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Egg-cellent Crystal Geode

Here’s another use for eggs in your kitchen – growing fancy crystal geodes! But what is a geode? A real geode is a rock with sparkly crystals inside. Growing a real geode can take millions of years, but this experiment is much faster, so get crackin’.

From Planning to Completion: Remediating the Lorado Uranium Mill Site

In 1960, the Lorado Mill was abandoned in northern Saskatchewan, leaving an estimated 227,000 cubic meters of radioactive uranium tailings that covered the mill site and flowed into nearby Nero Lake. In 2008, SRC was contracted to clean up the site, which began a multi-year journey to reduce the risk to human health, wildlife, and aquatic life.

Developing New Means of Pipeline Communication

Advanced mining systems enable remote sensing and decision-making for operators and engineers before, during and after mining activities.

Key Enabling Technologies for Game-Changing Innovation

Key Enabling Technologies are expected to be the most important building blocks for future technological innovation across all industrial sectors. Find out how these technologies are expected to play critical roles in the evolution and sustainability of leading-edge economies.

Take Our Kids to Work Day: A Student’s Perspective

For this year’s Take Our Kids to Work™ day, we wanted to remind ourselves of what jobs and careers and work look like through the eyes of a young person. So we sat down with one of our ten students to get that perspective and share it with you.

The AMP Experience: Putting my academic knowledge to work

Jaz Gatin is an Environmental Biology student at the University of Saskatchewan and was also a student in SRC’s Aboriginal Mentorship Program (AMP). He shares his experience in the program working with SRC's Environmental Performance and Forestry team.

The Nascence of Research Councils in Canada - A Saskatchewan Perspective

At the beginning of the 20th century, organized research, development and technological innovation were quite rare, but this changed with the advent of industrial research organizations. Read more about the evolution of SRC.

Four Reasons to Start an Employee Volunteer Program

Employee volunteer programs (EVP) are an important way for businesses to create opportunities for its employees to participate in community initiatives. Learn why SRC provides paid time for employees to volunteer.

7 Ways to Reduce Your Energy

Energy is an intrinsic part of our daily lives, and it has become so common to simply make toast or coffee in the morning that we often forget how valuable energy is. For National Cut your Energy Costs Day on January 10, 2017, we are sharing seven ways to reduce your energy costs.

Radon: Is it in Your Home?

Did you know that Saskatchewan has some of the highest rates of elevated radon in homes and buildings in Canada? Sandy Hutchison from Health Canada guest blogs about how people can protect themselves and their families from radon.

Wetlands and Carbon – Filling the Knowledge Gap

We know that wetlands, both in Canada and globally, store huge amounts of carbon. While we understand it’s important to store carbon, reduce CO2 emissions and mitigate climate change, we’re also aware that we need a greater understanding of how best to measure the carbon stored in wetlands.