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Having grown up in the bustling city of Toronto, Victoria enjoys the change of pace and scenery the city of Guelph provides her. She’s enthusiastically involved in the campus community of U of G, having served as a Residence Assistant (RA), English Language Buddy, and member of the Food Science Club. As a full-time student and full-time foodie, she enjoys learning about all aspects of food science, as well as applying learnt concepts to her real-life experiences. 

Alumni Affairs and Development and the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) Dean’s Office are pleased to announce Leah Serafini as the new Stewardship and Engagement Manager. She begins in the role on Monday, June 21, 2021.

Weaving together Indigenous knowledge systems and Western science to protect the environment is what drives the research of Dr. Jesse Popp in the University of Guelph’s School of Environmental Sciences.

It is with sympathy that we share the passing of Dr. Blair MacNeill on May 28, 2021. Blair was a professor of plant pathology in the Department of Environmental Biology, which is now the School of Environmental Sciences.

An obituary for Dr. Blair MacNeill will be posted here and a memorial service will be held at a later date.   

Tatijana felt drawn in by the campus atmosphere and the sense of community she experienced while visiting the University of Guelph as a high schooler. Having wrapped up her third year in the Bachelor of Landscape Architecture (BLA) program, she reflects on her love for studying built environments and the way in which well-designed environments impact human livelihood. In the future, she plans to use her talents and knowledge to enrich the living spaces of local and global vulnerable communities, as a fully licensed landscape architect.

On a platform outside the orbiting International Space Station (ISS) sits a container holding a few hundred barley seeds that are part of a unique study led by University of Guelph researchers.

Ontario Genomics, Genome Canada, and Illumina are investing in a first-of-its-kind SARS-CoV-2 wastewater surveillance initiative across Ontario. This cutting-edge project will enhance critical province-wide coordination and viral surveillance and support provincial and national efforts to understand how the virus that causes COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, is changing over time.

A University of Guelph ecology professor has won the 2020 Governor General’s Literary Award for non-fiction.

Dr. Madhur Anand’s experimental memoir, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart: A Memoir of Halves, was among five finalists in the category.

OAC leadership acknowledges the pain and trauma of Indigenous peoples following the discovery of the remains of 215 children at the former Kamloops Indian Residential School on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc. We stand in solidarity with Indigenous communities and we mourn this devastating loss. 

We must continue to educate and reflect, while we challenge the systems that have oppressed and excluded Indigenous people, practices, and ways of knowing.  

The Department of Plant Agriculture and the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) are pleased to announce Michael Smith as the new Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming (GCUOF) farm coordinator. He began in the role on May 20, 2021.