News & Events
Waniska’s research grant funding renewed
We’re excited to share that Waniska’s research grant funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has been renewed! Scientific research has made a lot of progress on the HIV/HCV/STBBI epidemic over the last 20 years. While it’s led to better health...
2025 Waniska Annual Gathering
Our team hosted the Waniska Annual Gathering in Calgary towards the end of 2025! Both Indigenous and non-Indigenous community members, academics, partners and stakeholders attended. Presentations and group activities over the two-day gathering highlighted how deeply...
Waniska Newsletter Spring/Summer 2025
In Saskatoon we have had a summer full of rain and storms. Some may have expressed their annoyance for this weather. However, it is good to remember that it's not only us living on this earth - kikawinaw askiy (Mother Earth) has needs and so do the animals.
Waniska In the News
We are grateful for all the coverage highlighting our team’s research work. Below are some articles featuring the Waniska Centre.
Journeys to Wellness: CanhepC Prairie Hepatitis C Roadmap
https://www.cjwwradio.com/2024/12/16/211773/
HIV Donor Milk Study
https://www.shrf.ca/post/kelsey-cochranes-research-donor-breastmilk-hiv-exposed-babies
Waniska Centre Launch
- Un nouveau centre de recherche pour aborder la science autrement
- The Waniska Centre: Strengthening land- and culture-based research
- Indigenous-led HIV research centre opens in Sask.
- New USask-based Indigenous centre for research on HIV, HCV and STBBI launches in Saskatoon
HIV/HCV/STBBI Research
- USask researchers awarded $4.9 million for Indigenous health research, HIV and cancer
- Indigenous-led research centre to ’employ the best of Indigenous and Western capabilities’ in fight against STIs
- ‘The very word HIV or AIDS terrifies people’: Research owes debt to HIV-positive advisers, conference hears


