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2nd Smart Villages Symposium 2025 – Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Smart Villages

The University of Guelph hosted the first Smart Villages Symposium, themed ‘Reimagining Rural Development for the 21st Century’ in Fall 2024. The 2nd Smart Villages Symposium themed ‘Sustainable Agriculture and Climate Smart Villages’ is planned for Wednesday, October 15th, 2025, at the University of Guelph, in Guelph. 

Q&A with Dr. Soumya Swaminathan

Q&A with Dr. Soumya Swaminathan Global Health & Sustainable Development Leader Join us for an inspiring conversation with Dr. Soumya Swaminathan, Chair of the M S Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) in India, and former Chief Scientist of the World Health Organization (WHO).

Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) and Agri-Food Systems Webinar Series: How Can Sustainable Organic Agricultural Techniques Combat AMR

How Can Sustainable Organic Agricultural Techniques Combat AMR This webinar will present a program level talk on AMR as it pertains to plant agriculture and how sustainable organic agricultural techniques including but not limited to crop modification can combat it. The event is for 60 minutes on Friday 26 September 2025, 10:30AM - 11:30AM ET l 7:30AM - 8:30AM PT | 8:00PM - 9:00PM IST. This event is the second in a series of events organized by the UofG-MSSRF working group and hosted by CIRCLE. 

PhD Thesis Defense: Dilshan Fernando

The doctoral defence for Dilshan Fernando, PhD candidate in the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, is scheduled for Tuesday, May 6th, 2025 at 8:00am ET. It will take place remotely, please email Dr. Ryan Broll (rbroll@uoguelph.ca) by 5:00pm on May 2nd to receive the link to attend. Dilshan's PhD work is titled "Future Life How? Charting the Destigmatization of Disability at Titan, India". 

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