The Human Rights and Equity Office (HREO) is recruiting volunteers who are interested in training to assist in the resolution of human rights concerns, disputes and complaints under the University’s human rights policy, Human Rights at the University of Guelph. HREO seeks volunteer fact-finders to serve as part of a team investigating formal human rights complaints. […]

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The Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) published an extensive report  yesterday on the management of water resources in Canadian agriculture. The report was prepared by an expert panel that included Rene Van Acker, plant agriculture professor and associate dean external relations at the Ontario Agricultural College. The council’s expert panel on water and agriculture began […]

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The University of Guelph is recognizing the invaluable impact that teaching assistants (TAs) have on undergraduate education by launching a new campus-wide teaching award. The Associate Vice-President Academic (AVPA) Teaching Assistant Award of Excellence will be awarded for the first time this spring. This is the first U of G teaching award to recognize TA […]

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John Livernois’ appointment as interim associate vice-president (research services) ends on June 30, 2013. Accordingly, a search committee for the position is being created. Kevin Hall, vice-president (research), seeks nominations for three tenured faculty members for election to the search committee. Hall, who will chair the search committee, will also be appointing one dean, a […]

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Two members of the Gryphon women’s hockey team and their coach received accolades from the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) women’s hockey league Thursday. First-year student Amanda Parkins was named the most valuable player in the OUA league.  She played in every game this season and earned a league-leading 43 points, including a league high of […]

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Kevin Hall, vice-president (research) and Paul Hebert, a U of G integrative biology professor and director of the Guelph-based Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO), hosted Gary Goodyear, minister of state, on campus Thursday. Goodyear toured BIO’s newest building addition, funded in part by the Canada Foundation for Innovation, which falls under Goodyear’s portfolio.  The facility […]

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The Centre for Open Learning and Educational Support has completed a branding initiative that began when the unit was created in 2011 by merging the former Teaching Support Services and the Office of Open Learning. The branding exercise provided feedback to inform the centre’s strategic and integrated planning and to position it to respond to […]

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The University of Guelph will host the 22nd annual Ontario Turfgrass Symposium (OTS), Feb. 20 and 21 in Rozanski Hall. The educational symposium is developed by U of G turf experts, along with government and industry partners, for sports and recreation staff, lawn care and golf course workers, nursery sod growers and others in the […]

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This year, students have even more chances of winning up to $2,500 in Project SOY. The annual competition has divided the undergraduate and graduate category into two divisions. “By introducing this new category, we are giving students greater incentives to create a high-quality product,” says Emma Gillespie, Project SOY co-ordinator. The change also recognizes that […]

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