ABSc Prof. and CCSAW Core Faculty Dr. Tina Widowski has been named one of seven Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture by Annex Business Media for her work as the Egg Farmers of Canada Research Chair. This year's list of influential women also includes:
ABSc Prof. Rich Moccia and Dr. Marcia Chiasson, manager at the Ontario Aquaculture Research Centre, were recently interviewed by The Pigeon to share their thoughts on the state of the Canadian aquaculture industry and its contribution to the Blue Economy Strategy.
Dairy at Guelph-The Centre for Dairy Research and Innovation, recently held a webinar on transition cow management: Health, nutrition and reproduction. Presentations and Q & A included ABSc faculty members Trevor DeVries and Eduardo Ribeiro as well as Stephen Leblanc from Population Medicine at OVC.
ABSc would like to welcome Gino Giansante as the new Manger of the meat science laboratory. Gino’s first experience in the meat industry goes back to his days as a student working summer's with his father in a small abattoir. Gino brings over 20 years of experience in the food processing industry, including plant management, operations, people leadership and financial expertise. For the past few years, Gino was a Senior Processing Manager at Maple Lodge Farms, and before that he was a Production Manager and Logistics Manager at Olivieri Foods.
CONGRATULATIONS to our CREATIVITY WINNERS. Here are the TOP creative submissions as decided by YOUR VOTES!!
1st place: Ivan Campos with the submission "Breeding Dairy Cattle for Climate Change"
2nd place: Esther Chan with the submission "Prediction of beef cattle body weight based on morphometric measurements extracted from 2D images"
A BIG CONGRATULATIONS to PhD candidate Claire Mindus (supervised by ABSc and CCSAW Core Faculty member Dr. Alexandra Harlander), who was awarded 1st place at the OAC 3 Minute Thesis (3MT) competition!
Congratulations to last week's WINNER of our WEEKLY CREATIVITY DRAW Audrey Martin!!
We are ready for YOU to VOTE on your favourite Creative Expression of Research Submission!! We have lots of creativity in our Department so go check them out and vote on your TOP 3 favorites. (link below)
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