The University of Guelph is proud to announce that Julie Gelfand, one of Canada's most respected environmental leaders, has been appointed the 2025 Kinross Chair in Environmental Governance. With a career spanning over 35 years across government, corporate, and non-profit sectors, Gelfand brings a rare blend of experience, insight, and passion to campus.
In another year marked by fierce competition and soaring demand for research funding, the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences propelled the University of Guelph into new heights, securing an extraordinary array of Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) awards. This achievement not only reflects CSAHS’s unwavering dedication to research excellence but also sets a new benchmark for both the number of award-winning researchers and the total value of funding secured.
This summer marks a proud and historic moment for the University of Guelph as the first cohort of students graduated from the Justice and Legal Studies (JLS) program—an innovative and uniquely interdisciplinary major that has quickly become a cornerstone of the university’s academic landscape.