Prof. Stuart McCook, Department of History, spoke with CBC Radio’s Ideas program to discuss the history of coffee. McCook was among eight coffee experts who contributed to the hour-long episode, titled “The Coffee Chronicles: The story of the world’s most popular drink.” He spoke about coffee leaf rust, a fungus that has devastated many coffee […]
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Four outstanding graduates will be honoured Friday night during the University of Guelph’s Alumni Association Awards of Excellence gala. The annual awards banquet is part of Alumni Weekend, which runs June 21-23. More than 1,000 alumni are expected to return to campus. Volunteer Is Master of Organization Nancy Brown Andison admits she has an organizational […]
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Prof. Sonia Dhaliwal, who teaches accounting in U of G’s Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, spoke to CBC Business News about a new Canada Revenue Agency report that found that Canadian companies avoided paying up to $11.4-billion worth of taxes. Dhaliwal commented that while the figure seems high, she’s not convinced that […]
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The University of Guelph has received $2.4-million from the federal government through two new Canada Research Chairs (CRC) and the renewal of an existing chair. Prof. Emma Allen-Vercoe, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will receive a new Tier 1 chair in Human Gut Microbiome Function and Host Interactions. Prof. Christine Baes, Department of Animal […]
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Business professor Norm O’Reilly spoke to Vice Canada for an article about what Toronto Raptors star player Kawhi Leonard has to gain financially from staying in Toronto after he becomes a free agent at the end of June. O’Reilly, who is the director of the International Institute for Sports Business and Leadership, said playing in […]
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The University of Guelph will offer its first Indigenous language course in fall 2019. The announcement comes as Canada prepares to celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day. Students will learn the Ojibwa language, chosen because of its deep connection to the Guelph area and the Great Lakes region, said Charlotte Yates, vice-president (academic). “As a leading […]
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The University of Guelph has an expert who can discuss the newly amended Fisheries Act, which now bans the import and export of shark fins in Canada. Prof. Dirk Steinke is an adjunct professor in the Department of Integrative Biology at U of G and a member of the Centre for Biodiversity Genomics. He studies […]
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For us to perform at our best, we need to recover successfully from the persistent demands we face daily — just as Kawhi Leonard did. By Prof. Jamie Gruman, Human Resources and Organization Behaviour […]
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Prof. Katie Clow from the Department of Population Medicine at U of G’s Ontario Veterinary College recently spoke with several news outlets about how disease-carrying ticks and how to protect against their bites. Clow appeared on the the Global News’ podcast The Super Awesome Science Show, to offer tips on avoiding tick bites in grassy […]
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CBC’s The National aired a feature report on the large global DNA barcoding initiative being led by researchers from the University of Guelph’s Centre for Biodiversity Genomics. CBG director Paul Hebert and post-doctoral researcher Michelle D’Souza spoke with the news outlet to describe BIOSCAN, a just-launched, seven-year-long field barcoding project that will see researchers at 2,500 […]
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Caroline Mousseau, a student in the University of Guelph’s master of fine art program, has been selected as this year’s winner of the Joseph Plaskett postgraduate award in painting. The $30,000 award will allow Mousseau to spend six months in Europe after her graduate studies to paint and to view artistic works in museums. She […]
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Prof. Stephen Henighan, a professor in U of G’s School of Languages and Literatures, contributed a commentary to The Globe and Mail about what it’s like to become a father in one’s 50s. Henighan writes that while there are many downsides of being an older-than-most dad, the benefits include the realization that time is finite […]
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For health professionals, posting a single negative comment to their Facebook profiles may hinder their credibility with current or potential clients, a new University of Guelph study reveals. People increasingly use social media to promote themselves or to connect with friends and acquaintances. As the line between personal and professional can easily be confused when […]
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The most recent U of G Senate meeting was held June 3. Below are key highlights from the meeting. A full synopsis of the meeting is available on the University Secretariat’s website. Change to course drop date beginning Fall 2019 Beginning in Fall 2019, students will have until the last day of classes to drop courses […]
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University of Guelph English and Theatre Studies Prof. Dionne Brand has won the $20,000 Trillium Book Award for Ontario’s best English-language title. Brand received the honour for her poetry collection The Blue Clerk, which was published by McClelland & Stewart. The Ontario government established the Trillium Book Award in 1987 to recognize literary excellence and […]
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The largest University of Guelph alumni event of the year is set to take place June 21-23, when hundreds of graduates return to the campus they once called home for Alumni and Reunion Weekend. Members of the graduating classes of 1959 and 1969 will gather for their 60- and 50-year reunions, along with members of […]
He’s doing it for the future. During an international gathering in Norway next week, Paul Hebert will help to launch BIOSCAN, a new $180-million, seven-year DNA barcoding project involving more than 1,000 researchers from some 30 countries. It’s the latest phase of an ambitious University of Guelph-led initiative to catalogue every living thing on Earth […]
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Paternity leave can increase fathers’ involvement within families, which has benefits for the children, the co-parent, the economy and society. By Nikki Martyn, program head of Early Childhood Studies, and Elena Merenda, assistant program head of Early Childhood Studies, University of Guelph-Humber […]
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Two U of G food science experts were in the news this week to discuss the challenges of plant-based proteins. Prof. Alejandro Marangoni, the Canada Research Chair in Food, Health and Aging, spoke to The Globe and Mail about how he and a team of U of G engineers and food scientists are working to […]
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Prof. Robin Milhausen, a professor and associate chair of U of G’s Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, spoke to O, the Oprah magazine about why having separate interests and hobbies is actually good for marriages and relationships. Milhausen commented that taking time to enjoy one’s own interests can help boost one’s self-confidence as […]
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