U of G’s Improvisation, Community and Social Practice Project (ICASP), in partnership with the Guelph Jazz Festival, has received a $134,800 grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation. The three-year grant will allow this partnership to provide ongoing community outreach activities. The funding will go specifically towards the Improviser-in Residence program, the Nuite Blanch program and […]

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Got a story about your pet? To mark its 150th anniversary in 2012, the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) will publish a book of poems, stories, essays and remembrances about how companion animals enrich our lives and imaginations, as well as about veterinary professionals. The book will be distributed annually to graduating veterinary students in Ontario […]

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Population medicine professor David Waltner-Toews participated in the 2010 Speakers of Renown series, which celebrated the 40th anniversary of the International Development Research Centre (IDRC). He spoke at IDRC in Ottawa Nov. 24 on “Ecohealth in a Complex World: Policy’s Holy Grail?” Founding president of Veterinarians Without Borders and the Network for Ecosustainability and Health, […]

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The Macdonald Stewart Art Centre’s annual Beyond the Frame art auction raised a record profit of $70,000 and drew a crowd of more than 200 people. Proceeds from the Nov. 13 event will help to fund the art centre’s exhibitions, collections and education programs. “We deeply appreciate the wonderful support of artists who generously donated […]

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The University has received the preliminary results of its pension valuation. President Alastair Summerlee and Alan Shapira, an external pension expert, will explain the challenges of the pension liability issues to the University community on Thursday, Dec. 2 from noon to 1 p.m. in Peter Clark Hall, Level 0 of the University Centre.  All faculty […]

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Got a story about your pet? To mark its 150th anniversary in 2010, the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) will publish a book of poems, stories, essays and remembrances about how companion animals enrich our lives and imaginations, as well as about veterinary professionals. The book will be distributed annually to graduating veterinary students in Ontario […]

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As part of the 2010 Speakers of Renown series to mark the 40th anniversary of the International Development Research Centre, population medicine professor David Waltner-Toews will speak on “Ecohealth in a Complex World: Policy’s Holy Grail?” Nov. 24 at the IDRC in Ottawa. Founding president of Veterinarians Without Borders and the Network for Ecosustainability and […]

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