Surveys suggest that, in recent years, more Canadians have been adopting veganism or vegetarianism. From Ben & Jerry’s delectable Cherry Garcia vegan ice cream, to the more acquired taste of McSween’s vegetarian haggis, grocery store aisles today abound with plant-based food creations.
2017 saw some of the worst flooding in Quebec in over 50 years. A large blizzard late in the season followed by heavy rains throughout April had the Ottawa River Basin spilling over its banks, breaking dykes and inundating streets and homes with floodwaters.
By May, Montreal and surrounding towns declared a state of emergency. More than 1,200 members of the Canadian Armed Forces were sent in to assist.
PhD student Malissa Bryan is the recipient of an Innovation Guelph Rhyze Ventures Award, winning in the Social Enterprise stream. The award is given to women-led businesses that have a strong and successful business model and comes with a cash prize.
Just the thought of getting a needle fills some people with fear and anxiety – even a life-saving needle such as the COVID-19 vaccine. However, most would agree that the benefits far outweigh any momentary discomfort.
But for those with autism there are added challenges.
On a cold spring night in 1903, John Muir sat around a campfire in Yosemite Valley alone with then President of the United States, Theodore Roosevelt. Muir, founder of the Sierra Club and ever an advocate for the preservation of the great American wild, took the opportunity to speak with the president about the need for government supported conservation. That discussion had great impact. Roosevelt returned to Washington with a mission to pass laws to protect wild lands. He established the U.S. Forest Service and signed into existence five national parks and 150 national forests.
If you have driven along College Avenue in Guelph sometime in the last year and a half, you may have noticed some hefty construction happening at the corner of College Avenue and Smith Lane. The building known as the former VMI (Veterinary Microbiology and Immunology) building has undergone a complete transformation, both inside and out, in order to house the new Maplewoods Centre for Family Therapy and Child Psychology.
STUDY SHOWS WHEN FATHERS AND MOTHERS ARE IN SYNC, CHILDREN ARE MORE LIKELY TO DEVELOP HEALTHY EATING PRACTICES
Raising children is hard work. Parents want their children to grow up happy, healthy and well-adjusted. Yet in the last 30 years, obesity rates among Canadian youth and children has tripled. Clearly, there is still work to be done to help parents guide their children towards healthy eating habits.
Natural ecosystems are replete with mutually beneficial symbiotic relationships. How an organism finds and fills a unique niche in a way that enriches both species is always amazing to observe and adds to the variety and beauty of life.
Similarly, Shared Value Solutions (SVS), a human environment consulting firm based in Guelph, Ontario has developed a special, mutually beneficial relationship with the University of Guelph.
Justice. Our innate desire for justice reaches to the core of what it means to be human. We have a natural, guttural reaction to injustice – especially when it is aimed in our direction – and yet, we live in a world that is filled with injustice.
Being a parent has never been easy – the age of COVID-19 has magnified that struggle tenfold. Juggling being a daycare provider, teacher, IT technician for online learning, all while trying to navigate working from home, has left many parents feeling overwhelmed, exhausted and frustrated (on occasion). The pandemic has placed a mental health strain on both children and their guardians.