she was, naturally, a shoe-in for an academic advisor position. Working in the largest college on campus, Vandendriessche admits there was a bit of learning curve initially, but credits her years of volunteer experience with giving her an advantage. “Advising is an experiential learning process for us,” she said. “Once you get in here, you kind of just learn about things slowly.” Though she does not always see the end result of her work, she knows she is bettering the lives of each student she sees. “One day the student is going to think back about the experience they had with their advisor and that’s when you can see the fruits of your work.”