USask celebrates Indigenous student achievement on campus

Event details:
Date: Thursday, March 13
Time: Media are welcome from 3:30-4:30 pm
Location: Garry Hall, Marquis Culinary Centre
Marquis Hall, University of Saskatchewan
97 Campus Drive #224  

This year, USask will recognize and celebrate 49 Indigenous student leaders and role models of the community. The award categories include:

• Academic Achievement: for students who have excelled in their academic studies at USask. 
• Community Engagement: for students who have made significant contributions to an Indigenous or non-Indigenous community. 
• Leadership: for students who have demonstrated exemplary leadership on or off-campus. 
• Research: for students who undertook unique or compelling undergraduate or graduate research. 
• Resiliency: for an upper-year student who is on track to graduate, who has overcome significant personal challenges to succeed in their studies. 

Throughout the week (March 10-14), events will be held on campus and stories about student award recipients will be shared on news.usask.ca. Learn more about Indigenous Achievement Week at spotlight.usask.ca.

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For media inquiries, contact:

Victoria Dinh
USask Media Relations
306-966-5487
victoria.dinh@usask.ca

Kim Fontaine 
USask Communications
306-229-8876 (text)
kim.fontaine@usask.ca