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Evan Fraser, Director of the Arrell Food Institute, was awarded the 2024 Trailblazer Award in Science for Policy at last night’s Gala Dinner during the CSPC 2024 conferences. This award recognizes the application and use of scientific research and knowledge to inform evidence-based decisions for public policy and regulations in all policy areas. Evan advises on critical food initiatives such as the Food Policy for Canada and internationally with the UN’s High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN).

Phd student, Gideon Binboo has recently has published: Scoping review of marine fisheries governance in the Philippines: Goals, instruments, actions, opportunities and challenges

Dr. Jennifer Silver, professor in the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, discusses patrolling fisheries in the North Pacific with CBC News and appears on CBC The National.
 

New Canadian patrol targets remote high seas to protect salmon | CBC News

We are excited to feature our 2024 Master's of Conservation Leadership graduating class! Click through each profile and learn more from each of our graduating students.

Undergraduate student Kathleen Reid was awarded the Bert Tanner Student Prize this week at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Geophysical Union in Ottawa, held jointly with the Canadian Society of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.  The prize is in recognition of Kathleen’s poster presentation entitled “Examining the role of precipitation in surface water dynamics in the Lake Erie Basin”, which was based on her recently completed independent study under the supervision of Ben DeVries. 

UPDATE: Positions for Summer 2024 have been filled.

Geography has four Undergraduate Research Assistant positions posted for Summer 2024 on Experience Guelph  https://experienceguelph.ca/.

Dr. Evan Fraser, director of the Arrell Food Institute and professor of geography at the University of Guelph, has been appointed to the steering committee of the High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Securi

With wild fires headlining the news of late, journalists have been in contact with Ze’ev Gedalof for answers.   See the CBCs “Why Maui’s deadly wildfires spread so quickly” and video from CHCH TV "Death toll form Maui wildfires climbs".

We are pleased to annuonce that Dr. Robin Roith has agreed to take on the role of Chair in the department of Geography, Environment & Geomatics for the period of July 1, 2023 to June 30, 2028. We also give thanks to Dr. Wanhong Yang for his outstanding dedication and service to the department over the last five years.

GEG's Dr. Wanhong Yang and research partners in Alberta worked on a watershed modelling of natural infrastructure project that won an award from the Canadian Federation of Municipalities for natural asset management. Wanhong and project manager Krista Quesnel was interviewed by CBC journalist Emily Chung.

“Yang said he is now working with other governments and watershed and conservation groups in Alberta and Ontario to do similar modelling to figure out what kinds of natural infrastructure projects would be most effective in conserving water or improving water quality.”