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Linda McQuaig to talk about “The Trouble with Billionaires”

Journalist and best-selling author Linda McQuaig will be at the University of Regina this week to talk about the political and social consequences of concentrated wealth in Canadian society, the topic...

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Film examines violence in young relationships

Leisha Grebinski, a U of R master’s student and CBC journalist talked with Sheila Coles on The Morning Edition yesterday about the premiere of  This Time Last Winter.  The film is about violence in...

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What do they really do in Science and Engineering?

Submitted by Karen Meagher Professor, Mathematics and Statistics Dept. University of Regina Women in Sciences and Engineering (URWISE) member Tomorrow afternoon is the fourth annual URWISE lecture...

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Issues of rural Canadian women take international stage

Submitted by: Elsa Johnston Research communications, External Relations Q&A with Amber Fletcher University of Regina PhD candidate Amber Fletcher was recently one of only four representatives from...

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Rape and sexual assault myths

Submitted by Ashley Major Undergraduate student, Human Justice Republished with permission from: Slaw, Canada’s online legal magazine   Ashley Major is a Canadian student completing an internship at...

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VIDEO: Ecology, Community and Wisdom

Submitted by:  Nora Gardner, Alumna, B.A. ‘89, B.Ed. ‘91, M.Ed ‘10 Ecology, Community and Wisdom (2012, 15 mins., 30 secs.) premiered on Earth Day at the Saskatchewan Eco Network’s Regina...

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Documentary to explore media’s depiction of women

The University of Regina and First Nations University of Canada will host a screening and public dialogue about the award winning documentary Miss Representation on Tues., Oct. 16. Miss Representation...

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Does your professor’s lipstick choice really matter?

Submitted by: Dena McMartin Professor, Environmental Systems Engineering Most of us probably don’t even notice that a lot of media portrayals of powerful women focus more on looks than substance. But,...

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XKCD webcomic: Marie Curie

  XKCD: A webcomic of Romance, Sarcasm, Math and Language This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 2.5 License. Imagine if Marie Curie had to deal with network...

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Miss Representation screening tonight

Hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser. Photo by Dave Holland. Olympic medalist Hayley Wickenheiser spoke with Sheila Coles on CBC’s The Morning Edition about  Miss Representation –  a film created by...

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