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Thinking Spaces presents Improv for Scientists: Joanne O’Meara and Shoshanah Jacobs in Conversation
2022-12-08 13:00 - 14:30 (America/Toronto) | ONLINE and IN-PERSON, Ontario, Canada
Thinking Spaces: The Improvisation Reading Group and Speaker Series is pleased to present “Improv for Scientists”: Joanne O’Meara in conversation with Shoshanah Jacobs. This event will take place on Thursday, December 8 at 1 p.m. in person (Mackinnon building, room 103, University of Guelph) as well as streamed online (via Zoom). A moderated Q&A will follow the talk.
If you are interested in attending online, please register via https://uoguel.ph/thinkingspacesimprovforscientists. A Zoom link will be sent to your email the day before the event.
More about this talk
Improvisational exercises have been a key element of theatre training for decades. With minor modification, these same exercises can be used in training scientists (and future scientists) to be better communicators. I’ll discuss my use of improv with our physics majors at U of G and give some examples of the science-y twists we throw on the activities to suit our purposes.
More about our speakers
Joanne O’Meara has been a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Guelph for more than 20 years, serving for almost 10 of those years as the associate chair (undergraduate). Joanne earned her PhD in medical physics from McMaster University and has since transitioned to a focus on physics education in her scholarly work. She is an award-winning educator with a deep commitment to her students. Her most recent project involves the launch of a non-profit organization, Royal City Science, with the ultimate goal of building a new, state-of-the-art, science centre for southwestern Ontario.
Dr. Shoshanah Jacobs takes a systems approach to answering questions that are relevant within the communities that they work with. It means that they spend a lot of time learning about other disciplines. Their research expertise includes eco-physiology and biomimetics (AKA biomimicry) and they apply this training to help communities develop nature-inspired solutions to challenges. They have worked with the community of Guelph in identifying ways to accessibly reduce the use of single-use plastics, and have tracked the way that personal-protective equipment (PPE) moves through and away from the waste stream to affect wildlife around the world. Dr. Jacobs started the BioM Knowledge Access Lab research group in 2012 to make science knowledge more accessible to community members and to engage the community in designing more inclusive ways of collecting information. They are an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrative Biology. Ask them why Gentoo Penguins are simply the best.

Winter Season Launch at the Art Gallery of Guelph
2023-01-19 18:30 - 20:30 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Join us on Thursday, January 19, at 6:30 p.m., for the launch of the Art Gallery of Guelph’s winter season. This season features three exhibitions that consider the importance of expanding political, personal and perceptual imaginations at this moment.
Together, Mary Kelly: To Witness the Future, Insoon Ha: Dirge, and Jason Lujan: Under a Star-Filled Sky speak to the critical role of art and visual culture in social change as forms of activism, healing and knowledge-building.
All welcome; refreshments will be served.
Learn more at https://artgalleryofguelph.ca/events/winter-season-launch/
Image detail: Mary Kelly, We don’t want to set the world on fire, detail, 2019, Duratrans print in LED light box, 172.4 x 115.25 x 7 cm. Courtesy of Mitchell-Innes & Nash, New York.

Guelph Gryphons 13th Annual "Frosty Mug"
2023-01-19 19:00 - 21:30 | Sleeman Centre, 50 Woolwich St,, Guelph, N1H 3T9
Guelph Gryphon Men’s Hockey Team vs. the Laurier Golden Hawks
“The Frosty Mug” is the Guelph Gryphons annual men’s varsity hockey game played at the Sleeman Centre. This event helps students, alumni, families, faculty, staff and corporate partners to re-connect with the University of Guelph.
The fan experience at this event is second-to-none as is the quality of the hockey that fans get to witness on the ice! The majority of players have had successful careers at the CHL level.
Tickets: https://gryphons.ca/tickets
Watch the game live online: https://oua.tv
Sponsored by: Axiom Mortgage Solutions

Gathering Hope: Evidence and Inspiration for Environmental Action
2023-01-25 15:30 - 17:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join the Kinross Chair in Environmental Governance for a virtual panel discussion on evidence-based hope and environmental solutions. Kinross Chair Stephanie Cairns will moderate a discussion with high-profile panelists, including keynote speaker Dr. Elin Kelsey, author of Hope Matters.
“…because we only hear about problems, we’re missing the evidence of things that are moving in a positive direction. And what that ends up doing is it causes us to feel like all of our hard work is for naught…we’re at the starting line.”
— Dr. Elin Kelsey on CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks
Keynote
Dr. Elin Kelsey is a scholar and thought-leader for the evidence-based hope and climate solutions movement. She is the author of Hope Matters: Why Changing the Way We Think is Critical to Solving the Environmental Crisis (Greystone Books, 2020). Recognizing the crucial role of climate emotions to climate engagement, she works on a range of collaborative projects with researchers, artists, journalists, educators and youth. Kelsey is passionate about bringing science-based stories of hope and multi-species resilience to the public through workshops around the world.
Moderator
Stephanie Cairns, MSc is the 2022-23 Kinross Chair in Environmental Governance, a knowledge exchange chair which connects the academic focus of University of Guelph programs with real-world environmental governance initiatives, programs and practice. She has been advancing environmental solutions for over three decades, working with many of Canada’s leading NGOs, policy institutes, expert panels, and political leaders on the topics of circular economy, climate and clean energy, natural capital, and ecological restoration.
Panelists
Abhay Singh Sachal is a Canadian humanitarian, environmentalist, and activist who believes that engagement in dialogue and conversation can serve to spark change around the world. After a trip to the Arctic in 2016, he founded Break The Divide Foundation, a non-profit organization that connects youth around the world, fostering empathy and understanding to inspire local youth action projects in communities. Sachal sits on the Environmental and Climate Change Canada Youth Council and was recently named one of Canada’s Top 25 Under 25 Environmentalists.
Jacquie Hutchings is a chemical engineering graduate from the University of Waterloo with a passion for environmental sustainability. After graduating and looking for new opportunities, Hutchings and her classmate Kayli Dale decided they couldn’t live and work in a world where the climate crisis was not a priority. They teamed up to found Friendlier, a reusable food packaging company. Friendlier now supports over 150 businesses across Ontario and the founders have been included on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for 2023 in the Social Impact category.
Jane McDonald is the senior vice-president at the advisory firm Climate and Nature Solutions. Her 20+ years of experience as an executive in the environmental sector include serving as Policy Director for the Canadian Minister of Environment and Climate Change, leading two of Canada’s major sustainability think tanks, and advocating for renewable energy growth in the corporate world. McDonald currently serves as a board director of the Transition Accelerator and was named one of Foresight Canada’s 20 Women Leading Clean Tech 2022.
Trennon Wint is a bachelor of science student at the University of Guelph studying wildlife biology and conservation with a minor in applied geomatics. He has always been fascinated with the natural world and has found a sense of community in the way that nature brings people together. On campus, Wint has volunteered as a bird-of-prey handler and outreach representative at Wild Ontario, conducted research on droughts and precision agriculture, and worked as a research assistant with the Ontario Public Interest Research Group to address social and environmental concerns.
Learn more at https://csahs.uoguelph.ca/events/2023/01/gathering-hope-evidence-and-inspiration-environmental-action

Landcape Architecture Guest Lecture: "The Works of West 8" by Adriaan Geuze
2023-02-13 13:00 - 14:00 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture entitled “The Works of West 8” by Adriaan Geuze. Adriaan is the Principal and Founder of West 8 in the Netherlands. West 8 is an award-winning international office for urban design and landscape architecture, founded in 1987 with offices in Rotterdam, North America and Belgium.
All are welcome to attend the lecture.

Gryphon Pizza Day
2023-02-28 11:00 - 23:00 | Ontario, Canada
Join us for the 5th annual Gryphon Pizza Day in support of She’s Got Game sponsored by Domino’s Guelph.
On Pizza Day, $4 from every large cheese or pepperoni pizza sold will go to support women’s athletics scholarships and programs at the University of Guelph.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE
In-person:
Purchase a large pizza for $7.99 (cheese or pepperoni only) on February 28 between 11 a.m. and 11 p.m. from any Guelph Domino’s location.
Participating locations:

304 Stone Rd W. | 519-837-3030
585 Eramosa Rd | 519-836-3030
206 Silvercreek Pkwy N. | 519-763-3030
23 Wellington Street East | 226-887-3030
On-campus: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Branion Plaza (outside of the UC)

Pre-order/online ordering
If you want to pre-order please email dominospizzaguelph@rogers.com before 5 p.m. on Monday, February 27. Provide your full name, phone number, time of pick-up and use code “Game”.

2023 Marcel Ali Lecture in Aquatic Biology
2023-02-28 13:00 - 15:00 | Alexander Hall
The College of Biological Science is proud to host Prof. Holly A. Shiels (Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester) as the keynote speaker of the 2023 Marcel Ali Lecture in Aquatic Biology.
From Oil Spills to Air Pollution: The Heartbreak of PAHs
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) derive from fossil fuels and enter aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems where they are cardiotoxic. This seminar will begin with marine oil spills and the evidence pointing to the 3-ringed PAH – phenanthrene – as a key cardiotoxicant for fish and aquatic invertebrates. The data will show how exposure to this single but ubiquitous pollutant disrupts cellular function in cardiomyocytes leading to changes in whole organ function. These effects increase susceptibility to life-threatening arrhythmias and mechanistically link an abundant pollutant to cardiac health risk. As global levels of fossil-fuel based pollution continue to rise, the vertebrate cardiotoxicity discussed here also serves as a portend for human health.
Join us in-person (ALEX 200) or online (https://zoom.us/j/95799778017?pwd=[REDACTED] Meeting ID: 957 9977 8017; Passcode: [REDACTED]
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND!
For questions about this event, email tgillis@uoguelph.ca.

Giving Games 2023 - Support Canadian Blood Services
2023-03-01 10:00 - 13:00 | University Centre, 150 Research Ln, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
Introducing the Giving Games! This competition, running from Feb. 27 to March 24, is between Ontario universities to see which school can “give” the most.
There are 3 ways to “give”:

1 point: booking an appointment to donate blood (130 Silvercreek Pkwy. N.)
1 point: joining the stem cell registry (in the University Centre during select dates)
2 points: posting on Instagram (tag @UoGCBS and #GivingGames2023)

The winning school that ‘gives’ the most will receive the trophy! U of G participants will be entered to win raffle prizes. Don’t forget, participating will also help to save lives!
More information on our Instagram @UoGCBS. This competition is run by the Canadian Blood Services Ontario NextGen Volunteer Teams.

The Art of Health Winter Workshop Series: Workshop #2
2023-03-01 12:00 - 13:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Come and learn about the exciting intersections between theatre and psychotherapy! Curiosity is encouraged.
It is difficult for many to find words to express the healing qualities that theatrical processes can bring. You are invited to come to join drama therapist Cassandra Brennan in exploring this relationship as well as the ways drama therapy seeks to facilitate both inner and systemic change.
This experiential workshop will introduce participants to the core processes of drama therapy and discuss their use in therapeutic and research contexts.
Learn more and register.

Landcape Architecture Guest Lecture "Think Different, Plan Different, Change Outcomes - Rural Development Planning in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Colombia" by James DobbinThe Works of West 8" by Adriaan Geuze
2023-03-02 13:00 - 14:00 | 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 entitled “Think Different, Plan Different, Change Outcomes – Rural Development Planning in Tanzania, Mozambique, and Colombia”, by James Dobbin.
James is the founder of Dobbin International (DI), a global leader in strategic spatial development planning of land, coast, and ocean environments. Mr. Dobbin has led projects in 106 countries in national, transnational, and local regions. The geographic range of his work has covered large regions in Canada, the United States, the Caribbean Region, Central and South America, the Mediterranean, the Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, and East Asia.
His clients include government, private sector (e.g., agriculture, forestry, tourism, infrastructure, mining), international financial entities (the World Bank, IFC), UN organizations, and nongovernmental organizations. All are welcome to attend the lecture.
Learn more here.

φαινω: Exploring an Ancient World of Creativity
2023-03-04 10:00 - 16:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
GCS Presents: φαινω: Exploring an Ancient World of Creativity
This free event is a vital component of engagement with the material taught in the Classical Studies program. The event will be split into two days; Friday, March 3rd, 2023 being a participatory “show & tell” of art, poetry, music, dance, and anything that does not fit the traditional lecture structure. This will give students a chance to showcase their work. The “lecture series” portion will be occurring on March 4, featuring lectures from Dr. John Walsh, Dr. Jay Oliver, Dr. Sally Hickson, Max Cull, and Colton Gobbo.
We are hoping that students will have a newfound perspective on the study of Classics and how its methodologies are rapidly shifting.

Tynecastle Park, Edinburgh - The future of football architecture?
2023-03-06 14:00 - 15:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us for a fascinating talk on historical and recent events in Scottish football architecture.
Focusing on Edinburgh’s Tynecastle Park, the key issue is the survival of historical inner-city sports arenas and the quest to make football architecture more sustainable. The talk also highlights the importance of Archibald Leitch, the Scotsman who defined modern football architecture more than any other individual in the UK. The talk will briefly address some cultural connections between Scotland and the Norwegian south-west coast, where the guest speaker grew up.
Even Smith Wergeland is an associate professor at the Oslo School of Architecture and Design in Norway. His main fields of teaching are architectural history and architectural preservation. He directs the school’s executive master’s programme in architectural heritage and is currently the head of the Oslo Centre for Critical Architectural Studies. His research covers a number of topics, including urban mobility, garden cities, sports architecture, cultural heritage and contemporary venues for cultural production.
This event will be hosted live on Zoom and the link will be posted on the Eventbrite page and emailed to all registered attendants 24 hours before the event begins.
The event is sponsored by the Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Guelph.
Event image: Hearts vs Tottenham at Tynecastle Park, August 11, 2011.

Honouring International Women's Day Conference 2023: Research, Recognize & Reimagine!
2023-03-08 09:00 - 17:00 | University Centre – Peter Clark Hall
Join us on Wednesday, March 8 by registering for our free, hybrid conference, “Honouring International Women’s Day 2023: Research, Recognize & Reimagine!”
With a particular focus on interdisciplinary research related to the challenges faced by underrepresented and marginalized folks, this conference will feature excellent keynote discussions, student presentations on current research addressing a breadth of influential topics impacting women and girls, a spoken word performance, and a Feel & Heal Workshop: Incorporating Joy in Activism! A light breakfast and hot lunch will be provided to those attending in-person.
You may register for in-person attendance or virtual attendance using the registration links below:

To attend in-person – register at https://uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_03fjAnvrGjabB78
In-person Registration Deadline: Friday, March 3 11:59 p.m. ET
To attend online – register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/honouring-international-womens-day-conference-2023-tickets-544615137537
Online Registration Deadline: Tuesday, March 7 at 11:59 p.m. ET
To volunteer during the conference – sign-up at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11RSPQLnJRkpjyrq8_pBwxB9JYFCfHevN9xJ8fGP4O4s/edit?usp=sharing

Odditorio | A Performative Art Installation
2023-03-11 10:00 - 20:00 | George Luscombe Theatre – MacKinnon Building
Odditorio | A Performative Installation links the reinvention of awe for the audience through merging the use historic devices with modern technology to create the brilliant sights and sounds that will immerse the spectator in the artwork. Odditorio is an interactive art installation inspired by the story Sweeney Todd. A multi-year project, it brings together his artistic practices and interests in immersion, spectatorship, intermedia, wonder, and the merging of historical and contemporary technologies.
Odditorio is a performative art installation. It exists both as an art installation to be viewed in an exhibition space and as a performative work that is viewed by an audience.
Therefore, we have built the following schedule for both exhibition and performances. Prior to both performances audiences are welcome to come view the space as an artwork before seeing the scheduled performance.
Learn more and register here.

Hopper Lecture: Dr. Naila Kabeer - The Broader Story of Progress: Building Collective Action on the Margins: Gender Perspectives from South Asia
2023-03-16 16:00 - 18:00 | ONLINE and IN-PERSON, Ontario, Canada
How do women create change through collective action?
Hear reflections on collective action from Dr. Naila Kabeer, professor of Gender and International Development at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Kabeer will draw from her experience researching how changes occur on the ground through collective action by women and their allies, particularly from marginalized groups, in the South Asian context.
The Broader Story of Progress – Building Collective Action on the Margins: Gender Perspectives from South Asia
March 16
4 to 6 p.m.
Online and in-person at the University of Guelph
Learn more and register: https://uoguel.ph/Hopper-2023
Hosted by the Guelph Institute of Development Studies and sponsored by the International Development Research Centre.

The Winegard Visiting Lectureship in Physics with Dr. Donna Strickland
2023-03-16 18:00 - 20:00 | Athletics Centre, 150 Reynolds Walk, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Join us for the Winegard Visiting Lectureship in Physics with Dr. Donna Strickland, Professor and Nobel Prize laureate, for a lecture on nonlinear optics to high-intensity laser physics.
The laser increased the intensity of light that can be generated by orders of magnitude and thus brought about nonlinear optical interactions with matter. Chirped pulse amplification, also known as CPA, changed the intensity level by a few more orders of magnitude and helped usher in a new type of laser-matter interaction that is referred to as high-intensity laser physics.
Dr. Donna Strickland is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Waterloo and is one of the laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 for developing chirped pulse amplification with Gérard Mourour.
Registration required by March 9.
Learn more at https://alumni.uoguelph.ca/events/events-listing/2023-winegard-lecture-with-dr-donna-strickland.

Xenakis @ 100
2023-03-17 19:00 - 20:30 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Xenakis @ 100: Music for percussion and multi-channel electroacoustics with video by acclaimed composer-architect Iannis Xenakis. Learn more about the event here.
When: March 17, 2023
Time: Workshop @ 4:00 pm ET
Concert @ 7:00 pm ET
Free
Musicians:
Richard Burrows, percussion
Daniel Morphy, percussion
Yang Chen, percussion
Sound technicians:
James Harley
Lisa Conway
Location: ImprovLab, Mackinnon Building, University of Guelph (50 Stone Road E., Guelph, ON.)
Note: there will be an open workshop with the guest percussionists at 4:00 p.m., ImprovLab. All are welcome.
Support from:
UG College of Arts Research Fund, Andrew Bailey, Associate Dean, Research and Graduate Studies
UG School of Fine Art and Music, Martin Pearce, Director

Yoga and Meditation with Selam Debs
2023-03-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Join Selam Debs at the Art Gallery of Guelph as she guides you through an evening of movement and meditation to nourish your mind, body, and soul. This offering for the Black, Indigenous and racialized community is a Pay-What-You-Can event, with all proceeds going to support the BIPOC Outdoor Gear Library.
Learn more and register here.
Selam Debs is known for her infectious love of yoga, rooted in radical self-acceptance, deep love, self-examination, present moment awareness and seeing people as they are with radical compassion. Selam is also an Anti-Racism Educator, passionate about advocating for the rights of Black, Indigenous and Racialized people, and educating communities on racial justice, antiracism, and equity.
The BIPOC Outdoor Gear Library is a community-based lending library focused on providing access to outdoor equipment, working to increase representation of BIPOC communities engaging in outdoor recreation by reducing barriers to access, creating community, and providing resources and education.

HPC Physical Well-Being Series: Working Through Menopause
2023-03-22 12:15 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Although the transition from peri-menopause to menopause is a normal part of every woman’s life, many of the changes can be very disruptive. It doesn’t have to be that way! Women may experience symptoms of peri-menopause beginning in their early 40’s and continue to experience symptoms into their 50’s. Simple nutritional and lifestyle modifications can have a big impact on the experience of menopause and beyond.
Let’s change the narrative on menopause to make it a time of empowerment and personal growth.
During this seminar, we will discuss the following:

The common symptoms of peri-menopause/menopause and how they affect our bodies
Evidence informed tools to address common concerns including hot flashes, disruptions in mood, sleep and concentration
Life after menopause and risk factors for osteoporosis and cardiovascular disease
Answer questions

Register now! You can submit questions when you register that will be answered during the talks. We look forward to this enlightening discussion with you!
About the Facilitator:
Dr. Kristina Brooks, ND is a naturopathic doctor on campus at the Health and Performance Centre. Dr. Brooks completed her Bachelor of Science at the University of Guelph and went on to complete her medical training at the Canadian College of Naturopathic Medicine in Toronto. Using an evidence informed approach, she uses tools such as functional foods, botanical medicine, acupuncture and healthy lifestyle modification to address an individual’s concerns. With 15 years of experience in an integrative setting, she understands the importance of collaborating with an individual’s existing team of medical professionals to optimize health outcome. Within the team at the HPC, Dr. Brooks’ role is to support foundational health and remove obstacles to wellness and recovery. She strives to provide patients with the necessary tools and knowledge to address both current health concerns, in addition to the prevention of future disease and injury.

BAS Program 20th Anniversary Celebration
2023-03-22 16:00 - 17:00 | University Centre – Peter Clark Hall
On Wednesday March 22nd the College of Arts Community is invited to join in two events to celebrate the the BAS program and its students.
Event #1: ASCI 4010 Research Poster Presentation
Location: UC Courtyard from 12:30 to 3:00pm
Event #2: Public Lecture “AI Futures, embodied computing, and Creativity” by Professor Isabel Pedersen, Director of the Digital Life Institute at the Ontario Tech University.
Location: Clark Hall, UC, at 4:00pm
The first event will a presentation in the UC Courtyard from 12:30 to 3:00pm of research posters created by past ASCI 4010 classes illustrating their 4th year research projects.
Refreshments provided. Come join the celebration and learn more here.

Walk and Talk: Curatorial Tour of Creative Dissent and Mary Kelly: To Witness the Future
2023-03-22 18:30 - 20:00 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Join us at the Art Gallery of Guelph as AGG Director Shauna McCabe and artist/educator Pearl Van Geest offer a talk and tour of the exhibitions Creative Dissent and Mary Kelly: To Witness the Future.
Emerging from Mary Kelly’s long engagement with activist movements, To Witness the Future brings together the artist’s recent work in forms including video, light box photographs, and her signature lint “paintings.” Creative Dissent expands on this exploration of the visual culture of protest, focusing on a diversity of textile-based work created in and through mobilization, participation, and action.
Learn more about the tour here.

HeforShe at U of G with Olympic Soccer Diana Matheson
2023-03-22 19:00 - 20:30 | Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre – Events Centre
Join us on Wednesday, March 22nd and celebrate the strength and resilience of our community. The evening will include a keynote speaker and presentations of scholarship and award winners.
Two-time Olympic bronze medalist & former professional soccer player Diana Matheson will keynote UofG’s annual HeForShe gender equity event.
Matheson, perhaps best known for scoring the game-winning goal in the bronze medal match in the 2012 London Olympic Games, is also the co-founder of Project 8, an initiative to help launch Canada’s first women’s professional soccer league. During her keynote, Matheson will discuss the gender equity challenges that women athletes face in professional sports. A timely topic as Canada’s women’s soccer team is currently protesting their pay in comparison to the men’s national team.
Hosted by U of G’s Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics (Lang), School of Engineering and Gryphon Football, the annual HeForShe event also includes a community impact award, which recognizes a local business’s efforts to improve gender equality, and scholarships for students to recognize their leadership.
The doors open for the event at 6:30PM, which formally begins at 7:00PM. Learn more about the event here.
About the HeForShe Initiative
HeForShe is a solidarity campaign for the advancement of gender equality, initiated by UN. Its goal is to achieve equality by encouraging all genders to partake as agents of change and take action against negative stereotypes and behaviours. Grounded in the idea that gender inequality is an issue that affects all people—socially, economically and politically—it seeks to actively involve men and boys in a movement that was originally conceived as “a struggle for women by women”.

Telling our Global Stories
2023-03-23 11:00 - 12:15 | Interdisciplinary Hub – MacKinnon 019, University of Guelph MacKinnon Bldg, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Join this interactive session with Stuart McCook, Assistant Vice-President International, Office of International Strategy and Partnerships & Professor, Department of History, University of Guelph.
Learn more and register.

Deep Dish Dialogues explores Food Waste
2023-03-23 12:00 - 13:00 | MacDonald Institute, 68 MacDonald Street, Guelph, Ontario, N1G1Y1, Canada
Chef Jagger Gordon of Feed It Forward will be the featured chef in Deep Dish Dialogues on March 23.
Chef Jagger will be preparing a meal made from food that would normally go to waste while in conversation with Professor Bruce McAdams. They will be discussing food waste, food insecurity and the role chefs can play in advocacy work.
Register now to attend this event online or in-person at the Anita Stewart Memorial Food Lab at the University of Guelph on Thursday, March 23 from noon to 1 p.m.

Kenneth R. Farrell Distinguished Public Policy Lectureship – How Women Saved Agricultural Economics and Other Ideas on Why Diversity Matters
2023-03-23 17:30 - 19:00 | Richards Building, 101 Reynolds Walk
Please join the Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics for the Kenneth R. Farrell Distinguished Public Policy Lectureship.
“How Women Saved Agricultural Economics and Other Ideas on Why Diversity Matters” will be presented by Prof. Jill McCluskey, Director and Regents Professor, School of Economic Sciences, Washington State University.
Date: Thursday, March 23, 5:30 – 7:00 p.m.
Venue: RICH 2520
Free admission and all are welcome. Learn more about the event here and to register, please RSVP to Emily Vogelman at fare@uoguelph.ca.

Donation Drive: Menstrual Hygiene Products
2023-03-27 11:30 - 13:00
Help us support our U of G students’ during Women’s History Month by donating menstrual hygiene products as we work towards ending period poverty and ending the stigma around menstruation.
Menstrual Hygiene Items that can be donated:

Tampons
Pads
Menstrual Cups

All donations will go to the Guelph Student Food Bank to support our own U of G students. Please ensure that all donated items are unopened and new.
For each item, you donate you will be entered into a draw to win a $25 Hospitality Services gift card. There is no limit to the number of donations, nor the number of times you are entered into the prize draw.
Questions? Please email wellnessatwork@uoguelph.ca
What is period poverty?
People who experience period poverty are unable to purchase the menstrual products they need, and, in many cases, this means that they cannot go to school or work or otherwise participate in daily life. Or it may mean that those who menstruate are not replacing products with new ones at appropriate timeframes, putting them at risk of infections and even toxic shock syndrome.
In 2020, close to 25% of menstruating Canadians and about 33% of those younger than 25 faced financial hardship in securing “menstrual products for themselves or their dependants.” In that same year, it was estimated that “Canadians who menstruate typically spend up to $6,000 in their lifetime on menstrual hygiene products.” For women who live in remote or rural Canadian areas, the cost is even heftier — women pay twice as much for menstrual products.”
One way U of G has worked towards ending period poverty is by offering products in certain campus buildings. Learn more about the CSA’s Menstrual Hygiene Initiative.
A note on language:
We use the language of “menstruating Canadians” and “those who menstruate” because not all women menstruate and not all those who menstruate are women. Not everybody who menstruates identifies as a girl or woman. Transgender men and genderqueer people who have uteruses, vaginas, fallopian tubes, and ovaries also get their periods.
What does this have to do with well-being?
There are many components to well-being, with community well-being being one of them. Community well-being speaks to ways organizations can be involved in the community and how this can improve the health and well-being of our community members, including our own U of G students! As come together to provide these donations to the Student Food Banks, we are also working towards supporting the health and well-being of our students.

Caribou Conservation and One Health in Canada - Dr. Quinn Webber
2023-03-29 13:30 - 14:20 | Waasamowin – Summerlee Science Complex Atrium, 474-570 Gordon St, Guelph, ON, N1G 1Y2, Canada
Caribou are an iconic Canadian species, but their populations are in decline throughout Canada. Anthropogenic disturbance, environmental degradation, and climate change are among the most important drivers of declines. While caribou conservation and management practices in Canada are varied, taking a One Health approach to tackling complex conservation problems could help improve resiliency of caribou populations.
Presenter: Dr. Quinn Webber
Assistant Professor | Department of Integrative Biology
College of Biological Science | University of Guelph
The One Health seminar series showcases the depth and breadth of One Health research at the University of Guelph. These 50-minute talks feature a 30-minute presentation by U of G faculty, followed by an audience Q&A. Everyone is welcome, particularly graduate students and faculty.
Learn more and register.

Arrell Food Cinema Series presents First We Eat
2023-03-30 18:30 - 21:30 | The Bookshelf Cinema, Ontario, Canada
Join us for the Arrell Food Cinema Series presentation of First We Eat, a documentary from filmmaker Suzanne Crocker about only eating locally-grown food around Dawson City, Yukon for one year.
This screening is taking place at the Bookshelf Cinema in Guelph on March 30 and will feature a panel discussion with local food systems experts following the screening. Admission is free, and registration is required via Eventbrite to reserve a seat. Your ticket will include the film screening, a panel discussion, and a post-screening reception catered by Miijidaa Café + Bistro with a cash bar and light refreshments.
The Arrell Food Cinema Series is an initiative created by Arrell Scholars. The purpose of our series is to bring food documentaries with a variety of perspectives to our local Guelph community and generate discussion about our food systems.
Learn more and register here.

In-Person: Terrific Turtles
2023-04-01 13:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum Centre, 200 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
We have 8 different amazing species of turtles in Ontario, but a frightening fact is that all 8 of these species are listed as ‘at risk’ in our province. Come and take advantage of the opportunity to meet live specimens of many of these species and learn about their individual habits and skills for surviving in nature.
At this workshop we will also cover how to identify turtle species, their habitats and ranges in Ontario. Most importantly we will teach you how to help turtles and hopefully preserve these adorable creatures for future generations to enjoy.
Fee: $60 (plus HST) per person if you register by the early bird deadline of March 24, 2023. After March 24 the fee is $70 plus HST. Learn more and register here.

In conversation: Jason Lujan with Rhéanne Chartrand (Online)
2023-04-05 18:30 - 20:00 | Ontario, Canada
This conversation invites audiences to tour Art Gallery of Guelph exhibition Under a Star-Filled Sky virtually with artist Jason Lujan and curator Rhéanne Chartrand as they discuss this particular iteration of Lujan’s creative process.
Lujan will explore how the exhibition fits the trajectory of his art-making, highlighting how this installation responds to place and collecting practices, while delving into his interest in the myriad of possibilities revealed when we open ourselves to other ways of looking, especially when uncovering the nuances of how different cultures approach each other as a result of travel and communication.
Register here and learn more.
