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Dr. Sabrina Rondeau
29 August 2024

Bee-yond Honeybees: Protecting Our Native Pollinators

When you join Dr. Sabrina Rondeau’s citizen science project, Abeilles Citoyennes, you turn your backyard into a pollinator research hub.
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Soil Sensing and Precision Agriculture
27 August 2024

Breaking Ground: In-Field Soil Sensing is Key to Precision Agriculture

After decades in soil science research, Dr. Asim Biswas is familiar with the limitations of soil measurement. Measuring soil properties
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Sex and Gender Equity by Joanne Garcia-Moores
26 August 2024

Sex and Gender Equity in Research (SAGER)

There are some basics of research design you may not have been taught. Good thing it’s never too late to
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Avian Influenza
30 July 2024

U of G Research Leads the Fight Against Avian Influenza

In early 2024, an outbreak of avian influenza virus (AIV) in U.S. dairy cattle prompted a burst of alarming news
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29 July 2024

Getting to More Fairness

No one wants to be treated unfairly. So, if EDI initiatives are intended to help ensure that everyone is treated
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Fighting Bird Flu with Innovative mRNA Vaccines.
26 July 2024

Fighting Bird Flu with Innovative mRNA Vaccines

Continuing with our student story series, this month we sit down with Fatemeh Fazel in the Pathobiology Department. “As a
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27 June 2024

Emerging Biological Threats and Pandemic Preparedness Workshop – Key Takeaways and Event Highlights

Food from Thought’s Emerging Biological Threats and Pandemic Preparedness in Our Agri-Food System Research Integration Workshop took place on Thursday,
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27 June 2024

How to Keep Bias Out of Peer Review

By Joanne Garcia-Moores Peer review is an important responsibility for many faculty. Providing fair and constructive evaluation and feedback makes
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27 June 2024

U of G Engineering Lab Set to Revolutionize Greenhouse Vegetable Harvesting

At sprawling greenhouses in the rural southern Ontario community of Leamington, one-armed robots designed and developed at the University of
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Ag-Tech Case Study Series. Efficient Low-cost GIS Solution Beats Out AI to Count Corn Plants. Dr. John Sulik, Associate Professor of Plant Agriculture
5 June 2024

Efficient Low-cost GIS Solution Beats Out AI to Count Corn Plants

This summer, the Canadian seed company Maizex Seeds will implement a novel geographic information system (GIS) technique developed by the
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30 May 2024

Enhancing Food Security Through Rapid Assessments of Farmland Biodiversity and Pest Management Strategies

Dr. Dirk Steinke’s research explores the multifaceted world of farmland biodiversity and specific ecosystem functions. His project has introduced new
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29 May 2024

Leveraging Visual Methods in Knowledge Mobilization: A Conversation with Alex Sawatzky

The above is an example of her work, which is a graphic from a collective call for the establishment of
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Brenda holding a piglet up with text that reads "dietary yeast offers sustainable solutions for pig health". Featuring research by HQP Scholar Brenda Christensen, PhD Candidate.
27 May 2024

Dietary Yeast Offers Sustainable Solutions for Pig Health

Brenda Christensen’s journey as an Highly Qualified Personnel (HQP) Scholar has given her a deep appreciation for the far-reaching implications
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30 April 2024

Respecting Indigenous Sovereignty Through Research Knowledge Management Strategies

By Joanne Garcia-Moores When UofG graduate student Dani Nowosad (she/her) began her freshwater biology research in Nunavut in 2019, she
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11 April 2024

Securing Smart Farms Against Cyber Threats

At first glance, a dairy or poultry barn might not seem like an obvious choice for a cyberattack. But as
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19 March 2024

GIS Technology Refines Management of Agricultural Impact in Lake Erie Basin

Along the sandy, windswept shores of Lake Erie, the impact of farming on Southern Ontario’s agricultural watersheds is a pressing
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Lots of little bugs, with the overlying text of "Ag-tech case study series: AI Transforms Bug Monitoring. A case study of innovative research by Drs. John Fryxell, Graham Taylor, Stefan Schneider & Stefan Kremer.
6 March 2024

AI Transforms Bug Monitoring – A Case Study

Bugs have shorter lifespans than most creatures on our planet. As a result, changes in the number, distribution and species
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Picture of wetlands landscape in Ontario
20 October 2023

U of G Researchers Publish New Study on Precision Conservation Practices

A University of Guelph research team is shedding light on the importance of geospatial systems, which refers to the technology
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