U of G News

Thursday Market at the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming
2019-08-22 12:30 - 16:30 (America/Toronto) | Ontario, Canada
Every Thursday afternoon, running through to the end of the growing season — think pumpkins! — the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming (GCUOF) sells certified organic produce, including vegetables, herbs and incredible flowers. This food is tasty, healthy, oh-so-local, environmentally responsible and grown by folks you know! The GUCOF is located right on U of G campus (College Ave. at Dundas Ln).
Cash only. Please bring your own bags.
How to find the GCUOF:
The farm is located off of College Avenue E. in Guelph.

Driving north on Gordon Street, turn right onto College Avenue E.
Turn right onto Dundas Lane and then a quick left into the parking lot (P18) immediately on your left.
The farm entrance is on the east side of the parking lot, back behind all the vehicles.
Look for our signs. You can park in P18 near our entrance, and walk down a short gravel lane.
If you have mobility issues, drive right in!

Closing Party for 'The Drive': Curators' Tour and Reception
2019-08-24 17:00 - 20:00 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Celebrate the final weekend of the Art Gallery of Guelph’s exhibition The Drive. Take part in a reception and tour with curators Shauna McCabe, Executive Director (Art Gallery of Guelph) and Brian Meehan, Executive Director (Museum London) and former Director (Tom Thomson Art Gallery).
Featuring works by Tom Thomson and the Group of Seven from the AGG’s permanent collections as well as work by contemporary Indigenous and Canadian artists, the exhibition will travel to the Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Confederation Centre Art Gallery, and Museum London over the course of the next two years. Refreshments and cash bar available. All are welcome to attend.

Graduate Settlement Deadline
2019-08-25 | Ontario, Canada
The deadline to submit the Graduate Settlement form for the Fall 2019 semester is August 25. Graduate students must complete the form on WebAdvisor to indicate if they will be paying their tuition and fees by payroll deduction, departmental trust fund, awards or sponsorship. Students paying their bill with personal or government (e.g., OSAP) funds are not required to complete the Graduate Settlement.
Watch our video tutorial for help completing the Graduate Settlement.

Guelph Bug Day
2019-08-25 10:00 - 17:00 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Guelph Bug Day is a fun, free, educational event for community members of all ages. Our goal is to cultivate a fascination for the very cool, very small world of insects! Come get up close and personal with our live specimens, take one (or two, or three!) guided bug-catching hikes in the expansive and beautiful grounds at the University of Guelph Arboretum, try tasty insect cuisine, put your imagination to the test with insect drawing contests and explore the variety of buggy vendors that Guelph has to offer. Also new this year are pinning workshops and a guided tour of the Honeybee Research Station! Rain or shine bring your adventuring spirit and prepare to be amazed.

Brain Food Workshop: Time Management Essentials
2019-08-27 13:00 - 16:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In this Brain Food workshop session, we address the specific time management challenges that graduate students face. Please bring your laptop, if possible.
Topics covered will include:

Graduate When You Want To: Long-term Planning: Learn how to predict your time to completion and use project management tools to help you meet your goals as a graduate student
School-Life Balance: Learn practical strategies to help you achieve school-work-life balance
Time Management from the Inside Out: Procrastination and perfectionism are common challenges for many graduate students. In this session, we will identify strategies to modify or decrease unhelpful behaviours.

Register online.

Library Tours
2019-08-28 08:00 - 14:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Drop in to take a guided tour of the library. Besides books, we have comfy study space, Starbucks, programs to help you get a head start on academic work, and lots of people to assist you with research, writing, studying and technology. Tours begin every 15 minutes.
Register online.

Graduate Student University Teaching Day (GSUTD) 2019
2019-08-28 08:00 - 16:30 | Ontario, Canada
Graduate Student University Teaching Day is a teaching development day for grad students to improve their teaching skills and build connections with other instructors at the University of Guelph. This will be the first annual Graduate Student University Teaching Day (GSUTD), which replaces the Graduate Student University Teaching Conference (GSUTC).
Choose from two concurrent workshop sessions. Each attendee will participate in a total of four workshops throughout the day. You will also hear from experienced educators in a “Spotlight Speaker Series” and a “Microteaching Masters.”
Read the complete schedule and descriptions and register on the OpenEd website.
After you register, an email will be sent to you with a link to a Qualtrics survey to finish your registration and select your four workshops. Please be sure to complete this survey.
Please note: Registration will be capped at 150 participants. There will be a waiting list in the event that spots become available. Registration closes at 11:59 p.m. on Aug. 16.
By the end of GSUTD, participants will be able to:

Feel more confident and prepared as a teaching assistant in higher education
Identify and implement diverse evidence-based teaching strategies
Connect with teaching peers to develop a teaching community for support and advice, and a network for sharing teaching challenges and successes
Locate resources to support teaching assistantship work, growth and success at the University of Guelph

Library Tours
2019-09-03 11:00 - 14:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Drop in to take a guided tour of the library. In addition to books, we have comfy study space, Starbucks, programs to help you get a head start on academic work, and lots of people to assist you with research, writing, studying and technology. Tours begin every 15 minutes.
Register online.

Student Wellness Services' new John T. Powell Building Grand Opening
2019-09-04 10:00 - 11:15, 2019-09-05 16:00 - 19:00 | Health and Performance Centre – J.T. Powell building, Ontario, Canada
Join us as we celebrate the official opening of the J.T Powell Building – the new home of Student Wellness Services! Several activities will take place as part of this event, including tours of the new facilities, an outdoor farmers market, resource table, free popcorn and a visit from the Gryph N’ Grill, which will park nearby.
Guests will be offered tours and the chance to complete a scavenger hunt within the building, visiting each of the areas to learn more about our services. Those who complete the scavenger hunt will win a voucher for free fries from the Gryph N’ Grill and will also be invited to fill out a ballot for one of five $20 Shoppers Drug Mart gift cards.
There will be a very unique, “green” photo op available in the seating area between the first and second floors, and students will be invited to share their photos via social media by tagging us for a second chance to win a Shoppers’ gift card. Everyone is welcome!

Eden Mills Writers' Festival Opening Night: In Conversation with Marina Endicott and Guy Gavriel Kay
2019-09-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Presented in partnership with College of Arts – University of Guelph and The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
In Conversation: Marina Endicott and Guy Gavriel Kay
The Eden Mills Writers Festival presents two best-selling Canadian authors for the opening night of the 2019 festival. Marina Endicott and Guy Gavriel Kay will appear on stage together for the very first time. Each a fan of the other’s work, their mutual admiration and respect will guide their discussion about the craft of writing and the role of history in their respective novels. Don’t miss the chance to hear from these two CanLit favourites!

Q&A and book signing to follow.
An Opening for the Opening: An Improvised Curtain-Raiser

The International Institute of Critical Studies in Improvisation is delighted to present a reading and improvised musical performance that will pay tribute to artistic freedom and collaboration for the opening of the festival. Garry Thomas Morse will read “high octane poems with a fast rhythm” from his new book of poetry, Safety Sand, while Matt Brubeck improvises on cello. Expect a strange kind of beauty.

Writing Tune-up Workshop: Grammar - DAY 1 of 2
2019-09-07 11:00 - 18:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, faculty and staff at the University of Guelph, as well as Guelph community members. Although you can attend either day, it is recommended that you start with Day 1. If you also wish to attend Day 2, visit the Day 2 description to register for that session on Sept. 8.
During this day-long workshop, a half-hour meal break (at 2 p.m.) and snack breaks will be on your own.
Topics covered will include:
Structuring Sentences
A review of basic information about sentences and parts of speech (recognizing nouns, verbs, etc.). The session includes discussion and examples of these guidelines:

Use parts of speech appropriately
Structure sentences using clauses and phrases
Avoid sentence fragments

Using Verbals and Modifiers
A review of the use of verbals and modifiers in writing. Writers use verbals extensively in their writing without realizing what they are or how they should be used correctly. This session discusses the use of verbals compared to verbs, as well as defining different types of modifiers and how to correct errors in their use. The session includes discussion and examples of these guidelines:

Recognize verbals compared to verbs
Place modifiers in the right spot

Punctuating Sentences
A review of the rules of punctuation. The session includes discussion and examples of these guidelines:

Use commas effectively
Use a semi-colon effectively
Use a colon effectively
Punctuate properly between sentences

Register online.

Writing Tune-up Workshop: Grammar - DAY 2 of 2
2019-09-08 11:00 - 18:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, faculty and staff at the University of Guelph, as well as Guelph community members. Although you can attend either day, it is recommended that you start with Day 1. Visit the Day 1 description to register for that session on Sept. 7.
During this day-long workshop, a half-hour meal break (at 2 p.m.) and snack breaks will be on your own.
Topics covered will include:
Correcting Grammar Errors
Avoid some of the common pitfalls of grammar. The session includes discussion and examples of these guidelines:

Make subjects and verbs agree
Don’t use myself as a replacement for I and me
Use who and whom correctly
Make comparisons clear

Avoiding Errors of Misuse
Learn some of the common errors of the misuse of words and expressions. The session includes discussion and examples of these guidelines:

Use apostrophes for possessive nouns
Don’t use it’s for possessives

Going Beyond Basic Grammar
Learn about some of the writing errors that affect clarity, meaning and tone. The session includes discussion and examples of these guidelines:

Maintain parallelism
Use active instead of passive voice
Punctuate “that” and “which” clauses correctly
Recognize when to use the three types of hyphens and dashes

Register online.

Writing in the Sciences Workshop: Writing Research Articles
2019-09-09 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This workshop series is designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills. If you’re a graduate student working on a thesis or an undergraduate student interested in graduate-level research, these workshops are for you. Register for one session or register for all six.
This session focuses on the purpose, organization and style of academic research articles in the sciences. With reference to the principles of genre and move structure analysis, we discuss strategies for writing effective introduction, method, results and discussion sections.
Register online.

Writing in the Sciences Workshop: Strengthening Your Scientific Writing Style
2019-09-09 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This workshop series is designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills. If you’re a graduate student working on a thesis or an undergraduate student interested in graduate-level research, these workshops are for you. Register for one session or register for all six.
In this session, we discuss strategies for writing clearly and concisely. We practice revising individual sentences to reduce wordiness, improve word choice and increase clarity. For this session, you can practice on excerpts from your own scientific writing or work with our examples.
Register online.

Writing in the Sciences Workshop: Writing Literature Reviews
2019-09-10 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This workshop series is designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills. If you’re a graduate student working on a thesis or an undergraduate student interested in graduate-level research, these workshops are for you. Register for one session or register for all six.
This session focuses on strategies for organizing, drafting and revising literature reviews. We discuss how to connect your literature review to your research question, how to build the structure of your review, and how to avoid some common challenges when writing in this scientific genre.
Register online.

Writing in the Sciences Workshop: Improving Grammar, Punctuation and Mechanics
2019-09-10 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This workshop series is designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills. If you’re a graduate student working on a thesis or an undergraduate student interested in graduate-level research, these workshops are for you. Register for one session or register for all six.
This session focuses on principles of grammar, punctuation and mechanics that are of interest to students in the sciences. We discuss how to identify and correct common grammar errors, how to use punctuation more effectively, and how to avoid mechanical errors and inconsistencies.
Register online.

Writing in the Sciences Workshop: Paraphrasing Effectively and Writing about Tables and Figures
2019-09-11 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This workshop series is designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills. If you’re a graduate student working on a thesis or an undergraduate student interested in graduate-level research, these workshops are for you. Register for one session or register for all six.
This session focuses on working with visuals and sources in your writing. We discuss how to integrate sources effectively without plagiarizing and how to use visuals appropriately and ethically.
Register online.

Smoking Cessation Peer Support Group
2019-09-12 12:00 - 13:00 | University Centre, 150 Research Ln, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
Drop by to speak with U of G community members and a quit coach to talk about challenges and successes on the road to becoming smoke-free. Sessions run Thursdays from noon to 1 p.m., Sept. 12 to Oct. 17, in University Centre, Room 442. For more information, email smokefree@uoguelph.ca.

Arboretum: Ecopsychology
2019-09-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Participants will have the opportunity to engage in an eight-week program that explores the principles of Ecopsychology and Eco Art Therapy. Walking through this program, participants gradually gain a deeper sense of self-value, one’s relationship with nature, and a desire to engage with Nature as a trusted and valued aspect of one’s own life.
The Ecopsychological focus here will be to open yourself to direct experiences within nature and rely on a reciprocation of experiences where you will allow Nature to gently guide your awareness through your senses. You will be challenged to learn from Nature’s wisdom in the absence of words and languages and simply rely on your non-language based senses. You will be amazed by how and what Nature reveals to you through such an approach. You will discover how Nature truly exemplifies ‘unconditional love,’ and how we can take lessons for our own lives.
In each session, participants will be introduced to new concepts that they will then apply to practical activities, then reflect both collectively and individually. This course will also explore Eco-Art activities that go beyond the barriers of artistic techniques. Participants will create pieces that they are truly proud of because of the deep experiences and meaning those pieces of art hold.
Guest Instructor: Memona Hossain
Registration
Early Bird Fee: $195 by Sept. 4.
Regular Fee: $210
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 16 adults.

Arboretum: Hawks Workshop
2019-09-13 09:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
This workshop will help you develop your skills in identifying migrating hawks, falcons, vultures, eagles and osprey. Through a wide variety of hands-on activities, you’ll learn about plumage, body shape, foraging techniques, flight patterns and migration times of 15 species. An information booklet will be provided.
Arboretum Naturalist: Chris Earley, author of Hawks and Owls of Eastern North America.
Registration
Early Bird Fee: $80 by Sept. 5.
Regular Fee: $90
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 18 adults.

Data Basics Workshop
2019-09-17 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Ever wonder what sort of data you will be dealing with? Do you find yourself lost when it’s time to prepare your data for analysis?
In this workshop, you will be introduced to the different types of data you can collect or create as well as the various ways you can collect, describe and visualize your data before data analysis. You will also be introduced to the different ways you can make inferences about your data when you’re finally ready to analyze it. This workshop is intended for those who are going to be involved with research or academic projects and want to tackle their data from the very beginning.
Register online.

Broadband to the Farm and the Politics of Rural Connectivity in America
2019-09-17 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Hear Prof. Christopher Ali, Media Studies (University of Virginia) discuss his current research project, Farm Fresh Spectrum: Rural broadband and the future of connectivity. Ali’s research examines the complicated terrain of rural broadband policy in the United States. Farm Fresh unpacks the politics of broadband policy, asking why millions of rural Americans lack broadband access and why the federal government, and large providers, are not doing more to connect the unconnected. It explores different business structures, focusing on the importance of co-operatives to provide rural broadband. It contemplates the technologies of rural broadband—from the “future proof” fiber, to the tried-tested-and-true digital subscriber line (DSL) and the rollout of the advanced cellular networks of 4G, LTE, and 5G. It examines the uses of rural broadband, focusing on precision agriculture. Finally, it analyzes the policies of rural broadband, interrogating issues of regulatory jurisdiction, authority, legitimacy, and subsidy.
This seminar is organized by the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) Speaker Series and R2B2 Project with the support of Food from Thought, a partnership of the University of Guelph and Canada First Research Excellence Fund.

Introduction to Git and GitHub Workshop
2019-09-18 10:00 - 11:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Learn about Git and GitHub and how you can use them to collaborate on research projects, write computer code, backup data and create a website.
Register online.

Powley Day Flag Raising
2019-09-19 10:00 - 11:30 | University Centre, 150 Research Ln, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
U of G’s Powley Day programming starts at 10 a.m. in front of the University Centre and includes:

Remarks from the Grand River Métis Council President and Aboriginal Resource Centre Staff
Raising of the Métis Flag

Following the formal program, all are welcome to visit the Aboriginal Resource Centre in the Federal Building for coffee, tea, snacks and conversation. Members of the Grand River Métis Council will be present.

Data Skills Workshop: Getting Data - Open Data
2019-09-19 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In this interactive course you will discover, use and describe the benefits of open data. You will learn how you can use open data in your research. This workshop is for anyone that has little to some knowledge about open data. At the end of the workshop, you will know how to access free data after your academic career and be knowledgeable about working with it!
Register online.

Academic Writing Style Workshop
2019-09-19 13:30 - 16:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Attend this free library workshop to improve your ability to write academically.
Topics covered will include:

Writing cohesive paragraphs
Crafting and connecting effective sentences
Eliminating wordiness
Improving clarity

Open to all graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, faculty and staff.
Register online.

Soils at Guelph Launch
2019-09-19 14:00 - 18:00 | Science Complex, 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Join us for an open house celebrating the official launch of a new U of G initiative promoting sustainable soil management. The open house will be followed by a tour of the Soil Health Interpretive Centre at Elora, showcasing cutting-edge research and knowledge mobilization activities.

Hopper Lecture: Gandhi, Environmentalism, and the World Today
2019-09-20 14:00 - 16:00 | University Centre – Peter Clark Hall
Join us for the 2019 Hopper Lecture, presented by writer and historian Ramachandra Guha. Guha is the winner of the Fukuoka Prize for contributions to Asian studies. He is also the author of Times of London Book of the Decade, India After Gandhi.
Mahatma Gandhi is known for having led the Indian struggle for freedom, for promoting inter-faith harmony and for inventing the techniques of non-violent civil disobedience.
It is less well known that he was also a precocious environmentalist. This lecture will explore the contours of Gandhi’s environmental thought and its resonances in India and the world today.
This lecture is part of the World in 2030 event series.
Sponsored by the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) in honour of its first president, David Hopper.

Data Skills Workshop: Part 1 - Intro to R and RStudio
2019-09-23 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
R is an open-source software environment for data manipulation and statistical analysis. Used in a variety of disciplines, R has become a popular tool because of its power, flexibility and active community. Join us as we teach the R language fundamentals and basic syntax, major R data structures and generate basic statistical analysis.
No programming skills are required for this workshop, just an interest and desire to learn. Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop.
Before attending the workshop, please complete the following:

Download and Install R

Windows User: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/windows/base/
Mac User: https://cran.r-project.org/bin/macosx/

Install RStudio Desktop: https://www.rstudio.com/products/rstudio/download/
What is R used for? Introduction to RStudio basics (5 min): https://youtu.be/SWxoJqTqo08?t=26s

Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please ensure you follow account creation or software installation instructions. Out of courtesy to the class, we will not be able to troubleshoot software set up during the class time. If you have any issues, please contact the IT Help Desk.
Register online.
