Dr. Ian Duncan, Prof. Emeritus, Animal and Poultry Science was honoured with a top faculty award during the convocation celebrations last week.
Duncan received the 2015 Medal of Merit, awarded to a retired professor for outstanding contributions to teaching and other areas that improve academic life and character.
He has taught and studied at U of G for 25 years and continues to work since retiring five years ago.
Duncan is the former director of U of G’s Colonel K.L. Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare, the first Canadian centre dedicated to studying how to improve quality of life for animals.
His teaching awards include the President’s Distinguished Professor Award, the Ontario Agricultural College Teaching Award, the University of Guelph Faculty Award and the inaugural award of the Humane Society of the United States for the best established course in North America on animals and society.