The smarter the bird, the more unique welfare needs it has in captivity, according to a University of Guelph first-ever study. This finding may apply to other brainy captive creatures including great apes, elephants and whales, said the study’s lead author, Dr. Georgia Mason, director of U of G’s Campbell Centre for the Study of […]
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Wearing gloves while shopping and wiping down food packaging at home may be unnecessary, as new University of Guelph research suggests the chances of getting infected with COVID-19 from grocery store surfaces are very low. A team of U of G scientists, who swabbed hundreds of high-contact surfaces in grocery stores, found that none tested […]
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A new mental health intervention program to aid students in crisis on campus will be launched this month at the University of Guelph. Under a novel partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) of Waterloo-Wellington, a mental health worker hired by CMHA will be based on campus four days a week to respond along […]
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Seven University of Guelph researchers exploring subjects from Indigenous history in North America to improving the availability of safe and healthy food have received the 2021 U of G Research Excellence Awards. The awards program highlights the achievements of recently tenured faculty members and helps to raise their profile among external funding agencies. The $5,000 […]
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The Canadian Mental Health Association and other mental health organizations across the country recognize the first week of October as Mental Illness Awareness Week. This national movement helps educate Canadians on mental illnesses and advocates for access to mental health resources without barriers. The University of Guelph offers a number of resources with a focus […]
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Dr. Linda Mahood, a professor in the Department of History, was interviewed in a CBC documentary called “Born Bad” which examined the history of Ontario Training Schools in the 1900s. As the documentary reveals, the provincially-operated training schools were essentially detention facilities that housed “troubled children” for five decades, beginning in the 1930s Mahood noted […]
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For more than 20 years, University of Guelph students have given back to their home-away-from-home community by volunteering with Project Serve, and that tradition continues this weekend. Project Serve is a decades-long community engagement event that sees hundreds of U of G students head out into the community to volunteer their time with worthy local […]
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A guided “sound-walk” recording that can accompany you in the woods, the country or the city wherever you are in the world, Inose/Field Trip produced at the University of Guelph invites listeners to reflect deeply on the land we walk upon and the diverse living things we encounter. “Inose” is an Ojibwa word meaning to […]
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U of G’s new Bachelor of Indigenous Environmental Science and Practice program was featured in an article in the Guelph Mercury Tribune and republished in the Toronto Star. Environmental sciences professor Dr. Jonathan Schmidt, who chaired the working group that pushed the program forward,told the newspaper the program was more than a decade in the […]
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Dr. Amy Greer, an infectious diseases modeller in the Department of Population Medicine, spoke to The Globe and Mail about COVID-19 rapid testing in schools. She said without rapid tests, infected students with no symptoms present a risk to everyone they encounter during the day. But with rapid testing, those who test positive are likely […]
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Today is Orange Shirt Day – a day dedicated to honouring residential school survivors, the children who never returned home, their families and their communities. It is also the inaugural annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, the Canadian government’s response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) call to action 80. On this day, […]
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About 20 University of Guelph students, many in the University’s new bachelor of Indigenous environmental science and practice program (BIESP), waded into the Eramosa River this week for a hands-on experience of the life of water. Sue Chiblow, who will become a professor in the School of Environmental Sciences (SES) as of Nov.1, co-led the […]
Two students in the University of Guelph’s School of Fine Art and Music (SOFAM) have been chosen as 2021 recipients of two major awards. Emmanuel Osahor has won the $30,000 Joseph Plaskett Postgraduate Award in Painting and Ella Gonzales has won the $10,000 second-prize Nancy Petry Award. Both are enrolled in U of G’s master […]
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Plans are underway to build on the grounds of the University of Guelph’s Arboretum a unique Indigenous research facility that is expected to be one of the first of its kind in Canada. The new facility will be called Nokom’s House, from the Ojibway word for grandmother, “nokomis.” It will be a land-based learning space […]
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Lawrence Hill, a professor of creative writing in U of G’s School of English and Theatre Studies and accomplished author of adult novels, has earned headlines for his first children’s book. The novel, entitled Beatrice and Croc Harry, is intended for kids ages 9-13. The book tells the story of a young girl who wakes […]
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Dr. Timothy Dewhirst, a professor in U of G’s Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, contributed a commentary to the Toronto Star about the myth-making around the concept of “freedom” so often seen in advertising. Dewhirst noted that while the idea of unfettered freedom is appealing and frequently used in advertising, it “does not reflect […]
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Nearly 700 trees will be planted this week on the University of Guelph campus to ensure a greener campus for students, staff and visitors to enjoy. The new trees will help to offset the carbon emissions associated with construction of the new Gordon S. Lang Plaza in front of the Gordon S. Lang School of […]
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Improving pet nutrition and health is the goal of a University of Guelph animal scientist who has been named as the inaugural Champion Petfoods Chair in Canine and Feline Nutrition, Physiology and Metabolism. Dr. Anna Kate Shoveller, Department of Animal Biosciences, will also lead a new international research collaboration under a five-year grant from Champion […]
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Long before the University of Guelph’s Arboretum came into being, Attawandaron, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and other Indigenous peoples lived on the land it occupies. Now, numerous initiatives are under way to ensure that Indigenous knowledge systems are integral to the life of this significant green space in teaching, research and outreach. “We are walking step by […]
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National Geographic featured the DNA barcoding work pioneered at the University of Guelph used in detecting seafood fraud. The news outlet spoke with Dr. Robert Hanner, Department of Integrative Biology, who has devoted much of his research to seafood fraud. The article noted that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) collaborated with Guelph researchers […]
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