U of G News

Engineering Alumni Association Annual General Meeting and Bonspiel
2018-03-03 10:00 (America/Toronto)
Engineering alumni are invited to join in this annual event happening at the Guelph Curling Club. Whether you’re learning to curl, are in it to win it, or are just looking to reconnect with your fellow alumni, the EAA Bonspiel has something to offer you!
Start the day off hearing about the latest updates and successes from the Engineering Alumni Associaiton at the annual general meeting, then get yourself registered and ready to go for curling. There will be a learn-to-curl tutorial available for interested beginners or curlers looking for a refresher. Not interested in curling? Please join us for the post-curling social at 8 p.m. at The Albion Hotel.

Stop Worrying! Workshop
2018-03-05 19:00 - 21:00 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Learn to curb the worry habit and how to avoid the five pitfalls that perpetuate worrying. This two-hour workshop includes brain-training exercises and a variety of other techniques to decrease worrying.
The fee is $5 for U of G students, $10 for members of USW Local 4120, and $20 for everyone else.
University Centre, Room 335

Planets, Stars and Galaxies Workshops
2018-03-05 19:00 - 21:15 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Examine everyday phenomena, such as night and day, seasons and the motions of the Earth, planets and sun.
Register by Feb. 25 to take advantage of the $125 early bird fee. After Feb. 25, registration is $140 per person. Maximum 30 adults per session.
March 5, 19 and 26
April 2, 9 and 16

Application deadline: MA (Leadership)
2018-03-06
The application deadline for the July 2018 offering of the MA (Leadership) program is March 6.
For more information, please contact maleadership@uoguelph.ca

Control Academic Stress: Procrastination and Perfectionism
2018-03-06 11:30 - 12:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Procrastination and perfectionism are common challenges for many students. In this session, we will identify strategies to modify or decrease unhelpful behaviours.
Please note that registration is required for this free event.
McLaughlin Library, Room 246A

The Endocannabinoid System and the Role of Cannabinoids in the Body
2018-03-06 18:30 - 21:30 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Guest speaker Michael Beazely will present a lecture of cannabis basics, including:

what it is
plant strains
active/medicinal ingredients
cannabinoid receptors
role of cannabinoids in the body
how cannabis is consumed
adverse effects/medicinal effects
special populations
cannabis dependence and withdrawal

Michael Beazely BSP, PhD is an associate professor and associate director for curriculum at the University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy.
Target audiences for this lecture are pharmacists, physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and all allied health involved with patients using recreational or medicinal cannabis.
Please register for this free event.

Recruit Guelph Job Fair
2018-03-07 10:00 - 15:00 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
The Recruit Guelph Job Fair is an opportunity to meet employers who are looking to hire students for summer, co-op, part-time, full-time and contract positions.
All employers at the fair have active job positions on Recruit Guelph and are attending to meet with applicants face-to-face to answer any questions.
Students of all programs and years are welcome to attend this fair.
What to Bring:

Updated copies of your resume. Consider attending a drop-in resume critique at our office before the fair.
Additional marketing materials to represent yourself (business cards, etc.)
Your best dressed self. Dress to impress!

This event is for University of Guelph students only.

Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture: Shannon Baker
2018-03-07 12:15 | 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 Shannon Baker, Senior Project Director at Waterfront Toronto. Her talk is titled “The Once & Future City”. All are welcome to attend.
Landscape Architecture Building, Pit Lobby

Take the Stress Out of IBS Workshop
2018-03-07 12:30 - 13:30 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Learn strategies to decrease symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome or a stressed stomach. This four-session program, offered by the Stress Management Clinic and the dietitian at Student Health Services, meets at 12:30 p.m. on Wednesdays.
The program fee is $10 for students and $40 for non-students.
University Centre, Room 335

Decreasing Headaches
2018-03-07 19:30 - 21:00 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Learn drug-free strategies to decrease tension and migraine headaches, and the pain of headaches, without medications.
This four-session program, offered by the Stress Management Clinic, meets on Wednesday evenings for 90 minutes.
The fee is $20 for U of G students, $30 for members of USW Local 4120 and $60 for everyone else.
University Centre, Room 335

Decreasing Headaches Workshop
2018-03-07 19:30 - 21:00 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada

Registration deadline: Cider in Ontario Seminar
2018-03-08
Former University of Guelph student Tariq Ahmed of Revel Cider Co. will join us to explain his journey in opening a cidery in Ontario. We will cover cider production, apple varieties, as well as legislation around cider production.
The seminar takes place March 25, 2018 from noon to 2:30 p.m.

Honouring International Women's Day: Research & Revolt!
2018-03-08 09:30 - 16:00 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
The Research Facility for Women’s Health and Wellbeing (Psychology Department) is hosting its second annual free one-day conference in honour of International Women’s Day 2018, where researchers from across the University will present their work on issues related to women and girls. All are welcome!
University Centre, Room 442

School of Environmental Sciences Lunch and Learn Session
2018-03-08 12:00 | Alexander Hall
Chris Parsons, assistant professor from the CERC Ecohydrology Group within Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Waterloo presents “Legacy phosphorus in freshwater sediments: Mechanisms controlling internal P loading and eutrophication.”
Alexander Hall, Room 218

Thursday At Noon Concert Series presents Flung Loose Into The Stars
2018-03-08 12:00 - 12:50 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Pianist and composer Adam Sherkin performs a distinctive canon of Canadian piano works inspired by the Cosmos, including SOFAM Professor Harley’s Flung Loose Into The Stars. Free 50-minute concert. Everyone is welcome.
MacKinnon Building, Room 107

Exhibit Launch "From Glen Notes to War Notes: A Canadian Perspective on the First World War in Rilla of Ingleside"
2018-03-08 16:00 - 17:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
“From Glen Notes to War Notes: A Canadian Perspective on the First World War in Rilla of Ingleside” is the first exhibit being launched in the new Archival & Special Collections (A&SC) space in the McLaughlin Library. The staff of A&SC partnered with students and faculty from U of G’s Department of History in the fall of 2017 to co-curate the exhibit in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the end of the First World War.
McLaughlin Library, Room 246B

Guelph Women in Leadership: Think Beyond Convention speaker series on International Women's Day
2018-03-08 17:30 - 21:30
Guelph Women in Leadership is proud to present its third annual speaker series event for International Women’s Day. This year’s theme is “Think Beyond Convention” and will focus on the personal success stories of female guest speakers from Fidelity Investments, Bayer, AccorHotels and the Toronto Blue Jays.
There will also be a chance to sit at a table and network with industry professionals from CPA Ontario, Microsoft, RBC, Neilsen, Gordon Food Service, PepsiCo and more!

Victoria Park East Golf Club
Free Bus Transportation Provided
Business Formal Attire
Three-Course Meal
$15 Tickets (via EventBrite)

Guelph Women in Leadership strives to empower University of Guelph undergraduates to think beyond convention and redefine their construct of purpose.

Deadline to Drop Courses
2018-03-09
The deadline to drop Winter 2018 courses is March 9 (the fortieth class day) for diploma, undergraduate and graduate students on all campuses. This only applies to one-semester courses. Courses can be dropped using WebAdvisor.

Cancelled, to Be Rescheduled: Truscott Lecture in Justice: What Does the Future of Justice Look Like?
2018-03-12 18:30 | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
The College of Social and Applied Human Science presents the 2018 Truscott Lecture in Justice with guest speaker Senator Kim Pate.
Senator Pate will present her talk “What does the future of justice look like?” addressing the future of Canada’s legal and penal system. All are welcome to attend. A reception will follow at the University Club.

The Truscott Lecture in Justice series is part of the Truscott Initiative launched at U of G in 2009 to commemorate the struggles of Guelph resident Steven Truscott and his family.
Truscott is known across Canada for his decades-long battle to prove his innocence after the 1959 murder of his schoolmate Lynne Harper. He was wrongly convicted of the crime at age 14 and spent years in prison before his release in 1969. He was acquitted by the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2007.
The Truscott Initiative aims to improve understanding of the nation’s complex criminal justice system and to highlight how criminal justice intersects with other policy areas and broader conceptions of justice.

Rozanski Hall, Room 102

Control Academic Stress: Planning and Prioritizing
2018-03-13 11:30 - 12:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In this session offered through McLaughlin Library’s Learning Services, participants will learn practical planning and prioritization strategies to help them achieve school-work-life balance.
Please register in advance for this free event.
McLaughlin Library, Room 246A

Amanda Lang - The Beauty of Discomfort talk and book signing
2018-03-13 18:00 - 20:30 | Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre – Events Centre
Free public talk and book signing in support of the United Nations’ HeForShe women’s solidarity movement for gender equality.
Why do some people drive change while others are blindsided by it? Why are some people able to adapt and thrive? How can we make change easier? Becoming comfortable with discomfort won’t just make us more resilient and more successful, however we define success. It will also make us happier.
Hear from award-winning business journalist Amanda Lang as she examines how to embrace discomfort, and use it to your advantage.
Register online.

Guelph Talks Research - Culture: From living cells to post-revolutionary literature
2018-03-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Science Complex, 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
One Topic, Three Takes – Culture: From living cells to post-revolutionary literature
Join us as we bring apples and oranges together.
The University of Guelph is one of Canada’s top comprehensive research-intensive universities and scholarly excellence is at the core of our mission. We celebrate this excellence with University Research Awards which span all of our colleges. Learn more about what our faculty awardees are doing.
Guelph Talks Research is a lecture series that brings together these faculty to give their take on a single topic, each from their own disciplinary perspective.
On March 14, our panel discusses “Culture: From living cells to post-revolutionary literature” with:

Stephen Henighan, School of Languages and Literatures, COA Research Leadership Chair
Thomas Koch, Biomedical Sciences, OVC Research Excellence Award
Paul Spagnuolo, Food Science, OAC Research Excellence Award

For more information, contact stratprg@uoguelph.ca.
Summerlee Science Complex, Atrium

Economic Growth on First Nations: Opportunities and Constraints Panel Discussion
2018-03-14 13:30 - 15:00 | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
Join the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics for a panel discussion featuring four First Nations Chiefs discussing their assessment of the opportunities and constraints facing First Nations with respect to economic growth.
Featuring Honoured Guests:

Grand Chief Abram Benedict (Mohawk Council of Akwesasne) -Chief Ava Hill (Six Nations of the Grand River)
Grand Chief Patrick Madahbee (Anishinabek Nation)
Deputy Grand Chief Gordon Peters (Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians)

The panel is an opportunity for students, faculty, and the public to gain greater insight into issues of contemporary and historic importance from the perspective of First Nations leaders.
Discussion will be moderated by Prof. Brady Deaton, Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (McCain Family Chair in Food Security). Contact Prof. Deaton with questions: bdeaton@uoguelph.ca.
Rozanski Hall, Room 102

Thursday At Noon Concert Series presents Angela Park and Scott St. John
2018-03-15 12:00 - 12:50 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Pianist Angela Park and violinist Scott St. John perform Schubert and Brahms. Free 50-minute concert. Everyone is welcome.
MacKinnon Building, Room 107

SES Seminar Lunch & Learn
2018-03-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Alexander Hall
Guest: Dr. Brewster Conant- Dept. of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo.
“Conceptualizing Groundwater/ Surface-Water Interactions: Processes Affecting Discharging”

Everyone is welcome to attend.

Alexander Hall, Room 218

Student Print Show and Sale
2018-03-16 - 2018-03-18 | Zavitz Hall
Students from the School of Fine Art and Music Department will be showing and selling their original lithographs, etchings, relief and screen prints.
March 16 and 17 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 pm
March 18 12:00 – 5:00 p.m.
Zavitz Hall, Room 207

Distinguished Alumni Lecture in Engineering
2018-03-16 13:30 | Richards Building, 101 Reynolds Walk
Marv DeVries, President and CEO of Trojan Technologies, will be speaking at the School of Engineering on the topic – Water: Global Issues and Opportunities.
DeVries is a proud alumni and is pleased to be back on campus to share wisdom and insight gained during his long and illustrious career in Water Resources.
Refreshments will be provided.
Richards Building, Room 3504

College Royal Open House
2018-03-17 - 2018-03-18
Visit the 94th College Royal Open House, March 17 and 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. with events such as barn tours, livestock shows, club displays, dog and cat shows, department open houses, lectures and more. Come see the diversity at the University of Guelph, bridging the gap between farm and city.
Learn more and see a full schedule of events at www.collegeroyalsociety.com

SES Grad Information Night
2018-03-19 17:30 - 19:00 | The Fifth, 50 Stone Road East, University Centre, 5th floor, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
Interested in Grad School in Environmental Sciences? Come and see if Graduate School is for you at our informal meet and greet with SES Faculty and Graduate Students. It’s your turn to ask faculty about their research. All students are welcome.Bring a friend too. Free appetizers.

Control Academic Stress: Coping with Exam Anxiety
2018-03-20 11:30 - 12:30 | Canada
Feeling anxious about tests and exams? In this session offered through McLaughlin Library’s Learning Services, we will discuss strategies to help you cope with anxiety while preparing for exams.
Please register in advance for this free event.
McLaughlin Library, Room 246A
