Past Events

Nadia Ingriselli will defend the MSc thesis "Microplastic degradation and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon sorption in aqueous environments"  Advisor: Dr. James Longstaffe (SES) Advisory Committee: Dr. Ryan Prosser (SES) Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant

Lauren Plotnik will defend the MSc thesis "Controlled environment agriculture production of Ashwagandha (Withania somnifera)" Advisor: Dr. Thomas Graham (SES) Advisory Committee: Dr. Michael Dixon (SES), Dr. Praveen Saxena Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant

  Sara Burilo will defend her MSc thesis "Influence of watershed features on stream water quality along a gradient of agricultural activity"  Advisor: Dr. Paul Sibely (SES) Co-Advisor: Dr. Ryan Prosser (SES) Advisory Committee: Dr. Naresh Thevathasan (SES) Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant

This annual symposium organized by our students is featuring three keynote speakers: Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Human Rights and Inuit Activist Re-imagining a New Way Forward with Intention Dr. Chris Derksen, Climate Research Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada Canada's Past, Present, and Future Climates: What Has Changed and What Can We Expect? Dr. Ryley Beddoe, Associate Professor, Royal Military College of Canada How Climate Driven Permafrost Degradation Will Impact Infrastructure in Canada's North

  Simon Kemp will defend the PhD thesis "Evaluations of Climate Change Impacts on Crop Yields in Saskatchewan and Ontario and of Opportunities for Agricultural Expansion into Northern Ontario"  Advisor: Dr. Jon Warland (SES) Advisory Committee: Dr. Aaron Berg, Dr. Hugh Earl and Dr. Xiuquan Wang Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant

Dr. Henry Lickers Haudenosaunee citizen of the Seneca Nation,Turtle Clan; Canadian Commissioner for the International Joint Commission; Environmental Science Officer for the Mohawk Council of Akwesasne.

Reem Zeitoun will defend the PhD thesis "Development of an Electrochemical Sensor for Quantification of Soil Phosphorus"  Advisor: Dr. Asim Biswas (SES) Advisory Committee: Dr. Jon Warland (SES) & Dr. Viacheslav Adamchuk Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant

Nicole Shearer will defend the MSc thesis "Characterization of silver resistance in two Gram-positive soil bacteria"  Advisor: Dr. Marc Habash and Dr. Hung Lee (co-advisor) Advisory Committee: Dr. Susan Glasauer Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant (ses.gradsec@uoguelph.ca)

Jacob Coppolino will defend the MSc thesis "Seasonal phosphorus cycling in a riparian wetland, Grand Valley, Ontario"  Advisor: Dr. Susan Glasauer (SES) Advisory Committee: Dr. Merrin Macrae & Dr. Paul Voroney (SES) Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant