Prof. Amy Greer, Department of Population Medicine, spoke to CTVNews.ca as well as CTV’s Your Morning on how to prepare for a local COVID-19 outbreak and how to decide whether to travel. Greer told CTVNews.ca that the average person doesn’t need to be stockpiling medical supplies such as masks because their effectiveness is low. “We …

International Women’s Day on March 8 is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender equality. The University of Guelph has several experts available to comment on topics related to the event.   Prof. Samantha Brennan – Women in Sports and Fitness …

Prof. Shayan Sharif, Department of Pathobiology at U of G’s Ontario Veterinary College, appeared on CBC News Network and on CBC Radio to discuss a research paper he co-authored on the use of Twitter to detect the spread of infectious animal disease outbreaks. A team of U of G computer scientists and veterinary researchers found …

With many worried about contracting the new coronavirus over March Break, does it make sense to change travel plans? Will travel insurance cover you if you cancel your trip? What precautions should you take if you still plan to take your trip? Prof. Marion Joppe, School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management, is an expert on …

Prof. Evan Fraser, director of the Arrell Food Institute, and Rene Van Acker, dean of U of G’s Ontario Agricultural College, spoke with University Affairs magazine about how university agricultural programs are changing with the times. Van Acker noted that enrolment in agriculture education has begun to grow in recent years in lockstep with Canadians’ …

Prof. Kate Parizeau, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, spoke to BBC Future about why solving the problem of food waste is so tricky. Parizeau said it’s often hard to know exactly how much and precisely what kinds of food we’re wasting, which is why she recently led a study in which her team dug through …

Prof. Ryan Broll, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, spoke to several media outlets on Feb. 26, Pink Shirt Day, to discuss his latest research on youth resilience to bullying. Broll spoke to CBC Radio Kitchener’s The Morning Edition and said his most recent research revealed that teachers can play a big role for bullied students, …

Prof. Faisal Moola, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, spoke to CBC North on efforts to reform Canadian conservation policies and practices to recognize the important knowledge of Indigenous peoples. For years, Moola said, traditional Indigenous land use practices for maintaining healthy ecosystems have been dismissed or ignored by mainstream science, but that has begun …

Prof. Ryan Prosser, School of Environmental Sciences, spoke to CBC’s Marketplace to offer his expertise on counterfeit products bought on the internet. The show investigated the prevalence of counterfeit products online and found several cosmetics ordered were high in heavy metals, including lead and mercury. That’s concerning, Prosser said, because exposure to high levels of lead …

Prof. Troy Riddell, chair of the Department of Political Science, spoke to The Globe and Mail for an article about allegations of Liberal involvement in judicial appointments. Riddell commented that wide partisan input is not unusual in appointment decisions, but it is important to know what percentage of recommended appointments are actually selected. He has long …

Prof. Marion Joppe, School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management, spoke to CBC News Toronto about the early effects of the new coronavirus on the Canadian economy. Joppe noted that China is a key source of tourism to Canada, accounting for more than 700,000 visits to such destinations as Niagara Falls, Toronto and even the …

Prof. Scott Weese, Department of Pathobiology at the Ontario Veterinary College, spoke to the Toronto Star about the illness known as “cat-scratch fever.” The condition, officially called Cat-Scratch Disease, is caused by bartonella bacteria, which are transmitted to humans via cat bites and occasionally cat scratches. The cats themselves contract the bacteria through flea bites. …

Prof. Michael von Massow, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, spoke to The Globe and Mail for an article about the burgeoning lab-grown dairy industry. Von Massow told the newspaper that while interest in plant-based dairy options is growing, he doesn’t think the new products will supplant traditional dairy producers. “These things will change …

Prof. Timothy Dewhirst, Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, wrote a commentary in the Toronto Star about ongoing concussion concerns in the NHL. Dewhirst noted it’s been five years since defenceman Steve Montador died at the age of 35 following repeated concussions. Montador was diagnosed posthumously with CTE, a degenerative brain condition linked to repeated …

Prof. Evan Fraser, the director of U of G’s Arrell Food Institute, appeared on CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks program this weekend to discuss his recent research on how climate change will affect global food production in the coming years. Fraser is one of the co-authors of a new report that created a first-of-its-kind model …

How did a Quebec couple find a live frog inside their green pepper? That’s what Vice Canada wanted to know after hearing reports of the tiny frog found inside the hollow vegetable. So they consulted Prof. Barry Micaleff from U of G’s Department of Plant Agriculture for a possible explanation. Micaleff theorized that the frog …

Prof. Scott Weese, Department of Pathobiology at the Ontario Veterinary College, spoke to both the Toronto Star and Yahoo! News Canada about what might happen if the new coronavirus begins infecting household pets. This new virus began in animals and evolved to infect humans, and it is possible it could potentially evolve again to infect …

Prof. Phil Loring, Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, appeared on TVO’s The Agenda With Steve Paikin on Wednesday evening for a panel discussion on how climate change is affecting our food systems and our diets. The panel discussed the current challenges as well as some proposed to solutions both to climate change and global …