A unique University of Guelph-based network designed to enhance the usefulness of online materials in cultural research has received a $2-million grant from the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI). The Linked Infrastructure for Networked Cultural Scholarship (LINCS) project is led by Susan Brown, a professor in the School of English and Theatre Studies and Canada …

Sausage mislabelling in Canada is down, according to a new University of Guelph DNA barcoding study. Researchers found mislabelling and cross-species contamination of meat ingredients in 14 per cent of sausage samples selected from grocery stores across the country. That’s down from a first-ever study conducted by the same researchers over a year ago that …

A young squirrel lucky enough to take over territory from an adult male squirrel is like a teenager falling into a big inheritance, according to a new University of Guelph study. Researchers found male squirrels store more food than females, and if a young squirrel leaving the nest nabs a storage spot previously owned by …

New drug targets for a rare form of melanoma may result from the discovery of similar genetic mutations found in humans, dogs and horses under a first-ever tri-species DNA sequencing study involving a University of Guelph researcher. Melanoma is a cancer that most commonly occurs in the skin in people, but a subtype called mucosal …

From Smarties to improv, an unconventional toolkit for engaging students in the classroom has helped earn recognition for University of Guelph physics professor Joanne O’Meara as one of this year’s 3M National Teaching Fellows. This recognition is featured in Macleans. O’Meara, a 17-year classroom veteran at U of G whose teaching has already earned a …

Not only does Canada continue to have a problem with fish mislabelling, but that problem persists throughout the supply chain, according to a first-ever study by University of Guelph researchers. In a new study, U of G researchers found 32 per cent of fish were mislabelled and the number of incorrectly identified samples became compounded …

Elena Merenda and Nikki Martyn, University of Guelph-Humber

By Prof. Tim Dewhirst

This article originally appeared in The Conversation and was republished by the National Post. Finding new and environmentally friendly ways to control pests is both challenging and exciting. This is even more true when it involves developing a tool to address one of the greatest threats to honeybee colonies. Honeybees are extremely important insects because …

On average, one woman or girl is killed in Canada every 2 ½ days, according to a first-ever University of Guelph-led report on national femicide rates. In its first annual report, the Canadian Femicide Observatory for Justice and Accountability (CFOJA) reveals 148 women and girls were killed by violence in Canada in 2018. Tracking cases of femicide …

By Profs Jayasankar Subramanian and Elizabeth Finnis

If you only knew what lurked under the grill of your prized barbecue, you would make much more of an effort to keep it clean – or hire someone to clean it for you. Enter the Canadian BBQ Boys, a business started by U of G students Matt McCoy and Michael Sutton. They have lifted …

Each year, migratory birds journey from their breeding grounds to their wintering grounds, making pit stops along the way. Now a first-ever University of Guelph study has uncovered precisely when and where tree swallows – a common migratory bird – stop during flights that can span more than 3,500 kilometres across North America. The findings …

By Prof. Philip Loring, Arrell Chair in Food, Policy, and Society, and University of Saskatchewan researchers Sarah Minnes and Valencia Gaspard

By Simon Somogyi 

Giving your child extra time on the iPad for good behaviour may not be the best idea, according to a new University of Guelph study. Researchers found children whose parents dole out screen time as a reward or revoke it as punishment spend more time on a smartphone, tablet or computer or in front of …

By Kathryn Walton, Registered Dietitian, Research Fellow, University of Guelph and Angela Wallace, Registered Dietitian and Project Coordinator, University of Guelph

Building “machines with morals” and addressing the ethics of artificial intelligence are among the goals of a new research and teaching centre announced today at the University of Guelph. “AI has the potential to do harm and the potential to improve life,” said Prof. Graham Taylor, the academic director of U of G’s new Centre …

Update: John F. Wood died on Dec. 25, 2018. Family and community remember him for his giving and caring nature. Among his last known philanthropic activities was this donation to U to of G’s College of Business and Economics. The University of Guelph’s Centre for Business and Student Enterprise has received a groundbreaking, $7-million gift from …

Pesticide regulations designed to protect honeybees fail to account for potential health threats posed by agrochemicals to the full diversity of bee species that are even more important pollinators of food crops and other plants, say three new international papers co-authored by University of Guelph biologists. As the global human population grows, and as pollinators …