Tales and Trials of Research Tales and Trials of Research

In this episode, we hear from USask neuroscience professor Dr. John Howland and two undergraduate student assistants, Aiden Glass and Leah Macfarlane, about the kinds of questions, enthusiasm, and curiosity that drives research. Want to learn more about the Howland lab? Check out their website: https://research-groups.usask.ca/johnhowlandlab/index.php. (With apologies from Merle: I was developing a desperate chest cold when we recorded and you can hear it...)

Join us to listen to Dr. Murray Drew of the College of Agriculture and Biosciences at the University of Saskatchewan talk about how he brought FYRE into his first year animal bioscience class -- and a few of the other things about teaching, students, and how students learn, along the way! 

Dr. Emily McWalter from the College of Engineering at the University of Saskatchewan tells us about her postsecondary research experience, how she ended up as a professor working in biomedical engineering. Dr. McWalter is also an avid supporter of undergraduate students engaging in research and talks about why that matters for undergraduate students! 

What is FUSION? Hear from USask Career Services lead Brock Egeto, and student intern Breanne Bevelander, to learn more about FUSION -- the Future Innovation Skills Network, and how it hit the ground running at USask. 

The FUSION Skill-Development Curriculum is an interactive and engaging 10-hour online, self-study curriculum designed to wraparound and complement a student’s existing experiential learning opportunity (e.g. internship, student leadership role, research project, part-time job, volunteer placement, or summer work term). The FUSION Skill-Development Curriculum focuses on helping students enhance their skills across three critical 21st century skill domains:


Metacognition – the ability of the mind to plan, monitor and assess its own learning and performance
Communication – the ability to construct and convey a message through an appropriate medium
Problem solving – the ability to connect various analytical strategies to come up with creative solutions to manage difficult situations

Want to learn a bit more? Visit https://students.usask.ca/jobs/fusion.php#WhatisFUSION. 

This amazing crew of student researchers from USask CURE course BMIS380 (Biomedical Science 380) sat down with Merle Massie to talk about their class research experience, their most important learnings, why the research experience is so valuable for students and where they see themselves in regards to research in the future. Learn it all in this most recent episode. This podcast pairs with the previous podcast on the CURE! 

Never heard of CURE before on campus? Merle sits down with three outstanding University of Saskatchewan professions to learn about the CURE program and how they bring research into the classroom. Find their amazing CURE blog series, "From Student to Researcher (in one term!) here: https://vpresearch.usask.ca/students/undergraduate/undergraduate-research-blog/undergraduate-research-blog.php.