ONLINE: The Earth’s New Epoch - Anthropocene Debates and Anthropocene Working Group
2022-04-29 13:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) is joined by environmental historian Dr. John McNeil (Georgetown University) along with with Department of History professor and GIER affiliate Dr. Stuart McCook, as they discuss Dr. McNeil’s work on the Anthropocene Working Group tasked with making the case for the Anthropocene as a new geologic epoch.
Join us to learn about the significance of this decision, the difficulties of determining a geologic marker to signal the shifting of epochs, and a fascinating overview of how humans have, in recent history, begun refashioning Earth’s biome.
Learn more online.

One Health and Development for a World Under Pressure
2022-05-09 - 2022-05-11 | Ontario, Canada
The One Health and Development for a World Under Pressure Symposium brings together scholars, researchers and practitioners working collaboratively on One Health or development challenges at the intersection of humans, animals, plants and our shared environment.
This international, interdisciplinary symposium is jointly sponsored by the University of Guelph’s One Health Institute and the Guelph Institute of Development Studies.
The Symposium aims to showcase collaborative, transdisciplinary and cross-cutting research that:

Highlights complexities, fragilities and systemic resilience related to human, animal and environmental health problems occurring in local, national and global contexts
Emphasizes and encourages the empowerment of marginalized groups and communities
Identifies policies and pathways that may be used for addressing some of the world’s most pressing health and development challenges

The symposium will cover the following interdisciplinary themes:

One Health and Global Public Health
Multispecies Health, Equity and Justice
Policies and Governance for One Health and Development
Food, Water, Climate and Health

Learn more online.

ONLINE: 2022 ICCI Cancer Research Symposium
2022-05-12 09:00 - 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The 14th annual Cancer Research Symposium, hosted by the Institute for Comparative Cancer Investigation at the University of Guelph, is a free all-day event that highlights the cancer research taking place at the University of Guelph and from other institutions. The day consists of poster presentations, short talks from students and invited local speakers, guest speakers from many countries, and a keynote speaker to lead us in an eventful day promising to demonstrate the wide variety and novelty of cancer research taking place at the University of Guelph and around the world.
We are very excited to announce our guest speaker lineup for this year, which will commence with our Keynote Speaker, Dr. Elizabeth Murchison of the University of Cambridge Transmissible Cancer Group. Dr. Murchison studies the genetics, evolution and host interactions of clonally transmissible cancers in dogs and Tasmanian devils. Our guest speakers include Dr. Christof Bertram of the University of Veterinary Medicine in Vienna, Austria; Dr. Laszlo Radvanyi, President and Scientific Director of the Ontario Institute of Cancer Research in Toronto; and Dr. Andi Flory, Chief Medical Officer, and Lisa McLennan, Director of Clinical Studies & Biobanking for PetDx, part of the Center for Novel Therapeutics at the University of California (San Diego). We are also proud to host several of University of Guelph’s outstanding researchers along with an exciting array of student presentations in our short talks. Our poster hall will showcase ongoing cancer-related research from many departments throughout the university, and will allow attendees to interact with and ask questions of the poster presenters.
Register today by visiting the ICCI Cancer Research Symposium webpage, or contact Deirdre Stuart or Vicky Sabine at tumbank@uoguelph.ca.

ONLINE: 2022 CCSAW Research Symposium
2022-05-12 10:00 - 12:30 | Ontario, Canada
CCSAW’s popular Annual Research Symposium will be held online in a new Three Minute Thesis (3MT) style this year. This format will give you a glimpse into the many exciting animal welfare projects of our faculty and students. There will be an awards lunch afterwards at The Bullring on campus. Please email Georgia Mason (gmason@uoguelph.ca) if you wish to attend the lunch.
The symposium covers a range of disciplines from animal biosciences and veterinary medicine, to philosophy and psychology, and a range of topics related to animal welfare science, animal ethics and the role of animals in society. It provides a forum for faculty and students to share research results, techniques and ideas, and to foster discussion and collaboration among the many interested individuals and research groups from across campus and other institutions.
Register online.

ONLINE: Health in India 2047
2022-05-12 10:00 - 23:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) at the University of Guelph is hosting the India 2047 lecture series to commemorate 75 years of India’s independence.
Health in India 2047 event speakers include:

Cate Dewey (Moderator), Director of the One Health Institute and Professor in the Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph
Avni Amin, Technical Officer, Violence Against Women, WHO’s Department of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Research
Srinath Reddy, President, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI)
J. Radhakrishnan, Principal Secretary, Health, Government of Tamil Nadu

Learn more online.

ONLINE: Accessibility Conference | IDEA11y | Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility
2022-05-24 - 2022-05-26 | Ontario, Canada
It is widely understood that the practice of accessibility is about more than following a checklist. Policymakers and web, document and media creators recognize that it is critical to understand the needs of users with disabilities, include them in the design process, and ensure they can access the final product.
Yet, as public and private organizations address long overdue issues of inclusion, equity and diversity (IDE), this raises new questions for people who work in the field of accessibility: How is accessibility understood through the lens of IDE? How is accessibility impacted by IDE issues? If disability is a single facet of a person’s identity, can we be accessible if we only address accessibility needs?
The Annual Accessibility Conference welcomes both accessibility novices and experts, and encourages attendees to build communities and exchange ideas.
Presenters share practical and theoretical knowledge of:
Web, document and multimedia accessibility and other AODA-related topics

Accessibility theory, policy and compliance
Disability research and accommodation
Inclusive design
Adaptive technology
Accessible teaching and learning
Leadership in the field of accessibility
National and international accessibility issues

We seek to ensure that our programming is relevant and valuable to all attendees, including those who work in post-secondary education, the public and private sectors, as well as the general public. There’s something for everyone!
We are committed to hosting an inclusive, high-quality and affordable event.

Vote on Campus in Advance Poll for the Provincial Election
2022-05-25 10:00 - 20:00 | University Centre – Peter Clark Hall
The Ontario provincial election has officially begun. Election day is June 2.
Elections Ontario will host an advance polling station in Peter Clark Hall (University Centre Level 0) from May 25 to 27. The advance polls are open 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. each day. All Guelph residents are eligible to vote at the on-campus advance polls. Voters can park on campus free of charge May 25 and 27.
All those coming to campus are required to wear a medical-style mask as per the University’s COVID-19 safety measures.
To register to vote or for more information on what to bring with you when you vote, please visit the Elections Ontario website.

2022 CPHAZ Symposium
2022-05-25 18:00 - 19:00 | Ontario, Canada
The Centre for Public Health and Zoonoses (CPHAZ) Symposium is a two-day event that brings together all pillars and forms of public health and zoonotic disease work and research.
On May 25, join us for an in-person evening event that will feature one of our keynote speakers, Dr. Maya Goldenberg, associate professor of philosophy at the University of Guelph and a leading voice in vaccine hesitancy research.
On May 26, take part in a virtual, all-day event where you will get the chance to hear from a diverse group of speakers, including:

Dr. Angela Rasmussen, a virologist at the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the University of Saskatchewan
Dr. Andrea Osborn, a senior veterinary science specialist with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA)

This Symposium is free of charge and we welcome all to join! For a detailed schedule and to register please visit our website at www.cphaz.ca.

ONLINE: Deep Dish Dialogues - Exploring Ice Cream
2022-05-26 12:00 - 13:00 | Ontario, Canada
Get the scoop on ice cream at the next Deep Dish Dialogues! Join us to learn more about this popular sweet treat. We’ll be joined by two experts: Ajoa Mintah, founder and CEO of Four All Ice Cream and Douglas Goff, Instructor of University of Guelph’s ice cream technology course. They will show us how to make ice cream while explaining the ingredients, process and science behind it.
This event will be streamed live from the Anita Stewart Memorial Food Laboratory at the University of Guelph. Register now and you will receive the link to watch the day before the event.
Deep Dish Dialogues is a monthly live web series designed to showcase chefs and food experts diving into impactful subjects. The series is brought to you by the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute and the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management at the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics. View previous episodes of Deep Dish Dialogues on YouTube.

ONLINE: A Fireside Chat - Drs. Alexander Wong and Graham Taylor: Leaders in AI Discuss Topical Issues
2022-05-31 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Beyond his innovative research at the University of Waterloo and his co-founding of DarwinAI, Dr. Alexander Wong is known for monitoring and commenting on the latest developments and trends in Artificial Intelligence (AI) from a broad perspective including its responsible use. Dr. Graham Taylor, academic co-director of U of G’s Centre for Advancing Responsible and Ethical AI (CARE-AI), associate professor in the School of Engineering, and interim research director at the Vector Institute, is well-attuned to emerging research advancements and has an ability to contextualize their implications to society.
A conversation between these two will be a fascinating examination of topical issues that are certain to span technological and societal impact.
Learn more online.

ONLINE: Environment in India 2047
2022-06-08 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The India 2047 series from the Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement commemorates 75 years of India’s independence.
Environment in India 2047
Indigenous rights in 2047: Learning from Indigenous Himalayan Youth
Mabel Denzin Gergan, Assistant Professor of Asian Studies, Vanderbilt University
India’s cities in 2047: Climate-smart, or ecologically foolish?
Harini Nagendra, Director, Research Center & Professor, Centre for Climate Change and Sustainability, Azim Premji University
Water in India 2047: Drawing the right lessons from the past 75 years
Mihir Shah, Distinguished Professor & Chair, Water Science and Policy Programme, Shiv Nadar University
Moderator: Bharat Punjabi, Research Fellow, University of Toronto’s Global Cities Institute
Learn more and register online.
Presented by the Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) with support from:

College of Social and Applied Human Sciences
Guelph Institute of Development Studies
Guelph Institute for Environmental Research
International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
Office of International Strategy and Partnerships
One Health Institute
Ontario Veterinary College

Food systems, food safety and health with Dr. Delia Grace Randolph
2022-06-09 11:00 - 13:00 | Creelman Hall, Ontario, Canada
Join the Arrell Food Institute in partnership with the University of Guelph One Health Institute for an event with world-renowned epidemiologist, veterinarian and Arrell Global Food Innovation Research Award winner, Dr. Delia Grace Randolph.
Dr. Delia Grace Randolph will discuss a journey of several decades to provide an understanding of foodborne disease and how best to manage it. Our world is not well fed and while hunger has been decreasing over the last decades, communicable and non-communicable diseases are trending upwards. The best estimates indicate that the health burden of foodborne disease is equivalent to that of malaria, HIV/AIDs or tuberculosis and the cost to low- and middle-income countries is more than 100 billion USD a year. Most of the global health burden of foodborne disease originates in animal source food and fresh vegetables sold in the informal, traditional markets of developing countries. Alleviating this burden also benefits nutrition, incomes, equity and the environment.
This event will include a presentation and discussion with Dr. Delia Grace Randolph from 11 a.m. to noon followed by a light lunch from noon to 1 p.m.
Registration is required.

In-person Interaction: Bina Agarwal
2022-06-13 16:00 - 17:30 | University Club
Bina Agarwal, professor of Development Economics and Environment, University of Manchester, will receive an honorary degree from the University of Guelph on June 13 and deliver the convocation address on June 14. Watch the ceremonies online.
CIRCLE invites you to a celebratory reception for Bina Agarwal.
Monday, June 13, from 4 to 5:30 p.m., University Club
RSVP online.

Conversations on Slumdog Millionaire with Author Vikas Swarup
2022-06-15 19:00 - 20:30 | Ontario, Canada
CONVERSATIONS ON SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE WITH VIKAS SWARUP, FORMER DIPLOMAT and AUTHOR OF Q&A
Interviewer

Madhur Anand, Governor General’s award-winning writer and professor of ecology and environmental sciences, University of Guelph
Reema Patel, lawyer and activist who published her first novel, Such Big Dreams, in May 2022

Wednesday, June 15 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Bookshelf Cinema
41 Quebec St., Guelph
In a career spanning more than 30 years, Swarup has served in diplomatic assignments in Ankara, Washington DC, Addis Ababa, London, Pretoria and Osaka-Kobe. In February 2017 he was appointed as the High Commissioner of India to Canada. He returned to New Delhi in November 2019 and retired in June 2020 as Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.
Swarup is the author of three novels, Q&A, which was adapted as the multiple Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, Six Suspects and The Accidental Apprentice. His books have been translated into more than forty international languages.
Presented by:

Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
The Bookshelf

Supported by:
U of G Alumni Affairs & Development

ONLINE: Ontario Veterinary College Chappel Memorial Lecture with Dr. Laszlo Radvanyi
2022-06-16 12:30 - 14:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The 2022 Chappel Lecture will be presented by Dr. Laszlo Radvanyi, President and Scientific Director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR). The annual Chappel Lecture was established by 1950 OVC graduate Clifford Chappel in memory of his father, to give students and faculty the opportunity to meet internationally known scientists.
Modulation of the Immune Response in Cancer by Retroelements and Endogenous Retroviruses: New Targets for Immunotherapy
This lecture will describe how otherwise silent, non-coding regions of the human genome containing retroelements (REs) and human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are activated in human cancer and their implications. New findings in previous work, as well as recent work in Dr. Radvanyi’s lab and his international collaborative team, have found that REs and HERVs are induced in multiple cancer types and can be a source of tumour antigens triggering de novo immune responses in patients that may also be harnessed as a new target for immunotherapy. On the flip-side however, expression of these REs and HERVs in tumours can also disrupt normal immunoregulation. Recent results have found that in both pediatric and adult cancers, aberrant transcription at pericentromeric regions of chromosomes lead to the expression and secretion of RNA from REs (including LINE, SINE and HSAT) and HERVs in extracellular vesicles (EVs) that infect stromal cells and myeloid cells both in the tumour microenvironment and systemically in the body. These EVs are taken up by host cells driving DNA damage and induction of immunosuppressive innate inflammatory responses disrupting normal cellular differentiation and function of macrophages and dendritic cells. Thus, these EVs seem to be long-distance, systemic “immune disruptors” in cancer patients and alleviating this systemic immune-dysregulation may represent a new challenge and opportunity in cancer immunotherapy.
Register online.

In-person Interaction: Vikas Swarup
2022-06-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Waasamowin – Summerlee Science Complex Atrium, 474-570 Gordon St, Guelph, ON, N1G 1Y2, Canada
Vikas Swarup, former diplomat and author of Q&A will receive an honorary degree from the University of Guelph and deliver the convocation address on June 16. Watch the ceremony online.
CIRCLE invites you to a celebratory reception for Vikas Swarup on June 16 at 4 p.m. in the Summerlee Science Complex Atrium.
RSVP online.

Storied Lives: Shifting Perspectives on Poverty
2022-06-16 18:30 - 21:30 | 10C Shared Space, 42 Carden Street, Guelph, ON, N1H 3A2
Storied Lives: Shifting Perspectives on Poverty is a joint research project by the Guelph and Wellington Task Force for Poverty Elimination, the University of Guelph’s Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, and Live Work Well Research Centre. The project aims to encourage members of the public to examine their assumptions about the causes of poverty by amplifying the voices of those experiencing poverty.
Using composite stories that highlight lived expertise and commentary from experts who work in fields related to poverty reduction, this podcast series shines a spotlight on structural factors that shape poverty in Ontario and beyond. The use of audio allows for a grounded and intimate approach to mobilizing knowledge about the intersectional experience of poverty.
Be the first to listen to these podcasts and join a panel discussion with key informants of this research.
Things to Consider:

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Panel Discussion at 7 p.m., Podcast Listening at 8 p.m., with a social hour to follow at 8:30 p.m.
Complimentary refreshments will be provided.
Masks are mandatory.
Due to COVID-19, attendees are encouraged to bring personal headphones & mobile devices. The Storied Lives team will supply additional audio support as needed.

In order to ensure your participation at this event, please let us know the services and supports you require so we can do our best to make arrangements in advance. For more detailed information, questions or concerns, please email storiedlives@outlook.com.
Parking is available after 6 p.m. at the Macdonell lot (34 Macdonell Street) and Market Parkade (10 Wilson Street). The event venue is located in downtown Guelph and bus routes are available.

Alumni and Reunion Week 2022
2022-06-20 - 2022-06-26 | University of Guelph
Join our biggest alumni celebration of the year! This hybrid event features virtual events June 20 – 23 and on-campus reunions June 24 – 26. Take a trip down memory lane from the comfort of your home and celebrate your time at U of G by attending one or all six virtual alumni events. Reunion groups are invited back to campus June 24 – 26 to celebrate their milestone anniversaries! Take part in reunion events, campus tours, and other social events!
See the full schedule online.

ONLINE: Alumni and Reunion Week - Cooking Class in the Anita Stewart Memorial Food Lab
2022-06-20 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join our biggest alumni celebration of the year! This hybrid event features virtual events June 20 – 23 and on-campus reunions June 24 – 26.
Take a trip down memory lane from the comfort of your home and celebrate your time at U of G by attending one or all six virtual alumni events.
Cooking Class in the Anita Stewart Memorial Food Lab
In our first-ever online cooking class, Joyce of Cooking (HAFA ’07) will guide us through an evening of Summer Thai-inspired cooking! Joyce’s goal is to inspire all ages to become more involved and confident in the kitchen. She is looking forward to sharing her skills and experiences with an alumni audience hungry for continuous learning in the food world! Joyce will be broadcasting live from campus, in the Anita Stewart Memorial Food Lab!
Learn more online.

ONLINE: Alumni and Reunion Week - Alumni Trivia Night
2022-06-21 20:00 - 21:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join our biggest alumni celebration of the year! This hybrid event features virtual events June 20 – 23 and on-campus reunions June 24 – 26.
Take a trip down memory lane from the comfort of your home and celebrate your time at U of G by attending one or all six virtual alumni events.
Alumni Trivia Night
Connect with friends and fellow alumni online at our Alumni Week Trivia Night! Trivia is hosted by Kyle Tossell (K TOSS). Kyle has been doing trivia at McCabe’s Irish Pub in Guelph for over 12 years and is well known in the entertainment world! With over 1,500 entertainment events under his belt, his work has been heard on z103.5, 91.5 The Beat as well as others! K TOSS is sure to get this U of G-themed trivia night party started!
Trivia Details and Rules:

Trivia will be hosted on Zoom
A maximum of 40 teams can register
Teams can consist of 1-10 members
All team members must register – please include your team name upon registration
There will be TWO rounds of trivia with a short intermission between rounds
Each team must select a captain who will submit trivia answers online on behalf of their team
Teams are asked to coordinate around trivia answers outside of Zoom
Team up safely with individuals from your household or use platforms such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messager, Text, etc. to communicate with your teammates
Winning teams will receive a U of G prize pack

Learn more online.

ONLINE: Alumni and Reunion Week - Career Growth Mindset Webinar with Experiential Learning Hub
2022-06-22 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join our biggest alumni celebration of the year! This hybrid event features virtual events June 20 – 23 and on-campus reunions June 24 – 26.
Take a trip down memory lane from the comfort of your home and celebrate your time at U of G by attending one or all six virtual alumni events.
Career Growth Mindset Webinar with Experiential Learning Hub
Learn how to foster a career growth mindset with Nicola Edwards, career advisor at U of G.
Nicola will discuss how a career growth mindset can help you to discover what is possible, how you can grow your employability, level up your professionalism and uncover more of what you want in your career.
This is a collaborative event with the Experiential Learning Hub and U of G Alumni!
This webinar is open to alumni of all grad years and professional backgrounds!
Learn more online.

ONLINE: Alumni and Reunion Weekend - Don't Worry, Be Happy Webinar
2022-06-23 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join our biggest alumni celebration of the year! This hybrid event features virtual events June 20 – 23 and on-campus reunions June 24 – 26.
Take a trip down memory lane from the comfort of your home and celebrate your time at U of G by attending one or all six virtual alumni events.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy Webinar
Learn how to create your own personal ‘happiness plan’ with Dr. Natalie Evans. What is happiness? In this webinar, we’ll examine:

Some common beliefs about what happiness is and isn’t, and how we can get more of it in our lives.
Why sometimes what we believe will make us happy doesn’t, and how to identify our own sources of happiness.
A brief overview of some key theories and research findings will provide some guidance in the development of your own personalized happiness plan.
Some helpful resources to perform your own ‘happify’ experiments.

Learn more online.

ONLINE: Deep Dish Dialogues with Chef Joseph Shawana
2022-06-23 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The next episode of Deep Dish Dialogues airs Thursday, June 23 at noon. In this episode, Chef Joseph Shawana will tell us about his work as an Indigenous chef and educator. We’ll learn about Indigenous cuisine and food history while Joseph prepares a baked chicken with pesto made from wild ramps and maple syrup. Join Joseph and Arrell Scholars Regan Zink and Margarita Fontecha for this special lunchtime event during National Indigenous History Month.
Deep Dish Dialogues is an online monthly event series that showcases chefs and food experts and dives into impactful subjects. Each episode features new guests and a recipe connected to the topic. The audience has the chance to learn how to make new dishes while learning more about food, sustainability and our communities. This series is brought to you by the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute and the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management at the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics.
Learn more online.

ONLINE: Alumni and Reunion Week - Alumni Wine Night hosted by Southbrook Winery
2022-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join our biggest alumni celebration of the year! This hybrid event features virtual events June 20 – 23 and on-campus reunions June 24 – 26.
Take a trip down memory lane from the comfort of your home and celebrate your time at U of G by attending one or all six virtual alumni events.
Wine Night – hosted by Southbrook Winery
Cheers to your memories made at U of G! Connect with classmates and fellow alumni online in a virtual Wine Tasting Night! Registration closes June 13 to allow time for shipping!
Join us for Alumni Wine Night hosted by Southbrook Winery! The winery is owned and operated by OAC’79 graduates Bill and Marilyn Redelmeier. Southbrook specializes in organic, biodynamic wine that uses less water, less energy, no synthetic pesticides, no chemical fertilizer, no bioengineering and no genetic modification. Organic agriculture results in more biodiversity, conserves more water, and improves soil health.
The wines in this event include:

2020 Estate Vidal Orange
2019 Landry Vineyard Riesling
2018 Triomphe Merlot

Learn more online.

Reunion Weekend 2022
2022-06-24 - 2022-06-26 | University of Guelph
Join our biggest alumni celebration of the year! This hybrid event features virtual events June 20 – 23 and on-campus reunions June 24 – 26.
Reunion groups are invited back to campus June 24 – 26 to celebrate their milestone anniversaries! Take part in reunion events, campus tours and other social events!
Learn more online.

ONLINE Speaker Panel: Translational Health Research
2022-06-30 10:00 - 11:30 | Ontario, Canada
OVC is pleased to invite you to our Translational Health Research speaker panel to be held at this year’s Graduate Student Research Symposium. Translational Health research unites basic science, veterinary medicine research and human health research. Hear from a panel of University of Guelph faculty, alumni and students as they discuss how their research brings scientific discoveries from the lab to the clinic and the benefit for animal and human health.
This event is free and open to the public. Register online.

Science in India 2047
2022-07-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Ontario, Canada
Adventure and skepticism: Building scientific temper in India
Gagandeep Kang, Professor, The Welcome Trust Research Laboratory Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore
Transforming science education towards innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability
Sonam Wangchuk, Founding Director, Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh
Science, state and the citizen
Jahnavi Phalkey, Founding Director, Science Gallery Bengaluru
Moderator: Julie Vale
Associate Professor, School of Engineering, University of Guelph
Presented by: Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
For more information and registration, visit: https://uoguel.ph/India2047-7

Hear, Here Arboretum - Share Your Stories
2022-07-20 11:00 - 14:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Students from the University of Guelph’s History Department (College of Arts) are collecting memories about local history in the Arboretum at Guelph – and you can help by telling your story!
Experiential Learning Students of HIST 3650 invite local community members to share stories for inclusion in an online digital archive and audio walking tour. Participants will be invited to the Arboretum to partake in a 30–45-minute interview.
The goal of the research project is to create an online resource of oral, local history to create an audio walking tour for visitors to the Arboretum, and to prepare history students for work in the public sphere. These students will be busy researching specific areas of the Arboretum and are eager to hear your personal stories throughout its 50-year history. Sites of interest include, but are not limited to:

Harrison House
Gene Banks
The Gosling Wildlife Gardens
The Italian Garden
The Japanese Garden
The Reflecting Pool
The Wisahkotewinowak Tea Garden
Zavitz Pines
Memorial Grove
C. Taylor Nature Centre

Learn more about the Hear, Here project.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Kim Martin
Department of History
University of Guelph
email: kmarti20@uoguelph.ca
This project has been reviewed by the Research Ethics Board for compliance with federal guidelines for research involving human participants. If you have questions regarding your rights and welfare as a research participant in this study (REB# #22-06-006), please contact:
Manager, Research Ethics
University of Guelph
reb@uoguelph.ca
(519) 824-4120 (ext. 56606).

ONLINE: Environment Bound with GIER – The World As We Knew It
2022-08-10 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
“At a time when our planet is experiencing terrifying and unprecedented levels of change, what corresponding transformations have you witnessed in your own lives, yards, neighborhoods, jobs, relationships or mental health?”
Join the Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) as we welcome Amy Brady and Tajja Isen to discuss of their new anthology, The World As We Knew It, and answer questions about the daily and personal effects of climate change, and how storytelling can be an essential part of combating climate change. Hear about this intimate portrait of a climate-changed world, a collection of voices describing lives and memories of familiar activities and places that have been transformed in small and large ways.
Register online.

IF 2022 - Improvisational Arts Festival
2022-08-26 19:00 - 2022-08-27 19:00 | Branion Plaza and Online, Ontario, Canada
IF 2022 is an 24-hour online improvisational arts festival. Now in its third year, this free, multi-disciplinary festival showcases new, improvised performances from 150+ artists from 20+ countries around the world. Featuring jazz legends (Wadada Leo Smith, William Parker), renowned composers (Evelyn Glennie, Susan Alcorn), acclaimed poets (Lorna Crozier and George Elliott Clarke) and some of the most exciting musicians, filmmakers, dancers, poets, comedians and unclassifiable creators working today, IF 2022 is a celebration of the power of in-the-moment creation: the joy and magic of finding a way out of no way.
This year’s theme, “Towards New Futures: Improvising in Transition,” speaks to a current feeling of being in transition between pandemic life and post-pandemic life. It invites our performers and audience alike to re-imagine the world around them and spark positive change.
In addition to its online-only programming, IF 2022 features a free, in-person closing performance by Toronto-based Japanese drumming ensemble Nagata Shachu at Branion Plaza (University of Guelph campus, just outside of the University Centre) on Aug. 27th at 6 p.m. This performance will also be streamed as part of IF 2022 at improvfest.ca/watch.
To view the full line-up and learn more about IF 2022, visit our website: https://improvfest.ca/
