Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

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Tina Widowski

My specialization is Applied Animal Behaviour and Welfare of Farm Animals. My research and teaching focus on how various housing and management practices affect the behavioural biology and welfare of farm animals. 

Email: twidowsk@uoguelph.ca

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Naresh Thevathasan

University of Guelph is the oldest university in Canada with reputed national and international agroforestry and biomass for bioenergy programs.

Email: nthevath@uoguelph.ca

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Michele Oliver

My research improves life by assessing workplace tasks and devices for end user injury potential. Once the risk is understood, new methods and devices are designed to minimize the potential of developing injuries such as carpal tunnel syndrome.

Email: moliver@uoguelph.ca

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Wanhong Yang

My research program is the only one in Canada that integrates economics, hydrology, and GIS to examine the cost effectiveness of landscape conservation programs.

Email: wayang@uoguelph.ca

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Tamara Small

Digital technologies are revolutionizing all aspect of our world. Understanding how the work and their relation to democratic politics is crucial.

Email: tamara@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

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Lynda M. Ashbourne

My research supports the development and improvement of services that support family members who are facing great difficulties in their lives.

Email: lashbour@uoguelph.ca

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Rozita Dara

Dr. Rozita Dara is the Principal Investigator of Data Management and Privacy Governance research program. Her research group focuses on advancing the next generation of Internet of Things platforms using artificial intelligence, with a particular focus on information privacy governance.