Tags: COVID-19

COVID-19 is a global pandemic but has a particular geography to it, differentially affecting people and places. Recent research, co-led by Professor Andrew Herod in the Geography department, explores the pandemic's impact upon labor markets in the Mediterranean European Union (EU) countries. The researchers' analysis is part of a collective work-in-progress monitoring the pandemic’s effects upon workers since early March 2020. First they note…

Dr. Amy Trauger has been named the Canada Research Chair in Food Studies at the University of Guelph which is administered through the Fulbright Canada program. With this position, Dr. Trauger will research the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on food insecure populations, particularly rural and indigenous people. Food shortages, due to disruptions in national-scale supply chains are an ongoing characteristic of the pandemic across…