A start-up company dedicated to deploying DNA technology to the agricultural industry has won the second annual innovation showcase and pitch competition run by Gryphon’s LAAIR (Leading to the Accelerated Adoption of Innovative Research) at the University of Guelph. The Dragons’ Den-style event, hosted by U of G’s Research Innovation Office, saw five teams of …
From the earliest moments of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been questions and concerns around our food system. Canadians have seen a steady stream of stories about empty grocery store shelves, rising food bank use, excess food being dumped, fields left unplanted because of a lack of temporary foreign workers and meat packing plants becoming …
The University of Guelph is hiring 75 co-op students to help faculty and students move to online course delivery in the fall. The University recently announced plans for a “hybrid” fall semester with courses and activities delivered both in-person and remotely. The many components of the plan will unfold in the coming weeks. Co-op hires …
Prof. Ann Pegoraro, U of G’s new Lang Chair in Sport Management, will play an integral role in advancing gender equity in sport within Canada through a new collaborative research hub. The federal Ministry of Heritage, through Sport Canada, has awarded the national Gender Equity in Sport Research Hub to Pegoraro and her colleagues, University …
Restoring an endangered butterfly species that has nearly vanished from Ontario is the goal of a new University of Guelph research project that has received $825,000 in federal funding. Under the five-year project, U of G biologists aim to reintroduce the mottled duskywing to two locations in southwestern Ontario. The team hopes to reverse the effect of …
The University of Guelph’s Dragons’ Den-style pitch contest — the Gryphon’s LAAIR innovation showcase and pitch competition — returns next week, this time in an online, interactive format that will allow audience members to vote for their favourites. The Gryphon’s LAAIR (Leading to the Accelerated Adoption of Innovative Research) pitch competition began in 2019 with …
You can’t talk about global water issues without discussing ethics and justice. So says Cameron Fioret, who studies the topic as a PhD candidate working with Prof. Monique Deveaux in U of G’s Department of Philosophy. This month, he contributed to a report called Migration and Water: A Global Overview, published by the United Nations University (UNU) Institute for Water, Environment and …
Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, women and girls with disabilities worldwide faced the highest rates of poverty and gender-based violence. Now a University of Guelph professor will lead a $2.5-million, federally funded research project intended to highlight these issues as well as other challenges facing women and girls with disabilities worldwide. The seven-year project led by U of …
The University of Guelph has awarded nearly $700,000 to U of G researchers for 51 projects designed to support the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic and mitigate its impacts. The projects, involving faculty, staff and students from all of the University’s colleges, are aimed at reducing the spread of the COVID-19-causing virus SARS-CoV-2, preventing or …
Biodegradable plastic mulch, biodegradable menstrual pads and a plant-based toaster waffle are the top innovations in this year’s University of Guelph Project SOY-plus competition. The student competition, now in its 24th year, was expanded this year to include innovations using all plant and plant-based products. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, judges viewed online video pitches …
Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Guelph has experienced a significant increase in its summer semester enrolment. Degree-credit students are taking 55 per cent more distance education courses than the same time last year, and non-degree program enrolment is up by 20 per cent. “This summer’s spike in enrolments speaks to students’ need …
Shedding light on the experiences of Canadian adolescents who are members of visible religious minorities is the research goal of Danah Elsayed, a University of Guelph student who has been named a finalist in the annual SSHRC Storytellers Competition. The competition, run by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, challenges university students to explain …
Martha Billes has resigned as chancellor of the University of Guelph. The announcement was made today by president Franco Vaccarino. “It is with a heavy heart that I inform our U of G community that Martha Billes has decided to step down as chancellor,” Vaccarino said. “Martha has been a devoted ambassador for the University, …
A leading expert in sport management who has worked with sports organizations across the world has been named the Lang Chair in Sport Management. Prof. Ann Pegoraro will join Lang’s School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management Sept. 1. Pegoraro has published extensively on digital media, innovation, and gender and diversity in sport. She is …
From fostering Inuit youth environmental leadership to developing new treatments for microbial infections, three University of Guelph research projects will share just under $750,000 in federal New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) support. NFRF funds research teams that have the capacity to explore new transformational directions. A project led by Prof. Nicolas Brunet, School of …
“Intelligent orchards,” bees for biocontrol of insects and disease, and reduced food and water waste are among four University of Guelph research applications recently awarded more than $660,000 in funding from a sustainable food grant program supported by George Weston Ltd. and Loblaw Companies Ltd. The funding for researchers from three U of G colleges will come from the Seeding …
Several University of Guelph food and agriculture experts have contributed to a special edition of the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics, to offer their thoughts and observations on how the Canadian agri-food industry has fared during the COVID-19 pandemic and what lies ahead. Co-edited by U of G Prof. Alan Ker of the Department of …
The University of Guelph will lower its flags to half-mast at noon on April 28 to mark the Day of Mourning in Canada. The flags will remain at half-mast until nightfall on April 29. This is the 29th anniversary of the event, observed on April 28 each year to honour people who have died or been injured on the job. …
An award-winning academic with an international reputation for excellence, innovation, and business leadership and collaboration has been named dean of the University of Guelph’s Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics. Lysa Porth will begin a five-year term Oct. 1. She is the associate dean of strategic partnerships and administration in the Asper School …
Prof. Georgia Mason, an award-winning behavioural biologist, has been named the new director of the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare (CCSAW) at the University of Guelph. The first of its kind in North America, the Campbell Centre was established in 1989. It consists of core faculty members and dozens of associated faculty …