Upcoming Events

Butterflies on the Brink: The Story of the Mottled Duskywing tells the story of a University of Guelph project to reintroduce an endangered butterfly. The documentary follows the research and recovery team, led Dr. Ryan Norris from the Department of Integrative Biology and biologist Jessica Linton, with support from the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory team, as they work to reintroduce the mottled duskywing butterfly to Pinery Provincial Park. The project represents the first time a butterfly has ever been successfully reintroduced into Ontario, and, since their reintroduction in...

The last One Health seminar of the winter semester will feature Dr. Whitney Preisser, Assistant Professor of Disease Ecology at Kennesaw State University in Georgia.  Dr. Preisser will discuss two projects using fluid-preserved specimens to determine the impacts of climate change, heavy metal pollution, microplastics, and reservoir damming on parasitic diseases of fish over long time spans. First, using more than 600 marine fish specimens collected between 1880 and 2019 in the Salish Sea, she tracked changes in parasite communities over time and investigated the potential for heavy...

Graduate students: Save the dates for our 13th annual CBS Careers in Biology on April 24 and 25 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Summerlee Science Complex.  The days will include speaker sessions with various experts, workshops for professional development, networking events with alumni and seasoned professionals, and professional headshots with limited spots available.  Please stay tuned for more updates on panelists and the exciting opportunities the CIB committee is planning. All CBS graduate students, from all departments and programs, are welcome to...

The CBS Office of Educational Scholarship and Practice (COESP) will be hosting its annual COESP Day on May 1 in Rozanski Hall. Save the date! The event will focus on: Working through teaching and support challenges, in conversation with others. Understanding how decisions around space, scheduling and class formats are made. Connecting with colleagues and building community across departments and roles. Creating plans for your course or context, with a community of support. Everyone is welcome, including faculty, graduate...

Graduate Students: Registration is now open for the 20th annual CBS Graduate Student Symposium (GSS)! The GSS organizing committee has been hard at work planning an awesome event for Friday, May 2nd, 2025 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The day will include oral presentation sessions, a poster session, a catered lunch with special keynote speakers, and an extra fun student social event in the evening to celebrate the 20th anniversary of this event.  Please use the link below to both register for the event and submit an abstract if you would like to present your research. Registration is...