U of G News

Intro to Text Analysis Workshop Part 2
2019-06-26 13:00 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Are you interested in uncovering patterns across vast amount of textual information? Come to this workshop to learn about distant reading techniques that address word count and location. Attendees will get hands-on experience exploring entry level tools such as Google Ngram, Voyant and AntConc.
Part Two of this workshop series will introduce more complex concepts such as named entity recognition, sentiment analysis and topic modelling. Participants will explore tools such as Lexos, NER and Topic Modelling Tool.
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with Stanford Named Entity Recognizer and Topic Modelling Tool installed.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop, please ensure that you followed any account creation or software installation instructions. Out of courtesy to the class we will not be able to troubleshoot software set up during class time.

Gender Pronouns and Teaching
2019-06-28 12:00 - 13:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Please join us June 28 to kick off the Office of Teaching and Learning’s Instructional Inclusivity Seminar Series!
Office of Teaching and Learning Presentation and Discussion:
June 28, 1969. Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera (two trans women of colour, drag queens and LGBTQ activists and heroines) threw the first brick (Johnson) and the first bottle (Rivera) during a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village that ignited the Stonewall riots and ushered in the revolution that we now commemorate and celebrate each June as Pride. On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, join educational developer Tommy Mayberry as she presents her talk “Gender Pronouns and Teaching” with the University of Guelph campus and community.
Session Abstract:
We’ve all done it. Said the wrong pronoun, used the wrong name, and/or otherwise referred to someone in some sexed/gendered way and immediately wished we could take it back. (And, guess what? We are all going to do it – we’re all human; we all make mistakes.) So, how can we as instructors forestall these mistakes in our teaching practices and activate in ourselves an inclusive ideology for gender and sexed identities in our classrooms? In this session, we’ll start with some grammar and linguistic history to identify where these words come from in our language and how they work (and don’t work), and then we’ll discuss impacts and impasses of privilege and inclusivity to get us into some strategies for positive engagement with gender pronouns and teaching.
Register here: http://reg.opened.uoguelph.ca/?event_id=2615
Tommy’s Bio:
Tommy Mayberry (he/she/they) is an Educational Developer in the Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) and Co-Chair of the QUofG Network at the University of Guelph. As an academic drag queen, Tommy works and researches from an embodied standpoint to explore, both individually and intersectionally, gender, pedagogy, performance, language, social media and reality TV (to name but a few) and has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, the most recent of which is the University of Guelph’s Learning Enhancement Fund (LEF) for “The Science Library Project/Le projet de bibliothèque scientifique” (2019-2020). Tommy’s partner is experimental digital media artist Tommy Bourque (together, they’re “the Tommies”), and their family is complete with their 13-year old Pekingese-Chihuahua, Sam.

Gryphons at the Jays Game
2019-07-04 17:00 - 20:00 | Canada
Join your fellow alumni for a pre-game reception and cheer on the Jays as they face the Boston Red Sox!

Friday Noon Hour Garden Walks
2019-07-12 12:15 - 13:15 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Join Arboretum gardener Cael every other Friday at 12:15 p.m. for a tour of the Arboretum gardens. The tour will begin at the Hales McKay shelter (at the edge of the main Arboretum parking lot by the Arboretum Centre). Each tour will be different and could feature topics such as the exploration of the Gosling Wildlife Gardens, the art of Japanese gardening, elements to create a formal garden or the Arboretum Centre and its surroundings.

Arboretum: Mushrooms Through Summer and Fall Workshop
2019-07-13 09:00 - 12:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Explore the mysterious, weird and wonderful world of fungi! The course is open to students of any skill level, with the assumption that most will be beginners. Past courses have been taught in October, when mushrooms are most abundant. However, this year the course will focus on the seasonal changes in mushroom diversity. The course will be divided into five Saturday morning forays about a month apart on the following dates:

July 13
August 10
September 21
October 19
November 9

Participants may sign up for one, more or all forays. However, if you want to take more than one, it is recommended to spread them out in order to see the greatest diversity. The morning foray will be followed by an identification session. A species list will be compiled for each foray and a combined foray list will be sent to all interested participants. Please bring a collecting basket of some sort. You are encouraged to bring a field guide, such as George Barron’s field guide, Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada as well as a digital camera and jump drive for sharing photos.
Guest Instructor: Tim Myles.
Registration
Early Bird Fee: $50 PLUS a $10 fee per transaction by July 5 (Note: You can register for multiple workshops and/or multiple people in one transaction so you only pay the $10 once).
Regular Fee: $60 plus transaction fee.
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 16.
Note: There are 5 “Mushrooms through Summer and Fall” workshops offered in 2019 on the following Saturdays: July 13, Aug. 10, Sept. 21, Oct. 19 and Nov. 9.

Intro to Programming with Python Workshop Part 1
2019-07-16 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Interested in using Python but don’t know where to start? Join us for a hands-on, two-part workshop for folks with little experience programming.
Part 1 will cover the basics of working with data in Python. We’ll cover reading-in data from an external source followed by some simple manipulation and analysis using the built-in capabilities that are provided by base Python language and the pandas library.
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with Anaconda – Python 3.7 and Pycharm – Community Edition installed on it.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop, please ensure that you followed any account creation or software installation instructions. Out of courtesy to the class we will not be able to troubleshoot software set up during class time.

Intro to Programming with Python Workshop Part 2
2019-07-16 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Interested in using Python but don’t know where to start? Join us for a hands-on, two-part workshop for folks with little experience programming.
Part 2 will go beyond the built-in. Participants will learn to iterate over data with loops, use conditional logic to make decisions on the fly and write reusable code with functions.
We highly recommend attending Part 1 of this workshop.
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with Anaconda – Python 3.7 and Pycharm – Community Edition installed on it.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop, please ensure that you followed any account creation or software installation instructions. Out of courtesy to the class we will not be able to troubleshoot software set up during class time.

Arboretum: The Sky Tonight...Featuring Hercules
2019-07-16 18:30 - 19:30 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Join guest instructor Trevor Chandler inside his portable planetarium for this amazing program. Families are welcome and encouraged to attend! This planetarium series highlights the night sky as it is appears that evening. The presentations will change from month to month and season to season as our planet “goes through the motions”. We’ll look at what constellations and objects are visible at a given time of year, but we’ll also spend some time getting to know a selected region of the sky in greater detail. At least one constellation will be selected each month, highlighting its mythology and brighter stars including their names, lore and meaning. Then we’ll take a look at a few of the astronomical objects located within the boundaries of the featured constellation. If weather conditions permit, participants may be invited outside under the stars to see the real deal through a telescope.
Our featured Constellation for July is Hercules, the champion. Hercules is prominently positioned in the mid-summer sky. This region of the sky also happens to be the direction toward which our solar system is heading as makes its long circuit around the center of the Milky Way, once every 250 million years or so. Although it is the fifth largest of the 88 constellations, Hercules does not contain many bright stars. It does, however, abound with objects that are visible even with a small telescope. Perhaps its most beautiful feature is the Great Hercules Star Cluster, a swarm of about one million bluish suns.
Guest Instructor: Trevor Chandler
Registration
Registration Fee: $15 per person PLUS a $10 fee per transaction (you can register multiple people per transaction and multiple Planetarium programs per transaction).
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by July 8, the program may be cancelled. Maximum 25 people per session.
ALL REGISTRANTS UNDER THE AGE OF 16 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT. If the course is full when you try to register, please add your name to the Wait List as we may provide an additional time slot.
Watch a video about our Planetarium Workshop.

Graduate Teaching Community: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journal Club #4
2019-07-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Day Hall
Join us for the fourth summer meeting of the Graduate Teaching Community (GTC) Journal Club. We will discuss a recent teaching publication related to the scholarship of teaching and learning. If you missed the previous meetings, don’t worry! We will send registered participants an email with the paper in advance. Please read the paper and bring questions, comments or critiques. Bring your lunch. We look forward to discussing with you.
Register online.

Arboretum Wednesday Noon Walks
2019-07-17 12:15 - 13:15 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Come out and explore the Arboretum on a walk led by an Arboretum Naturalists! Nature has no plan and neither do these walks. We’ll discuss whatever we happen to find on the day! We will meet each week at the kiosk at the Arboretum entrance.

Frank Erschen's Science of Pitching
2019-07-17 13:30 - 14:30 | Canada
The John F. Wood Centre For Business and Student Enterprise is hosting Frank Erschen for a pitching workshop on July 17. Join us to learn everything you need to know about creating the perfect pitch! Some call him Canada’s Best Pitch Coach. Others say he is a Startup Whisperer.
Pitching to potential investors, partners, customers or employees requires a thoughtful strategy about your story. Frank Erschen’s Artful Science of Pitching™ is an industry-agnostic, stage-independent, proven framework for focusing on the topics that matter to build a repeatable, consistent story. This is especially important for idea- and early-stage companies where facts can be fluid, details are dynamic, and gaps in the story are common.
Register for this free event.

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walks
2019-07-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
The Summer Naturalists at the Arboretum will host walks every Wednesday evening until the end of August. Walks start at the J.C. Taylor Nature Centre and run from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Walks are $2 per person and children under age five are free.
Each week will focus on a different topic.

Art Gallery of Guelph: Picnic in the Park
2019-07-20 11:30 - 13:30 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Picnic and play the AGG way! Families are invited to the Donald Forster Sculpture Park at the Art Gallery of Guelph for crafts, games and fun in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Sculpture Park. Pack a picnic lunch and dress for mess. Free ice cream generously provided by the Department of Food Science, University of Guelph.

Stories from the Shield: Visual Storytelling with Bonnie Devine
2019-07-22 18:30 - 20:00 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Join the Art Gallery of Guelph for a talk with Anishinaabe/Ojibwa artist Bonnie Devine as she explores the connection between art, activism and storytelling. Inspired by her bookwork Book of Transformation, on view in the AGG’s exhibition “The Drive”, Devine will address the connections between oral traditions and visual narratives of the Anishinaabe and how these play a critical role in relationships with the land. Part of her larger project “Stories from the Shield,” this work addresses the devastating effect that uranium mining had on the Serpent River and the wider watershed.
Families welcome. Children will be engaged in a hands-on art activity during the talk. Presented in conjunction with the Indigenous Healing & Wellness Program Wellington-Waterloo. A member of the Serpent River First Nation, Bonnie Devine is based in Toronto where she is Professor Emeritus at OCAD University and the Founding Chair of its Indigenous Visual Cultural Program.

Arboretum: Tree Identification Workshop
2019-07-23 09:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
This program will help you refine your skills at identifying trees in Ontario. The focus will be on learning important identification characteristics. Difficult groups such as the cherry, oak and walnut families as well as the easier groups such as ash and maple will be explored. The afternoon will be spent outside, identifying trees in the forest as well as young cultivated trees with their Eurasian counterparts in the Arboretum’s World of Trees collection. Bring your field guide and binoculars.
Arboretum Director: Shelley Hunt
Registration
Early Bird Fee: $80 by July 15
Regular Fee: $90
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. *Maximum 16 adults

Science and Engineering Sunday 2019
2019-07-23 10:00 - 15:30 | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
On Science and Engineering Sunday, find out what science and engineering is all about at the University of Guelph. Visit our campus and meet with staff, faculty and students from different areas of science and engineering. The day includes a resource fair, open labs and facilities, campus tours and self-guided residence tours.

Arboretum: Shrub Identification Workshop
2019-07-24 09:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Neither great trees nor a carpet of bloom, the often overlooked but ecologically important shrubs and vines in our landscape will be our focus. Fresh specimens and an easy to use key for shrubs will be used. We will be outdoors for half of the day discovering southern Ontario’s native and naturalized shrubs at The Arboretum. Bring a magnifying glass.
Arboretum Horticulturist: Sean Fox
Registration
Early Bird Fee: $80 by July 16
Regular Fee: $90
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 16 adults

Writing Tune-Up - Day 1 of 2
2019-07-24 09:00 - 16:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars/researchers, 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 July 25.)
During this day-long workshop, a half-hour meal break (at noon) and snack breaks will be on your own.
Topics for Day 1 include: structuring sentences, using verbals and modifiers, and punctuating sentences.
Register online for Writing Tune-up Day 1.

Writing Tune-Up - Day 2 of 2
2019-07-25 09:00 - 16:00 | Canada
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars/researchers, 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 July 24.)
During this day-long workshop, a half-hour meal break (at noon) and snack breaks will be on your own.
Topics for Day 2 include: correcting grammar errors, avoiding errors of misuse, and going beyond basic grammar.
Register online for Writing Tune-Up- Day 2.

Arboretum: Shorebirds Workshop
2019-07-31 09:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Take part in a workshop on one of the most difficult groups of birds to identify! Using plumage, shape, size, calls and behaviour, we will try to figure out all of those confusing sandpipers, plovers, phalaropes, turnstones, knots, godwits and whimbrels. If you are up for the challenge, this is the workshop for you! They really aren’t that bad.
Arboretum Naturalist: Chris Earley.
Registration
Early Bird Fee: $80 by July 23
Regular Fee: $90
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 18 adults.

Hub Startup Showcase
2019-07-31 16:45 - 19:00 | Macdonald Hall, 74 Macdonald St, Guelph, N1G 1M8
Do you want to see what the John F. Wood Centre for Business and Student Enterprise’s Hub Incubator Startups have been up to this semester? Join us at the Hub Startup Showcase to watch teams pitch to win cash for their business!
Enjoy appetizers and refreshments
Have your say in who takes home the People’s Choice Award
$10/general admission
$5/students
All proceeds go directly to support our startups through the People’s Choice Award!
We hope to see you there!
Contact woodcentre@uoguelph.ca for more information.

Arboretum: Mushrooms Through Summer and Fall Workshop
2019-08-10 09:00 - 12:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Explore the mysterious, weird and wonderful world of fungi! The course is open to students of any skill level, with the assumption that most will be beginners. Past courses have been taught in October, when mushrooms are most abundant. However, this year the course will focus on the seasonal changes in mushroom diversity. The course will be divided into five Saturday morning forays about a month apart on the following dates:

July 13
August 10
September 21
October 19
November 9

Participants may sign up for one, more or all forays. However, if you want to take more than one, it is recommended to spread them out in order to see the greatest diversity. The morning foray will be followed by an identification session. A species list will be compiled for each foray and a combined foray list will be sent to all interested participants. Please bring a collecting basket of some sort. You are encouraged to bring a field guide, such as George Barron’s field guide, Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada as well as a digital camera and jump drive for sharing photos.
Guest Instructor: Tim Myles.
Registration
Early Bird Fee: $50 PLUS a $10 fee per transaction by Aug. 2 (Note: You can register for multiple workshops and/or multiple people in one transaction so you only pay the $10 once).
Regular Fee: $60 plus transaction fee.
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 16.
Note: There are 5 “Mushrooms through Summer and Fall” workshops offered in 2019 on the following Saturdays: July 13, Aug. 10, Sept. 21, Oct. 19 and Nov. 9.

University of Guelph’s 2019 Ornamental Trial Garden Open House
2019-08-16 12:00 - 20:00 | Guelph Turfgrass Institute, 328 Victoria Rd. S., Guelph, ON, Canada
Tour the University of Guelph’s 2019 Ornamental Trial Garden during their annual open house!
Friday, August 16, noon – 8 p.m.
Saturday, August 17, 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

NEW THIS YEAR: A turfgrass specialist from the Guelph Turfgrass Institute will be on site to answer your questions
Participate in family friendly games and turf activities
View next year’s annuals and perennials and pick your favourites
Guelph and Wellington County Master Gardeners available to answer your gardening questions
Guelph Healthy Landscapes will answer questions about natural pest control and wise water use
All-America Selections trial, small-scale vegetable trial, containers and more

For more information please contact Rodger Tschanz at ext. 52788 or by email at rtschanz@uoguelph.ca.
328 Victoria Rd. S. (at College Ave.)
Free admission and parking
Learn more at www.trialgarden.uoguelph.ca

Final Grades Available on WebAdvisor
2019-08-19 | Canada
For Undergraduate and Diploma Students on the Guelph Campus:
Final grades for the Summer 2019 semester that have been received in the Office of Registrarial Services will show on WebAdvisor beginning August 19, 2019. Grades will continue to be updated on WebAdvisor as they are received, until August 23.
For Graduate Students:
Final grades for the Summer 2019 semester will show on WebAdvisor when they are received by the Office of Registrarial Services.
For Guelph-Humber Students:
Final grades for the Summer 2019 semester will be posted on WebAdvisor by August 26, 2019.
For Ridgetown Students:
Final grades for the Summer 2019 semester will be posted on WebAdvisor by August 13, 2019.

International Society for Equitation Science: 15th Annual Conference
2019-08-19 08:30 - 2019-08-21 18:00 | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
With the theme of “Bringing Science to the Stable”, this conference promotes and encourages the application of objective research and advanced practice to improve the welfare of horses in their associations with humans.
Two days of scientific presentations will culminate in a third day of practical demonstrations featuring the application of scientific principles in training horses.

Graduate Teaching Community: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journal Club #5
2019-08-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Day Hall
Join us for the final summer meeting of the Graduate Teaching Community (GTC) Journal Club. We will discuss a recent teaching publication related to the scholarship of teaching and learning. If you missed the previous meetings, don’t worry! We will send registered participants an email with the paper in advance. Please read the paper and bring questions, comments or critiques. Bring your lunch. We look forward to discussing with you. Light snacks will be provided!
Register online.

Thursday Market at the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming
2019-08-22 12:30 - 16:30 | 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 | 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.
