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ONLINE: Diverse Perspectives on Knowledge Mobilization - A GIER Webinar
2021-02-10 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) is pleased to invite you to the webinar “Diverse Perspectives on Knowledge Mobilization.”
Our panelists will be Caroline Duvieusart-Dery, Georgia Simms and Tommy Mayberry, discussing creative ways to mobilize interdisciplinary environmental research.
We have long known that we need to mobilize research knowledge more creatively if we wish to tackle ‘wicked’ environmental problems and put research into practice. Increasingly siloed disciplines, a disconnect between arts and science, and a lack of engagement and equity in academia and society jeopardize our capacity to collaboratively respond to environmental crises in a creative, innovative and equitable way. This webinar brings fresh and novel perspectives on knowledge mobilization to enrich environmental conversations. Join the Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER), in partnership with Food from Thought, as we discuss with experts how critical community engagement, arts and diversity and inclusion perspectives can advance the way we think, do and mobilize interdisciplinary environmental research.
To register for this free webinar, visit https://gier.eventbrite.ca or email info.gier@uoguelph.ca.
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We look forward to having you join us!

ONLINE: Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Farmers in India
2021-02-10 11:00 - 12:30
Can assisted reproductive technologies enhance livestock productivity and farm income in India?
India decided to double farmers’ income by the year 2022. With just two years left for achieving the goal, it is quite clear that achievement of this feat will be difficult without adoption and enhancement of dairy farming, which has a compound annual growth rate of 19.6 per cent. Close to 85 per cent of the farms in India are marginal and small, owning only 45 per cent of the land while possessing 75 per cent of the cattle. For a landless person, dairying is one of the best occupations. The solution to the current agrarian distress rests in the support to the livestock and dairy sectors.
The invited panel will discuss the role and strategies of assisted reproductive technologies in enhancing livestock productivity and farmers income.
Register for the Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Farmers in India webinar.
Discussion Panel:

Dr. Manmohan S. Chauhan, Director, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, Haryana, India.
Dr. Chauhan holds MSc and PhD degrees from NDRI, Karnal and has trained at several labs in the USA, Canada and Germany. He has significantly contributed towards the development and growth of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in India. Before his current appointment, Dr. Chauhan was the Director of Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makdoom, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Dr. Inderjeet Singh, Vice Chancellor, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
Dr. Inderjeet holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Veterinary sciences and Animal Husbandry from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar. He did his PhD in animal reproduction from the University of Liverpool, UK. Before his appointment at the current institution, Dr. Singh was the Director, Animal Husbandry for the state of Punjab.
Dr. W. A. King, Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. King did his BSc and MSc degrees from Guelph before getting his PhD from Uppsala University, Sweden and completed his post-doctoral tenure at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal. Dr. King was a professor in OVC’s Department of Biomedical Sciences and held Canada’s only Tier 1 Research Chair (CRC) in Animal Reproductive Biotechnology until his retirement in 2018. He is currently the co-founder and president of Karyotekk Inc.
Dr. Pavneesh Madan, Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Madan did his DVM & MVSc from College of Veterinary Sciences, Hisar, India and pursued his doctoral studies at UBC, Vancouver, Canada. He completed his post-doctoral training at the Western University, London, Canada. Dr. Madan is an award-winning researcher and teacher, with research interests in the area of assisted reproduction, metabolomics, gene inhibition, genetic manipulation, cloning and in developing markers for embryonic health.

Presented by the Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement.

ONLINE: Black History Month - The Anti-Black Racism Workshop with Selam Debs
2021-02-10 18:00 - 19:30
Join community leader Selam Debs for this one-of-a-kind Anti-Black Racism Workshop that calls on individuals to dismantle unconscious bias, address white privilege, uncover systemic racism, and learn how to center the experience of BIPOC individuals.
This event is open to everyone.
Find more Black History Month events at U of G.
