Nominations Open for Honorary Degree Recipients
2016-06-27 - 2016-10-01
The Senate Honours and Awards Committee invites nominations for honorary degrees, the highest honour bestowed by the University.
Details about the call for nominations, including the submission deadline, award guidelines and the nomination form, can be found on the University Secretariat website.
For more information regarding the nomination process, contact Genevieve Gauthier, associate university secretary, at g.gauthier@exec.uoguelph.ca or Ext. 53438.

International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man
2016-08-07 - 2016-08-09
The Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative and the Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses at the Ontario Veterinary College are co-hosting the 71st annual International Conference on Diseases in Nature Communicable to Man (INCDNCM) at the University of Guelph.
The meetings will bring together members of the medical, veterinary and public health communities to discuss multidisciplinary topics, including viral, rickettsial, bacterial, parasitic and prion-related diseases acquired from natural sources, including animals (wild or domestic), contaminated water or food supplies, arthropod vectors and more.
This year’s R.R. Parker Memorial Speaker will be Dr. Nicholas Ogden of the National Microbiology Laboratory of the Public Health Agency of Canada. His lecture will discuss “Emerging Zoonoses: Causes, Consequences and How We Respond”.
Please visit the INCDNCM website at https://sites.google.com/site/incdncm/2016-Conference to register and for more information, including the preliminary program.
Please contact incdncm@uoguelph.ca if you have any questions.
Location: Rozanski Hall

Qualifying PhD Examination Seminar: Daniel Syauswa Musondoli
2016-08-08
Daniel Syauswa Musondoli will present a qualifying exam seminar for the PhD in rural studies titled “Agroforestry systems responding to the challenges of smallholder agriculture: Connecting soil and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa.” Everyone is welcome.
Time: 1:30 p.m.
Location: Landscape Architecture, Room 143
