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
For the seventh year running, the University of Guelph ranked second among Canadian comprehensive universities in an annual national survey of top research institutions. U of G claimed second spot out of 50 comprehensive universities – those with a full range of graduate programs and professional schools without a medical school – in the 2021
With more Canadian pet owners seeking advanced treatment options for companion animals, a new multimillion-dollar project will support critical care and specialty veterinary services at the Ontario Veterinary College (OVC). OVC Pet Trust launched the $8.36-million infrastructure project to accommodate complex case referrals amid a current shortage of veterinary professionals and an increase in pet
The University of Guelph placed 16th worldwide for sustainable impacts on society, according to a new global ranking. The Times Higher Education Impact Rankings assessed the progress of more than 1,500 universities from 100 countries and territories toward meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. The 17 goals—which include providing inclusive and equitable quality education,
Coach Sheahan and Coach Sheahan have reunited on the staff of the Guelph Gryphons football team. Head coach Ryan Sheahan has been joined on the squad by his father, Pat Sheahan, who was appointed this year as the Gryphons offensive line coach and an offensive assistant. Father and son were last fellow coaches in 2014
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
With more ticks and tick bites occurring in Canada year after year, better diagnosis of Lyme disease is thegoal of renewed funding from the G. Magnotta Foundation for Vector-Borne Diseases for the G. Magnotta Lyme Disease Research Lab at U of G. $1.2-million grant from the foundation to continue studying the bacterial pathogen and the
The University of Guelph is part of a historic national movement to combat anti-Black racism and promote Black inclusion on university and college campuses. Forty post-secondary institutions signed the Scarborough Charter on Anti-Black Racism and Black Inclusion in Canadian Higher Education. The Charter is a national action plan for fighting structural racism and inspiring positive
Dr. Mary Anne Chambers, a former Ontario cabinet minister, longtime champion of the University of Guelph, and lifelong education and community advocate, has been named as the University’s next chancellor. She is the tenth chancellor since the University’s creation in 1964. “Mary Anne Chambers embodies our University’s purpose and promise to ‘Improve Life,’” said U
How do you bring a small urban forest to students worldwide during a pandemic? Make it digital. In 2009, Dr. Alex Smith began using GigaPan photography technology to record weekly habitat panoramas in U of G’s Dairy Bush. The 8.5-hectare hardwood forest on the University campus is a research site for students in a popular biodiversity