Medical students sit and talk in the Health Sciences Building lounge, Mumps.

Bio/Historical Note: The Health Sciences Students Association first got its start in 1979 and was then known as MUMPS (the Medically United Meeting Place for Students). In 2007, the student group changed to its current name and became a chapter of the National Health Sciences Students' Association (NaHSSA).

Elevated view looking southwest with Health Sciences Building and College of Dentistry building in foreground.

Elevated view looking southwest at (l to r) the Observatory, Health Sciences Building, and Murray (Main) Library. Parking lots and roads in foreground.

Aerial view of the Medical College under construction; St. Andrew's College and Observatory in background.

Bio/Historical Note: A medical college was part of President Walter Murray’s design for the new University of Saskatchewan, and was consistent with his view that the university should serve the needs of the province. In 1926 a School of Medical Sciences was established, which provided the first two years of medical training. Between 1928 and 1954, 605 students completed the course and then went elsewhere in Canada for the clinical years. In 1944, a survey of the health needs of the province (Sigerist Report) recommended that the School be expanded to a “complete Grade A Medical School” and that a University Hospital of 500 beds be constructed for scientific teaching, clinical instruction, and research. A medical building was completed in 1950, a four-year degree-granting College was inaugurated in 1953, and University Hospital opened in 1955. The College admits sixty medical students per year, supervises the training of 200 residents, and provides basic science training to 330 students in Arts/Science. The aim of the program is to produce a “basic” or undifferentiated doctor capable, with further training, of becoming a family practitioner, specialist or research scientist. Between 1953 and 2003, the College of Medicine has graduated 2,134 MDs, of whom 30.5% were women.

Cornerstone being laid for the Health Sciences building by T.C. Douglas, Premier of Saskatchewan.

Bio/Historical Note: The oldest wing of the Health Sciences Building, the A Wing, dating to 1949, was originally the Medical College Building. The A Wing has heritage value as the cornerstone of the medical precinct at the university and was designed by architects Webster and Gilbert. The A Wing was renovated and reopened in 2019.

View looking southwest across the Bowl at (l to r) Murray (Main) Library, Health Sciences Building, and Qu'Appelle Hall.

Elevated view looking south of Health Sciences A Wing at left; B Wing Addition at right.

Bio/Historical Note: The oldest wing of the Health Sciences Building, the A Wing, dating to 1949, was originally the Medical College Building. The Health Sciences A Wing has heritage value as the cornerstone of the medical precinct at the university and was designed by architects Webster and Gilbert. The A Wing was renovated and reopened in 2019. The B Wing was completed by 1971.

Looking west at the Medical College from Wiggins Avenue. Trees in foreground; winter scene.

View looking southwest of Medical College. Trail through trees leading to building in foreground; trees in front of building.

View looking west of Medical College. Road and trees in foreground; winter scene.

View looking southwest of Medical College, with road and trees in foreground.

View looking northwest of Medical College; road and trees in foreground.

Looking north at the Health Sciences Building B Wing.

Students working in the Pathology Lab in the Health Sciences Building.