Exploring consumers’ relationship with food is the focus of two new food laboratories at the University of Guelph, including a state-of-the-art grocery store lab. The Longo’s Food Retail Lab and the Schneider’s Research Lab opened May 3. Both are designed to help U of G researchers better understand consumer decision-making, consumption habits and reactions to […]
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Neonicotinoid pesticides hinder wild queen bumblebees’ reproductive success, according to a new University of Guelph study. The study is the first to link exposure to thiamethoxam — one of the most commonly used neonicotinoid pesticides — to fewer fully developed eggs in queens from four wild bumblebee species that forage in farmland. “Queen bees will only […]
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A University of Guelph professor will share his knowledge of rural Canada with the Standing Senate Committee on National Finance May 3. Ryan Gibson, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, will testify during a 6:45 p.m. session in Ottawa. His testimony will be available online via video webcast. The committee has been studying design and delivery […]
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Improving health and well-being in the workplace is the purpose of a new program for faculty and staff at the University of Guelph. The Wellness@Work initiative, to be launched May 3, is intended to support a thriving workforce, said Don O’Leary, vice-president (finance, administration and risk). Tailored to the University’s culture, the initiative will focus […]
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History professor Catherine Carstairs was interviewed on CBC Radio’s The Morning Edition May 2, and the interview was featured in a CBCNews.ca article. Canada first enacted marijuana legislation in 1923, likely in response to a growing number of American states banning the drug — despite little evidence of widespread marijuana use in Canada, Carstairs says. She believes […]
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Mental health awareness will get the green light this week at the University of Guelph. Johnston Hall, the Gryphon statue and the University entrance at Gordon Street and College Avenue will be lit green May 1 to 7 to mark the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Mental Health Week. More than 70 landmarks across Ontario, including […]
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Summer hours are in effect for your favourite food spots around campus. Find out what’s open when! Grad Student Lounge – University Centre Drop in for salads, sandwiches, pizza, pasta and burgers. Monday to Friday – noon to 6 p.m. The Bullring The CSA’s “campus living room” offers all-day breakfast, is committed to local food, and has […]
A University of Guelph food science professor has received an international award for his work with fats, lipids and oils. Food science professor Alejandro Marangoni received the 2017 Alton E. Bailey Award on May 1. The annual award was established in 1959 by the American Oil Chemists’ Society (AOCS). Named for a former AOCS president, […]
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If you plant it, they will eat it. That was one of the findings of a recent study by University of Guelph integrative biology researchers who wanted to find out why their efforts to restore rare species of native prairie tallgrass were failing. The culprits were primarily deer mice that were eating the prairie tallgrass […]
Prof. Alfons Weersink, Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, was interviewed on TVO April 28 about Canada’s dairy supply management system. The interview focused on potential impacts on farmers of abolishing Canada’s dairy quota system. The system imposes tariffs on dairy imports, permits Canadian farmers to produce a certain amount of milk each year and guarantees […]
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University of Guelph researchers developing creative ways to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions received more than $2.2 million from the federal government today. Lloyd Longfield, MP for Guelph, made the announcement on campus on behalf of Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay. In total, the government will invest more than $25 million from the Agricultural Greenhouse Gases Program […]
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Student learning, job opportunities and accessibility were highlights in the provincial budget released today. University of Guelph president Franco Vaccarino says those priorities show the Ontario government understands the importance of investing in the country’s greatest resource – its students. “The future prosperity of this province and this country, everything from economic health to quality […]
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A University of Guelph graduate is among 17 finalists in the running to become Canada’s next two astronauts. Matthew Bamsey, who earned a PhD in environmental biology at U of G, was among finalists named April 24 by the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) from more than 3,700 original applicants. University of Guelph physics PhD candidate […]
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A panel discussion on the future of meat production was the focus of TVO’s The Agenda April 24. Profs. Ben Bohrer, Food Science, and Michael von Massow, Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, spoke on how the world will feed a projected nine billion people by 2050, especially as many developing countries increase their meat consumption. They […]
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Why did those advertising flyers end up in your mailbox? And how can your car know where you are even when you don’t? Ask a geographer — and not just any geographer but an expert in geomatics, which involves the collection and analysis of spatial data. By combining that kind of information with raw computing […]
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The University of Guelph will lower its flags to half-mast at noon on Friday to mark the Day of Mourning in Canada. This is the 26th anniversary of the event, observed on April 28 each year to honour people who have died or been injured on the job. A joint proclamation recognizing the day has […]
The Ontario government’s ban on hunting of snapping turtles was the focus of an April 22 Toronto Star interview with Sherri Cox, executive director of research innovation and knowledge mobilization at the University of Guelph. Cox, a veterinarian, said a ban is prudent, as turtles take 17 to 20 years to reproduce. She founded the National […]
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The call by U.S. President Donald Trump to overturn Canada’s dairy supply quota system was the focus of a Globe and Mail interview April 22 and a Business News Network interview with Prof. Michael von Massow April 19. Von Massow was also interviewed by the Canadian Press the same day, generating news reports by CityNews.ca and the National Post, […]
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The decision by U.S. President Donald Trump to target Canada’s dairy producers over trade issues is not a fair one, according to a University of Guelph professor. “The U.S. imports a large quantity of milk into Canada, at five times what Canada exports to the U.S.,” said Michael von Massow, a professor in the Department […]
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Patrick Brown, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, visited the University of Guelph Wednesday along with three other MPPs. They met with U of G president Franco Vaccarino and other University administrators, as well as students and faculty from the School of Engineering and Department of Food Science. Brown requested the tour to […]