U of G News

Accessibility Conference: Becoming a Catalyst for Inclusion
2017-05-30 - 2017-05-31 | Ontario
The University of Guelph Accessibility Conference welcomes both accessibility novices and experts.
Presenters will share practical and theoretical knowledge of:
– web, document and multimedia accessibility and other AODA-related topics;
– disability research and accommodation;
– inclusive design;
– adaptive technology;
– accessible teaching and learning;
– leadership in the field of accessibility; and
– national and international accessibility issues.
Location: Rozanski Hall

Central Animal Facility Open House
2017-05-31 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
Everyone is invited to the Central Animal Facility open house. Enjoy a barbecue lunch (regular or veggie burger and pop for $6), guided tours, displays, door prizes and raffles.
Location: Central Animal Facility

Luminary Leader Speaker Series Presents Stephen Lewis
2017-06-01 | Ontario
The College of Business and Economics at U of G welcomes Canadian politician, public speaker, broadcaster and diplomat Stephen Lewis to its Luminary Leader Speaker Series.
The event showcases exceptional leaders in a broad range of private business, non-profit and public sector fields. The speaker series is part of the MA leadership residential week and is designed to inspire, influence and ignite positive leadership development among its graduate students, alumni and faculty.
Please RSVP to Alicia Cronsberry at acronsb@uoguelph.ca.
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Creelman Hall

Food and Agriculture Business Seminar
2017-06-05 - 2017-06-06 | Ontario
This seminar’s cases explore shifting roles of government, food security, consumer perspective and developing markets in real scenarios that top industry businesses and organizations have faced.
Location: Rozanski Hall

Public Dialogue on GMOs: Food, Farming and Ethics
2017-06-07 | Ontario
Join the dialogue and be part of the Canadian debut of the full-length feature documentary Food Evolution. The film screening will be followed by a panel discussion with international speakers, including:

Dr. Alison van Eenennaam, University of California, Davis
Mark Lynas, Cornell Alliance for Science, Oxford, England
Dr. Kevin Folta, University of Florida
Dr. Sarah Evanega, Cornell Alliance for Science
Hon. Adam Malima, former member of parliament, Tanzania
Rob Wager, Vancouver Island University
Dr. C.S. Prakash, Tuskeegee University, Alabama

Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for students.
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Thornbrough Building, Room 1200

2017 Professional Staff Association AGM
2017-06-08 10:30 - 12:00 | Ontario
All professional and managerial staff are welcome to attend the Professional Staff Association annual general meeting. A barbecue lunch will follow the meeting.
Location: OVC Lifetime Learning Centre, Room 1714

Geography Department Celebrates 50th Anniversary
2017-06-10 | Ontario
Alumni, faculty and friends of the Department of Geography are invited to a special event to celebrate the department’s 50th anniversary. Tour the department’s home in the Hutt Building, learn about exciting research and initiatives, reconnect with familiar faces and meet new friends.
Be part of the celebration to recognize a remarkable community that spans 50 years.
The main event starts at 2 p.m. with a geography alumni celebration reception under the tent in the Rutherford Conservatory Gardens (near the greenhouse behind the Hutt Building).
Location: Conservatory

Gardenscapes 2017
2017-06-11 12:00 - 17:00 | Ontario
Take a self-guided tour of eight Guelph gardens (rain or shine) as part of Gardenscapes 2017. Admission is $15.
Location: Art Gallery of Guelph

Building Canada Lecture Series: Truth and Reconciliation Panel Discussion
2017-06-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Ontario
The Building Canada Lecture Series presents “Truth and Reconciliation Panel Discussion: Rebuilding Canada’s Relationship with Indigenous Peoples.”
Location: Guelph Civic Museum

Celebrate Canada's Garden Day
2017-06-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Ontario
Celebrate national Garden Days in Guelph with free garden tours of the Arboretum’s World of Trees, Riverside Park’s floral clock and the Conservatory Gardens at the University of Guelph.
Learn about the special plantings for Canada’s 150th birthday.
Complimentary parking and shuttle service are available at the Arboretum and Riverside Park. To reserve space on the shuttle, please register at bit.ly/GardenDays2017UG.
Location: Arboretum Information Booth

39th Annual Sexuality Conference
2017-06-22 - 2017-06-23 | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
The University of Guelph hosts the 39th annual Guelph Sexuality Conference, Canada’s largest and longest-running sexual health forum, June 22 to 23.
The conference brings together several hundred researchers, health-care workers, therapists, students, social workers and other health professionals from across North America.
This year’s conference theme is “Pain.”

Guelph Chemistry Presents Distinguished Alumni Lecture
2017-06-22 15:00 - 16:30 | Ontario
Carl Decicco, senior vice-president and head of discovery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, presents “Innovation in Drug Discovery and Promising New Medicines.” For more information, contact Dan Penfold at dpenfold@uoguelph.ca.
Location: Summerlee Science Complex Atrium

SummerFest on the Green
2017-06-25 11:00 - 16:00 | Ontario
As part of our Canada 150 celebrations, we’re inviting the entire Guelph community to join us for a party on Johnston Green on Sunday, June 25. We’ll have live music, food trucks, a beer garden and lots of fun stuff to do. Admission is free. Check out uofgsummerfest.ca for details. We hope to see you there!
Location: Johnston Green

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-07-05 19:00 - 20:30 | J.C. Taylor Nature Interpretive Centre
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the Arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is Leave the Log.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-07-12 19:00 - 20:30 | J.C. Taylor Nature Interpretive Centre
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the Arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is Milkweed… it’s not just for Monarchs.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

Building Canada Lecture Series Presents Making Sense of Our Nation
2017-07-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Ontario
History and economics professor Kris Inwood presents “Making Sense of Our Nation: Using the Census and Historical Data to Explain Who We Are and How We Live.
Location: Guelph Civic Museum

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-07-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Ontario
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the Arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is Living things we Love to Hate.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-07-26 19:00 - 20:30 | J.C. Taylor Nature Interpretive Centre
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the Arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is I’m lichen it.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-08-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Ontario
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the Arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is Animal Locomotion.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

Building Canada Lecture - Horse Power: Building Canada on the backs of horses
2017-08-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Ontario
To celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial and Guelph’s 190th anniversary, Guelph Museums launches a unique lecture series to reflect on our collective history and the theme of nation building.
Building Canada Lectures, presented in partnership with the University of Guelph, is set for 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at the Guelph Civic Museum.
On August 9, Professor Jeff Thomason presents Horse Power: Building Canada on the backs of horses.
Professor Thomason has taught at the Ontario Veterinary College since 1992. He literally knows horses inside and out since he teaches their anatomy to first-year veterinary students and researches on the biomechanics of their elegant yet powerful locomotion which is the attributes that made them the perfect engines for driving Canada’s rise as a nation.

Harnessing Analytics Symposium
2017-08-18 11:00 - 14:30 | Cutten Fields, 190 College Avenue East, Guelph, ontario, Canada
This symposium will explore how marketers can create effective campaigns and new product offerings for their customers by leveraging data and using analytics. Attendees will hear presentations from three University of Guelph researchers with expertise in marketing analytics and consumer insight.

Annual Trial Garden Open House
2017-08-18 12:00 - 2017-08-19 15:00 | Guelph Turfgrass Institute, 328 Victoria Rd. S., Guelph, ON, Canada
The annual open house for the Guelph Trial Garden will take place this Friday (noon – 8 p.m.) and Saturday (9 a.m. – 3 p.m.) on the grounds of the Guelph Turfgrass Institute (328 Victoria Rd. S.) in Guelph.
Come out and get a preview of what new annual and perennial flowers that may be on offer at garden centres for 2018. Vote on your favourites and help influence that outcome. Free parking and admission.

Writing Tune-up
2017-08-22 - 2017-08-23 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Writing Tune-up is a two-day workshop that focuses on grammar. This workshop is open to everyone – undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and community members.
If you’re looking to refresh your knowledge of the foundations of grammar to improve your writing, this workshop is for you! We’ll focus on topics like sentence structure, parts of speech, sentence fragments, punctuation and more!
Room 370 – McLaughlin Library

Celebration of Life of Founding CBS Dean
2017-08-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
A celebration of life of Prof. Keith Ronald, founding dean of the College of Biological Science, will be held on his birthday, Aug. 24, at 1 p.m. at the Arboretum, University of Guelph. All are welcome.

Conversation with Matthew Moore
2017-08-30 18:30 - 19:30 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Matthew Moore is a multimedia artist, fourth-generation farmer and food activist based in Phoenix, Arizona. Encompassing video, installation, public art, and architecture, his community-engaged practice addresses issues related to land, agriculture and sustainability.

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-08-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Ontario
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is Surfing the Web.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

Graduate Student University Teaching Conference
2017-08-31 08:15 - 15:30 | Science Complex, 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Graduate Student University Teaching Conference (GSUTC) provides an opportunity for all graduate students to develop teaching and learning skills and to network with peers while meeting and learning from faculty members. The conference is offered at no cost to all graduate students on campus.

Registration deadline: WSET Level 2 Award in Wines & Spirits
2017-09-01 | Ontario
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 2 Award in Wines & Spirits will teach you about the key grape varieties grown around the world, tasting techniques, the different styles of wine produced and the production of spirits and liqueurs.
Please register early.
This course takes place Monday evenings from September 25 to November 27 in PJ’s Restaurant.

Community Breakfast
2017-09-06 08:30 - 10:00 | Athletics Centre, 150 Reynolds Walk, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
All University of Guelph faculty and staff are invited to come together for breakfast in the bleachers as we celebrate the start of the academic year at our annual Community Breakfast. This year’s event takes place in our new Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre – come check out this fantastic new space!
Wednesday, September 6, 2017
8:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre (GGAC)
8:30 a.m.
You will be served breakfast in the W.F. Mitchell Centre gym, then make your way to the event centre in the new GGAC to connect with colleagues.
9:00am
Take a seat in the stands for an update from President Vaccarino and presentation of Exemplary Staff Awards
Facility tours will also be available. Please book a time using the RSVP link below.
Deans, directors, chairs and supervisors will be asked, when possible, to provide time for all those who wish to attend.
RSVP online at http://bit.ly/CommunityBreakfast2017 or contact Claire Alexander at extension 53098.
Please indicate in your reply if you have accessibility issues and seating will be reserved for you.
