University of Saskatchewan Insect Research Facility

Located in the Agriculture Building on the University of Saskatchewan Saskatoon campus, the University of Saskatchewan Insect Research Facility (USIRF) is a 500-square-foot insect quarantine facility designed to meet Canadian Food Inspection Agency Plant Protection Containment Level-2A requirements, allowing researchers to study non-native insects and pathogens that pose a potential threat to western Canadian crops. 

The bio-secure insect-rearing and quarantine facility employs mechanical and operating safeguards to prevent accidental release and cross-contamination of harmful species. The USIRF contains climate-controlled chambers for sustaining insects and infested plants, and space for conducting experiments.