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OAC SENIOR FELLOW NAMED
U of G has appointed Dave Hope, assistant deputy minister, regulated marketing division, Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA), to the role of senior fellow of agricultural policy in the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics. On secondment from OMAFRA, Hope will assume various duties designed to enhance the relationship between agricultural economics research and policy initiatives for agriculture and rural initiatives in Ontario. A B.Sc. and M.Sc. graduate of OAC, he joined OMAFRA in 1989 and has served as assistant deputy minister since 2004.
POLICY ON VOTING
In accordance with the Canada Elections Act, the following will apply for the Oct. 14 federal election: If requested, employees should be allowed three consecutive hours to vote while polls are open (8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.). Within these time limits, all enfranchised University staff must be permitted time off to vote. If a supervisor is required to let an employee leave early or arrive late to vote, there is to be no deduction from pay.
CBS HOSTS ANNUAL LECTURE
The College of Biological Science hosts the annual Roy C. Anderson Memorial Lecture in Parasitology Oct. 24 at 4 p.m. in Room 1714 of the OVC Learning Centre. This year's lecturer is Julian Davies, professor emeritus and former head of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia and past president of the American Society of Microbiology. He will discuss “The Bad and Good of Antibiotic Resistance.” An informal reception begins at 3:30 p.m. in the centre's foyer.
EQUINE GUELPH CELEBRATES
Equine Guelph welcomed more than 100 industry leaders and partners to its fifth-anniversary “Celebration of Partnerships” dinner Sept. 30 at Tralee Estate in Caledon. The evening celebrated the accomplishments of Equine Guelph and looked ahead to the next five years. President Alastair Summerlee and OVC dean Elizabeth Stone offered congratulations on behalf of the University. The evening also marked the launch of a new Equine Guelph Researcher Award that will recognize an outstanding U of G researcher as voted by the industry.
AND THE WINNER IS . . .
The winner of the contest held this spring to name U of G's campus-wide e-mail and calendaring system is B.Sc. student Joseph Vink. He was recently presented with a Guelph Gryphons hoodie for coming up with the name “Gryph Mail.” The contest drew more than 400 name submissions, and after drawing up a list of finalists, Computing and Communications Services asked members of the University to vote for their favourite. Some 1,500 votes were cast, and “Gryph Mail” beat out its closest rival, “UoGmail,” by fewer than 50 votes.