SOME GOOD NEWS!
Have a listen to the new podcast series: “Social FISHtancing” by Phil Loring, postdoc Hannah Harrison and MA Student Emily De Sousa.
In this podcast they share the stories of small-scale fishermen as they cope and adapt to COVID-19 impacts on the seafood industry. https://soundcloud.com/conservechange (the podcast can also be found on Apple Podcasts or Spotify under “Coastal Routes Radio” .
Doctoral student Jessica Lukawiecki recently published the paper "Meaningful engagement with Indigenous peoples: a case study of Ontario’s Great Lakes Protection Act" in the International Journal of Water Resources Development. Jessica's paper was featured in an article published in the Anishinabek News.
Kate Parizeau's City of Guelph research is featured in the BBC article "How cutting your food waste can help the climate". Read what Kate has to say about the amount of edible food that ends up in the trash.
GEG's Richard Nyiawung, a PhD student in Phil Loring's lab, has made two significant accomplishments this year!
First, Richard was awarded $12k from the Robin Rigby Trust for Community-focused Coastal Research, which will support his doctoral research in The Gambia.
Faisal Moola was recently interviewed by the CBC on the Conservation Through Reconciliation Partnership, which is a 5 year program led by Faisal along with Robin Roth, Noella Gray, and Jen Silver.
The article provides a summary of the CRP, including efforts to decolonize conservation policy and practice by Indigenous Peoples. It highlights the work of our department and their Indigenous partners.
Research scientist Krishna KC along with Evan Fraser have captured headlines this week on the University webpage, the Globe and Mail, and CBC to name a few, with their research on climate change and the environmental affects of increased farmland. Read the University page here.
Prof Emeritus Robin Davidson-Arnott has been awarded the International Society for Aeolian Research Distinguished Career Award. Robin will be presented with this award at the ICAR-2020 meeting in Namibia this summer.
Mike Hilton writes "...you encapsulate all that is good about academia and aeolian geomorphology. You have been an inspiration to a generation (or two?) of geomorphologists..."
Congratulations Robin!
Faisal Moola recently published a commentary in the Vancouver Sun titled: "Inuit infants need access to medication to prevent respiratory illness".
Congratulations to doctoral graduate Erin Must (advisor: Roberta Hawkins) who has won the O.P. Dwivedi Graduate Prize for International Development. Erin's thesis title is "Women’s Cattle Ownership in Northwestern Botswana: 'Anything you bring up with your own hands will multiply'".