University of Guelph students Kiana Gibson and David Sahai are celebrating a major milestone this month: 16,000. That’s the number of pounds of campus-prepared food they’ve been able to help divert from landfills and donate to local Guelph charities in the last three years through an initiative they helped to co-found called MealCare Guelph. As …

A massive fire that burned up 18.5 hectares of grasslands near Cambridge, Ont., this week may have appeared disastrous, but it was just the opposite. Protecting native plant species by burning grasslands may seem counterintuitive, but University of Guelph ecologist Dr. Andrew MacDougall has proven it works. This week’s blaze was all part of the …

The cycling route was virtual, but the pedalling was as real as it gets for University of Guelph PhD student Heather Petrick. In March, she pedalled 933 stationary kilometres in 24 hours. The ride was among the longest 24-hour virtual (Zwift) cycling feats by a woman. Upon completing it, she got off her bike, ate …

Using cannabis when you’re young may increase your risk of developing heart disease later, according to a recent University of Guelph study. In the first study to look at specific risk indicators for cardiovascular disease (CVD) in young, healthy cannabis users, researchers found subtle but potentially important changes in heart and artery function. Cigarette smoking …

Helping to eradicate malaria while preserving local ecosystems in Ghana is the long-term goal of a research project involving University of Guelph scientists. Working with an international initiative called Target Malaria, the U of G researchers will use DNA barcoding technology developed here to identify numerous insect species collected from the West African country. The …

The work-life balance of doctors is severely impaired, a University of Guelph study has found, and the COVID-19 pandemic has likely made matters worse. The study involved a snapshot of doctors’ experiences at a top research hospital and revealed that they are overworked, overstressed and exhausted and are sacrificing their own well-being and life with …

The University of Guelph will hit the road around Ontario once again to celebrate this year’s graduates in a unique way with #GuelphGrad on Tour. Although the pandemic has postponed in-person convocation ceremonies, winter 2021 and summer 2021 graduates will still get a convocation-like moment of walking across the red carpet at #GuelphGrad on Tour. …

By Dr. Ann Pegoraro, Lang Chair in Sport Management, Lang School of Business and Economics; Prof. Lindsey Darvin, Sport Management, State University of New York College at Cortland; and Prof. Anita M. Moorman, Sport Administration, University of Louisville

To mark World Water Day, an annual United Nations observance day that highlights support for the achievement of water and sanitation for all by 2030, this Conversation commentary discusses a strategy to address migration of vulnerable populations around the world due to extreme water events. By Cameron Fioret, PhD candidate, U of G’s Department of Philosophy, and Nidhi Nagabhatla, adjunct assistant professor in Earth, Environment & Society, Faculty of Science at McMaster University

How damaged was agri-food trade between Canada and the U.S. under the presidency of Donald Trump, and what, if anything, will change now that Joe Biden is the American president? A special edition of the Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics (CJAE) examines those questions and more. CJAE managing editor Dr. Alan Ker, a professor in …

Ce communiqué est disponible en français A woman or girl is killed in Canada on average every 2 ½ days, a number that remains “persistently stable,” according to the third annual University of Guelph-led report on national femicide rates. The #CallItFemicide report by the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability (CFOJA) found a total …

Climate change is leading to poorer water quality in Lake Erie and may threaten nearby human and environmental health and the world’s largest commercial freshwater fishery, according to a new study led by University of Guelph researchers. More frequent extreme wind events and currents are drawing up deep water whose low oxygen and high phosphorus …

A small but growing number of cat owners are doing away with traditional cat food and switching their felines to vegan diets, and now University of Guelph researchers are conducting some of the first studies to see how these animals are faring. “We know from surveys that about one per cent of cat owners are …