Saskatchewan Polytechnic Library

Please note that the Ave W Library location will be closed tomorrow Monday June 17 for maintenance!

All other Sask Polytech Library locations will be open for regular hours.

Join Saskatchewan Polytechnic Regina Campus tomorrow at the Queen City Pride parade! We will be float 41! 11:00am meet at the marshalling area (12th Ave between Ottawa and Toronto St.), Parade starts at 12:00pm!

Come see our brand new Pride float designed by Graphics Communication student Lee Flegel!
Constructed by our Agricultural Equipment Technician program instructors Chris Thomson, Tim McKay, and Tim Dahl.
Painted by our Agricultural Equipment Technician instructor Emily Messner.

Our library has new physical 2SLGBTQ+ books! Some so new, we haven't even gotten them on the shelf yet ✨

For the full list of books and to learn how to borrow these titles visit: https://library.saskpolytech.ca/news/posts/2024/new_2SLGBTQ_titles.aspx

Have any suggestions for books we should add to our collection? Let us know in the comments 📖

Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

Let’s celebrate Pride Month! 🌈

The newly designed Saskatchewan Polytechnic Pride float will travel to Pride parades in Regina and Saskatoon. The float was designed by Graphics Communications student Lee Flegel, with Chris Thomson, Program Head, spearheading construction, and supported by Faculty from the Agricultural Equipment Technician program. It will be decorated before each parade.

Campus and Community Activities:

Regina
June 14 - 9 a.m., Float decorating (Autobody shop)
June 15, Pride Parade (11:00 a.m. meet at marshalling area on 12th Ave, 12 p.m. start)
• Community events: https://www.facebook.com/QueenCityPride/

Saskatoon
June 5 - 11 a.m., Pride Flag raising and party
June 20 - 12 p.m., Float decorating (Main Campus, AET Shop S121)
June 22, Pride Parade (11:30 a.m. meet at marshalling entry,12 p.m. start)
• Community events: https://www.facebook.com/SaskatoonPride

Moose Jaw
• Community events: https://www.facebook.com/PrideinMJ

Prince Albert
• Community events: https://www.facebook.com/PrinceAlbertPride

Books and potatoes: two things that never disappoint! 📚🥔 Happy International Potato Day! Whether you're lost in a novel or lost in a mountain of potato wedges, today is all about indulgence!

Moose Jaw campus is celebrating international tiara day today, tiaras symbolize intelligence and fortitude and the tradition of tiara day coincides with Queen Victoria’s birthday. We hope everyone on campus feels like royalty today! 👑

This May our staff were out and about reading where you would least expect it!

If you too would also like to read in random places:

Please be aware that all Sask Polytech Library locations and Ask Us Live (chat) will be closed Saturday May 18th to Monday May 20th inclusive.

Library Hours resume: Tuesday May 21st, 2024

Have a great long weekend! ⛺

As the convocation ceremonies are fast approaching please make sure you are prepared! 👨‍🎓👩‍🎓
All the information you need to walk the stage in May (Prince Albert and Saskatoon campuses) and June (Moose Jaw and Regina campuses), can be found in this page:

Preparing for Convocation Home Student Services Student Life Convocation Everything you need to know as you prepare for convocation. Book graduate portraits Portrait sessions are available through Lifetouch in December and March. Apply for convocation awards The award application window is open from December 4, 2023, to Febr...

May 5th is Red Dress Day and National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two-Spirit People.

To learn more:
- “Verbs that will story our bodies into something more than missing:” Poetry, Presencing, and " (article this poem was featured in): https://bit.ly/4b0rttE

- The Canadian Encyclopedia entry on this day: https://bit.ly/3QqfjC6

- the Truth and Reconciliation Resources Guide: MMIWGS2: https://bit.ly/3QrqYAS

MMIWG2S Awareness Day (also known as Red Dress Day), honours the thousands of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, 2 spirit, and gender diverse people in Canada.

As exams are in full swing, be sure that you know your best stress management techniques. Learning Services has shared 8 Stress Management Tips with us! 📚💡

For more wellness resources visit https://saskpolytech.ca/student-services/support/wellness.aspx

On April 23rd - 25th, 2024, there is a change in available services, as many library staff will be away for a Departmental Professional Development meeting.

Ask Us Live Chat availability:
April 23rd [available from 8:00 to 11:00 am];
April 24th & 25th [unavailable]

If you have any questions, please send us an email at [email protected] and we will get back to you asap on Friday!

Winners roundup!! Thank you for participating in the Career Fair contest ✨

It was a lot of fun to see everyone who stopped by our tables and we are thankful for those who submitted LinkedIn Learning entries too

Learn how easy it is to compost on April 16 from 12:00 - 1:00 pm 🌎

Lisa Howse, Compost Education Coordinator with the Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council (SWRC), will lead a webinar on how to turn kitchen scraps and yard waste into rich fertilizer for your garden and yard while reducing greenhouse gases.

Register for the Zoom event here: https://bit.ly/SPcomposting

And learn more about composting!: https://bit.ly/SKcomposting

We celebrated International Day of Pink at the library today 💟

Why do we highlight this day?

It is a day where people wear pink to show support for the 2SLGBTQ+ community, amidst the ongoing discrimination they face. As the theme this year emphasizes, "let's celebrate visibility in all its forms" (https://www.dayofpink.org/en/home-2023).

Pink Shirt Days reading list!: https://saskpolytech.libguides.com/c.php?g=723851&p=5333028 -lg-box-16779884

Saskatoon students!

Join us in the Saskatoon Main Campus Library to "stitch your stress away!"

Tuesday, April 9 & 16: 11:30 am - 1 pm
Wednesday, April 10 & 17: 1 pm - 2:30 pm
Thursday, Aprill 11 & 18: 11:30 am - 1 pm

Bring your own projects or start a new one (limited supplies available) 🧶🧵

We hope everyone is having a great weekend so far!

PA students: If you would like a demonstration on how to darn a sock or sew a button on, stop by the library front desk tomorrow between 11 am to 3 pm 🧵🧦

All students: Pick up a sewing kit at your library campus front desk! (while supplies last)

Starting next week we will have Stress Better in the library!

We know that assignments and exams are taking over but if you need a study break, the library is the place 😊

This month you can stop by some of our campus libraries to learn sewing skills like mending a seam and patching a hole (Moose Jaw April 3rd & Prince Albert April 8th), and all campuses will have a limited number of sewing kits with instructions on some basic clothing repair techniques! Save the planet (and your wallet) by learning to repair your clothes rather than throwing them away!

We're closed today but "hop" you're having a great long weekend! 🐰🥚

Here are 7 tips to help you get the most out of your study time - according to Learning Services! 📚💡

1. Schedule your study/work sessions.
2. Do it out loud.
3. Take active study breaks.
4. Add variety to your study sessions.
5. Create an optimal environment for your study time.
6. Look for ways and people who can help you succeed.
7. Target the fundamentals.

Thank you to all those who joined us for Indigenous Storytelling this February. This year we had 650 attendees at our six events!

For this year's Indigenous Storytelling events video recordings, please visit the link below (These videos are only accessible to those in the Saskatchewan Polytechnic community).

Indigenous Storytelling Recordings Thank you to all those who joined us for Indigenous Storytelling this February. This year we had 650 attendees at our six events!

🐇 Please note our Easter Hours:

Friday March 29th - Sunday March 31st - Monday April 1st : Closed

Saturday March 30th:
Moose Jaw Campus: 1:00-6:00pm
Prince Albert Campus: 12:00-5:00pm
Regina & Saskatoon Main Campuses: 12:00-6:00pm
Saskatoon Ave W Centre: Closed
Library (Ask Us) Chat: 12:00-6:00pm

There is one week left to enter our Career Fair Contest!
Visit the Library's front desk or visit https://library.saskpolytech.ca/news/posts/2024/career.fair.contest_March2024.aspx to find how to enter and win one of these 5 baskets (one per campus Library) 🧺

It is the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which "recognizes that the injustices and prejudices fueled by racial discrimination take place every day" (https://bit.ly/4crZ0y0).

Today, we would like to highlight environmental racism. "Environmental racism is the disproportionate proximity and greater exposure of Indigenous, Black and other racialized communities to polluting industries and environmentally hazardous activities" (https://bit.ly/3x0nuOS). This is a form of racism that is still present in our society.

To learn more:

➡️ Visit The Canadian Encyclopedia entry: https://bit.ly/3x0nuOS
➡️ Watch There's Something in the Water: https://bit.ly/3Vn6Zqd

"Elliot Page returns to his home province in Canada to meet with Black and Indigenous women who are working to end the legacy of environmental racism in Nova Scotia. Based on Ingrid Waldron's book by the same name, There's Something in the Water traces the environmental catastrophes that plague remote, low income, and often Indigenous or Black communities" (https://bit.ly/3Vn6Zqd).