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December 2023

Disabled in the Field: Navigating Nature and Academia as a Disabled Scientist

Dr. Kelsey Byers, group leader at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, UK, will present the inaugural College of Biological Science Community Seminar Series event. She is an evolutionary chemical ecologist studying the evolution and diversification of floral scent, from genus-wide evolutionary patterns to floral scent evolution of pairs of species with different pollination systems (e.g. hummingbird versus bumblebee).

National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

The National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women, also known informally as White Ribbon Day, is a day commemorated in Canada each December 6, the anniversary of the 1989 École Polytechnique massacre, in which fourteen women were murdered and ten others injured in the name of "fighting feminism". Each December 6th, The University of Guelph School of Engineering commemorates this event through the themes of Remember, Reflect, Respond.