A new training program has been launched by the University of Saskatchewan that will train students on working with the synchrotron at USask’s Canadian Light Source (CLS), while learning the interpersonal and professional skills needed to thrive in a fast-paced, high-tech, team environment.
It’s thanks to $1.65 million in funding from Canada’s Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council.

Dr. Ingrid Pickering, USask geological sciences researcher says, “As a student who uses the synchrotron, you have access in these very short, intense experimental times—time is very precious.”

The program involving a team of synchrotron scientists from USask and one from the University of Regina, was one of only 13 projects across the country awarded a Collaborative Research and Training Experience grant.

Over six years, the program aims to work with 106 students.