GIER Affiliate Member Amanda Boetzkes participated in Planetary Conversations, an initiative that puts in touch philosophers, artists and activists to create a space for encounters between distinct places and times.
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a GIER webinar on "Diverse Perspectives on Knowledge Mobilization" on Wednesday, February 10th from 11:00 am to noon EST.
Read more about "Diverse Perspectives on Knowledge Mobilization: A GIER Webinar"
Dr. Madhur Anand was invited to represent GIER in a new "changemakers" table. This is a multi-disciplinary platform composed of 85 selected thought leaders who will tackle human-environment challenges.
Read more about "GIER Director selected for new interdisciplinary network"
By Virginia Capmourteres
Read more about "New publications by GIER Affiliates on the climate emergency"
GIER’s Small Grants Program (SGP) seeks to promote interdisciplinary research and scholarship relating to any aspect of the environment among investigators from all seven Colleges at the University of Guelph.
Read more about "GIER Small Grants Program 2020-21: CALL IS OPEN!"
The Guelph Institute for Environmental Research is pleased to invite you to the webinar "The Climate Emergency", which will take place on Thursday, October 15th from 4:00 to 5:00 pm EDT.
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.
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.
Read more about "Inside the quest to track one of humanity’s tiniest deadly predators"
The Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) hosted the webinar "COVID-19, the Environment, and You" on Thursday, June 25th, 2020.
Read more about "Recording available! COVID-19, the Environment, and You: A GIER Webinar"
We have all experienced abrupt and unprecedented changes in the last few months, affecting how we work and how we live. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced us to dramatically change our behaviour, and these changes have had important ripple effects on our environment. For example, we have heard of improvements in air quality and wildlife recovery across the globe. But what do these changes mean for the environment at large and for our long-term sustainable development goals? The short answer is, it's complicated.
Read more about "COVID-19, the Environment, and You: A GIER Webinar"
