Prof. Myrna Dawson, with U of G’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, offered her thoughts to the Toronto Star on the sentencing of Toronto man Mohammed Shamji in the second-degree murder of his wife, Dr. Elana Fric-Shamji. Dawson, who is the Canada Research Chair in Public Policy in Criminal Justice, and director of the Centre […]
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To commemorate Mother’s Day on Sunday, May 12, the University of Guelph offers the expertise of the following researchers in parenting, work-life balance and the health issues of motherhood. They are available for media interviews. Leanne Son-Hing Department of Psychology Email: sonhing@uoguelph.ca Phone: 519-824-4120, Ext. 54475 Son-Hing has researched the so-called “mommy penalty” that many women face in their careers every […]
UPDATE: Hundreds of campus community members congregated on Johnston Green to watch the University of Guelph Physics and Astronomy Club attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the largest Elephant’s Toothpaste. “The attempt went better than we could have hoped for and we’re hopeful that we broke the record,” reads the club’s official […]
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It’s national Emergency Preparedness Week, and U of G’s Campus Community Police want to make sure you’re ready for the unexpected. Are you ready? Have you added your cellphone number to your U of G Alert account so you can be easily reached during a critical incident on campus? Do you have a home emergency […]
University of Guelph professors Amar Mohanty and Manjusri Misra have received the Synergy Award for Innovation from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC). The prestigious award recognizes dynamic partnerships between universities and Canadian industry in natural sciences and engineering research and development. The announcement was made today in Ottawa during a […]
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University of Guelph president Franco Vaccarino appeared on TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin on May 3. Vaccarino took part in a roundtable discussion on how Ontario post-secondary institutions are dealing with a rising demand for student mental health care services. Vaccarino said the increased demand is due to many factors, including reduced stigma about […]
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Prof. Simon Somogyi, the Arrell Chair in the Business of Food at the University of Guelph, commented to Global News about why meat prices are beginning to fall. Somogyi, who co-authored Canada’s Food Price Report, noted that meat prices are dropping for the first time in close to 10 years. He said the main reason […]
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University of Guelph food safety expert Prof. Keith Warriner spoke to CTV National News about the recurring problem of E. coli outbreaks in fresh produce. Warriner was commenting on the E. coli outbreaks of the summer and fall of 2018 that led to the hospitalizations of several Canadians. A two-year-old from Stirling, Ont. died during the […]
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Prof. Merritt Turetsky, a permafrost expert from the University of Guelph’s Department of Integrative Biology, appeared on the CBC Radio show The Current on May 6. The segment included community leaders from the North who are already seeing the effects of permafrost thaw. They discussed the changes occurring in their towns and surrounding landscape. Turetsky […]
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A memorandum of understanding signed March 28 between the University of Guelph and Chungbuk National University (CNU) in South Korea will enable Chungbuk students to enrol in English Language Programs (ELP) at U of G. “International partnerships improve the overall experience of internationalism on campus and in the greater Guelph community,” explains Julian Inglis, ELP […]
By Laxmi Pant, Adjunct Professor, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development […]
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Professor emeritus Robin Davidson-Arnott, from the University of Guelph’s Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, is available to comment on rising water levels in Lake Ontario and their potential effects on Toronto and towns along the lake’s shoreline. Davidson-Arnott researches and consults on coastal processes, including how changing water levels affect shorelines. He has studied […]
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Prof. Alison Duncan, from the University of Guelph’s Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, appeared in a CBC News Online story about a new risk for food allergies. The story looked at pea protein, which is appearing in more food products, including vegan cheeses, yogurts and vegan milks, as a substitute for animal protein. […]
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Prof. Lawrence Goodridge, with the University of Guelph’s Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, spoke with Global News Online about the most common food-borne illnesses and what foods carry them. Goodridge, a professor in the Department of Food Science, offered the basics on such food-borne pathogens as norovirus, campylobacter, salmonella and E. coli. He said […]
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Understanding impacts of climate warming on northern permafrost and developing crops resilient to climate change are the goals of two University of Guelph research projects that will receive a total of almost $900,000 in federal funding. Plant agriculture professor Manish Raizada and Prof. Merritt Turetsky, Department of Integrative Biology, will receive three-year Strategic Partnership Grants […]
Recent research from Prof. Jennifer McWhirter, Department of Population Medicine at the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College, was featured in a Canadian Press article that appeared on CBC.ca, CTVNews.ca and several other publications. CTV Kitchener also featured the research. McWhirter found that 2014 legislation passed in Ontario banning teens from tanning salons until age […]
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When we promote student mental health, what’s working well? What barriers do students face as they seek to attain optimum mental health? Your perspective on post-secondary student mental health matters. U of G’s Student Wellness Services is hosting dialogue sessions to support development of a national post-secondary student mental health standard that will provide a […]
The University of Guelph has taken the first step in a multi-year journey to transform our human resources management systems (HRMS) and related administrative processes. How you can get involved We need to know what faculty and staff need in terms of self-service options in a new HRMS. Options include the ability to: update personal […]
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Prof. Alfons Weersink, from the University of Guelph’s Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE), appeared in a Globe and Mail article about the explosion of new micro-breweries in Alberta. Weersink has studied the craft-beer industry with FARE colleague Prof. Mike von Massow. He told The Globe that smaller breweries can overcome the challenges […]
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Jake Pyne, a University of Guelph Banting post-doctoral researcher, contributed an op-ed to The Globe and Mail this week about a recent Ontario Human Rights Tribunal decision on Ontario’s revised sexual-health curriculum. The complaint alleged that replacing the 2015 curriculum to return to the older curriculum discriminated against trans people because the older version contained […]
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