The University of Guelph has received Excellence Canada’s Silver Level Healthy Workplace® award, following an on-site verification process. The award acknowledges U of G’s efforts to encourage, support and implement exemplary health-related programs in the workplace. “U of G’s Wellness@Work Initiative was created to help us support a thriving workforce, organization and community,” says Don […]
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The University’s normal business operations will be reduced on July 1 for Canada Day. Normal operations resume July 2. What’s open and what’s closed Service areas open on July 1 include: Athletics Centre University Centre (excluding food vendors) Ontario Veterinary Health Sciences Centre Animal Hospitals (for emergencies only) Animal Health Lab Please check their specific […]
The University of Guelph has received nearly $15 million from the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) for 60 researchers across campus whose studies have potential applications in everything from human and animal health to food production to environmental protection. The funding is part of a federal investment worth more than $588 million provided […]
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Escalating tensions between China and Canada threaten to disrupt the growth trend of Canadian meat exports to China. By Prof. Sylvanus Kwaku Afesorgbor and Masters candidate Brendan McDougall, Department of Food, Agricultural & Resource Economics; and Jiahao Zhu, Master candidate. […]
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Prof. Dan Meegan, from U of G’s Department of Psychology, has written a three-part series for The New Statesman about whether conservatives in the United States who have long been against “big government” are now ready to embrace socialist ideas. In his first instalment, Meegan argued that the recent rise of the left suggests Americans […]
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Marking the 50th anniversary of the University of Guelph’s School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management (HFTM), a $1-million donation by an alumnus will transform the program’s food lab into a state-of-the-art facility. The gift comes from Michel Eric Fournelle, who graduated from the former hotel and food administration (HAFA) program in 1992. The new […]
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The University of Guelph has experts who can discuss the reasons behind China’s decision to ban Canadian meat exports and what it means for meat producers. Prof. Benjamin Bohrer, Department of Food Science, can discuss ractopamine, the feed additive that some Canadian pork producers use to help pigs put on more muscle mass before slaughter. […]
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For too long, political scientists in Canada have been bystanders to discussions about cultural genocide and genocide. By Prof. David MacDonald, Political Science and Research Leadership Chair, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences […]
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Federal Minister of Health Ginette Petitpas Taylor visited the University of Guelph today with Guelph MP Lloyd Longfield to learn about research and teaching on campus. Meeting with president Franco Vaccarino and Daniel Atlin, vice-president (external), they discussed U of G strengths in One Health, an interdisciplinary approach for solving public health issues by focusing […]
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Members of Veterinarians Without Borders (VWB) will be on the U of G campus this week as part of a study tour. Twelve international members of the group will participate. They will learn about veterinary practices from U of G faculty and visit the University’s research farms. The animal health professionals have worked with VWB […]
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University of Guelph English and Theatre Studies Prof. Dionne Brand was featured in a CBC Arts article celebrating 69 LGBTQ artists who changed Canada before and after 1969 — the year many consider the beginning of the gay rights movement. The article calls Brand “one of Canada’s best living poets” and said she is also “a […]
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Lab-grown meat is getting a lot of attention along with plant-based meat substitutes, but dairy proteins may be the next product produced in a lab. By Prof. Michael von Massow and Mitchell Gingerich, graduate research assistant, Department of Food, Agriculture and Resource Economics […]
How big does a natural habitat need to be in order to be worthy of conservation? That’s a question a weekend article in The Globe and Mail investigated, citing the expertise of two U of G researchers. The article examined the debate about whether conservation efforts should be concentrated in large tracts of land such […]
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Prof. Ross McKitrick with the Department of Economics at the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics contributed an editorial this week to the Financial Post about Canada declaring an environmental emergency over climate change. McKitrick co-authored a new report by the Fraser Institute about how to evaluate the economic cost of carbon taxes versus the […]
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On June 21, Kevin Golding chaired his last meeting of the University’s Board of Governors. Chair since 2015, Golding is among the University’s longest-standing governors, having served the Board for more than a decade. Golding said U of G is a fantastic institution with a great future. President Franco Vaccarino expressed his appreciation for Golding’s […]
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University of Guelph political science professor Kate Puddister offered insight in a Toronto Star article about the shooting that took place during the Toronto Raptors victory parade earlier this week. The article looked at the problem of handgun ownership and the Toronto police’s recent gun buyback program to reduce the number of guns on the streets. Puddister commented that there’s […]
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There’s beauty in concrete? Ask Wilfred Ferwerda, co-curator of a new University of Guelph Library exhibit about the concrete building boom of the late 1960s that reshaped the look and feel of a then-fledgling campus and that continues to define today’s U of G. “Brutalism at Guelph: Concrete in a new light” opens June 21 […]
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Deep-seated and justifiable fears kept Andrew Peregrine from revealing who he really was. When he finally was able to come out as gay about seven years ago at age 50, his emotions were overwhelming. Now, the Ontario Veterinary College professor, comfortable with his identity and with making it public, is helping to foster a University […]
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Dana McCauley, associate director of new venture creation at the University of Guelph’s Research Innovation Office, joined a panel discussion on TVO‘s The Agenda to discuss the surge of consumer interest in plant-based meat alternatives. McCauley, who studies food industry trends and innovation, explained what makes these new plant-based meats different from standard veggie burgers. […]
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Prof. Robin R. Milhausen, associate chair of U of G’s Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, spoke to O, The Oprah Magazine about the five kinds of “love languages.” Milhausen said understanding what kind of displays of affection your partner prefers — whether it’s gifts, small gestures or physical touch – is key to […]
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