The national “Coach of the Year” award for women’s rugby now carries the name of a U of G professor. Handed out annually following the Canadian Interuniversity Sports (CIS) championship to the winning team’s coach, the honour is now called the “Jim Atkinson Award” in recognition of his contribution to the women’s sport in Canadian […]
CSAHS Researchers Work with Community Groups to Benefit People in Need
New institute fosters collaboration, change […]
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Buying Produce at Farmer’s Gate Feeds U of G Research
HTM prof looks at pricing, marketing strategies for food […]
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Military Service Helped MFA Student Focus Writing
Matt Lennox writes not about war, but what it means to be a modern man […]
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Researchers Piece Together the Carbon Credit System
Story by Joel Aitken, a U of G student writer with SPARK (Students promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge) […]
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New Prof Wants to Know Why Dogs Become Aggressive
Understanding the causes may lead to prevention […]
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Keep the Taste, Reduce the Salt
Story by Joey Sabljic, a U of G student writer with SPARK (Students promoting Awareness of Research Knowledge) […]
Celebration of Life to Remember Virginia Gray
Friends and colleagues are invited to join in celebration of the life of Virginia Gray, former director of the U of G Office of Open Learning, who died May 17, 2010. The celebration will take place Nov. 21 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Cutten Club, 190 College Ave. E. Mrs. Gray worked at […]
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Agri-Marketing Team Picked
Eleven undergraduate students have been selected to represent U of G at the 2011 Agri-Marketing Conference in Kansas City. They are one of two Canadian teams who will be at the April competition. The team members were chosen “for their passion for agriculture and interest in marketing and communications,” says Elizabeth Schouten, student chapter president. […]
Grad Student Sails World, Finds Sea of Knowledge
Three-year voyage discovers an ocean of plastic and the world’s most polluted beaches […]
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Ontario Announces New Scholarship for International Doctoral Students
Premier Dalton McGuinty has announced a new Ontario Trillium Scholarship for international students. He made the announcement Thursday at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, one of the final stops of his trade mission to China. The new scholarship will provide 75 of the best students from around the globe with $40,000 each […]
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Prof. Kerry Preibisch Recognized by Trade Union UFCW
Sociology professor Kerry Preibisch has been named a 2010 recipient of the Cesar E. Chavez Black Eagle Award. She was honoured Nov. 3 during a special dinner in Toronto. The award was created 11 years ago by the United Food and Commercial Workers Canada, one of Canada’s oldest unions to recognize people who are working […]
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Insurance Provider Taps Social Media to Support OVC Research
Like it? Then Tweet it! Animal lovers are invited to help the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC) Pet Trust Fund fight cancer in pets by supporting a social media campaign launched this month by a Canadian pet insurance provider. PetSecure Pet Insurance kicked off its 2010 “FURther the Fight” campaign to mark Pet Cancer Awareness Month […]
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Gryphons Capture CIS Player of the Year Honours
Two U of G athletes have been honoured with Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) player of the year awards. They were announced Wednesday night during the All-Canadian Banquet at the Holiday Inn Guelph Hotel and Convention Centre. Brienne Stairs, a fourth-year student and forward for the Gryphon’s women’s field hockey team, received the award for the […]
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Leave a Big Tip at PJ’s for the United Way
Student restaurateurs will donate tips to local charity […]
What Will Happen to Your Pet If You Die?
New OVC endowment fund will ensure foster care for orphaned pets […]
Displaced by Climate Change
Political scientist says policy-makers could help people resettle before disaster strikes […]
New Prof Studies Back Injuries
Stephen Brown looks at lower back muscles and spinal function […]
Reassuring Parents Can Make the Shot Worse
Psychology prof examines strategies for reducing a child’s fear of needles […]
U of G Email Names Now More Intuitive
Eight characters can be pretty limiting when it’s the allotted length of an email address. Starting Oct. 28, though, U of G staff and faculty can break free of the eight-character restraints by creating new email aliases for themselves. Systems analyst Brent Harp says people have been requesting this change for years, but it was […]