Ph.D. Defence – Ali Al Hadwer

December 7, 2022 Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

Ph.D. candidate, Ali Al Hadwer will defend his Ph.D. dissertation on Wednesday, December 14 at 12 pm. Ali has investigated factors affecting the adoption of cloud-based data analytics in the higher education sector, using Saudi Arabia as a case study. The defence will take place via Zoom. Anyone interested in attending can contact me. TheContinue...

Ph.D. Seminar – Hillary Dawkins

December 6, 2022 Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

Join us on Wednesday, December 7 at 9 am (via Zoom) for a seminar by Ph.D. candidate (Computational Sciences), Hillary Dawkins. Hillary has been investigating gender bias in pre-trained language models. You can find the title and abstract for her seminar below. If you are interested in attending his seminar, please reach out. Title: DetectionContinue...

Meet Our Experts: Philip Rees, Chief Security Officer and Facilities Manager

December 3, 2022March 20, 2023 Saskatchewan Research Council Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science, Technology and Engineering

While the latest technologies are the foundation of any security unit, successful operations also require a robust security culture. Safety and security are interconnected—a secure workplace ensures staff safety and keeps operations running smoothly. Learn how SRC is developing a culture of security as it grows.

Helping Industry Produce Premium Potash to Support the Global Agricultural Community

November 6, 2022March 20, 2023 Saskatchewan Research Council Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science, Technology and Engineering

While potash has some valuable industrial uses, 95 per cent of the world’s production goes towards supporting the agricultural industry. As demand for a variety of food crops increases, farmers and industry are looking for premium fertilizer to maximize their yields. Learn how SRC is helping industry recover premium products, such as sulphate of potassium.

Meet Our Experts: Skye Muirhead, Operations Lead, Environmental Remediation

October 23, 2022March 20, 2023 Saskatchewan Research Council Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science, Technology and Engineering

Skye Muirhead is the Operations Lead for SRC’s Environmental Remediation team. Learn more about Muirhead's career and work at SRC as she and her team take on the complex task of remediating abandoned uranium mine and mill sites in northern Saskatchewan.

Meet Our Experts: Alexey Klyashtorin, Senior Environmental Scientist

October 21, 2022March 20, 2023 Saskatchewan Research Council Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science, Technology and Engineering

Alexey Klyashtorin is a world-renowned expert on nuclear and environmental remediation. He works on SRC's Project CLEANS team where he applies his industrial and academic experience to remediating abandoned uranium mine and mill sites in northern Saskatchewan. Read on.

Meet Our Experts: Sunil Sohani, Safety Services Director

October 5, 2022March 20, 2023 Saskatchewan Research Council Environmental and Earth Sciences, General Science, Technology and Engineering

At SRC, safety is seen as everyone’s responsibility, and we have built our culture on that principle. Safety is fundamental to everything that everyone at SRC does. Meet the person responsible for engaging and leading the entire organization with a safety-first mindset. Read on.

Introducing Our CIS3750 Community Partner For Fall 2022

September 13, 2022 Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

Normally at this time of year, the students in CIS3750 (Systems Analysis and Design in Applications) learn who their community partner will be for the semester. In the past, this has included such awesome partners as the SEED, the First Responders Team, the Guelph Wellington Food Round Table, the Grove Hubs, MealExchange, and more. ThisContinue...

Special Issue: Mobile Applications For Environment And Health Monitoring

July 27, 2022 Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

I’m happy to announce that I will be guest editing a special issue for the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health along with Dr. Jarrett Phillips. For this special issue, we are seeking papers that explore all aspects of mobile application development for environment and health monitoring, including papers that describe design processes,Continue...

Dear Students Of Fall 2022

July 26, 2022 Dan Gillis Communication, Education and Outreach, Science in Society, Technology and Engineering

In a few short weeks, students will return to campuses across the country. And while I’m sure there is a lot of excitement about the return, I think it’s important to consider the situation in which this return will happen. The COVID-19 pandemic is not over, monkeypox is spreading quickly across the globe, and theContinue...

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