Equine Guelph’s travelling education centre has stopped for the summer at TheMuseum in Kitchener. EquiMania includes posters, demonstrations, activities and other interactive learning materials, including a life-size model of a horse, all designed to teach kids and adults about horse health and safety, grooming, behaviour, anatomy and horse trivia. Equine Guelph director Gayle Ecker says […]

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U of G food scientists Rickey Yada and Shai Barbut were recently named fellows of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT). The non-profit scientific society works to advance the science of food, food safety and food sustainability. The annual IFT Fellow awards are a professional distinction given to individuals with outstanding qualifications and experience to […]

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U of G graduate Jeff Latosik has won the $10,000 Trillium Book Award/Prix Trillium for poetry. The winner was announced today. Latosik was one of the first graduates of the University of Guelph-Humber’s MFA program in creative writing, receiving his degree in 2008. Tiny, Frantic, Stronger is his first book of poetry. Earlier this year […]

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Renovations to the University Centre bus loop will begin later this month and continue until late August. Ian Weir, Parking Services and Transportation Planning, says the construction will address the need for improvements and additional service by GO Transit and the City of Guelph’s public transit system. A new system design for Guelph Transit relies […]

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The Department of Human Resources (HR) is accepting donations of food to help rebuild inventory at the Guelph Food Bank. The building that houses the food bank on Crimea Street lost part of the roof during an early-morning storm June 8, and rainwater destroyed much of the organization’s supply of dry goods, such as pasta, […]

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A U of G professor has been named to the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s (CFIA) National Expert Advisory Committee. Sylvain Charlebois, associate dean of research and graduate studies in the College of Management and Economics, is among seven people across Canada named to the committee. The group will provide CFIA with objective professional and technical […]

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Implementation of the final recommendations of the University of Guelph Senate report “Review of Secondary Areas of Study,” was approved by Senate during the last meeting of the 2010-2011 academic year. One of Senate’s priorities over the past several years has been the renewal of the undergraduate curriculum, based on recommendations from the 21st-Century Curriculum […]

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U of G has a new policy regarding academic accommodations for students with disabilities. Approved by Senate May 30, it covers both graduate and undergraduate students. The new policy replaces policies approved in 1995 and supports the University’s obligations under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act.    It includes information about academic accommodations and […]

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The University Senate has approved a comprehensive policy outlining maximum registration times for the completion of graduate programs. Currently, there are several policies about maximum time limits for graduate degree completion. Information about expected completion times is published in the graduate calendar but is not well understood or communicated to students or advisors. Senate was […]

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Mira MacLennan, a 2011 M.Sc. graduate from the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences, received first prize in the Nestlé Nutrition Student and Trainee Competition held in conjunction with the Canadian Nutrition Society/Société canadienne de nutrition (CNS/SCN) annual meeting. From 99 student abstracts, eight students were awarded Christine Gagnon Travel Awards of $250 and […]

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