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Four graduate students, including two from the College of Management and Economics, have come together over their interest in sustainability to learn from each other and to gain insight into their own fields of study. Based on their combined research, the group wrote a paper entitled, Paradox and Dialogue: Ecology, Management and Food Sustainability, which was recently accepted at the Agriculture, Food and Human Value Society Annual Conference. The group will speak at the Conference whose 2013 theme is "Toward Sustainable Foodscapes and Landscapes.”

It takes a village to create change, and to make a better planet. Join us on March 25 for an evening at the Village of Arbour Trails with guest speakers from the University of Guelph.

Find out how the University of Guelph is improving quality of life by focusing on its strengths: food, environment, health and community. We are poised to make a difference in these areas and improve quality of life for people everywhere.

A new eight-week program offered jointly by Open Learning and Educational Support and the College of Management and Economics offers business fundamentals for non-business degree individuals. The new course will be launched at the University of Guelph this spring, and is intended to add more skills to your degree credentials. Visit At Guelph to read the full article.

Sylvain Charlebois, Associate Dean, CME comments on Target's entry into the Canadian market. Watch the video.

Article featured in The Ontarion.

On Feb. 25, the College of Management and Economics (CME), along with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, invited Dr. Rick Yada of the University of Guelph to speak at a gathering held at the Guelph Holiday Inn. The presentation was titled, “The Future of Food: Advancing Health & Food Safety.”

Elizabeth Kurucz, Assistant Professor from the Department of Business, is the lead author of Reconstructing Value: Leadership Skills for a Sustainable World which was released today and is due in stock with the publisher March 15.

Despite a massive snow and rain storm that overwhelmed southern Ontario Tuesday, a celebratory dinner honouring Roland Walton, president, Tim Hortons Canada, was held at PJ's Restaurant in the Atrium, Macdonald Stewart Hall at the University of Guelph in Ontario.

Walton is the 2013 Executive-in-Residence at the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management at the University and will serve until tomorrow. Each winter semester the school invites a successful and prominent industry executive to its campus to meet with students.

The College of Management and Economics offers internationally recognized masters available online or on campus.  Our programs are highly competitive and provide students with the foundations for careers in the private, public and non-profit sectors and for academic or research-intensive careers.

Article featured in University of Guelph News.

Roland Walton, president of Tim Hortons Canada, has been named the executive-in-residence in the University of Guelph’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management (HTM) for the winter semester.

Walton will share his three decades of food service experience with students Feb. 26 to 28 during classes and special events.

HTM’s executive-in-residence program has brought industry leaders and prominent corporate executives to enhance student learning and careers for more than 10 years.

Article written by Sylvain Charlebois and featured in The Globe and Mail.

Europe is currently dealing with what is arguably one of the most embarrassing food safety incidents in history. The discovery of horsemeat in burgers – the first one was found in Ireland in early January through DNA testing – has turned into a full-blown, industry-wide investigation. Officials have revealed that lasagna labelled as beef from one big retailer of frozen foods, Findus, actually contained horsemeat; in some cases, the meat content was 100-per-cent horse.