Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Programs Saskatchewan Polytechnic offers over 150 programs in applied/visual media, aviation, basic education, business, community/human services, engineering technology, health services, hospitality/food services, industrial/trades, natural resources, nursing, technology, recreation and tourism, and science. In addition, Saskatchewan Polytechnic provides training to apprentices in several trades.
Higher education in Saskatchewan. Historically, Saskatchewan 's higher education system has been "significantly shaped" by demographics. [1] In 1901, six years prior to the 1907 founding of a university in Saskatchewan, the urban population in Saskatchewan was 14,266 (16%) while the rural population was 77,013 (84%).
The University of Saskatchewan (U of S, or USask) is a Canadian public research university, founded on March 19, 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Education in Saskatchewan is generally divided as Elementary (primary school, public school), followed by Secondary (high school) and Post-secondary (university, college). Within the province under the Ministry of Education, there are district school boards administering the educational programs. [4]
Saskatoon Public Schools (SPS) or Saskatoon S.D. No. 13 is the largest school division in Saskatchewan serving 28,246 [3] students as of September 2023. Saskatoon Public Schools operates 48 elementary schools and 10 secondary schools in Saskatoon. [4] The offices of the Saskatoon School Board are housed in the Eaton's Building.
Demographics of Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan is the middle province of Canada's three Prairie provinces. It has an area of 651,900 km 2 (251,700 mi 2) and a population of 1,132,505 (Saskatchewanians) as of 2021. Saskatchewan's population is made of 50.3% women and 49.7% men. [1] Most of its population lives in the Southern half of the province.
Saskatchewan Gaming Corporation, trading as Sask Gaming, is a Crown corporation owned by the Government of Saskatchewan established in 1996. It operates Casino Regina and Casino Moose Jaw.
St. Thomas More College also offers additional opportunities not otherwise available to students at the University of Saskatchewan. One of these programs is the Community Service Learning (CSL) program in which students can choose to take part in valuable community service and volunteer work as part of some of their courses.