A University of Guelph graduate student researching how to improve driver training is one of the winners at an international symposium. Danielle Filio received the 2017 Honda Outstanding Student Paper runner-up award. The award was given at the 9th International Driving Symposium on Human Factors in Driver Assessment, Training and Vehicle Design, held in late […]
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College of Biological Science visiting scientist Jason Tetro recently wrote a Huffington Post Canada article on how to stop a pandemic flu outbreak. He said vaccinations are key to preventing the spread of viruses such as H1N1 and H7N9. Tetro, a U of G graduate, is a microbiologist who studies emerging pathogens such as SARS, avian […]
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The University of Guelph’s animal cancer clinic and an Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) professor have each received an award from Canada’s veterinary association. OVC’s Mona Campbell Centre for Animal Cancer has been named Practice of the Year, and population medicine professor Stephen LeBlanc received the Merck Veterinary Award for his work in farm animal health […]
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An Arrell Food Institute scholar grabbed recent media attention with stories by CTV News and CBC News on her work aimed at transforming Canada’s beef industry. Master’s student Nasrin Husseini discussed her research focused on combatting beef cattle ailments, such as bovine respiratory disease, which costs North American beef producers more than $700 million a year. […]
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A new study by David Fisher, a post-doctoral researcher, and integrative biology professor Andrew McAdam was featured in Popular Science July 13. The researchers discovered that squirrels born earlier in the year have better survival rates—probably because they have their pick of new real estate. The study is among the first to show multilevel natural […]
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Three University of Guelph professors were invited to share their expertise with the House of Commons standing committee on agriculture and agri-food this spring. Their testimony is the subject of a special newsletter issued this week by U of G’s Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics. The committee is studying the effects of debt […]
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The University of Guelph’s Ridgetown Campus will soon be home to one of the most advanced swine learning facilities in Canada. The 6,600-square-foot Swine Education Centre will open this fall at Ridgetown, offering training and education for agriculture and veterinary technology students and industry producers. The $500,000 project is funded mostly by the Ontario Ministry […]
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Those young squirrels now scampering around your neighbourhood were born in this year’s earliest litters and are more likely to survive than squirrels born later and still curled up in their nests, according to a new University of Guelph study. That’s because when it comes to survival in the squirrel world, the first out of […]
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The University of Guelph is helping lead a Canadian university movement to promote health and well-being on campuses. U of G is one of 10 universities in Canada to formally adopt the Okanagan Charter: An International Charter for Health-Promoting Universities and Colleges. The charter calls on post-secondary institutions to ensure health and well-being in all […]
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Members of United Steelworkers Local 4120, which represents about 850 administrative, clerical and technical employees, and the University of Guelph have ratified the renewal collective agreement that was tentatively agreed to on June 20, 2017. During the five days of negotiations, talks were open, respectful and constructive, with the parties committed to addressing several key […]
An article by Prof. Evan Fraser, director of the Arrell Food Institute at the University of Guelph, was published in the National Post July 7. The article looks at how Canada will feed its population in 2167. It originally appeared in The Conversation Canada, where it was part of a special feature marking the sesquicentennial […]
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It is a long and complicated path from evading Taliban threats in Afghanistan to transforming Canada’s beef industry, but that’s the route being traced by a former refugee named as one of the first Arrell Food Institute scholars at the University of Guelph. Nasrin Husseini is among the inaugural group of five U of G […]
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By Evan Fraser Editor’s note: This article originally appeared in The Conversation Canada. 2017 marks the sesquicentennial of Confederation. While the anniversary is a chance to reflect on the past, The Conversation Canada asked academic authors to look down the road a further 150 years. U of G geography professor Evan Fraser, director of the Arrell Food Institute at […]
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Mary Rubio, professor emerita in the School of English and Theatre Studies, was interviewed about the journals of L.M. Montgomery, author of Anne of Green Gables. Rubio spoke with CBC Radio – Kitchener and Ontario Morning July 10 to discuss the just-published journals. She said readers will learn that Montgomery faced a number of personal, professional […]
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Ontario will soon be home to the most sophisticated sustainable livestock production research centre in Canada, thanks to a new facility planned by the University of Guelph and the provincial and federal governments. The new $15.5-million Livestock Research and Innovation Centre (LRIC) — Beef Facility will open in about 18 months in Elora, Ont. The […]
It is important to be careful around giant hogweed, plant agriculture professor François Tardif told the Globe and Mail July 6. The article discusses disease-carrying pests and plants, and what people need to know to deal with them. Giant hogweed sap can lead to burns if skin is later exposed to UV rays, Tardif said. If giant hogweed grows […]
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A project to preserve the Hill’s thistle in a Canadian national park was profiled by CBC News July 6. The U of G Gosling Research Institute for Plant Preservation (GRIPP) aims to preserve the endangered plant species by using in vitro technology to grow multiple plants in the lab from a few source samples. Plant […]
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Animal biosciences adjunct professor Laura Graham had her work featured in the Globe and Mail July 6. As part of the “It Happened to Me” section, Graham described her role in collecting elephant sperm to help preserve the genetics of bull elephants and counter the effects of poaching. Graham studies reproductive physiology and endocrinology of […]
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A U of G student, currently the mayor of his town, can now add Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation scholar to his list of accomplishments. Jamie Snook is one of only 15 people in Canada to receive the prestigious scholarship, which is awarded for academic excellence and civic engagement in the social sciences and humanities. “It was […]
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A University of Guelph Alumni Association advancement manager has received a provincial award for his efforts to end sexual violence and harassment against women. Chris Moulton was announced July 4 as a recipient of the provincial Draw-The-Line Post-Secondary Sexual Violence Prevention Award for summer 2017. The awards are presented by White Ribbon, a group dedicated […]
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