Sask. Polytechnic breaks ground on new Saskatoon campus [Video]

A groundbreaking ceremony on Monday marked the beginning of the new Saskatchewan Polytechnic campus.

Premier Scott Moe, dignitaries, and officials with the post-secondary school put shovels in the ground at the site of the Saskatchewan Polytechnic’s Joseph A. Remai Saskatoon Campus.

“This is a phenomenal day,” Moe said.

The new campus will be located at Innovation Place on the University of Saskatchewan Campus. Officials say the goal is to centralize Sask. Polytechnic’s 11 existing buildings across the city, and to bring together businesses, students and other learning institutions to be a centre for applied learning and research.

“By having that proximity, it will help to create and spark that innovation amongst all of our organizations, and really help those students to realize what their dreams and their future is,” said Kari Harvey, Innovation Saskatchewan CEO.