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Congratulations to Dr. Diana Lewis on receiving a five-year, $3 million Project Grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada’s federal health research funding agency, for her project Building the Autonomy of Indigenous Communities to Make their Data Work for Decision-Making. This initiative supports Indigenous communities in strengthening their autonomy over environmental decision-making processes that impact their health.

Dr. Faisal Moola discusses the importance of accessibility in Rouge National Urban Park and other parks, emphasizing its role in connecting diverse urban communities, many of whom have limited exposure to natural spaces, to the benefits of conservation, Indigenous knowledge, and ecological well-being. 

What Canada’s only national urban park can teach us about accessible, eco-friendly design - The Globe and Mail

Dr. Eric Nost makes the news with his data initatives with CBC and GuelphToday's Closer Look as he dicusses perserving Environmnal Data. 

Geographer Discusses Preserving Environmental Data with CBC - U of G News

Geography, Environment & Geomatics' Wanhong Yang, Ben DeVries and Evan D.G Fraser have published the article titled, "Evaluating best management practices for nutrient load reductions in tile-drained watersheds of the Laurentian Great Lakes Basin: A literature review." 

Congratulations to Geography, Environment & Geomatics' Dr. Evan Fraser in securing the grant and leading such a great initiative that represents a significant step forward in agricultural innovation and fosters a resilient and sustainable food system in Canada! 

Dr. Fraser is part of this new network, led by the University of Guelph, in collaboration with key national partners. The Sustainable Food Systems for Canada (SF4C) is an agri-food innovation and entrepreneurship training platform that aims to make Canada the global leader in developing agri-food innovation. 

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.