USask - School of Public Health Students' Association

🎉🍰 Join us tomorrow for our School of Public Health Bake Sale! Indulge in delicious treats while supporting Prairie Harm Reduction. Every bite helps make a difference in our community. Don’t miss out—bring your friends and your appetite! See you there! ❤️

Meet the new council members for the School of Public Health 2024-2025🥳. If you have any questions or concerns, feel free to send us a dm or reach out at [email protected]

We are here to serve and assist you, let’s have a wonderful year together. 💃🏼

Hello SPH Students!!

As the new academic year has begun, we have started our SPHSA elections. We have two wonderful candidates for President: Bilal Bare (Slide 1) and Jaclyn Edwards (Slide 2).

Elections will be held through the PAWS ‘election’ tab between Sept 25 8AM to Sept 26 5PM. Remember to vote for the candidate you would like to support!!

Please see why you should vote for Bilal and Jaclyn in the comments!

Hello SPH Students!!

As the new academic year has begun, we have started our SPHSA elections. We have two wonderful candidates for President: Bilal Bare (Slide 1) and Jaclyn Edwards (Slide 2).

Elections will be held through the PAWS ‘election’ tab between Sept 25 8AM to Sept 26 5PM. Remember to vote for the candidate you would like to support!!

Please see why you should vote for Bilal in the comments!

The SPHSA is inviting you to our Annual General Meeting on April 4th at 6pm. Join us for refreshments and bring any topics to discuss with us at the meeting. Check out the meeting agenda in the link in our bio!

Today is the last day of February! While passing a fruitful month filled with great activities and learning new things about Black History together, the SPHSA is excited to announce the release of this year’s BHM Trivia Quiz!

The quiz can be found in our linktree in our bio. Please complete the word document and send it to [email protected] by Monday, March 6, 11:59 PM SK time! The top 3 who have the most correct guesses or answers will receive a prize.

Best of luck! :)

In honour of Black History Month, the SPHSA would like to celebrate some influential and important Black leaders in public health!

Join us this Saturday, February 18th at HLTH1150 for a Black History Month Movie Night! We will be watching Hidden Figures and the show will start at 6:00 pm. We hope to see you all there!

Join us this Saturday, February 18th at the GSA Commons for a Black History Month Movie Night! We will be watching Hidden Figures and the show will start at 6:00 pm. We hope to see you all there!

Please join us on February 16th from 12:00 pm to 1:30 pm for a virtual panel discussion with Alumni of influence from School of Public Health!

The discussion will be held on zoom and can be accessed from the following link:

https://usask-ca.zoom.us/j/98517372224?pwd=aStWeEp1RnZWb3lxUG90blNoY0hkZz09

Today we begin the celebration of Black History Month, where we reflect, honour and celebrate Black communities across Saskatchewan and Canada. The SPHSA invites you to join us in the events for the month of February.

Regularly check your PAWS email and SPHSA Instagram Page for more Information. Dates and details are coming soon.

We look forward to seeing you all for the upcoming events!

The SPHSA is hosting a social event tomorrow to welcome all new MPH students joining us this term and retuning students. The event will be held in the Health Science Building in room 2334 from 5:00pm to 6:00pm. We hope to see you all there!

The SPHSA is hosting a social event tomorrow to welcome all new MPH students joining us this term and retuning students! The event will be held at the Health Science Building in room 2334 from 5:30pm to 7:30pm. We hope to see you all there!

Beginning January 10th, the SPHSA is holding a contest for SPH students to submit a design of their making to be utilized as the SPHSA logo. The rules and regulations are listed below.
To submit a design, please email [email protected] with the filled-out document that includes your name, current year, and NSID in the attached word document. The contest will close on February 10th, 2023, and judging will begin based on a rubric created by the SPHSA council. The top 3 student submissions will then be posted on PAWS and on the SPHSA Instagram page, where the student body will then vote on which logo they like the best. The names of student submissions will not be included in the Instagram poll.

Once the winner is decided, the student will be contacted via email, and a prize will be decided on and later provided to the winner.

Below are the rules and regulations for entering the logo contest:

○ Any student enrolled in the University of Saskatchewan School of Public Health can participate
○ The contest is individual, and each student can submit only one logo
○ The submitted logo must be the original work of the participant and must not include, be based on, or derived from any pre-existing or third-party designs,
trademarks, or copyrighted images
○ The logo must express the words SPHSA and cannot include the words U of S or
SPH
○ The logo must be submitted to the email [email protected] with the
completed submission information and logo design
○ Once submitted, the logo becomes the right of the SPHSA. By submitting an entry, each participant agrees that any logo designs are deemed the SPHSA and reserves the right to make a change to a submitted logo.

A submission document and a document with the rules can be found in our linktree in our instagram bio.

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing all of your submissions! If you have any questions/concerns, please email the SPHSA at [email protected].

The SPHSA would like to celebrate the end of the fall term with you! We cordially invite you to join fellow SPH students (MPH, thesis and doctoral students) and faculty on November 25, 2022, from 4-7 pm at the GSA Commons for a social get-together (music, food and fun activities) before finals!

Please RSVP to this event (https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/WPFPZ9K) by Tuesday, November 22, 2022. If you have any questions/concerns, please email the SPHSA at [email protected].

Thank you, and we hope to see you on November 25, 2022!

We are pleased to announce the 2021-2022 School of Public Health Students’ Association Council Executives! Swipe to meet the Team!

See below for contact information should you wish to speak to a Council Member Directly:

🔹President: Maha Khan - 2nd Year
[email protected]

🔹Vice President: Samin Shirzadi - 1st Year
[email protected]

🔹Communications Officer: Kacie Kushniruk - 2nd Year
[email protected]

🔹Online Officer: Sumera Idris - 2nd Year
[email protected]

🔹External Officer: Zoher Rafid-Hamed - 2nd Year
[email protected]

🔹Finance Officer: Barsa Saha - 2nd Year
[email protected]

🔹Student Life Officers
Anja Kumar - 1st Year
[email protected]

Fatima Ali - 1st Year
[email protected]

🔹Academic Officer: Richa Tikoo - 2nd Year
[email protected]

🔹Members at Large
Daniel Medina - 2nd Year
[email protected]

Jasmin Ogren - 2nd Year
[email protected]

If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions of how to improve your experience as an SPH student, please connect with your new SPHSA representatives and keep an eye out for future updates. We are look forward to another exciting year!

The last event of the semester! Email Sakshi or Barsa to RSVP! :)

Come join uSask MPH alumni this Saturday from 4-5:30 MST (Saskatchewan time!). They’ll be discussing their successes and career paths after their completion of the MPH program. The Webex link will be sent out by PUBH990 later this week!

Don’t forget to apply to graduate! All students planning to graduate in Spring 2021 must apply to graduate before March 31. The application can be found in PAWS!

Hey 2020/2021 out-of-province grads!

For those of you who would like to get grad photos taken but aren't living in Saskatoon, there may be a compromise!

Reach out to a local portrait studio in your town that usually does graduation photos for high school or university (Mountain West Studios, Artona, etc.) and let them know that you are a 2021 graduate from the University of Saskatchewan hoping to get grad photos taken locally due to COVID. Please check with the portrait studio that you choose to ensure that they have a plain black Bachelors/Masters gown.

You will need to purchase MPH hood (or MSc hood, or PhD full regalia) from Harcourts, the USask regalia provider, and bring it to your session. Unfortunately, Harcourts is not offering rentals at this time. The MPH hood can be purchased for $79.50 + shipping ($21 with Canada Post). Orders can be made through Jennifer at Harcourts, and she can be reached at 416.977.4408, ext. 112.

If you have any other questions about purchasing your grad wear, you can check out https://harcourts.com/ for more information.

harcourts.com

Academy Studios will be taking grad photos for MPH students for those interested starting in March! Located right here in Saskatoon, Academy Studios has been taking pictures for a variety of colleges at USask for over a decade. Call Academy Studios at (306) 652-5065 to book your time! Please note that there is a sitting fee of $36+tax due upon your portrait session, payable by cash, cheque, debit, Visa, or MasterCard. Academy Studios will provide the gown, good, and props. Please wear a collarless t-shirt to your session.

SPHSA clothing sale on now until February 17th!
Crewnecks - $39
Hoodies - $47
Toques - $15
Grad year customization - +$8
Check your email for details and the order form! Thanks to for modelling.

Join us on Wednesday, February 10th at 3pm for the second instalment of the SPHSA’s Health Policy series!