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This year the University of Guelph and the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences has chosen to bestow honorary degrees on two people whose work has had far-reaching social impact.

During the Canadian Political Science Association 2018 annual conference held in May, Yvonne Su was declared the winner of the Graduate Student Three-Minute Thesis Competition.

Su, a PhD candidate in Political Science with International Development Studies, spent six months in Tacloban City, Philippines – an area devastated by 2013’s Super Typhoon Haiyan – investigating post-disaster recovery and the effect that remittances (the transfer of money by a foreign worker to an individual in their home country) had on household recovery.

The vision to provide an innovative, collaborative space where “social innovation benefits extend to inclusion, education, connection, collaboration, creativity and new ways of solving challenges.” Julia Grady, Co-Founder and Executive Director, 10 Carden (10C)

Memes— humourous or thought-provoking online images, videos and pieces of text—have been popping up all over the internet as a way of online activism for people promoting the discussion of Canadian politics.

MAC 64 held its 53rd reunion in Banff, Alberta on October 1-3, 2017. Twenty-six classmates, along with spouses, enjoyed their time together in the national park sightseeing and renewing friendships.

A university connection was present at the reunion venue, the Banff Park Lodge, where both the manager, Frank Denouden, and the conference services manager, Linda Chisholm, were University of Guelph graduates.

As our demands on rural landscapes intensify, our climate changes and our concern for the natural environment grows, the need for innovative ways to address current and emerging environmental issues is critical. Sharing knowledge and promoting conversations around conservation in Canada is an integral part of contemporary and inclusive Environmental Governance.

Two researchers from the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS) have been named recipients of prestigious U of G research awards.

Dr. Barbara Morrongiello, a psychology professor at the University of Guelph who holds a Canada Research Chair in child and youth injury prevention, conducted a study with her colleagues looking at the safety of children while they swim. She concluded that parents often overestimate their childs ability to swim compared to the assessment of instructors.

An innovative lab at the U of G is providing a non-invasive, cost-effective method for clinically measuring sexual responses.

Researchers at the Psychophysiology of Sexual Health (POSH) lab are using thermal imaging technology to bring a unique perspective to physical sexual response and its effect on overall quality of life.

Prof. Tuuli Kukkonen of the Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, the director of the POSH lab, says that she specifically designed the lab to examine issues surrounding the measurement of physical sexual arousal.

SSHRC’s Storytellers contest challenges postsecondary students to show Canadians how social sciences and humanities research is affecting our lives, our world and our future for the better.  This year, CSAHS PhD candidate in Geography, Abhilash (Abhi) Kantamneni made the top 25 Storytellers list. Abhi partners with communities to research the governance and diffusion of energy transitions.