Below you will find a general reflection of the 2019-20 academic year.

People

The OAC community includes:

• 590 associate diploma students
• 2,535 undergraduate students
• 385 thesis-based master's students
• 145 course-based master's students
• 235 PhD students
• 600 staff
• 147 faculty

Enrollment Data

7.7 % of our student community are international students. 

Our students identify as:

• 66.4% Female
• 32.6% Male
• 1% Other

They are studying in the following areas:

• Animals (32%)
• Environment (17%) 
• Agriculture (16%)
• Communities (11%)
• Food (7%)
• Business/Economics (7%)
• Plants (6%)
• Equine (4%)

Graduation Data

In 2019-20, we celebrated the graduation of :

• 263 associate diploma students
• 461 bachelor's degree students
• 210 graduate diploma and master's degree students
• 36 PhD students

New Student Awards

• 15 new awards created worth $50,000
• 212 donors supported these new awards
• 18+ students will be annually supported by these new awards

Research Activity During COVID-19

• MARCH 17, 2020:The Province declared state of emergency and U of G closed; access to research facilities permitted only for maintenance and preservation of critical infrastructure and living organisms.
• APRIL 13 – JUNE 15: 63 OAC principal investigators (+ 295 students and research staff) were given permission to undertake research activities deemed timesensitive and/or critical.
• JUNE 29 – AUG 20: 62 OAC principal investigators (+ 300 students and research staff) received approvals to phase in more research activities.
• Since the start of the pandemic, 100 OAC principal investigators have been able to conduct research, not including research that continued remotely without interruption. Many OAC researchers have also:
  • Participated in response committees
  • Conducted COVID-19 research
  • Given media interviews
  • Published special COVID-19 resources

COVID-19 Research Funding

Our researchers have also secured $604,570 in funding toward COVID-19 related research: 

• $401,250 in external funding for 7 research projects
• $203,320 in U of G (internal) funding for 12 research projects