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For the past 50 years, the University of Guelph has hosted the Turf Managers’ Short Course. This intensive month-long professional development program has built a reputation as the most successful and highly valued turf managers’ short course in Canada.
The program draws participants from across North America from a wide variety of professions—including sports turf managers and operators, nursery and sod producers, golf course employees, equipment operators...
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It’s an industry that’s in high demand with employers continually looking for qualified employees. The food science industry—projecting an increase in the number of hires over the next five years—is already being met with challenges to fill positions.
At the University of Guelph (U of G), food science is a significant area of study. With extensive ongoing research taking place on campus, U of G continues to be a leading institution in food science studies,...
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She completed her creative writing studies with distinction. Her poetry and non-fiction have appeared in literary journals—including Zygote, Skirt Quarterly and Quail Bell Magazine. She is the author of the non-fiction short story Bleeding Sorrow and is currently writing her first novel. Shelagh O’Neill is not only an avid writer, but she was the first to complete the Creative Writing Certificate program at the University of Guelph (U of G).
After years of writing...
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This September, registered psychotherapists and marriage and family therapists Carl Brown and William Corrigan will join OpenEd as co-instructors of the course, Family Therapy and Mental Health. 
This course will help students in their therapeutic practice by deconstructing some of the clinical language around mental health.
“Our aim is to make the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5) user-friendly for family therapists,”...
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On May 28-29, 2019, more than 350 delegates from across North America gathered at the University of Guelph to attend the 11th Annual Accessibility Conference.
The Accessibility Conference welcomes people from the public and private sectors to come together to exchange ideas and participate in meaningful discussions around accessibility-related challenges and solutions.
The two-day event included informative sessions and workshops that covered topics such as creating...
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