United Way Kick-Off Barbecue
2017-09-18 11:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Branion Plaza, Branion Plaza, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Join your fellow Gryphons for a barbecue lunch in Branion Plaza on September 18 as we kick off the University of Guelph’s 2017 United Way campaign! Catch a lift in a Guelph Fire Department fire truck bucket for $10 – just $8 for students.
Fill up for a good cause!

Hot dog, pop and a cookie = $5
Popcorn, candy floss or apple = $1
Pop or cookie = $2

Meal plans accepted.

English Language Program Buddy Kick-Off Night
2017-09-19 17:00 | University Centre – Peter Clark Hall
The English Language Program (ELP) invites you to the Fall 2017 Buddy Program Kick-Off Night! This speed-dating style event allows you to meet tons of potential ELP Buddies and decide who your best match is. This is a great opportunity to support, engage and get to know someone who really appreciates it!

The Bigger Picture Series presents: Sustainable Development
2017-09-20 17:30 - 19:00 | Macdonald Hall
Come to this free event and be inspired by our panelists as they describe how they are using their business as a force for good! The panelists include Lucky Iron Fish and more. Enjoy complimentary pizza and bring your favourite water bottle! Support local companies and purchase a Cupanion bottle.
Macdonald Hall, Room 232

Night at the Atrium
2017-09-20 18:30 - 21:00 | Science Complex, 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Join us in the Science Complex Atrium with some of the University of Guelph’s brightest scientific minds! This event is for high school students who are interested in pursuing post-secondary education in a scientific field. This is your chance to meet and mingle with professors and graduate students to learn about what we are actively researching here at the University of Guelph.

Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture by Roberto Rovira
2017-09-21 12:00 | Landscape Architecture, 124 Reynolds Walk, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
The landscape architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture by Roberto Rovira, principal and landscape architect of Studio Rovira and Associate Professor at Florida International University. His talk is titled “Temporary Permanence: Landscapes, Ecology and Public Space.”
The event will be held in the Pit Lobby of the Landscape Architecture Building.

Thursday At Noon Concert Series Presents: A Journey To The Romantics Vienna (Through Song)
2017-09-21 12:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Soprano Sarah Marie Kramer and pianist Carl Phillipe Gionet present works by composers who lived and worked throughout the Romantic period of the Imperial City of Vienna. Free 50-minute concert. Everyone welcome.
MacKinnon Building, Room 107

"The Genetic Revolution"Animal Behaviour and Welfare Seminar
2017-09-21 12:30 | OVC Pathobiology AHL, 419 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
“The Genetic Revolution” presented by Teun van de Braak, Geneticist, Hendrix Genetics.
The first selective breeding of farm animals started with the domestication of their wild ancestors. Both conscious selective breeding (selecting for desirable traits) as well as unconscious selection have led to our modern breeds. If we look back into history we can identify some key periods where genetic selection played an important role in the evolution of our modern breeds:
The 17th and 18th centuries are known for the impressive selection on desired phenotypes. In the 20th century huge genetic increases in animal production efficiency were established by the recognition and the use of Mendel’s theories on inheritance, as well as the development of high performance computers and the discovery of DNA.
The aforementioned have all led to significant changes in the animals’ physiology and needs, but, unfortunately, not only always as a positive change. With the help of explaining the Hendrix Genetics breeding program for Laying Hens, van de Braak will describe the steps that the company is taking to overcome the downside of the genetic revolution.
OVC Pathobiology AHL, Room 1800
Meet and Greet afterwards in ANNU 101/lobby – please join us!

Dial Down University Stress & Anxiety
2017-09-21 17:30 - 18:30 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Learn about the most common anxiety escalators and get proven tips and strategies that you can use to decrease stress and anxiety. This free, one-hour workshop for U of G students is provided by the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic.
University Centre, Room 335

Residence Speaker Series: Friendship, Stress Resilience and Self Care
2017-09-21 17:30 - 18:30 | Ontario
As part of the Residence Speaker Series, Karen Houle will be talking with students about stress resilience, self care and the importance of friendship. Learn how to manage and bounce back from stresses that university and life may throw at you!
Eccles Centre, South Residence

Ontario Universities' Fair
2017-09-22 - 2017-09-24 | Ontario
Join the University of Guelph and 20 other Ontario universities at the three-day Ontario Universities’ Fair at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Speak with representatives about programs, campus life, finances and any other questions you have that will help you in choosing a university.

MBA/MA Leadership Information Session
2017-09-22 19:00 - 21:00 | Ontario
Learn more about the MA (leadership) and MBA programs offered at the University of Guelph, including the program structure and schedule, associated fees and application process. Talk to faculty, administrators and alumni from both programs.
Contact Alicia Cronsberry at acronsb@uoguelph.ca to register.
Location: Holiday Inn, Guelph

Registration Deadline: WSET Level 1 Award in Spirits
2017-09-25 | Macdonald Stewart Hall, 42 Macdonald St, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Wine and Spirit Education Trust Level 1 Award in Spirits will introduce you to the principles of spirit production. You will also learn how to serve spirits and distinguish factors affecting their flavor. This offering of the WSET Level 1 Award in Spirits will take place October 15. Register by September 25.

Engineering Lecture Series
2017-09-25 12:00 | Richards Building, 101 Reynolds Walk
Faycal Saffih will be visiting the School of Engineering to deliver his presentation “Bio-Intelligence for Biomedical Smart CMOS Imaging and STEM Engineering Education.” All are welcome.
Richards Building, Room 3504

Relaxation and Stress Management Skills
2017-09-26 17:30 - 18:30 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Learn to really relax tight muscles, calm emotions, settle a busy brain, have more energy and perform better in a busy world.
This 12-session program meets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks. The fee is $40 for U of G students, $60 for members of USW Local 4120 and $120 for everyone else.
University Centre, Room 335.

An Evening with Zoe Whittal
2017-09-26 19:30 | War Memorial Hall, 390 Gordon Street, Guelph
Join us for an evening with inaugural Gryphons Read Common reading project author Zoe Whittal. In conversation with Chatelaine columnist and writer Rachel Giese, Whittall, a Guelph alumna and Giller shortlisted author, will discuss her book The Best Kind of People and life as an author.

2017 P4E Career Fair
2017-09-27 10:00 - 15:30 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
The 2017 Partnerships for Employment (P4E) Career Fair will take place at RIM Park in Waterloo on September 27. Free bus transportation leaves the University Centre every 30 mins, starting at 9:30 a.m. Buses will pick up at the doors by the bus loop.
This is the largest career fair of its kind in the country. It is open to students and alumni from the University of Guelph, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Waterloo and Conestoga College.
Students from all programs and all years are encouraged to attend and meet with more than 200 employers

Launch of Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice
2017-09-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Ontario
Join us for the launch of Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice. The Re•Vision Centre for Art and Social Justice is a newly established social science and arts-informed research centre at the University of Guelph in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences. Re•Vision has a mandate to use arts-informed and community engaged research methods to foster inclusive communities, well-being, equity and justice. We investigate the power of the arts, and especially story, to positively influence decision-makers, to build intersectional alliances and to imagine more just futures.
The evening will include light refreshments, a cash bar and riveting talks from Indigenous education leader and scholar Dr. Susan Dion, cutting-edge disability artist and academic Dr. Eliza Chandler, and artistic performance by the brilliant Indigenous and disability-identified artist Vanessa Dion Fletcher.

Fair Trade Bake Sale
2017-09-28 08:00 - 13:00 | Branion Plaza, Branion Plaza, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Hospitality Services is promoting Fair Trade Campus Week by selling fair-trade chocolate chip banana bread September 25 to 29. The Caffeine Canteen food truck will be in Branion Plaza on September 28 with goodies, including new Fair Trade Mint Smoothie coffee, and education on fair trade foods.

Thursday At Noon Concert Series presents Celebrating Canadian Women!
2017-09-28 12:00 | Ontario
Flutist Laurel Swinden and pianist Stephanie Mara perform music by Canadian women composers. Free 50-minute concert. Everyone welcome!
MacKinnon Building, Room 107

Evidence-Based Landscape Architecture Lecture: Frederick Steiner
2017-09-28 19:00 | Landscape Architecture, 124 Reynolds Walk, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
The landscape architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents the Evidence-Based Landscape Architecture Lecture with Frederick Steiner, Dean of the School of Design, Paley Professor, University of Pennsylvania. His talk is titled, “The Art of Plan Making.”
Landscape Architecture Building, Room 204

Cassidy-Reid History Lecture: Benjamin Hoy presents 'Kidnapping for Justice: Extralegal Renditions along the Canada-US Border'
2017-09-28 19:00 - 20:00 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Since the 1830s, Canadian and American police officers have regularly used transnational abductions and prisoner exchanges to bring wanted men to justice. These practices, while violating at least one country’s laws, served as integral parts of border control. In the process, breaking law became a viable means of upholding it.
Benjamin Hoy presents this year’s Cassidy-Reid lecture: ‘Kidnapping for Justice: Extralegal Renditions along the Canada-US Border’, Sept. 28, from 7:00-8:00 p.m. A reception follows this public lecture.
Benjamin Hoy, a Guelph graduate and Stanford PhD, is now a tenure-stream faculty member at the University of Saskatchewan. This lectureship was established in honour of retired History professors Keith Cassidy and Richard Reid.
University Centre, University Club (Level 5)

Registration deadline: Prud'homme Beer Certification® Level 1 - Beer Enthusiast
2017-09-29 | Ontario
This introductory course in beer education is designed for participants interested in furthering their knowledge and interest in beer.
This offering of Prud’homme Beer Certification® Level 1 – Beer Enthusiast will be held October 15, 22, 29 and November 5, 2017 in PJ’s Restaurant.

Interested in Insects? Free Entomological Society of Ontario Events
2017-09-30 | Ontario
The Entomological Society of Ontario (ESO) is holding its 154th annual conference at the University of Guelph Sept. 29 to Oct. 1. Associated with the full ESO Conference are three free events on Sept. 30. Register by Sept 27. for these great sessions.

Plenary session panel – Three renowned scientists highlight their research with insects. Peter Clark Hall, University Centre, 8:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m.
Outdoor bug hunt at the Arboretum – Ages 5 to 85 welcome. Tours depart the J.C. Taylor Nature Center at 2:00 & 3:30 p.m. and last one hour each.
Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory – Free admission and tours. Tours start at 1:00 and 3:00 p.m.

In Conversation with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now!
2017-10-01 14:00 | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
Amy Goodman, host and executive producer of Democracy Now!, acclaimed and award-winning international journalist and New York Times best-selling author, speaks about the extraordinary movements that have shaped America over the last 20 years.
Co-sponsored by CFRU, College of Arts and College of Social and Applied Science. Tickets available at http://www.ticketfly.com/event/1557690-amy-goodman-in-conversation-guelph/.
Rozanski Hall, Room 104

Ontario Agricultural College Job Fair
2017-10-04 10:00 - 15:00 | University Centre – Peter Clark Hall
The Ontario Agricultural College Job Fair is an opportunity to meet employers that are actively recruiting students for exciting opportunities in the agricultural, business and environmental industries. Students of all years and programs are encouraged to attend this fair to network with employers and find out more about their current and upcoming opportunities (full-time, summer, co-op and part-time). Don’t forget to bring updated copies of your resume!

De-stress Effectively with ReNU
2017-10-04 17:30 - 18:30 | Mills Hall
Jamie Gruman, a professor in leadership and organizational management, is coming to residence to share his ReNU model of using your free time to destress effectively .
This event is free, will have free snacks, and students from all U of G residences are welcome to attend.
Mills Hall – Main Lounge

Thursday At Noon Concert Series presents Jason Wilson & The Perennials
2017-10-05 12:00 - 13:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Jason Wilson & The Perennials combine reggae with the improvisational sensibility of jazz and layered with storytelling in the Scottish folk tradition.
For more information, visit www.uoguelph.ca/sofam/events
MacKinnon Building, Room 107 – Goldschmidt Room

Connecting to Conservation in Canada
2017-10-05 18:00 | Arboretum Centre, 200 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
This panel event featuring esteemed speakers with expertise in environmental issues will help the audience reflect on the strengths, challenges and opportunities for conservation in Canada. Moderated by Judy Maddren M.S.M, CBC Journalist and U of G alumna, the panelists include:

Elizabeth May – MP and Leader of the Green Party of Canada
David Miller – President and CEO of World Wildlife Fund – Canada
Dr. Faisal Moola – Director General, Ontario and Canada’s North, David Suzuki Foundation
John Cutfeet – Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation

Better Sleep Program
2017-10-05 19:30 - 20:30 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Learn how to decrease insomnia, fall asleep (or back to sleep) more easily, and get more energy from sleep using proven, drug-free strategies. This five-session program meets Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. or can be taken online. The fee is $20 for U of G students, $25 for members of USW Local 4120 and $50 for all others.
University Centre, Room 334

Registration deadline: WSET Level 1 Award in Wines
2017-10-06 | Ontario
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 1 in Wines is an entry-level qualification providing a straightforward introduction to wine.
This offering of the WSET Level 1 Award in Wines will take place November 5, 2017 in PJ’s Restaurant.
