University of Guelph athletes have excelled in recent days, reaching the podium numerous times in track and field, winning national wrestling medals and advancing in playoff competition in men’s hockey. For the fourth straight year, the men’s and women’s teams won the Ontario University Athletics track and field championships held Feb. 21-22 at York University. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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The recent media focus on the University and the Athletics Department has served as an opportunity to have a valuable discussion, and we believe now is the time to move that discussion forward. To begin, we want to reiterate that we do not tolerate sexual violence or harassment of anyone within our community. In 2018 […]
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Do you know someone who has consistently demonstrated a commitment to excellence and has exceeded the expectations of their normal employment responsibilities? Nominate that staff member for a 2020 President’s Award for Exemplary Staff Service. Employees selected receive $2,000* and are recognized during an annual community event. Teams share the cash prize. Five award categories […]
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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 […]
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Prof. Norman O’Reilly, School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management, spoke to CBC Winnipeg about the declining demand for Winnipeg Jets tickets and what it means for the franchise. O’Reilly said True North Sports and Entertainment is likely only breaking even on the team. But he added that he thinks True North majority owner David […]
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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 […]
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Novel foods are a crucial part of the solution to the food crisis. By Prof. Evan Fraser, director of the Arrell Food Institute and Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security; Alesandros Glaros, Emily Duncan and Lisa Ashton, PhD candidates, Department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics […]
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Bringing peace of mind to University of Guelph students serving in the Canadian Forces is the aim of a proposal that would offer these students academic accommodations. The Serving Scholars initiative will be the first of its kind in Ontario and unique in its focus on reservists. There are at least 30 U of G […]
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Is the NHL taking the concussion issue seriously enough, wonders Prof. Timothy Dewhirst, Department of Marketing and Consumer Studies, Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics in a new commentary. […]
The most recent U of G Senate meeting was held on Feb. 10. Below are key highlights from the meeting. A full synopsis of the meeting is available on the University Secretariat’s website. Updated Policies: Reading Weeks and Study Break Days In response to questions from faculty and students about assignments due during reading weeks […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Many Canadian parents of young children don’t work typical 9-to-5 hours and face serious challenges finding child care – and the crisis is likely to grow, concludes a new report co-written by a University of Guelph child care policy expert. The comprehensive report found that nearly 4 in 10 (39 percent) of Canadian families with […]
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In a warming world, Canada’s North may become our breadbasket of the future – but this new “farming frontier” also poses environmental threats from increased carbon emissions to degraded water quality, according to a first-ever study involving University of Guelph researchers. The research team modelled prospects for growing major food crops in potential new farmland […]