August 14 | 8 pm 

The Princess Bride 

Join us for a free outdoor screening of The Princess Bride, hosted in the green space just outside of Gordon Oakes Redbear Student Center. Feel free to bring your blankets and chairs (and whatever else you need to get cozy). There will be a cash concession on site, and graduate students can register here for a free popcorn voucher! 

September 25 | 1-2:30 pm 

Start the new term off in a good way! Participants will learn about our plant kin in the College of Law Indigenous Medicine Garden through the creation of a cyanotype focused on a positive intention. They will leave with an artwork that they can reflect on when they need a little extra grounding.  

This workshop has three parts. 

1. Students set an intention for the school year and write it down on a transparent sheet. 
2. Our Elder gives a short teaching on harvesting plants, medicines in the garden, and how they can help us approach our work in a good way.
3. Students gather leaves and other materials from the garden and arrange them on cyanotype paper around their written intention. The plants and writing are exposed on the photoreactive paper (5-15) minutes. They are then rinsed with water to set the image. Once the paper is dried, the image is permanent.  

Registration opening soon.

Monday October 27 | 11 am-noon

What does it actually mean to create meaningful space for Indigenous Grad Students? Join us for a panel discussion on this topic with Shawn Wilson, the author of Research is Ceremony from UBC.  

Following this event, we invite Indigenous graduate students to join us for a sharing circle (Lunch Included!) to discuss their needs as students and what challenges they face in their graduate journeys.  

Register Here  

November 7 | 9 am-4 pm 

Create your own ribbon skirt or shirt with Marilyn Black, no sewing experience required!  

Lunch included, all costs covered. 

10 spots available, Register Here 

Pick-up December 3rd  

CGPS’s gift to you! Pantry staples and sweet treats!  

Register Here by November 15, 2025

The Saskatchewan Lieutenant Governor's Indigenous Scholarship is a $20,000 scholarship awarded annually based on academic excellence to one student or split between deserving candidates, who are pursuing graduate studies at USask or the University of Regina.

• application opens every winter (T2)
• more details

The Indigenous Graduate Leadership Award is aimed towards Indigenous students who have taken an active role of leadership within their community. Master’s and PhD students are eligible to receive $20,000 (for up to 2 years) and $25,000 (for up to 4 years) respectively.

• application opens every winter (T2)
• more details

Two (2) annual entrance awards of approximately $10,000 each are awarded. Open to Indigenous graduate students entering a graduate program at USask. Open to both Master's and Doctoral students with an entrance average of 80% or more. 

• No application is necessary. Selection will be based on academic achievement, as determined by the Awards Committee.

Ten (10) annual entrance awards of approximately $10,000 each are awarded. Open to Indigenous students entering a new program of study in a thesis-based USask program. Preference is given to PhD students.

• No application is necessary - recommendations are made at the time of recruitment by the program.

Tri-Agency is the umbrella term used to describe the three Canadian government scholarship funding agencies:

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
• Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)

Master’s and doctoral students are open for application every fall (T1). Students can apply for the appropriate Tri-Agency scholarship before and during their graduate program.  

• $27,000 for 12 months | CGG-M (Canada Graduate Scholars - Master's Program) + recipients get a one-time $5,000 supplement.
• $40,000 for 36 months | CGS-D (Canada Graduate Scholars - Doctoral Program)
• Indigenous Scholars get fast-tracked to the final rounds of adjudication
• Get more information

Watch your PAWS email and announcements for a variety of scholarship workshops that are held every fall at the beginning of T1 to help you prepare your Tri-Agency Scholarship application.