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The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is a specialized United Nations agency based in Rome. It is an international financial institution and the UN’s food and agriculture hub. IFAD is dedicated to eradicating rural poverty in developing countries globally. Canada and IFAD have a long-standing partnership to end poverty and hunger. Both are invested in inclusive and sustainable transformation, particularly for rural populations.

People living in rural Ontario have experienced significant declines in mental health, employment satisfaction and personal safety during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a University of Guelph study.

Dr. Leith Deacon, professor in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, conducted a large quantitative survey with United Way Perth-Huron and Salvation Army, Listowel. They aimed to provide data to policy makers on how rural populations in Canada are underrepresented in COVID-19 emergency management policies.

The undergrad experience is certainly a journey filled with triumph, despair, and everything in between. From my experience, undergrad has done a fine job of breaking me down and building me up in ways I would have never imagined possible for the naive young 17-year-old who was responsible for me even being here, at U of G, in the first place.

Two University of Guelph research projects that seek to understand current mental health challenges in farming and rural communities have received $287,804 in funding.

Both projects aim to improve service delivery.

Dr. Leith Deacon, School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, received $231,554 in Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance funding for a major survey on the mental health impacts of disruptive events in rural Ontario.

Nidhi is an international student in the Environmental Economics and Policy program. She very involved in the U of G campus community and is passionate about sustainability. 

Nokom’s House research laboratory to be located on the University of Guelph campus will be a permanent, Indigenous land-based and community-engaged space, believed to be the first of its kind at a Canadian university.

Wellness and good relationships will be at its core, say organizers.

“Nokom” is abbreviated from “nokomis,” an Ojibway word that means “my grandmother.”

Like a grandmother’s home, it will be a welcoming, nurturing and safe place to learn, gather, create and take part in ceremony.

Claire Mindus, a native of France, is passionate about animal production and animal welfare. She has developed practical and theoretical skills over the years by channeling this passion into research throughout her graduate studies. She completed a M.Sc. in agricultural sciences with a major in animal production in France, before following an intriguing PhD offer all the way in Canada at the University of Guelph. Here, she focused her research on understanding the phenomenon of severe feather pecking behaviour in laying hens. 

Five University of Guelph research projects will receive a federal investment worth almost $1 million for studies ranging from Indigenization strategies to nutrition and health to biomass fuels.

Today, François-Philippe Champagne, federal Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, announced more than $77 million to support 332 research infrastructure projects at 50 universities across the country.

Gordon Bell, a graduate student in the School of Environmental Sciences (SES), is researching soil health and the effects of climate change.

Bell began working with Dr. Claudia Wagner-Riddle, a professor in SES, as a field technician while completing his undergraduate degree. This collaborative work in the Wagner-Riddle lab inspired him to pursue his master’s degree.

Whenever the first food plants are grown on the moon or during the inaugural voyage to Mars, a University of Guelph researcher may be able to claim some credit for helping to get them there.

This year, Dr. Tom Graham, a professor in the School of Environmental Sciences (SES), was named co-chair of a newly assembled national jury, vetting ideas for growing crops in space – a key requirement for long-duration space flight or NASA’s moon base, planned beyond 2024.