With Pink Shirt Day on Feb. 26, a University of Guelph expert on bullying says teachers play a significant role when it comes to the level of resilience shown by children who have experienced bullying. Prof. Ryan Broll, from U of G’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, specializes in bullying and cyber-bullying among youth, as …

Novel foods are a crucial part of the solution to the food crisis. By Prof. Evan Fraser, director of the Arrell Food Institute and Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security; Alesandros Glaros, Emily Duncan and Lisa Ashton, PhD candidates, Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics

Is the NHL taking the concussion issue seriously enough, wonders Prof. Timothy Dewhirst, Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics in a new commentary.

Many Canadian parents of young children don’t work typical 9-to-5 hours and face serious challenges finding child care – and the crisis is likely to grow, concludes a new report co-written by a University of Guelph child care policy expert. The comprehensive report found that nearly 4 in 10 (39 percent) of Canadian families with …

In a warming world, Canada’s North may become our breadbasket of the future – but this new “farming frontier” also poses environmental threats from increased carbon emissions to degraded water quality, according to a first-ever study involving University of Guelph researchers. The research team modelled prospects for growing major food crops in potential new farmland …

Early learning centres are where kids often go to learn and play, but they’re also where kids can pick up illness. Now, a University of Guelph team has begun a research project to try to determine the best ways to prevent these infections using mathematical modelling. “This project really began from my frustration as a …

For U of G PhD student Anita Luu, encouraging young students to fall in love with science has long been a passion. For more than five years, Luu has volunteered for Let’s Talk Science, a not-for-profit national organization that sends university students into elementary and high school classrooms and community events to show them first-hand …

While many people seem to struggle with reading cat faces, some individuals are able to read them well. By Lauren Dawson, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Animal Biosciences

While books dating back to the late Middle Ages are often locked behind glass in museums and archives, the University of Guelph’s McLaughlin Library has borrowed nine medieval manuscripts you can touch and flip through as you would any other book. Ranging from a thirteenth-century English Bible and a fifteenth-century German Office of the Dead to a copy of Juvenal’s Satires made in mid-1400s …

Many travellers to, or passing through, China may not be able to recover their money if they cancel their trip, even if they bought insurance. By Prof. Marion Joppe, School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management

In Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, residents have been shouting “Wuhan jiāyóu” — meaning: “Wuhan, stay strong”. By Yvonne Su, PhD, International Development and Political Science

Opioids can poison pets as well as people. In the first study to connect human opioid use with dogs, University of Guelph researchers have shown that smaller, younger canines that are non-neutered or live in American counties with high opioid prescription rates are at higher risk of accidental opioid poisoning. In a study published this …

The time has come to disallow bodychecks where initial or forcible contact happens to the opponent’s head, writes Prof. Timothy Dewhirst, Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics

Just as Canadian pop singer Justin Bieber this year announced his Lyme disease diagnosis, bringing new attention to the illness, a University of Guelph research lab has published a paper intended to improve testing, treatment and patient prognosis. The paper, which is likely the most comprehensive scientific review of the disease microbiology, gives researchers an …

For many Canadians, the day doesn’t begin until their first sip of coffee.  But the growers who produce that coffee are struggling with a devastating disease that is putting their livelihoods at risk and leaving some coffee market observers to predict that the drink we take for granted could one day become as expensive as …

The University of Guelph joined other Canadian universities in observing a national moment of silence Wednesday in memory of the people who died in last week’s plane crash near Tehran. Organized by Universities Canada, the event was aimed at complementing the actions  by universities, communities and countries touched by the Jan. 8 Ukraine International Airlines …

By Faisal Moola, associate professor, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, University of Guelph, Anna Banerji, associate professor Pediatrics and Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Chair Indigenous Health Conference, North American Refugee Health Conference, University of Toronto, and David Suzuki, emeritus professor, Zoology, University of British Columbia

BPA’s counterpart replacement BPS can hinder heart function within minutes of a single exposure, according to a new University of Guelph study. The study is the first to show the instant effects bisphenol S (BPS) can have on the heart. “We expected to find similar effects from BPS as we have with BPA, but not …

As engineering education leaders, we need to find a way to integrate social issues throughout our engineering curriculum. By Prof. Mary Wells, dean of College of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Just as Bartu Suer enters his final semester in the University of Guelph’s marketing management program, his music career back home in Turkey is taking off. Suer is the lead singer of çatıkatı, a high-energy, alternative rock band that started in Istanbul and continued to evolve – mostly through rehearsals and songwriting binges in a …