Summer has arrived. While most classrooms are quiet, this is grant writing season for many researchers. For over five years, NSERC, SSHRC, CIHR and others have been assessing the integration of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) principles into research as part of efforts to “foster a more equitable, diverse and inclusive research ecosystem in Canada”. […]
June is Pride month and it’s a wonderful time to proactively re-engage in practices of allyship with LGBTQ2IA+ researcher friends and colleagues. Because LGBTQ2IA+ researchers, particularly in STEM fields, are often at an increased risk of experiencing isolation and exclusion in their research labs, active allyship can be a significant source of support. Practices of […]
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Keeping up with changing U.S. federal policies and their implications for Canada and Canadians can seem like a full-time job these days. This article aims to lighten the load by summarizing the key changes affecting Canadian researchers and suggesting ways to mitigate negative impacts. Briefly, Canadian researchers may be affected by the loss of access […]
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Fatimatzahra Muhammad, a second-year PhD student in the Department of Animal Biosciences, is working under the advisement of Dr. Angela Canovas. Her research focuses on identifying strategies to mitigate methane emissions and improve feed efficiency in the beef and dairy cattle industry. Muhammad began working with Agri-Food Data Canada (ADC) in late 2022 during her […]
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Livestock diseases can have severe implications, ranging from reportable health issues that impact livestock movement and trade to diseases that pose significant economic threats. Effective surveillance and early detection are critical to controlling these outbreaks. However, the complexity of tracking diseases across diverse livestock populations has traditionally hindered efficient management. Real-Time Disease Tracking Through Innovative […]
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In veterinary circles, it’s widely understood that, like in human medicine, using antimicrobial treatments to improve animal welfare will eventually contribute to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Slowly, but surely, bacteria that cause diseases in people are acquiring more resistance to medications used to treat those infections. “Antibiotic-resistant disease is still very much the exception in dairy […]
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Amazing research comes out of the Food from Thought (FfT) program with projects spanning everything from pollinators, vaccines and livestock health to watershed mapping, wetlands, insect diversity, and healthy soils. Supporting of all it is the FfT Program (see Figure 1). Inside the program is the Knowledge Mobilization team. And on that team: me! […]
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Reconciliation can only begin when the truth is acknowledged and respectful relationships are established and maintained. As researchers, there are several actions that demonstrate a commitment to reconciliation. Start by ensuring consideration of the historical context of colonization, dispossession, and systemic discrimination experienced by First Nations, Inuit, and Métis (FNMI) peoples on their ancestral lands, […]
After autumn harvest, some farmers in the Lake Erie basin spray fertilizer on newly planted fields of wheat. The fertilizer lightly penetrates the rich, sandy soil and sits dormant till spring. This simple, long-held growing strategy supercharges the growth of new crops when spring snowmelt and rain mix with latent fertilizer to jump-start the growing […]
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When you join Dr. Sabrina Rondeau’s citizen science project, Abeilles Citoyennes, you turn your backyard into a pollinator research hub. Using the provided kit, you set colorful bowls of soapy water outside in the sun. After 24 hours, you collect the trapped pollinators and send them to be analyzed. These samples from your backyard are […]
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