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At the 20^th anniversary celebration of the University of Guelph, Centre for Families Work and Well-being held last night, it was announced that the Centre would be taking on a new name and a new strategic direction.

The Centre – which was first founded in 1998 and focuses on researching and promoting family and individual well-being, responsive workplaces and sustainable communities – will be renamed as the Live Work Well Research Centre.

Emily De Sousa, a fourth-year Environmental Governance student was the recipient of three scholarship awards at last week’s College of Social and Applied Human Sciences award ceremony.

De Sousa is the first person in her family to attend University. During her high-school years, she didn’t think that attending University would be a possibility due to family financial reasons, but her parents’ determination to see her succeed and their considerable sacrifices made it happen. 

The list of critical environmental threats that humanity is facing continues to grow. Climate change, deforestation, loss of biodiversity, pollution, and oceanic dead zones can be linked to many of the recent natural disasters the earth has seen.

Governments are often tasked with leading the charge in tackling environmental issues. But, according to Mary Granskou, the new Kinross Chair for Environmental Governance in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences at the University of Guelph, governments shouldn’t be looked to as the sole architects of environmental solutions.

This week marks the beginning of the  40th annual Guelph Sexuality Conference, hosted by the University of Guelph. The three-day event kicks off on Wednesday, June 13 with a community workshop, Pleasure is For Every Body: An Exploration of Sex and Disability, and, as a featured 40th anniversary event, a special theatre presentation of 5 Guys Chillin’ – both of which are sponsored by the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences.

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.