Prof. Simon Somogyi, the Arrell Chair in the Business of Food at U of G, spoke with The Globe and Mail about the revival of Dickie Dee ice cream bikes to deliver high-end summertime treats. The article notes that several small businesses are skipping traditional retail or restaurant spaces and turning instead to ice-cream bikes …
Prof. Lori Ann Vallis with the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences spoke with GlobalNews.ca about the importance of good posture. Vallis said good posture can make a person’s skeleton more stable which will translates to fewer falls. She added that better posture would lead to fewer workplace and stress injuries and that one …
Prof. Linda Parker, with the Department of Psychology, spoke with science writer Zoe Cormier for an article published on Medium about why sales of CBD-infused commercial products are soaring yet few medical studies on the cannabis compound are underway. The article noted that while there have been several promising studies performed on animals investigating CBD, …
The University of Guelph has an expert who can offer comment on the ongoing anti-government protests in Hong Kong and how they fit into the territory’s history. Based in the Department of Political Science, Prof. Theresa Lee is a political theorist, whose research and teaching focus on political thought, including She is especially interested in …
Prof. Tamara Small, from the Department of Political Science, appeared in a Guardian article about Justin Trudeau’s public image four years after his election as prime minster. Small noted how Trudeau mounted an aggressive social media campaign ahead of the 2015 election to promote his campaign based on the values of the just society relying …
Prof. David Mutch, a nutritional biochemist in the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Science, was interviewed by The Scientist magazine about whether nutritional services promising scientifically tailored supplements or advice are scientifically sound. Several new companies have emerged promising personalized nutrition, fitness, and lifestyle recommendations based on DNA tests, blood biomarker tests, and questionnaires. …
Prof. Myrna Dawson, the director of U of G’s Centre for Social and Legal Responses to Violence, spoke to The Globe and Mail about the many problems with how domestic violence murders are recorded and investigate in Canada. Dawson discussed why so many domestic-violence deaths are not recorded as such because they involve relationships that …
Prof. Michael Dixon from the School of Environmental Sciences was interviewed by the journal Science for a news item about the flood of cannabis research licence applications the Canadian government is sifting through. Regulations under the Cannabis Act, which came into effect last October, dictate a strict system controlling the production and use of cannabis …
Prof. Timothy Dewhirst, from the Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, spoke to TheScore.com, about the growing trend of sports teams and athletes making endorsement deals with companies selling cannabis-based products. Several big names have already signed partnership deals with brands made with CBD, or cannabidiol, many of which are marketed as pain relievers. Although …
Prof. Emma Allen-Vercoe, from the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, offered her thoughts to CTV National News over the weekend about new research that uses fecal transplants to boost melonama treatment success. She said she thought the idea that the microbiome can be used to help “fine-tune” cancer treatments designed to modulate the immune …
Profs. Dennis Baker and Troy Riddell contributed an op-ed piece to the Toronto Star, along with U of G Criminology and Criminal Justice Policy Masters student Danielle McNabb, that examines how well Ontario police forces are following new rules aimed at monitoring the police practice of “carding.” “Carding” refers to the practice of randomly stopping individuals and …
Prof. Shane Bateman, a critical care specialist at U of G’s Ontario Veterinary College, spoke to CBC Kitchener-Waterloo about the problem of pets accidentally ingesting cannabis and developing THC toxicity. Bateman said it’s hard to know how many cases of cannabis poisoning there have been in Canadian pets since marijuana was legalized, as it’s still …
Prof. Jay Subramanian, from U of G’s Department of Plant Agriculture, was hailed as a peach of a hero to Ontario fruit growers in a story in the St. Catharines Standard . Subramanian developed a new peach variety, called the Veeblush in the tender fruit breeding lab at the Vineland Research Station and introduced it …
Prof. Manish Raizada from the Department of Plant Agriculture was featured by more than two dozen PostMedia News outlets this week. He recently published a study on how to help plants produce their own all-important nitrogen. Plants need nitrogen to grow but can’t produce it themselves, Raizada says in the story. Certain microbes produce it …
Prof. Evan Fraser, the director of U of G’s Arrell Food Institute, spoke to the BBC’s World Business Report about how to increase global food production in a sustainable was. Fraser was offering his thoughts in reaction to a report from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which warned that the world must halt damage …
Prof. Amy Greer, from the Department of Population Medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College, appeared on the Global News’ podcast The Super Awesome Science Show, to discuss water safety. Greer, a Canada Research Chair in Population Disease Modelling, talked about the One Health approach to clean water management, in which human, animal and environmental activity are all factored …
The University of Guelph has an expert who can discuss a new flagship report expected Thursday from the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). According to media reports, the panel is expected to warn that we must halt damage to the land we live on to avoid catastrophic effects of climate change. It will urge …
University of Guelph food safety expert Prof. Keith Warriner offered his thoughts to CTVNews.ca about the best way to hand wash dishes, given research that suggests there are more dangerous bacteria in the average kitchen sink than there are in the bathroom. Warriner offered tips for washing dishes using hot water and bleach and letting the dishes air dry …
Is it possible to find true love based on a shared love for a particular kind of food or music or quirky obsession? Prof. Serge Desmarais, from U of G’s Department of Psychology, spoke to the Toronto Star about the sudden interest in so-called niche dating apps. There are now dating sites just for people …
Prof. François Tardif, a weed science specialist in U of G’s Department of Plant Agriculture, offered his thoughts to CBC Business about a new machine that promises to destroy weeds with a spray of hot steam,. The X-Steam-inator was unveiled recently at farm shows in Saskatchewan and is being touted as a way to combat herbicide-resistant …