Province Announces $15 Million for New Residences
After more than 30 years, the University of Saskatchewan is ready to get back into the business of building residence spaces for its students.
USSU VP Student Issues Shannon Dyck speaks to reporters
Photo by Liam Richards
Shannon Dyck, University of Saskatchewan Students' Union (USSU) VP student issues, was impressed that a mere two days after the USSU released a student housing report entitled Learning Well, Living Well, the province announced significant funding for new student residences.
At a media conference held Feb. 4 in Student Central, Donna Harpauer, Saskatchewan's minister of social services, announced the government would contribute $15 million toward the cost of new residences along Cumberland Avenue that will add about 400 additional beds to the university's inventory. The multi-building construction project is expected to be underway later this year with full occupancy anticipated for 2011.
Read more about the new student residence project in the Feb. 6, 2009 issue of On Campus News.