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ONLINE: GIER Annual Symposium
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaThe Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) is hosting its first annual symposium! To adapt to the circumstances and provide as much flexibility as possible, we have planned virtual live
ONLINE: Food Day Canada
As Canada’s food university, the University of Guelph is shining a light on all the ways we are supporting and improving Canada’s food systems in celebration of Food Day Canada
Guelph Trial Garden Open House
U of G is hosting in-person scheduled visits to its 2021 Trial Garden Open House at the new Guelph Turfgrass Institute. Learn more and register online.
ONLINE: Improvisation Festival – IF 2021
IF 2021 is a free, online, 24-hour improvisation festival celebrating all forms of artistic expression. This digital festival will take place between August 13 and 14, starting at 7 p.m.
ONLINE: Making Sense of the Canadian Election
"The most important election in our lifetimes?" The 2021 federal election produced a remarkably similar result to the 2019 election. But in the context of a global pandemic, what impact
ONLINE: A case study of learning in a community-based organization in rural Bihar
India is home to thousands of small organizations contributing to community development. Learning is crucial for their efforts to foster change in complex environments with limited financial and human resources. This webinar, featuring Elisa Cooper, MSc. in Capacity Development and Extension, University of Guelph, shares findings from a study on the dynamics of learning within
ONLINE : Seeing the Forest for the Trees – Trees as Participants in Theatre and Performance
Join us for a free public talk by Megan De Roover, Writer-in-Residence affiliated with The Arboretum this year! She is conducting archival and on-site research for her new book Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Trees as Participants in Theatre and Performance (McGill-Queen's University Press). Using a theatre and performance lens, her research monograph explores
ONLINE: Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture – “Seeking Landscape Justice”
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture entitled "Seeking Landscape Justice", by Dr. Alison Hirsch. Dr. Hirsch is an associate professor and director of both the graduate program in Landscape + Urbanism and the Landscape Justice Initiative at the University of Southern California. Dr. Hirsch
ONLINE: Documenting the Stories of Young Girls in Poverty: Bangla Surf Girls
Bangla Surf Girls is an immersive documentary that takes us into the heart of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh where we witness an unlikely and successful community experiment that creates real futures
ONLINE: Signed and Sealed – The Rise of the Charter in Medieval Scotland
Join us for an exciting online event and exhibit launch featuring our valuable medieval Scottish land charter collection. Keynote Speaker: Prof. Cynthia Neville, formerly of Dalhousie University, now of the
ONLINE: Can We Solve the Climate Crisis?
The IPCC Report, Climate Change and Decarbonization Join us for a panel discussion of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and what it means for the future. Featuring
ONLINE: Mental Health for Money Makers – Navigating Mental Health for Entrepreneurs
As part of mental well-being awareness week, The John F. Wood Centre is proud to collaborate with the Wellness Department at the University of Guelph and the Business Development Bank
ONLINE: The Principles and Practices of Critical Community Engaged Scholarship
This webinar, featuring Mavis Morton, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph, will identify the difference between community engaged scholarship (CES) and critical community engaged scholarship (CCES). It will highlight the principles guiding critical and community engaged scholarship and it will identify practical ways in which these guiding principles
Schofield Memorial Lecture 2021 – Dr. Alan Wilson
Topic: Trotting Horses and Hunting Cheetah: An Anatomist's Perspective on Locomotion In this talk, Dr. Alan Wilson, Professor of Locomotor Biomechanics at the Royal Veterinary College, University of London, will
ONLINE: Economy in India 2047
The first of a series of lectures to commemorate 75 years of India's Independence Economy in India 2047 Tuesday, November 23, 2021, 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM EST/ 8:30 PM to 10:00 PM IST India 2047: Just, Sustainable and Equal Future Amitabh Behar, Chief Executive Officer, Oxfam India The Future of Farming in India Sudha
ONLINE: People’s Archive of Rural Ontario (PARO) Launch
The People's Archive of Rural Ontario (PARO) is a collaborative virtual project which seeks to create a world where bridges of understanding are built between the urban and the rural,
ONLINE: Guelph Food Safety Seminars (GFSS) Symposium
GFSS Annual (Virtual) Symposium: Back to the Buffet - Food Safety in a Post-COVID World Session 4: What your recipe book forgot to mention – Food Safety in the home Q&A For the first time, the GFSS will host a panel of experts available to answer your (the consumer's) questions! During the pandemic, at-home food
ONLINE: CCSAW Research Seminar – In Pursuit of Better Broiler Welfare
Globally, 70 billion broiler (meat) chickens are raised each year, and more than 90per cent of them reach 'market weight' in just six weeks or so. Is this accelerated growth
ONLINE: An Integrated Health Review – Improving Health Access for International Students
This webinar will present a longitudinal research study focusing on international students on post-secondary campuses in Canada. Students receive a full clinical check-up followed by structured teaching on selected topics
ONLINE: Democracy in India 2047
The India 2047 series commemorates 75 years of India's independence. Making Constitutional Indians by Niraja Gopal Jayal Reclaiming the Republic: The Road Ahead by Yogendra Yadav Envisioning feminist citizenship by