The Value of Inclusion in Times of Social Upheaval
Universities and researchers do not exist in a vacuum. Building and maintaining an inclusive working environment in your lab or
28 November 2024
27 November 2024
Predicting the Future of Farmable Land: From PhD to Real-World Impact
As climate change alters weather patterns and growing conditions, one pressing question asked by farmers and researchers worldwide is: how
27 November 2024
Nature’s Perfect Match: The microbiome-host duo boosting economic and environmental gains in beef production
Joining Dr. Angela Cánovas’ lab at the Department of Animal Biosciences, University of Guelph, offers an opportunity to be part
26 November 2024
U of G Poultry Management Research Guides the Movement to Cage-Free Eggs
In the next decade, Canada’s egg production industry is expected to shift entirely into cage-free (free run or free range)
19 November 2024
U of G Research Drives Smarter Antibiotic Use in Dairy Herds
In veterinary circles, it’s widely understood that, like in human medicine, using antimicrobial treatments to improve animal welfare will eventually
22 October 2024
A Look Inside: Visualizing Agri-food Research with Food from Thought
Amazing research comes out of the Food from Thought (FfT) program with projects spanning everything from pollinators, vaccines and
26 September 2024
Truth and Reconciliation in Research
Reconciliation can only begin when the truth is acknowledged and respectful relationships are established and maintained. As researchers, there are
26 September 2024
From Farm to Dead Zone: Saving the Biodiversity of the Great Lakes
After autumn harvest, some farmers in the Lake Erie basin spray fertilizer on newly planted fields of wheat. The fertilizer
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
