Mayor Karen Farbridge

Mayor Karen Farbridge

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The University of Guelph is officially opened the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming and students of all ages will learn about local organic food production and resource conservation. President Alastair Summerlee said during a grand opening celebration “it’s all about preparing younger generations for a different kind of future.” The opening celebration is attended by Guelph mayor Karen Farbridge and Robert Gordon, the new dean of the Ontario Agricultural College. Summerlee said “this innovative centre will provide practical experiential learning opportunities for our students which in the long run will help bring about changes and improvement to our food system.” The farm is ... Read Full Story
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Our City: Special Guelph Mayor Karen Farbridge and University of Guelph president Alastair Summerlee will spend time Thursday in wheelchairs to help raise awareness of the June 10 Wheels in Motion event and the challenges faced by people living with physical disabilities. Summerlee plans to take a city bus in a wheelchair from the University to downtown Guelph [...] Read Full Story
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Daily Guelph: Your news roundup of what is going on in Guelph Thursday May 10th, 2007 The Headlines: Guelph opens first centre for DNA barcoding [ CTV.ca ] Dog is back and ‘it’s going to stay’ [ Guelph Mercury ] Land exchange will make park safer, council hears [ Guelph Mercury ] New Nestlé battle brews [ Guelph Mercury ] Storm expects 36 at rookie camp [ [...] Read Full Story
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Daily Guelph: A Daily News Roundup of what is going on in Guelph. Thursday April 5th, 2007 Karen Farbridge outspent Kate Quarrie by more than $20,000 in winning back the mayor’s chair in November. A financial statement filed by Farbridge says she spent a total of $86,951, while Quarrie’s filing says a total of $65,928 was spent [...] Read Full Story
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Follow up to my last blog on this subject Last night, City Council appointed Kathleen Farrelly back into the Ward 1 seat to replace Laura Baily, who sadly passed away on March 24 from cancer. Council didn’t waste anytime on declaring Baily’s seat vacant and debate how to fill it. The debate was pretty much this: Will Council appoint someone [...] Read Full Story
GUELPH, Ont. - Chris MacKinnon scored the eventual winner on the power play as the Kitchener Rangers downed the Guelph Storm 4-1 in Ontario Hockey League play Sunday afternoon. Andrew Crescenzi opened scoring for Kitchener (20-7-3), while...  
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Michael Chong, MP for Wellington-Halton Hills, Liz Sandals, MPP for Guelph, and Alastair Summerlee, president of the University of Guelph, today celebrated the groundbreaking for the Axelrod Building renovation project. The project received federal and provincial funding totalling more than $33 million through the Knowledge Infrastructure Program (KIP) and Ontario’s 2009 budget. U of G is refurbishing the 50-year-old building to create a...  
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MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Defenceman David Corrente's second goal of the season late in the third period broke a 2-2 tie and lifted the Mississauga-St. Michael's Majors to a 4-2 victory over the Guelph Storm on Sunday afternoon in the Ontario Hockey ...  
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In response to recent raids that have occurred under the public's noses, there have been many mass public actions throughout Canada denouncing these dehumanizing attacks on racialized working-poor (im)migrant communities, including in Guelph, Ontario. Formerly known as Student Support for Migrant Workers, Fuerza/Puwersa organized a potluck dinner and panel on April 30, 2009 in Downtown Guelph. This "Status for All!" May Day Dinner event...  
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Guelph Jazz Festival and Colloquium Guelph, Ontario September 9-13, 2009 The Guelph Jazz Festival and Colloquium devoted itself this year to trying to unpack an idea so common that it is at once crucial and cliche: whether the practice of music-making might have world-changing implications. Through presentations on (for example) gang intervention in South Africa through drum circles to "workshops" (in a Charles Mingus = 9429-ian "jazz...  
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The Guelph Hurricanes lost 8-0 to Waterloo Friday before doubling up Stratford 6-3 Saturday in Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League play. The loss was Stratford’s 10th straight as they fell to 12-12-0. Guelph, last place in the Midwestern Conference, improved to 8-15-2. Scoring were Luca Penzo, Ken Rolph, Nic MacEachern, Tyson Theaker, Mike Iaccoca and Mark Bell.  
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WINDSOR, Ont. - Dale Mitchell, Adam Henrique, Greg Nemisz and Austin Watson each scored twice as the Windsor Spitfires cruised to an 11-3 victory over the Guelph Storm in Ontario Hockey League play Sunday afternoon. Paul Bezzo had his fir...  
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Karen was first elected to Guelph City Council in 1994, representing Ward 1. In 2000 she became the first woman Mayor. In all, Karen served on Council for 9 years and continues to serve the City of Guelph through her many volunteering pursuits.

During her six years as Councillor, she was a member of a number of committees including: Finance and Administration; Community Services; Planning, Environment and Transportation; Guelph Economic Development Advisory; and the Downtown Economic Strategy Steering. She was also a member of the Police Services Board, the Wellington-Dufferin Health Unit Board and the Guelph Non-Profit Housing Board.

Karen was the first woman to hold the office of Mayor in Guelph. During her tenure she initiated an extensive community consultation process designed to develop a strategic framework to manage community change. The resulting plan -- called SmartGuelph -- emphasized the importance of collaborative-based decision making along with the need to balance economic, social and environmental sustainability. SmartGuelph was one of a national series of similarly focused initiatives.

Most recently, Karen has worked on strategic initiatives for the Office of Vice President Research at the University of Guelph and taught courses on cities, democracy and environmental policy for the Department of Political Science. She also regularly speaks and writes on issues of urban sustainability and has recently been appointed to the Municipal Executives' Resource Group of the Smart Growth Canada Network.

In 2005, Karen was the recipient of the YMCA-YWCA of Guelph’s prestigious Women of Distinction Award in the business and professions category.

Karen graduated with an M.Sc (1985) and Ph.D (1989) in animal physiology from the University of Guelph. What began as a volunteer stint at the Ontario Public Interest Research Group in Guelph (OPIRG) while she was completing her degrees turned into a 10-year job as Director.

Karen has lived in Guelph since 1979. She is married with a 16- year old son and enjoys gardening, traveling and music.

Source: Her Campaign Website
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