Chef Vijay Nair's vision for the University of Guelph's food service is anchored in sustainability.
"A lot of people are too disconnected from food, and food is way too cheap," says Nair. "People just don't appreciate the value of food."
Food waste is a problem. In Canada, this costs almost $50 billion a year with 58 per cent of food production wasted.
Many countries today make gender issues a priority. That's a testament to the impactful gains made by gender advocates the world over.
But deep-rooted issues remain – among them, the wage gaps between men and women, inequalities in land ownership and access to other resources, stagnant and declining women's labor force participation, and violence against women.
Karine Gagné has a new published article in Sapien Anthropology Magazine.
"In the Indian Himalayas, elders see a link between the erosion of community and the erosion of ice."
Read more about the publication at Sapien.org.
Heart-to-heart connections, an openness to differences, and busting myths are all part of being interculturally competent. Dr. Andrea Paras, Associate Professor at the University of Guelph, believes intercultural competence is learned, not instinctive. In other words, it must be taught…and she's committed to helping it flourish.
Madhur Anand's experimental memoir, This Red Line Goes Straight to Your Heart: A Memoir of Halves, was among five finalists in the non-fiction category. Anand is Professor of Ecology at the University of Guelph.
For travelers, India is a site of curiosity.
For international students, it's a destination likely to reveal new knowledge.
And for multi-instrumentalist Mark Spagnolo, India was the site of a gig that reverberated like no other.
Sustainability has reached its tipping point. With climate change and global warming causing worldwide environmental degradation – and disproportionately affecting marginalized peoples and regions – an increased push is occurring for products, packaging, and industrial practices to become more sustainable and to create less waste.
That’s where researchers such as born-and-raised in India Dr. Manjusri Misra come in. She’s providing cutting-edge training and opportunities for our world to become much more environmentally conscious, moving forward.
Campus proposed in Brampton’s new Centre for Innovation
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University of Guelph's Visiting International Research Student (VIRS) program has resumed.
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Gagne's book, Caring for Glaciers: Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas was awarded the 2019 James Fisher Prize for First Books on the Himalayan Region! https://anhs-himalaya.org/awards/fisher-prize