Our August 2020 newsletter is out!
You can access the second issue of our quarterly GIER newsletter here. And if you would like to subscribe, please send us an email to info.gier@uoguelph.ca.
Inside the quest to track one of humanity’s tiniest deadly predators
Dr. Katie Clow's research is featured in the September-October issue of The Walrus. Katie Clow is a GIER Affiliate Member and Assistant Professor of One Health in the Department of Population Medicine at the Ontario Veterinary College. Her research focuses on the ecology and epidemiology of vectors and vector-borne zoonoses, with a specific emphasis on the blacklegged tick and Lyme disease.
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Recording available! COVID-19, the Environment, and You: A GIER Webinar
The Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) hosted the webinar "COVID-19, the Environment, and You" on Thursday, June 25th, 2020.
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COVID-19, the Environment, and You: A GIER Webinar
The Guelph Institute for Environmental Research is pleased to invite you to the webinar "COVID-19, the Environment, and You" on Thursday, June 25th, from 4:00 to 5:00 pm EDT. You can register here!
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GIER to collaborate with the Conservation Through Reconciliation Partnership
The Conservation Through Reconciliation Partnership (CRP) is a seven-year program of work that supports Indigenous-led conservation in Canada. Hosted by the IISAAK OLAM Foundation, the Indigenous Leadership Initiative, and the University of Guelph, the CRP weaves together Indigenous thought leaders, organizations, youth and Elders; emerging and established scholars; prominent conservation agencies and organizations; Indigenous Peoples and Nations; and knowledge mobilization specialists.
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May 7, 2020: Diane Borsato and Georgiana Uhlyarik in conversation
Join GIER Affiliate Member and artist Diane Borsato for a conversation with AGO curator Georgiana Uhlyarik about art, nature, and using the tools of a naturalist to make sense of things in museums.
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GIER Director and Affiliate Members awarded New Frontiers in Research Fund (NFRF) grants
The NFRF program was launched by the Government of Canada in 2018 to fund high risk, high reward and interdisciplinary research with the potential to make knowledge breakthroughs.
Our Newsletter is out!
We are happy to announce that GIER's first quarterly Newsletter is out! We welcome you to check it out here. Our Newsletter features events, news on current interdisciplinary environmental research, science+arts projects, GIER-sponsored activities, and more!
COVID-19 teaches us about ‘social learning’ and the environment
GIER's Director, Dr. Madhur Anand, wrote an article for the World Economic Forum explaining what COVID-19 can teach us about human behaviour.
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GIER’s Small Grants Program results are in!
Right on time to celebrate Earth Day (April 22), GIER communicated the results of its Small Grants Program. With an investment of CAD 111,000 GIER is funding eight new environmental research projects.
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