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2021 President’s, Chancellor’s Scholars Named at U of G

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Fourteen incoming undergraduate students at the University of Guelph have received top entrance awards this year. Eleven students received President’s Scholarships, which recognize high school achievements, leadership abilities and citizenship activities. Two students received the Lincoln Alexander Chancellor’s Scholarship, named for former longtime chancellor Lincoln Alexander. The award recognizes top students who have made significant […]

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What’s Open at U of G Over the Thanksgiving Weekend?

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The University of Guelph’s normal business operations will be reduced on Oct. 11 for the Thanksgiving weekend. Fall Study Break Day is Tuesday, Oct. 12, so while normal University operations will resume on Tuesday, classes and labs delivered face-to-face or remotely will resume Wednesday, Oct. 13. What’s open and what’s closed Service areas open on […]

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Biologists Use eDNA to Assess Potential Nuclear Waste Sites

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Protecting ecosystems around two proposed nuclear waste storage sites in Ontario is the goal of a pioneering environmental research project involving University of Guelph biologists. Along with environmental scientists from the Nuclear Waste Management Organization (NWMO), the researchers will use environmental DNA technology developed at U of G to sample aquatic life around South Bruce […]

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Chemist Receives Federal Funding, Extends Research Program for Nuclear Power Studies

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Amid growing calls for reducing atmospheric greenhouse gases, a University of Guelph chemist has received more than $3 million in funding for an ongoing research program intended to enhance sustainable nuclear power. Dr. Peter Tremaine, a professor in the Department of Chemistry, will use federal and industry funding worth nearly $3.3 million and the University […]

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Intelligence Can Hinder a Bird’s Ability to Adapt to Captivity, U of G Study Reveals

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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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Risk of Contracting COVID-19 from Grocery Store Surfaces Low, U of G Research Finds

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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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Novel IMPACT Student Mental Health Program Launched at U of G

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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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Research Excellence Awards Honour Seven Early-Career Researchers

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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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Mental Illness Awareness Week: U of G Supports Available

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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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History Professor Appears in CBC Doc on Training Schools

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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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Project Serve Returns to Give Back to Community

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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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U of G Supports Unique Sound Project With Indigenous Perspective

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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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New Indigenous Environmental Science Program Makes Headlines

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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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Epidemiologist Discusses Rapid Testing in Schools With Globe and Mail

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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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U of G Recognizes National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

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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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New Indigenous Environmental Science and Practice Program Embraces Land-Based Learning

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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 […]

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Two U of G Students Win Joseph Plaskett Foundation Painting Awards

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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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Nokom’s House: Decolonizing Post-Secondary Spaces

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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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Creative Writing Professor’s First Children’s Novel Makes Headlines

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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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Marketing Professor Contributes Commentary to Toronto Star on ‘Freedom’

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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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