Rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Blairmore formation extend over the whole of southern Saskatchewan. Along outcrop areas in western Manitoba, the Blairmore has undergone erosional truncation. Equivalent beds are found over almost the entire western interior plains of Canada and the United States. in southern Saskatchewan and adjacent western Manitoba the formation consists principally of fine to coarse quartzose sandstone, shale, salt and pepper sandstone, lignite, clay ironstone, kaolinite shale, and various mixtures of shaly sandstone and sandy shale. The Blairmore of the area is divided into five areal units and related to adjacent, more thoroughly studied areas. The divisions are: Mannville, Kootenai, Dakota, Swan River, and Ashville areas. The stratigraphy of each area is described and environment and source areas discussed. Oil in commercial quantities has been found in the Blairmore formation. The most likely areas of future exploration are suggested. / Science, Faculty of / Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of / Graduate

Thesis (M.A.)--University of Saskatchewan, 2005. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. Includes bibliographical references.

Powerful, entrenched health care stakeholders played a major role in limiting the health reform initiative of the Government of Saskatchewan in the 1990s. The politics of the decade was dominated by the fiscal crisis which prompted the government to embark on health care reform at the same times as it limited the scope of the reform. The narrative of Saskatchewans health reform efforts showed that the government focused on the politics of health care, specifically the need to manage the diverse and often competing interests of health care stakeholders. It also reveals the dynamic between the stakeholders, the press and public opinion. As health stakeholders expressed their concerns about health care reform, the press and the public became more critical and the government backed away from its commitment to health reform.

Powerful, entrenched health care stakeholders played a major role in limiting the health reform initiative of the Government of Saskatchewan in the 1990s. The politics of the decade was dominated by the fiscal crisis which prompted the government to embark on health care reform at the same times as it limited the scope of the reform. The narrative of Saskatchewans health reform efforts showed that the government focused on the politics of health care, specifically the need to manage the diverse and often competing interests of health care stakeholders. It also reveals the dynamic between the stakeholders, the press and public opinion. As health stakeholders expressed their concerns about health care reform, the press and the public became more critical and the government backed away from its commitment to health reform.

The problem of setting up a prison method which can avoid brutality, provide treatment, and exercise the necessary control, has been tackled many times without success. The punitive prison depends on brutality for control. The treatment prison cannot function or provide control in an atmosphere of brutality. Because the two systems are almost completely incompatible, and because changes in prisons are difficult and slow, this transition, when attempted by the usual administrative methods, has resulted in chaos. This study is an analysis of a successful transition from a punitive to a treatment approach carried out in the Regina prison, Saskatchewan. A description of the British prisons of past centuries and the all too similar Canadian prisons of today, is given as a starting point for the study. Administration, classification, and staff training, are singled out as the most important elements in the proper functioning of a treatment institution. An analysis of the trial and error process involved in the perfection of work at Regina in these areas is recorded. Job specifications, made possible by an analysis of this work, are included as an appendix. The analysis of the Regina material is based on the writer's experience in administering prisons and his visits to twenty Canadian penal institutions. The findings of the study lead to an assessment of standards which endorses the general method, used in .administration, classification, and staff training. Specific suggestions for improvement are made through the revision of job specifications and staff qualifications. The study is concluded by a prediction of future trends. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate

The Lea Park formation is an equivalent of the Upper Cretaceous Milk River and Pakowki formations of southern Alberta. Upper Cretaceous sediments of the Prairie Provinces are derived from land masses which bordered the Western geosyncline. Redistribution of Upper Cretaceous non-marine sediments from the seaward margin of deltas by epeiric sea currents resulted in the deposition of marine sand lenses within the mud-bottomed basin. Palaeontological criteria are the most helpful for distinguishing these marine from other non-marine environments. The Lea Park formation consists, between Lloydminster and Battleford, of four stratigraphic units. The basal shale unit contains the Epistomina caracolla microfauna. Overlying it is a shale characterized by Verneuilina bearpawensis. This is followed by a sand and sandstone facies with a marine megafauna. The fourth and highest member in the Lea Park formation is of marine shale. Upward the Lea Park formation passes into the Ribstone Creek, a brackish water arenite formation. / Science, Faculty of / Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences, Department of / Graduate

Doyle (1977, 1979), working on the Southern Canadian Interior Plain evaluated regional geochemical patterns based on parent material. He found that regional variation in the total concentration of copper, iron, manganese and zinc arose largely from differences among parent materials, rather than from more local (within parent material) differences caused by pedological factors. To extend Doyle's work, a more detailed local investigation of the within parent material variation of copper, iron, manganese and zinc on four parent materials was carried out in the Rosetown area, Saskatchewan. Principal objectives of this study were to find the causes and magnitude of downslope catenary changes in the geochemical pattern on each of four soil parent materials, utilizing DTPA extraction to indicate the availability of these micronutrients to crops. Soil samples were collected from soils developed on lacustrine clay (Regina Soil Series), lacustrine silt (Elstow Soil Series), glacial till (Weyburn Soil Series) and aeolian sand (Dune Sand Soil Series). Five sites were selected for each parent material and at each site, five pits were dug at intervals downslope. Laboratory analysis for the entire sample set included the determination of pH, organic matter, copper, iron, manganese and zinc concentrations for soil digested with 4:1 HNO₃/HClO₄ mixture and the same metals extracted with DTPA solution. Further analysis comprised sequential extraction of copper, iron, manganese and zinc, particle size separation and X-ray diffraction. Highest total elemental concentrations are found in the Ap horizon of the Rego Dark Brown Chernozems developed on lacustrine clay, followed by lacustrine silt and glacial till soils, with soils on aeolian sands having the lowest values. The A horizons of lacustrine silt soils contain the highest DTPA extractable concentrations of iron, manganese and zinc, whereas, maximum extractable concentrations in the C horizons are associated with lacustrine clays. DTPA extractable copper in both A and C horizons is at a maximum in lacustrine clay soils. For the majority of sites, the highest total and DTPA elemental concentrations occur at the base of the slope, this being most marked for lacustrine silt soils. Total elemental concentrations for the four parent materials exhibit a relatively greater uniformity when considering both trends downslope and down profile than DTPA concentrations. A much greater proportion of DTPA extractable manganese and zinc occurs in the organic rich surface horizons compared to the more alkaline C horizons. This is also found for copper and iron but to a lesser extent. Analysis of variance shows that the compositional variation among parent materials for total elemental data, accounts for well over 50% of the overall data variability. Duncan's New Multiple Range test results further substantiate these textural groupings into lacustrine clay, lacustrine silt and glacial till and aeolian sand. Results are less conclusive for DTPA elemental data. However, even though soil copper, iron, manganese and zinc are influenced by many pediological factors operating separately and jointly, a large percentage of the total variability when predicting DTPA elemental concentrations can be accounted for by the variables included in the regression equations. The Index of Determination (I ) shows that the variability in DTPA elemental concentrations is best accounted for by the regression equations for the lacustrine clay soils with 93-98% of the total variability explained. / Land and Food Systems, Faculty of / Graduate

The purpose of this study was to describe the obstetric hospitalization rates of northern and registered Indian women from April 1, 1992 to March 30, 1993 and to compare them with those of southern rural women in Saskatchewan.<p> Saskatchewan Health provided hospital separation data for 100% of northern and registered Indian women and for a 10% sample of southern rural and southern urban women hospitalized with obstetric diagnoses and procedures in 1992/93.<p> The crude, age-specific, and age-standardized hospitalization rates were based on the number of women of reproductive age or the number of deliveries or pregnancies. The average length of stay and hospital location were examined. Crude and age-adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals and chi-square tests were used to compare rates with southern rural women as the reference group. Oneway analysis of variance was used to compare the average length of stay for obstetric episodes among study groups.<p> The rate of obstetric episodes per 100 pregnancies were only 5 to 18% higher for northern women and southern registered Indian women. Northern and registered Indian women had higher rates for deliveries per 1,000 women, for ectopic pregnancies per 1,000 pregnancies, and for antenatal episodes with diabetes or abnormal glucose or with urinary tract infections per 100 pregnancies and lower rates of deliveries with cesarean sections, instrument use and episiotomy. Northern women had higher rates for deliveries with fetal and placental problems and for vaginal birth after cesarean section per 100 deliveries, and lower rates of antenatal episodes with hyperemesis per 100 pregnancies. All registered Indian women had lower rates of labour and delivery complications per 100 pregnancies. The average length of stay for obstetric episodes was similar for all study groups. Over 35% of northern women delivered in northern hospitals.<p> The results support continued northern obstetric practice and provide a baseline for evaluation of health transfer and renewal for northern tribal councils and health districts. The high fertility rates among northern and registered Indian women warrant a high priority on obstetric services, hospital facilities, prenatal care and postnatal care that are age and culture sensitive.<p>

The purpose of this study was to describe the obstetric hospitalization rates of northern and registered Indian women from April 1, 1992 to March 30, 1993 and to compare them with those of southern rural women in Saskatchewan.<p> Saskatchewan Health provided hospital separation data for 100% of northern and registered Indian women and for a 10% sample of southern rural and southern urban women hospitalized with obstetric diagnoses and procedures in 1992/93.<p> The crude, age-specific, and age-standardized hospitalization rates were based on the number of women of reproductive age or the number of deliveries or pregnancies. The average length of stay and hospital location were examined. Crude and age-adjusted odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals and chi-square tests were used to compare rates with southern rural women as the reference group. Oneway analysis of variance was used to compare the average length of stay for obstetric episodes among study groups.<p> The rate of obstetric episodes per 100 pregnancies were only 5 to 18% higher for northern women and southern registered Indian women. Northern and registered Indian women had higher rates for deliveries per 1,000 women, for ectopic pregnancies per 1,000 pregnancies, and for antenatal episodes with diabetes or abnormal glucose or with urinary tract infections per 100 pregnancies and lower rates of deliveries with cesarean sections, instrument use and episiotomy. Northern women had higher rates for deliveries with fetal and placental problems and for vaginal birth after cesarean section per 100 deliveries, and lower rates of antenatal episodes with hyperemesis per 100 pregnancies. All registered Indian women had lower rates of labour and delivery complications per 100 pregnancies. The average length of stay for obstetric episodes was similar for all study groups. Over 35% of northern women delivered in northern hospitals.<p> The results support continued northern obstetric practice and provide a baseline for evaluation of health transfer and renewal for northern tribal councils and health districts. The high fertility rates among northern and registered Indian women warrant a high priority on obstetric services, hospital facilities, prenatal care and postnatal care that are age and culture sensitive.<p>

This study is concerned with a twofold problem: the present operations of Embury House, a receiving home for children in Saskatchewan, and its desirable role in relation to the total child welfare program of services in Saskatchewan. At present Embury House lacks any suitable program to serve the needs of those children requiring institutional care. Consequently, it is not an institution with a definite purpose, but a place where dependent and neglected children in Saskatchewan are kept when there are no other services available to meet their needs. The evaluation of present operations in Embury House is based on the records of fifty children placed there during 1949-1950. These fifty children, the average monthly population of the institution, reveal a typical cross-section of the problems and needs of children kept in Embury House. Analysis showed the children fell into three groups, each needing a different type of service: (a) casework services in their own home, (b) placement in foster homes, and (c) placement in an institution. It also showed that only eighteen per cent of the total population of Embury House could profit by the services of an institution for general care, which type seemed most nearly to describe Embury House. In addition, the analysis showed that eighteen per cent of the total population required the specialized services of a study and treatment institution, fifty per cent required foster home care, and fourteen per cent required case work services in their own home. The program of services offered by Embury House during 1949-1950, was evaluated in terms of the standards for children's institutions recently constructed for the State of Washington. The program was also assessed by applying four criteria to the institutional program: (a) the social service program, (b) the physical care of the children, (c) the education and social training, and (d) the quality of the staff. This showed that the physical needs of the children and their education and social training are well served at Embury House, but there are serious lacks in the social service program and in the staff. Recent trends in professional thinking regarding the services which can or should be offered by an institution are reviewed. A definite classification is also made of children who should not receive institutional care, and of children who can be served in an institutional setting. Against this background, there is evidence that Embury House could serve more effective purposes in the child welfare program than it does at present. There are no facilities for the treatment of emotionally disturbed children in Saskatchewan, but these children tend to be placed in Embury House. It is suggested that Embury House could fulfil a necessary role as a study and treatment centre for seriously disturbed children. There are undoubtedly more children in Saskatchewan who could benefit from such a service; and it would be better to work out a foster placement and case work program for those children not suited for institutional care. Revision of the social service program, and certain changes and additions in the staff, as recommended, would modernize Embury House as a valuable study and treatment institution. / Arts, Faculty of / Social Work, School of / Graduate