New degree, continuing education programs at U of G

Luma Alomari — Thu, 16 Jun 2022 13:54:25 +0000

Reflecting societal shifts and requirements, U of G is launching new degree and continuing education programs this year:

• A new Black Canadian studies minor in the College of Arts, being launched this fall, grew out of U of G president Dr. Charlotte Yates’s Anti-Racism Action Plan. The program was created in collaboration with the Guelph Black Students Association and will offer community-engaged and experiential learning with the Guelph Black Heritage Society.

• Also launching in the fall is Sexualities, Genders and Social Change, a multidisciplinary degree program within U of G’s BA program. The degree will explore scholarship of human identity, embodiment and self-expression and interconnections with social, political and cultural systems.

• With COVID-19 highlighting the need for skilled personal support workers for long-term care facilities, a new continuing education course launched this year is intended to enable Ontario PSWs to upgrade skills quickly and easily. The “micro-credential” program offered by U of G’s Open Learning and Educational Support department will address critical workforce shortages and improve quality of longterm care by mitigating employee burnout and improving resiliency and retention.

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Yates Installed as U of G President

Luma Alomari — Wed, 15 Jun 2022 12:57:38 +0000

Dr. Charlotte Yates was installed as the University of Guelph’s ninth president and vicechancellor in March She becomes U of G’s first woman president. Her installation took place during a small, in-person ceremony on campus that was livestreamed to a global audience. Among attendees were dignitaries including numerous First Nations and Métis leaders and government officials, former U of G chancellors and presidents, prominent U of G supporters and current higher education leaders.

“It is about taking our ‘genius’ and using it to make the world a better place,” she said. Yates said U of G will pursue global excellence by recruiting top students, faculty and staff “with different experiences, different backgrounds and different perspectives. We must elevate and advance those voices that are under-represented today.”

She also promised to “reconnect the social fibres that have been frayed as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic” and build on U of G’s civic-minded values and sense of community.
She pledged to ensure fiscal stability, invest in research and scholarship, and engage with alumni, donors and other supporters.

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