Prof. David Waltner-Toews, Population Medicine, was honoured with the inaugural Outstanding Contribution to the Field of Ecohealth award in recognition of his role in promoting the emerging field of ecosystem approaches to health. He was nominated by the Canadian Community of Practice for Ecosystem Approaches to Health. Waltner-Toews received the award at the EcoHealth 2010 […]

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A University of Guelph student has been selected by the British Council of Canada as one of the five young Canadians who will be attending climate forums on finance and media in Shanghai, China, Sept. 1 to 7. David Lawless was chosen through a national competition for International Climate Champions. The second-year ecology student will […]

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Environmental sciences Professor Jack Trevors has been elected to the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. Founded in 1990, the organization focuses on three core areas: developing knowledge, disseminating scientific information and implementing major multinational projects across academic disciplines and national borders. Its more than 1,200 members are researchers, philosophers and artists from Europe, Asia […]

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U of G student Amanda Brodhagen is among 20 students from around the world selected to participate in the International Livestock Congress in Calgary next week. “I have a lot to prepare but I’m really excited. I’ve never been out West before,” says Brodhagen, a fourth-year political science student who was raised on a beef […]

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Retired Prof. Samuel Sidlofsky died Aug. 6 at the age of 84. He was a longtime faculty member in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology. His department started a retirement tribute prize when he retired in 1991, and it’s now awarded annually in honour of all retiring department faculty. A department scholarship in his name […]

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Claude Naud has been appointed director of the University of Guelph ─ Kemptville Campus. In this role, he will provide vision and direction for all activities at Kemptville’s main campus and its affiliated research stations in Winchester, New Liskeard and Emo. Naud’s five-year term begins Aug. 23. The announcement was made by Ontario Agricultural College […]

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