Anxiety, depression, body dysmorphia, gender dysphoria, grief and the impacts of COVID-19 on mental health are among the topics that will be discussed in a new University of Guelph podcast series featuring personal stories from faculty, staff and students. Called The Shine Cast, the series will launch on Jan. 28, Bell Let’s Talk Day, a …
The COVID-19 pandemic, with its social isolation and school closures, has impacted the mental health of countless young people and may elevate the risk of non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) among students, according to a new University of Guelph report. The challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic – lowered peer support and social interaction, reduced access to medical …
Jan. 28 marks the 10th anniversary of Bell Let’s Talk Day, a day for Canadians everywhere to join the global mental health conversation and focus on ending the stigma of mental illness and work toward improving care, research and treatment. This year, the theme of the campaign is “Every Action Counts.” The University of Guelph …
More plastic-based PPE litter collecting in public spaces during the COVID-19 pandemic points to a need for better disposal methods and education about handling personal protective equipment, says a new University of Guelph study. The study shows discarded PPE is accumulating this year, especially in grocery store parking lots and residential neighbourhoods. Besides posing human …
High-intensity interval training, or HIIT, is all the rage these days, but it may not be as beneficial for weight loss and blood pressure as a moderate-intensity, more frequent exercise regimen, a new University of Guelph study has revealed. Researchers found that doing moderate-intensity exercise five times a week lowers body fat and improves blood …
By Drs. Kathleen Rodenburg and Lianne Foti, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics; and Dr. Ann Pegoraro, Lang Chair in Sport Management
A University of Guelph student group has started an ambitious project intended to help protect countless birds from injury or death resulting from collisions with window glass. With a $2,000 start-up grant from World Wildlife Federation (WWF) Canada and the non-profit organization Chantiers jeunesse, Bird Safe Guelph is providing 140 kits to Guelph and area …
Regularly randomly testing students for COVID-19 could help control outbreaks in schools and allow them to remain open, reveals a new study involving a University of Guelph researcher. The study, published recently in BMC Public Health, found testing one to two students a day in every classroom could be an effective way to keep transmission rates in …
Improvisational artistic practices can model alternative ways of being together and collaborating in community. By Dr. Ajay Heble, professor, School of English and Theatre Studies (SETS)
University of Guelph student Kartikay Pabbi is making a difference in the lives of hundreds of homeless youths in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Pabbi, who is a founding member and part of the executive team of the Toronto chapter of Hygiene for the Homeless, helped deliver 300 hygiene kits to youth shelters in the …
Honouring two students who lost their lives in the Ukraine International Airlines plane crash one year ago is the impetus behind new scholarships at the University of Guelph. The U of G community was devastated by the deaths of international students Milad Ghasemi Ariani and Ghanimat Azhdari, who died aboard Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 …
With many stores discouraging the use of cash during the pandemic, a lot more shoppers are typing in passcodes called PINs to use debit and credit cards. But how safe are those codes? New University of Guelph research suggests while many of us use PINs, or personal identification numbers, multiple times a day, few of …
As hockey players work to impress their evaluators at NHL training camps this week, University of Guelph researchers have found a more accurate way for coaches to predict how quickly a player can accelerate on skates, even before they hit the ice. In a first–of–its–kind study, researchers in U of G’s Human Performance Laboratory discovered resisted sprint tests better forecast how quickly a skater accelerates than traditional off-ice tests. This finding can help improve how professional …
By Dr. Michael von Massow, associate professor, Department of Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics
Outdoor public rinks are important social gathering places for strangers to interact during winter and can improve the social life of cities, a new University of Guelph study has found. Profs. Mervyn Horgan and Saara Liinamaa, who lead the Sociable Cities Project at U of G, studied social interactions at outdoor public rinks that offer …
With the winter chill settling in, University of Guelph food science students are getting set to offer for sale a spicy organic hot sauce that they grew, perfected and bottled on campus. The sauce results from a nearly year-long volunteer project designed to give students the chance to bring to market a fully student-created food …
Amid heightened attention to systemic racism and the Black Lives Matter movement, a new paper by University of Guelph researchers discusses the intertwined but forgotten history of African food crops and slavery in the West, and points to potential uses of those crops to help mitigate climate change impacts. The paper offers the first interdisciplinary …
By Prof. Madhur Anand, director of Global Ecological Change & Sustainability Laboratory; Prof. Chris Bauch and Peter C. Jentsch, PhD candidate, applied mathematics, University of Waterloo
By Prof. Andrea Paras, Department of Political Science, and Jenine Otto, international development student
What’s the best way to ward off giant hornets if you’re a honeybee? Animal dung, according to a first-ever University of Guelph study. U of G researchers have discovered honeybees in Vietnam collect and apply spots of animal dung around hive entrances to deter deadly nest raids by an Asian hornet (Vespa soror) whose North …