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Student Stories

The Alliance is training the next generation of agri-food talent. With four jobs available for every agricultural graduate, we equip students to tackle current and future modern agri-food challenges.

Dig deeper into how students are becoming future agri-food leaders in Ontario.

Features will be updated regularly so check back often.

Did you know?

  • Alliance-funded research is training over 550 students per year with hands-on learning experience.

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  • People of the Alliance
Fatima is dressed in a crisp button-up shirt and stands outside, smiling

Fatimatzahra Muhammad

PhD Student, Department of Animal Biosciences

Meet Fatima Muhammad, Data Assistant at Agri-Food Data Canada

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Dr. Busayo Kodaolu

PhD Graduate, School of Environmental Sciences

Meet Dr. Busayo Kodaolu, Research Associate at Agri-Food Data Canada

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Jaber Husiny

M.Sc. Graduate, Department of Plant Agriculture

Meet Jaber Husiny, Research Associate at Agri-Food Data Canada

Dr. Fatemeh Fazel wears a lab coat and smiles, posing for a photo in front of a centrifuge machine in her lab

Dr. Fatemeh Fazel

PhD Candidate, Department of Pathobiology

Avian Flu Vaccines Underway at U of G: Inside the Research

Wen Jin, wearing glasses and coveralls, crouches, smiling, in front of some beef cowsn her hands

Wen Jing (Savannah) Lesperance

Master's Student and Research Centre Ambassador

Easing Cattle Gut Issues and Engaging Industry

Anna Schwanke is in a dairy barn wearing work coverall and a toque

Dr. Anna Schwanke

PhD Graduate and Research Centre Ambassador

From PhD to dairy welfare program manager

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Clara Ziezold

PhD Candidate, Department of Animal Biosciences

Working with the turkey industry to improve egg production

Guilherme Madureira stands in front of a row of black-and-white dairy cows in an airy dairy barn. He is wearing a tuque, coveralls and rubber boots.

Guilherme Madureira

PhD Candidate, Department of Animal Biosciences

U of G project improves dairy cattle health, helps test new data portal to improve livestock productivity

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Riley McConachie

Department of Plant Agriculture

Developing AI solutions for the future of wheat breeding

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Dr. Caitlin Evered

DVM, Doctor of Veterinary Science (D.V.Sc.) Candidate

Student researcher helping goat producers breed healthier, more productive herds

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Sarah Hill

PhD Candidate, Department of Population Medicine

Helping producers balance economics and animal welfare: Understanding risk factors for stillbirth and neonatal mortality in pigs

Connor Belot looking down at a notebook while standing in front of a plot of wheat.

Connor Belot

Department of Plant Agriculture

Developing AI solutions for the future of wheat breeding

Continue exploring

  • Using cutting-edge science to prevent livestock disease, improve welfare and maintain production efficiency
  • U of G researcher exploring automation for better dairy health, production
  • Pasture study the focus of Beef Farmers of Ontario video
  • HQP Scholar builds on industry collaboration to turn agricultural and food waste into fuel
  • In the mix: How Dr. Rose Rumney is fulfilling her lifelong dream as a mixed-animal veterinarian (Ontario Veterinary College)
  • PhD candidate exploring automation for better dairy health, production (Ontario Agri-Food Innovation Alliance)
  • Yeast shows promise as a feed additive for beef cattle (Office of Research, U of G)

Training the next generation across departments:

  • Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics
  • Department of Animal Biosciences
  • School of Environmental Sciences
  • Department of Plant Agriculture
  • School of Environmental Design and Rural Development
  • Department of Pathobiology
  • Department of Population Medicine
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