School of Environment and Sustainability Students' Association

12/16/2021

Hello SENS! During this Holiday Season, SENSSA is supporting EGADZ with a Christmas Fundraiser. EGADZ is a Saskatoon-based organization that supports at-risk youth and promotes healthy lifestyles and activities, which your donations will help to support. Details on how to donate to EGADZ are included in the brochure below.

Online Donations link: https://www.canadahelps.org/en/pages/senssa-christmas-fundraiser-event/

Thank you and Happy Holidays!

11/11/2021

Announcement!

Hello Sens!

We are extending our online clothing sale through the bookstore for one more week, the sale will now end on Tuesday, November 16. There are Hoodie and Crew Neck sweater options and your order can be picked up from one of the Usask bookstore locations - Preston Crossing, Health Sciences Building, and Place Riel Building. Grab your new SENS gear quick before the sale ends!

You can place your order here: https://shop.usask.ca/environment_and_sustainability

09/21/2021

Dear SENS students,

This is to remind you that today is the last date of submitting your nomination for the SENS Student Association (SENSSA) Executive Committee Election 2021-2022. If you are interested in joining the SENSSA, please fill out and submit the attached candidacy form to [email protected] by Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at 11.59 pm. If you still have questions about SENSSA, please do not hesitate to contact us: [email protected].

08/27/2021

Dear SENS Students,

Today is the last day (Thursday, August 26, 2021, at 11:59 PM) to cast your invaluable vote for the faculty member you think is the most deserving candidate for the Student's Choice Outstanding Teacher Award 2021.

08/23/2021

Reminder: Please do not forget to cast your vote for Student's Choice Outstanding Teacher Award 2021

Voting will end Thursday, August 26, 2021, at 11:59 PM.

08/20/2021

Dear SENS Students,

Please do not forget to cast your invaluable vote for the faculty member you think is the most deserving candidate for this year's award. Each SENS student may only vote once.

Voting will end Thursday, August 26, 2021, at 11:59 PM.

The SENSSA encourages students to email a testimonial at: [email protected] for the faculty member they voted for (optional). Your testimonials will be included (as anonymous) in the winning professor's commendation letter.

Thanks in advance
School of Environment and Sustainability Students' Association (SENSSA)

05/06/2021

Dear SENS Graduates,

Please consider participating in the PHOTO-VOICE CONTEST 2021 organized by the University of Saskatchewan Graduate Students' Association Sustainability Committee.

Please submit your sustainability themes photo with a title and 100-word description (the story behind the photo). The contest runs from May 5th to May 15th, 2021. Kindly consult the Rubric for your submission: https://bit.ly/3epDoGN

Please send your submissions to [email protected] no later than May 15 2021 at 11:59 PM CST."

03/29/2021

Dear SENS Graduate, this is to remind you that

SENS weekly student-faculty drop in hour

Monday, March 29, 2021, 2021, at 2:00 pm CST

03/28/2021

Please join us on March 30th at 1:30 pm for a presentation by Jeff Olson of the Citizens Environmental Alliance on Saskatchewan Farmland Drainage and its effects on our environment.

Link to the Zoom Meeting can be found here: https://sens.usask.ca/news-articles/2021/senssa-webinars-announcement.php

03/23/2021

Please join Today's webinar titled "Environmental Education: Stewardship, Mentorship, and Hope" Presented by Adam Young, Canadian Network for Environmental Education at the following link:

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03/19/2021

"This land includes formerly protected grassland, wetlands, and aspen parkland that are the territories of the Cree, Saulteaux, Nakota, Dakota, Lakota, and Métis Peoples. In our commitment to honour the Treaty relationship, protect natural landscapes, and ensure that all people have access to land for both leisure and livelihood, we call on the Saskatchewan government to halt the liquidation of public land".

Since 2007, the Saskatchewan government has sold nearly 2 million acres of Crown land that previously belonged to the people of this province. This land includes formerly protected grassland, wetlands, and aspen parkland that are the territories of the Cree, Saulteaux, Nakota, Dakota, Lakota, and M....

03/18/2021

Please join us on March 23rd at 1:30 PM for the first of many in the SENS Webinar Series. This series is meant as an opportunity for students to learn from and connect with Environmental Organizations and Agencies across Canada.

Please follow the link to find the Zoom Meeting details and link:
https://sens.usask.ca/news-articles/2021/senssa-webinars-announcement.php

On March 23rd, we will be discussing Environmental Education and the importance it has on increasing public awareness and finding innovative solutions to today's environmental issues. We have Adam young from the Canadian Network of Environmental Education presenting.

On March 30th, Jeff Olson from the Citizens Environmental Alliance will be presenting on Farmland Drainage and the effects it has in Canada.