The University of Guelph is ranked as one of the best comprehensive universities in Canada by Maclean's magazine. This ranking rflects Guelph's distinctiveness as a high-quality, student-focused, residentially-intensive university that is committed to innovative programs, dynamic student-faculty interaction, and an integration of learning and research. Over 15,000 undergraduate and graduate students benefit from an innovative and balanced curriculum with a wide range of programs in the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. Building on these core disciplines, Guelph also has a strong commitment to interdisciplinary programs, to a selected range of professional and applied programs, and to agri-food and veterinary medicine as areas of special responsibility. The University of Guelph is renowned both for its excellence in teaching and its world-class research strengths in food, biotechnology, communities and families, health and well-being, culture and society, advanced analysis, and environments. To learn more about the University of Guelph and about Environmental Biology please visit our website at www.uoguelph.ca.