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Dr. Alan McDougall, professor and longtime runner, speaks to the CBC for a Radio Special, "The Running Revival." on CBC Radio One.
“I have witnessed firsthand [Dr. Martin’s] exceptional dedication to teaching and outstanding commitment to fostering a positive, innovative, and inclusive learning environment for students.” This is one of many positive thoughts that Amelia Flynn, graduate of the Culture and Technology Studies (CTS) and English programs in the College of Arts (COA) at the University of Guelph, expressed about Dr.
In honor of the World Cup Draw this week, which placed eligible teams into groups for the tournament, our own Dr. Alan McDougall spoke about sport and politics with Anne-Marie Mediwake on CTV's Your Morning: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9GQ97WJ8ik
The organizing committee for the 2026 Tri-University History Conference invites your submissions to present at the conference on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at the Balsillie School of International Affairs at the University of W
If you had told me in my first year that studying English and Biology would eventually feel like doing the same thing, I probably would have laughed, cried or dropped the course outline. Honestly, I might have done all three at once. But here we are, three years later, and I’m having the time of my life! The Bachelor of Arts and Sciences program at the University of Guelph allows me to split my time between English, Creative Writing and Biology and somehow these fields keep running into each other like they have assigned seating together in a crowded lecture hall (maybe Rozanski).
Dr. Alan McDougall's recent history of Liverpool FC, Dreams and Songs to Sing, has been selected as one of the Sports Books of the Year by the Financial Times.
History Department PhD Candidate and specialist in the history of sport, Bharathan Chandrasekaran, writes today in Animus: "The Invisible Michael Jordan: Why Sports Films Eschew Sports."
Today, Dr. Matthew Hayday is quoted by Tom Spears of the Toronto Star regarding the recent proliferation of historically inaccurate, AI-generated images and videos about World War II.