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Saskatoon, ’s Science City The Leading Edge of Innovation

Saskatoon has always been on the forefront of development. university of From our rich heritage of healthcare leadership, to the development Signature Areas of Research of advanced technology facilities such as the Synchrotron, Saskatoon has always had its focus on the future. • Agriculture

Along the banks of the scenic South- sits Western • Energy and Mineral Resources Canada’s hub of research and development, the University of • Synchrotron Sciences Saskatchewan. Featuring 13 colleges and an impressive array of research teams, tools, and facilities, the U of S has helped establish • Aboriginal Peoples Saskatoon as a major centre for science, innovation, and training • Water Security over a variety of industries. • One Health In addition to the U of S, Saskatoon is home to a wide variety of hotels, a first class international airport, and over 800,000 square feet of meeting space, ensuring our city is a natural convention destination for a myriad of events. Major University of Saskatchewan (U of S) Research Centres The U of S is home to a wide variety of industry-leading • Feeds and dairy research facilities include: Rayner Dairy research centres across a variety of faculties and disciplines, Research and Teaching Facility, Bioprocessing Pilot Plant, including: Feeds Innovation Institute, Grains Innovation Institute, and the Feed Research Centre. • The , the national synchrotron facility is used by scientists from around the globe for cutting-edge • The U of S Toxicology Centre is the largest academic research ranging from mine tailing remediation to cancer toxicology research and training Centre in Canada. research and cutting-edge materials development. The CLS is home to one of the world’s most advanced biomedical • The Canadian Centre for Nuclear imaging beamlines for groundbreaking health research. Innovation invests in partnerships with academia and industry to place Saskatchewan among global leaders in • VIDO-InterVac is an international leader in developing nuclear research, development and training. vaccines and technologies to fight infectious diseases in also runs a new state-of-the-art cyclotron, which produces humans and animals. It houses some of the world’s most isotopes for human, animal, and plant imaging. advanced containment level 2 and 3 vaccine research facilities, and is a leader in the study of emerging and re-emerging • The new Health Sciences building enables faculty and pathogens transmitted between animals and humans. students to work together across areas of practice that include dentistry, kinesiology, medicine, nursing, pharmacy, nutrition, • Global Institute for Water Security, home to a Canada physical therapy, public health and veterinary medicine. Excellence Research Chair, develops improved tools to sustainably manage one of our most important resources. • The Social Sciences Research Laboratories provides unparalleled support to faculty, staff and students doing • Global Institute for Food Security, founded through a cutting-edge research in the social sciences. $50-million partnered investment involving PotashCorp, the Saskatchewan Government, and the U of S, leads a Canada • The Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Centre is a multi- First Excellence Research Fund grant—one of only five such disciplinary research centre that probes the structure of grants awarded in Canada—and builds on U of S strengths in matter, complementing work done at the Canadian Light crop development, powerful bioinformatics, and imaging. Source.

• Crop Development Centre at the College of Agriculture and • Three U of S graduate schools conduct research related to BioResources has developed more than 400 commercial crop public policy, public health, environment and sustainability. varieties.

Major Government Research Centres on the U of S campus: • Innovation Place is one of the most successful and • The Saskatchewan Research Council is one of Canada’s rapidly growing university-related technology parks leading providers of applied research, development and in North America. technology commercialization, providing services and products to 1,400 clients in Saskatchewan, Canada and • Saskatoon Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada develops around the world. effective insect and disease control strategies for oilseed, cereal and forage crops, supporting science that contributes • POS Bio-Sciences offers unparalleled expertise and service to growth and development of Canada’s agricultural sector. in bioprocessing applied research from bench-top to commercialization scale, serving industries that include • The National Research Council, Canada’s premier research oilseed processing, cosmetics, agricultural biotechnology, and technology organization, has a large research facility feed, and industrial bio-products. on campus that provides innovation support, strategic research, as well as scientific and technical services to Guided tours of research facilities clients and partners. are available upon request.

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