University of Guelph Prof. Faisal Moola was interviewed for a June 7 National Observer story about the Ontario government’s struggle to address a decades-long problem of mercury contamination in Grassy Narrows First Nation. A professor in U of G’s Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, Moola has consulted on water remediation with the province and has worked …

Prof. Tamara Small commented in a CBC News story about unregistered groups targeting Ontario voters with online ads. The story arose out of findings by ProPublica, a non-profit U.S.-based investigative journalism organization whose Facebook ad collector gathers ads from Facebook feeds of people who downloaded its browser extension. A professor in the Department of Political …

Prof. Mike von Massow appeared in a CTV News story on June 5 talking about food waste and best-before dates. A professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics, von Massow said the best-before date is probably one of the least understood pieces of information on food packaging. He explained that best-before dates …

Prof. Keith Warriner talked to CTV News on May 31 about why chicken should never be washed. Most consumers wash chicken and pat it dry before cooking, but Warriner said this is not the safest practice in your kitchen. He explained that cooking kills most bacteria, and that rinsing raw chicken under the tap makes it …

Prof. Jamie Gruman published an article on June 4 in the Huffington Post about the importance of vacations and why some of us aren’t making the most of them. A professor in U of G’s College of Business and Economics, Gruman says about 40 per cent of people come back from vacations feeling no better, or …

U of G food laureate Anita Stewart was featured in a Forbes article on June 3 talking about how she founded Food Day Canada. Stewart, a culinary activist, educator and writer, talked about how she came up with the idea of Food Day Canada and why it’s important to promote and celebrate Canadian food, agriculture …

Prof. Michael von Massow appeared in national media stories on June 3 talking about Canada’s tariffs on imported American goods and about concerns that the United States could retaliate to those measures. The story appeared in several national news outlets, including Globe and Mail, Huffington Post and CTV News. A professor in the Department of Food, Agricultural …

Author Lawrence Hill published an article about his mother Donna Mae Hill’s life and death in the Globe and Mail on June 1. A professor in U of G’s School of English and Theatre Studies, Hill shared the intimate story of a final trip he took with his mother to Basel, Switzerland, where she ended her …

Prof. Tamara Small was interviewed by The Walrus for a June 1 article about how Facebook amasses your data. As a professor in U of G’s Department of Political Science, Small studies the use of digital technologies. She said that while Facebook is free, we are actually selling bits of our identity every time we like …

Robert Hanner,  a professor in U of G’s Department of Integrative Biology, authored an article on combating food fraud in the latest edition of Canadian Food Business magazine. Globalization has created complex food supply chains, making it more difficult to trace the origins of a food, writes Hanner. He discusses some of the new technologies …

Reader’s Digest interviewed Prof. Barry Micallef for an article about whether nightshade vegetables are as bad for your health as some social media influences and popular diet schemes would suggest. Nightshades or Solanaceae, a plant family that includes eggplant, peppers, potatoes and tomatoes, have gotten a lot of negative press lately, said the article. Reader’s Digest reported …

Canadian Geographic featured U of G professor Ryan Norris in a story about how the Canada jay had its name restored by the American Ornithological Society earlier this month. The story detailed how Dan Strickland, a retired Algonquin Provincial Park naturalist, researched the origins of bird naming by the American Ornithologists’ Union (AOU) in the 1940s and …

Prof. Keith Warriner appeared in a CBC News story on May 19 talking about recent E. coli outbreaks stemming from romaine lettuce and difficulties in tracing where the tainted product originated from. A professor in the Department of Food Science, Warriner said that for every reported case of E. coli, more go unreported. He also said …

U of G student Andrea LaMarre was interviewed by The Atlantic for a story about social media sites that promote certain vegan diets and the impact of those sites on people struggling with eating disorders. The article says that food “influencers” on popular sites such as Instagram, YouTube and Facebook can sometimes be held to …

Prof. Scott Weese appeared in a May 21 CBC News story about how Canadian scientists are tracking the threat of Lyme disease. The article suggested that increased numbers of Lyme disease cases in Canada could be a result of greater awareness and better testing. A veterinarian and professor in the department of pathobiology at the …

Prof. Graham Taylor was interviewed by The Walrus for a story about racism and sexism in artificial intelligence applications. Much of AI technology — and its search engines and facial-recognition systems — has been developed in a way that does not recognize human diversity, the article posits. While certain technologies are prized for their neutrality, …

Prof. Jamie Gruman authored a Psychology Today story on May 15 about how the pursuit of happiness might just make you miserable. He said happiness is unlike other goals that require elbow grease to come to fruition. A professor in the Department of Management, Gruman says he developed a test with his students called the …

A short audio clip of a computer-generated voice has sparked a worldwide debate on social media about whether the voice is saying “Yanny” or “Laurel.” First posted on Reddit, the audio clip quickly spread to Twitter and has sparked national and international media stories. According to University of Guelph Prof. Patrick Barclay, whether you hear …

Prof. Jayasankar Subramanian’s work to preserve fruit from rot in India was featured in a May 4 story in Charting Change, a series about innovative projects in the developing world produced by Canada’s International Development Research Centre and Canadian Geographic. Subramanian, a professor and agricultural biotechnologist in U of G’s Department of Plant Agriculture, said 40 …

Jerry Chomyn, head of University of Guelph-Humber’s media studies program, appeared on CTV News on May 15 discussing the legacy of Tom Wolfe following the death of the author and journalist on May 14. Chomyn discussed Wolfe’s role in New Journalism, a style of news writing and journalism developed in the 1960s and 1970s that used …