The internet has done a lot to simplify our ability bank, communicate and, of course, shop. According to Statistics Canada, the value of online orders placed by Canadians rose 24 per cent between 2010 and 2012 to $18.9 billion. Now buying almost anything is as simple as entering your credit card number and clicking the purchase button. So how does this affect compulsive shoppers?
The University of Guelph is preparing to welcome some of Canada’s most celebrated chefs and restaurateurs to campus on September 29 to discuss future of Canadian food.
The Food Day Canada Chefs’ Forum, hosted in partnership with the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) and the College of Business and Economics, will unite this elite group of experts, who are also recipients of the University’s Good Food Innovation Award.
What is driving our food prices down? According to this report from Yahoo! Canada Finance, the answers aren't so pretty. Cheaper food prices can often mean that cost-saving additives are present in the products we purchase. Professor Sylvain Charlebois speaks on this issue and the choices we make in the supermarket.
Multiple members of Drew Harden’s family may have attended the University of Guelph before him, but the M.Sc. in Marketing and Consumer Studies student has had no problem charting his own course. As the recent recipient of $20,000 from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Training Grant in Population Intervention for Chronic Disease Prevention (PICDP), Drew has made his unexpected return to academia into a life-changing opportunity to pursue his research passion.
Read on to learn more about Drew and his research.
Since graduating with her Bachelor of Commerce, Tara Perkins has embarked on a journalism career that has seen her interview high-profile individuals like Conrad Black, Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Jim Flaherty and Paul Martin.
Has global warming been on hiatus for the past 19 years? After studying average land and ocean temperatures dating back to 1850, Professor Ross McKitrick's research indicates that the Earth’s temperatures have remained constant since 1995. Two recent international media articles feature McKitrick's research.
For students considering a career in real estate, taking an undergraduate degree specializing in this field can open doors to a number of opportunities including development, real estate law, appraisal, property management and real estate finance. In this article from the New York Times, Professor Avis Devine comments on the advantages of undergraduate real estate programs.
Mohammad Yassin has always understood the importance of pursuing post-secondary education and came to the University of Guelph focused on studying accounting and later earning his CPA designation. But before he achieves his dream of becoming a forensic accountant, he has a large task ahead of him as the College of Business and Economics Students’ Association (CBESA) president. Learn more in Moe’s Q&A about his experience as a U of G business student and what he’s most looking forward to this academic year.
Interested in building your public speaking, financial analysis, case preparation and teamwork skills at Canada’s fastest growing business student competition? Apply to be on U of G’s JDC Central team. Applications are currently being accepted for the academic, debate, sports and social teams.
Build Your Own Business (BUS*4550 Applied Project in Entrepreneurship .5 credit)