U of G News

Mawadisidiwag | They Visit Each Other
2024-09-24 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Toronto) | University Centre, 150 Research Ln, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
Reconciliation is all about relationships. This ‘tea and talk’ session is an opportunity to share, explore and learn together. Participants are invited to bring forward topics and questions to ignite conversations.
This session will be hosted by Cara Wehkamp, AVP (Indigenous Initiatives) and is open to all students, staff and faculty at the University of Guelph.

Open Scholarship and RDM Brown Bag: Implementing Ethical Considerations with RDM Best Practices
2024-09-24 12:00 - 12:45 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn about the importance of research ethics in studies involving human participants, how to implement ethical practices to benefit both researchers and participants, and the best Research Data Management (RDM) practices to support ethical research. This brown bag features Donna Drohan, Ethics Education & Compliance Advisor from the U of G Research Services Office, and Lucia Costanzo, R & S Librarian.

Special Event: Let us welcome the FALL season
2024-09-24 12:00 - 13:30 | Johnston Green
Let us Celebrate Fall Equinox Yoga on Sep 24 at Johnston Green with the U of G community!
If possible, please bring a non-perishable food item to donate to the CSA Food Bank.
Dear Friends of the U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective,
How can we achieve a still mind amid the chaos of a new school year? Where do we turn to access the voice of our deepest wisdom?
Take a break and join us for a fresh, fall breeze Classical Yoga class (FREE) on U of G’s beautiful, historic, sprawling Johnston Green, on Tuesday, September 24 at noon. As we harvest the fruits of summer, the natural world begins to fall away in preparation for renewal. At this moment, we invite you to turn toward the light (inner sun) within us as the physical light outside starts waning. Harmony, balance, and the opportunity to let go of what no longer serves us are the offerings of the equinox and our practice.
Note: Try not to eat at least one hour before your yoga practice.
All abilities and ages are welcome to participate. Chairs will be provided. The event is open to all – staff, faculty, students, alumni, and visitors.
Remember to bring your yoga mat and water bottle! Bring your own nutritious lunch, practice mindful eating, and have friendly conversations after the class.
This event is sponsored by Wellness@Work at U of G and hosted by the U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective and the U of G Yoga Club.
We are looking forward to welcoming you!
We wish you all a successful Fall Semester in mind, body, and spirit.
Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Noon to 1 p.m.: Yoga & Meditation
1 to 1:30 p.m.: Bring Your Own Lunch
Rain location: Peter Clark Hall 001M UC

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Creative Writing Series: Writing Poems that Spring from Poems
2024-09-24 12:30 - 13:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Surprising and Inevitable Art of the Glosa
Learn from other poets and experiment with new uses of language by writing a glosa!  The glosa is a structured poetic tradition that involves borrowing lines from other texts. This art of “glossing”—elaborating or commenting on a text—allows writers to deepen their relationship to other poems, consider the ways their writing is in conversation with other writers, and build on other writers’ ideas.  Please bring four lines from a poem or song to this workshop to try out this form of poetry.
This in-person workshop will be delivered by visiting instructor, Anna Lee-Popham.
Please note:
Registration for this event is limited.
A light lunch will be provided. Registrants will be asked to submit their dietary requirements.
Event location is TBD.

Arboretum Gene Bank Tour A National Forest Week 2024 Event
2024-09-24 14:30 - 15:30 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Join us for a daytime tour of The Arboretum’s Gene Bank with John Ambrose and Sean Fox. The Gene Bank is a living archive containing the genetic diversity of many rare Ontario Species.
A National Forest Week 2024 Guelph event.

Relaxation and Stress Management Skills
2024-09-24 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn to calm anxiety, relax tight muscles, settle a busy a brain, and have more energy!
Strengthen your ability to restore yourself during these challenging times. The continuity of this 12-session program can help you keep a more even keel and manage stress throughout the semester.
A smorgasbord of techniques for thriving under pressure are practiced in and out of class to begin developing lifetime skills.
This 12-part training program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management & High Performance Clinic meets online for 60 minutes, twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday evenings, beginning at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, September 24.
Your link will be e-mailed to you after you have completed your program registration.

Gryphons Read 2024 - Meet Author Alicia Elliott - And Then She Fell
2024-09-24 19:00 - 21:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Come meet the author Alicia Elliott in conversation with Carrianne Leung. Refreshments will be provided.
Gryphons Read is a tradition at the University of Guelph, started by the well-known and well-loved author and U of G faculty, Lawrence Hill. Each year, a book that explores diverse identities and lived experiences, and is authored by a Canadian writer, is selected to be shared and read by the campus community. Gryphons Read hosts the author on campus for a few days in late September where they meet with students, staff, faculty, and community members in various classes and public events.
Alicia Elliott’s debut novel And Then She Fell is our 2024 Gryphons Read pick. Described as “a mind-bending, gripping novel about Native life, motherhood and mental health that follows a young Mohawk woman who discovers that the picture-perfect life she always hoped for may have horrifying consequences.” And Then She Fell was named as a Globe and Mail and CBC Best Book of the Year 2023 and longlisted for the Women’s Prize for Fiction. Alicia is also the winner of the 48th annual Amazon Canada First Novel Award for 2024.
Alicia is a Mohawk writer and editor living in Brantford, Ontario, and is already well known for her far-reaching voice and contributions as a contemporary Indigenous thinker. Her first book of essays, A Mind Spread Out on the Ground, was a national bestseller in Canada and was nominated for the Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction and won the Forest of Reading Evergreen Award.
She has written for The Globe and Mail, CBC, Hazlitt, and many others. She’s had numerous essays nominated for National Magazine Awards, winning gold in 2017 and an honorable mention in 2020. Her short fiction was selected for The Best American Short Stories 2018, Best Canadian Stories 2018, and The Journey Prize Stories 30. Alicia was chosen by Tanya Talaga as the 2018 recipient of the RBC Taylor Emerging Writer Award.
Please join us to welcome Alicia to the University of Guelph community.
One Book. One Campus. One Community.
Gryphons Read is made possible by generous funding from College of Arts, the Library, the Office of the Provost, and with support from the Experiential Learning Hub.
Questions about the Gryphons Read program can be directed to gryphonsread@uoguelph.ca and please visit our Gryphons Read website.

Trees, Butterflies and Pelee Island Talk A National Forest Week 2024 Event
2024-09-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
The story of the butterfly’s recovery, one tree at a time.
Join us on Tuesday, September 24th at The Arboretum for a tribute to the diverse contributions of botanist Dr. John Ambrose. Remarks by Sean Fox and a keynote talk by Cherie Dillen, from the Pelee Island Butterfly Sanctuary and Teaching Garden. Doors will open at 7 p.m.
A National Forest Week 2024 Guelph event.
