Past Events

Are you an undergraduate student thinking about grad school in Environmental Sciences? The School of Environmental Sciences is inviting you to an informal meet & greet with our faculty for Q&A sessions.  Come and see if Graduate School is for you.  It’s your turn to ask faculty about their research. 

  D. Susan Willis Chan will defend her PhD thesis  "Where Wild Meets Cultivated: the Implications of the Close Association Between the Hoary Squash Bee (Eucera (Peponapis) pruinosa Say, 1837) and Cucurbita Crops in Ontario, Canada " Advisors: Dr. Nigel Raine Advisory Committee: Dr. Rebecca Hallett, Dr. Brian Husband, Dr. Peter Kevan Everyone is welcome.

  Jeffrey Avedesian will defend his MSc thesis  "Bacteroides genetic markers for microbial source tracking fecal pollution in Ontario waters" Advisors: Dr. Marc Habash Advisory Committee: Dr. Susan Weir, Dr. Hung Lee Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant (ses.gradsec@uoguelph.ca).  

Hammond Lecture Series 2020 | Featuring Prof. Karen Kidd WASTES, WATER, AND FOOD: The One Health Links to Human and Wildlife Health The Hammond Lecture Series began in 2000 in honour of Kenneth Hammond, founder of Hammond Manufacturing and former member of U of G’s Board of Governors. Hammond was an advocate of environmental and resource issues and environmental education.

10-11:30 am: Introductions and program information 1:00-2:00 pm: Come meet the profs of SES.  Faculty will showcase some of their research.  This will be of interest particularly for course based Masters students who may be interested in doing a major research project as part of their program.

Mariam Al-Bahouh will defend her PhD thesis  "Water Footprint of Milk Production in Two Contrasting Areas: A Comparative Study" Advisors: Dr. Mike Dixon and Dr. Rob Gordon Advisory Committee: Dr. Vern Osborne, Dr. Prasad Daggupati Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant (ses.gradsec@uoguelph.ca).

Mary Beckmann will defend her MSc thesis  "Occurrence of Human Enteric Viruses Present in Ontario CP2 Biosolids- Implications for Land Application in Ontario" Advisor: Dr. Marc Habash Advisory Committee: Dr. Hung Lee, Dr. Cecily Flemming Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant (ses.gradsec@uoguelph.ca).

Daniel Bayley will defend his MSc thesis  "Interactions Between Horticultural Management and Phenology of Romaine Lettuce for Controlled Environment Production " Advisor: Dr. Mike A. Dixon Advisory Committee: Dr. Thomas Graham, Dr. Youbin Zheng Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant (ses.gradsec@uoguelph.ca).

Leah Blechschmidt will defend her MSc thesis  "The impacts of landscape and on-farm practices on wild bee populations visiting apple orchard crop flowers in Ontario" Advisor: Dr. Nigel Raine Advisory Committee: Dr. John Sulik Everyone is welcome. If you would like to attend, please inquire with our Graduate Program Assistant (ses.gradsec@uoguelph.ca).

The School of Environmental Sciences Graduate Student council presents 2020 Virtual Graduate Student Conference on August 31, 2020 The conference is open to all of our current SES graduate students. Submit an e-poster or a pre-recorded 10-minute presentation. Abstract submissions are due August 10th. Registration details and the program can be found here: https://ses.uoguelph.ca/ses-2020-virtual-graduate-student-conference