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Meet the new plant-based nutrition certificate program

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.

Dr. John Walsh and master bombardier Darren Sargent in front of War Memorial Hall

Serving Scholars program a success at the University of Guelph

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.

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Olivia Dobson Spotlight: Autism, Needles and Managing Pain

Olivia Dobson is a master’s student in the Department of Psychology’s Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (CCAP)program. Olivia’s research, under her supervisor Dr. Meghan McMurtry examines needle pain management strategies that assist those with autism.

Olivia recently received the 2021 Autism Scholars Award – an $18,000 prize – for her “leading edge scholarship into autism."

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COVID-19 Delay Assistance Program Helps Graduate Students Continue to Pursue Excellence

It was the culmination of years of hard work. For the last few weeks, Family Relations and Human Development student Angela Underhill had been waiting to hear back from the University of Guelph ethics board for the go-ahead to start her PhD research – the last phase of her doctoral program. Angela was planning on using arts-based workshops and in-person interviews to investigate access to fertility care. Now, approval had been given. She could put her plan into action.

Leading the Way in Conservation

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.

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Collaboration and Mental Health Lead to New Centre

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.

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The Looking Glass: Reconciliation is Not a Metaphor

Justine Townsend is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics. Her research interrogates the possibilities for reconciliation in the Canadian conservation sector, particularly by supporting the current surge in Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.

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