Campus Safety is using a new survey to gauge perceptions about levels of crime and feelings of safety among members of the U of S community.

October 30, 2009

The Saskatoon Health Region will be holding a three-day H1N1 vaccination clinic on campus Nov. 24-26. The free clinic will take place from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. each day in the Education Gym.

Health officials around the world are expecting an increase in the number of H1N1 2009 influenza cases this year and the U of S has been preparing for the scenario.

Although biking season is drawing to a close, the director of Campus Safety want to remind riders that the rules of the road still apply.

Improving the university's mechanisms for managing smaller-scale incidents on campus is one of the main findings of a recent review on the institution's crisis prevention and response capabilities.

Even though none of the contaminated products in question are used on campus, all Maple Leaf products have been returned to the company following an outbreak of contaminated luncheon meat.

After being evacuated from their northern communities due to forest fires and after spending eight days on campus, the residents of Sandy Bay are returning home.

Residents of northern Saskatchewan communities will be staying on campus after forest fires forced their evacuation.

Tomatoes are back on the University Food Services menu after a salmonella outbreak in the U.S. prompted a quick removal of the food from campus.

Some ideas around how the University can improve its management of risk and how it reacts in emergency situations are beginning to emerge as its review of the institution’s crisis response nears completion.

Re-useable plastic water bottles containing a dangerous chemical have been removed from all University bookstore shelves.

A group of University of Saskatchewan nursing students, along with Assistant Dean June Anonson, have returned home to Prince Albert after helping to clean up South Korea’s largest and most disastrous oil spill.

U of S Nursing students help clean up South Korea's most disastrous oil spill. The students were in South Korea as part of an international nursing practicum in January, and volunteered to help with remediation efforts related to the spill.
Photo courtesy the College of Nursing

Recent media coverage has drawn attention to a new vaccine for Human Papillomavirus (HPV), a vaccine that is available through the Student Health Centre.

The Dept. of Health, Safety and Environment (DHSE) will once again be making flu shots available to students at the U of S.

Vicki Herman hopes Student Counselling Services can be more than simply a listing in the phonebook.

Vicki Herman

Campus Safety at the University of Saskatchewan has joined with the RCMP and other provincial law enforcement agencies to support the 2007 Click It or Ticket campaign.

According to Education Professor Keith Walker, teachers cannot separate the act of teaching from the relationships that form with students.

In the wake of the tragic shootings April 16 at Virginia Tech, and the report April 20 of a possible gunman at the U of S, On Campus News prepared a series of stories relating to various aspects of safety on campus.

In the wake of the tragic shootings April 16 at Virginia Tech, and the report April 20 of a possible gunman at the U of S, On Campus News prepared a series of stories relating to various aspects of safety on campus.

In the wake of the tragic shootings April 16 at Virginia Tech, and the report April 20 of a possible gunman at the U of S, the University of Saskatchewan has launched a review of its safety protocols that the vice-president of finances and resources says will be complete by the start of the 2007-08 academic year.

Researchers are looking at legumes in a different way after the suggestion a meal of lentils might provide the right amount of nutrition athletes need to perform at a high level.

Kinesiology professor Phil chilibeck, left, grad student John Little, right, and a lentil study test subject.
Photo by Silas Polkinghorne

A number of products are being tested across campus that will allow staff to maintain a high standard of clean which also going green.

Monique Mayer with Amy.
Photo courtesy WCVM

Nobody likes to spend time in the hospital. That’s why the Western College of Veterinary Medicine (WCVM) is hoping to increase its roster of volunteers willing to offer a home-away-from-home to pets undergoing radiation therapy.

Drunk driving has dropped significantly on campus in the past couple of years, and Campus Safety plans to try to reduce it even more.

Campus Safety requests assistance in the identification of individuals who may be responsible for break and enters across campus this week.

With the approach of winter and the usual problems stopping and starting on icy streets, Campus Safety says motorists, pedestrians and bike riders need to pay particular attention to traffic safety in and around the University.

The U of S is again providing a quiet, safe place for students to study through the night during the December exam period.

A safety audit of the University’s grounds and buildings this summer concludes that students generally feel safe on the U of S campus.