“Your education is your ceremony,” says College of Education graduate student Alexander Tawpisim.

Leona-Grace Cook, a member of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band, is completing her Bachelor of Commerce in Human Resources in the Edwards School of Business at the University of Saskatchewan (USask).

Indigenous Achievement Week from March 5-8 at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), brings together community and celebrates Indigenous students’ achievements, academic excellence, resiliency, and leadership.

In October of 2023, Dr. Linda Young (BA’94, BFA’98, MEd’20, PhD'2023) earned her doctorate not through a traditional defence, but through Conversation. Her innovative dissertation format, comprised of 10 videos, four bookworks, a glossary of terms, and a gallery show, was developed through carefully followed traditional protocol, a connection to community, and a lifelong relationship with education.

Dr. Jaime, an enrolled member of the Pit River Tribe of northern California, previously held the role of interim vice-provost, Indigenous engagement at USask.

Award-winning poet and photographer Tenille Campbell (BA’07, MFA’12) has been selected as the next Indigenous Storyteller-in-Residence for a 12-week residency with the University Library at the University of Saskatchewan (USask), beginning in January.