Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

Portrait of Dr. Wendy Pearson

Wendy Pearson

My research program seeks to understand the underlying physiology of diseases common in horses, and how these diseases can be modified with targeted nutrition, with a focus on cartilage biology.

Email: wpearson@uoguelph.ca

University of Guelph professor Ryan Gibson

Ryan Gibson

My current research explores the role of rural governance, place-based development, philanthropy, rural policy, community economic development, and rural immigration and mobility.

Portrait of Dr. Rosario Gómez

Rosario Gómez

Language is in a constant process of change. Understanding the hows and whys of change and the effects it has on society can help us better understand each other as human beings.

Email: rogomez@uoguelph.ca

Cynthia Scott-Dupree in winter

Cynthia Scott-Dupree

My research interests include integrated management of insect pests in horticultural, fruit, field and greenhouse crops using environmentally compatible control methods, insecticide resistance management, and the impact of...

Email: cscottdu@uoguelph.ca

Tricia Van Rhijn

Tricia Van Rhijn

My research interests include parent-child relationships, child development, early childhood education and care, child and family well-being, family relations, various aspects of work-life integration (as well as school-life or school-work-life integration), and the experiences of non-traditional students in formal post-secondary education, in particular mature students and student parents. 

Email: tricia.vanrhijn@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Dr. Georgia Mason

Georgia Mason

 I and my lab study animal welfare. We're interested in how to create good living conditions for animals kept in labs, zoos and farms; in how scientists can assess well-being objectively; and in what happens to brain and behaviour when animals are raised and kept lifelong in confining, barren enclosures.

Email: gmason@uoguelph.ca

Portrait of Mavis Morton

Mavis Morton

Our program offers an opportunity to work with diverse faculty, develop and apply theory and qualitative, quantitative & mixed research skills and communicate in clear and accessible written, oral and visual forms with and for multiple audiences to affect positive social change.

Email: mavis.morton@uoguelph.ca