Researchers at the University of Guelph have developed a method to potentially deliver a rapid $1 COVID-19 test by screening a large number of samples at one time. Prof. Paul Hebert, director of the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics (CBG) at U of G, and his colleagues are applying approaches created for DNA-based species surveillance to …

With national and provincial parks, marinas and trailer parks reopening, Canadians are likely making plans to head to scenic areas of the country this long weekend. But many rural communities in these areas continue to struggle with the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to University of Guelph researchers. A pan-Canadian team of researchers …

From COVID-19 to Ebola to West Nile virus, how diseases jump from animals to people is the topic of a new book being released this spring by a University of Guelph epidemiologist. In On Pandemics: Deadly Diseases from Bubonic Plague to Coronavirus, professor emeritus David Waltner-Toews discusses human health threats posed by various zoonotic diseases and how a “one health” approach might help prevent future …

Part-time work may be the best way to protect young people from the long-term labour market consequences of COVID-19. By Prof. Louise Grogan, Department of Economics and Lucia Costanzo, research assistant

By Prof. Felix Arndt, John F. Wood Chair in Entrepreneurship; David Crick, Paul Desmarais Professor of International Entrepreneurship and Marketing, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa; Prof. Ricarda B. Bouncken, Chair for Strategic Management and Organization, Bayreuth International Graduate School of African Studies

Rosa Esmaeilbeigi is channelling her inner Jackson Pollock. Jane Dawkins got herself a new bike. And Prof. Andria Jones-Bitton is assembling jigsaw puzzles and keeping up with her book club. From exploring hobbies to keeping active to staying mentally relaxed but engaged, ideas for boosting people’s well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic through a University of Guelph virtual project …

A typical museum collects objects with storied histories that are shared and interpreted for visitors in physical displays or exhibitions. In response to COVID-19 restrictions, a group of University of Guelph students created a museum that is far from typical.    Students in the Introduction to Museology course were crafting their own community museum just as …

Our food system has bent but not broken in the face of unprecedented demand. By Profs. Michael von Massow and Alfons Weersink, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics

A surface coating that kills viruses upon contact, like the COVID-19-causing coronavirus, and that lasts for weeks is based on innovation developed by the University of Guelph and Guelph-based company EnvisionSQ. This self-sterilizing nano-coating, called NanoCleanSQ, is among the latest Canadian technologies to receive funding from the government’s Next Generation Manufacturing Canada program. The program …

Why do some pets get infected with the new coronavirus and others do not? That’s one of the key questions researchers with the University of Guelph’s Ontario Veterinary College hope to answer in a new research study. The study is one of the first of its kind to examine what risk COVID-19 in humans poses …

Netflix stocks have soared since the beginning of the pandemic as people have turned to their TVs for comfort. Will the company’s performance continue in the post-pandemic age? By Prof. Felix Arndt John F. Wood Chair in Entrepreneurship

During the early stages of the COVID-19 prevention measures, amid completing classes and preparing for final exams, University of Guelph student Erik Campbell-Anton felt compelled to serve on the front lines of the pandemic.   He took a job at Caressant Care, an assisted living home in St. Thomas, Ont., working alongside his grandmother and two aunts who are staff members there. He wanted to …

By Graham Burt, archives associate in archival and special collections at U of G’s McLaughlin Library

Rapid, portable COVID-19 testing, especially for underserved, remote areas such as Indigenous communities in northern Ontario, is the purpose of a new “lab in a briefcase” based on University of Guelph genomics technology. The test was adapted by Precision Biomonitoring, a Guelph-based company named in late March among the first 10 candidate companies selected by …

Chefs in the University of Guelph’s kitchens will prepare 500 meals each day to help feed Guelph’s most vulnerable citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic. The University’s Hospitality Services is supporting a program recently launched by The SEED, a not-for-profit organization at the Guelph Community Health Centre. The SEED is dedicated to ending food insecurity in …

A University of Guelph innovation for decontaminating fresh produce is being used to sanitize N95 masks for health-care workers battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Developed by food scientist Keith Warriner and a Niagara-area company, the “clean flow” technology enables health-care facilities to decontaminate much-needed N95 masks for safe reuse. He said proper sanitation is important for …

The evidence around pets and the coronavirus is changing rapidly. By Prof. Jan Sargeant, Department of Population Medicine; Sarah Totton, research assistant; Annette O’Connor, professor of veterinary epidemiology, Michigan State University

A COVID-19 tracker fuelled by a University of Guelph research team is proving to be a valuable tool allowing researchers, news media and the general public to track pandemic infections across the country each day. Called COVID-19 in Canada, the online dashboard provides a snapshot of Canadian coronavirus cases and is attracting some 10,000 visitors …