ONLINE: Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Farmers in India
2021-02-10 11:00 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Can assisted reproductive technologies enhance livestock productivity and farm income in India?
India decided to double farmers’ income by the year 2022. With just two years left for achieving the goal, it is quite clear that achievement of this feat will be difficult without adoption and enhancement of dairy farming, which has a compound annual growth rate of 19.6 per cent. Close to 85 per cent of the farms in India are marginal and small, owning only 45 per cent of the land while possessing 75 per cent of the cattle. For a landless person, dairying is one of the best occupations. The solution to the current agrarian distress rests in the support to the livestock and dairy sectors.
The invited panel will discuss the role and strategies of assisted reproductive technologies in enhancing livestock productivity and farmers income.
Register for the Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Farmers in India webinar.
Discussion Panel:

Dr. Manmohan S. Chauhan, Director, National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), Karnal, Haryana, India.
Dr. Chauhan holds MSc and PhD degrees from NDRI, Karnal and has trained at several labs in the USA, Canada and Germany. He has significantly contributed towards the development and growth of Assisted Reproductive Technologies in India. Before his current appointment, Dr. Chauhan was the Director of Central Institute for Research on Goats, Makdoom, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Dr. Inderjeet Singh, Vice Chancellor, Guru Angad Dev Veterinary & Animal Sciences University (GADVASU), Ludhiana, Punjab, India.
Dr. Inderjeet holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Veterinary sciences and Animal Husbandry from Chaudhary Charan Singh Haryana Agricultural University (CCSHAU), Hisar. He did his PhD in animal reproduction from the University of Liverpool, UK. Before his appointment at the current institution, Dr. Singh was the Director, Animal Husbandry for the state of Punjab.
Dr. W. A. King, Professor Emeritus, Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. King did his BSc and MSc degrees from Guelph before getting his PhD from Uppsala University, Sweden and completed his post-doctoral tenure at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Université de Montréal. Dr. King was a professor in OVC’s Department of Biomedical Sciences and held Canada’s only Tier 1 Research Chair (CRC) in Animal Reproductive Biotechnology until his retirement in 2018. He is currently the co-founder and president of Karyotekk Inc.
Dr. Pavneesh Madan, Professor, Biomedical Sciences, Ontario Veterinary College, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Dr. Madan did his DVM & MVSc from College of Veterinary Sciences, Hisar, India and pursued his doctoral studies at UBC, Vancouver, Canada. He completed his post-doctoral training at the Western University, London, Canada. Dr. Madan is an award-winning researcher and teacher, with research interests in the area of assisted reproduction, metabolomics, gene inhibition, genetic manipulation, cloning and in developing markers for embryonic health.

Presented by the Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement.

ONLINE: Black History Month - The Anti-Black Racism Workshop with Selam Debs
2021-02-10 18:00 - 19:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join community leader Selam Debs for this one-of-a-kind Anti-Black Racism Workshop that calls on individuals to dismantle unconscious bias, address white privilege, uncover systemic racism, and learn how to center the experience of BIPOC individuals.
This event is open to everyone.
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ONLINE: 2021 Rural Symposium
2021-02-11 09:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Rural Symposium is an annual opportunity for University of Guelph graduate students to showcase their rural research to policy makers, policy analysts and program staff from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). The event facilitates knowledge mobilization and network building between graduate students at the University of Guelph, researchers and OMAFRA .
The 2021 Rural Symposium will take place Feb.11 from 9 a.m. to noon, hosted online through Zoom. Please note that this event is free; however, registration is required. Register online for the 2021 Rural Symposium.
Presentations, posters and other materials from previous Rural Symposiums can be found online.

ONLINE: Wildlife, Wild Places and Spillover - Insights from the Field
2021-02-12 09:30 - 10:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The One Health Institute welcomes Dr. Emily Denstedt from the global Wildlife Conservation Society.
She’ll be speaking to us live from Laos about her One Health work in the Greater Mekong region.
A graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, Emily works with national partners in Laos to develop national strategies for wildlife bio-surveillance and disease reporting.
Email onehealth@uoguelph.ca to register.
Access the meeting online.

ONLINE: Thinking Spaces with Raven Chacon and Candice Hopkins - “Dispatch”
2021-02-12 15:00 - 16:30 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Thinking Spaces: The Reading Group and Speaker Series, together with the Art Gallery of Guelph, is pleased to present “Dispatch” a virtual talk with artist Raven Chacon and curator Candice Hopkins.
Dispatch draws from Chacon and Hopkins’ reflections on the fight for cultural preservation and defence of Indigenous sovereignty at the Standing Rock Reservation Water Protector encampment in 2016.
This event will take place on Zoom. A moderated Q&A will follow the talk.
If you are interested in attending, please register online at https://uoguel.ph/dispatch.
About the presenters
Raven Chacon is a composer, performer and installation artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. As a solo artist, collaborator or with Postcommodity, Chacon has exhibited or performed at Whitney Biennial, documenta 14, REDCAT, Musée d’art Contemporain de Montréal, San Francisco Electronic Music Festival, Chaco Canyon, Ende Tymes Festival, 18th Biennale of Sydney and The Kennedy Center. Every year, he teaches 20 students to write string quartets for the Native American Composer Apprenticeship Project (NACAP). He is the recipient of the United States Artists fellowship in Music, the Creative Capital award in Visual Arts, the Native Arts and Cultures Foundation artist fellowship, and the American Academy’s Berlin Prize for Music Composition. He lives in Albuquerque, NM.
Candice Hopkins is a citizen of Carcross/Tagish First Nation and lives in Albuquerque, NM. Her writing and curatorial practice explores the intersections of history, contemporary art and indigeneity. She works as senior curator for the 2019 and 2021 editions of the Toronto Biennial of Art and was part of the curatorial team for the Canadian Pavilion of the 58th Venice Biennale, featuring the work of the media art collective Isuma. She is co-curator of notable exhibitions including Art for New Understanding: Native Voices 1950s to Now; the 2018 SITE Santa Fe biennial, Casa Tomada; documenta 14 in Athens, Greece and Kassel, Germany; Sakahàn: International Indigenous Art at the National Gallery of Canada and Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years in Winnipeg, MB. Her recent essays and presentations include “The Gilded Gaze: Wealth and Economies on the Colonial Frontier,” for the documenta 14 Reader, and “Outlawed Social Life” for South as a State of Mind.
As always, Thinking Spaces is free and open to all

ONLINE: Black History Month - Caribbean Dance Class
2021-02-20 10:00 - 11:00 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Guelph Black Students’ Association will be offering a free dance class featuring a creative blend of Caribbean and African movements set to dancehall, afro, and soca music. Join artist and community leader Kween for this exhilarating dance fitness workout!
This class is open to everyone.
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ONLINE: Midwest Cover Crop Council Conference
2021-02-23 19:00 - 2021-02-25 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Soils at Guelph and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs are partnering to host this year’s virtual conference exploring connections between cover crops, soil health and people. For the keynote event, we are excited to bring to you Roger Martin, former director of the Rotman School of Management, and author of the recent book When More Is Not Better: Overcoming America’s Obsession With Economic Efficiency, who will talk about balancing efficiency and resilience in agriculture.
Learn more on the event website.

ONLINE: Waste Work in the 'Clean City': Perspectives of Women Waste Pickers
2021-02-24 11:00 - 12:15 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement presents Waste Work in the ‘Clean City’.
As marginalized urban workers in public spaces, women engaged in waste picking work in the informal economy offer important insights into rapidly changing urban spaces. This webinar presents findings from a study with women waste pickers in Ahmedabad, India. It highlights the impacts and implications that contemporary governance and discursive approaches to waste management and urban cleanliness have in the everyday lives of women workers in the urban margins.
Speaker: Dr.Josie Wittmer, University of Guelph
Register for this event.

ONLINE: Black History Month - Stirrin’ the Pot: Afro-Caribbean Cooking Class with Access Gourmet Ltd.
2021-02-25 19:00 - 21:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Caribbean cuisine is a blend of African, Indian, European, Creole, Amerindian, Chinese, Cajun and Middle Eastern flavors. Traditional foods are treasured – they are not just a meal, but a culture for bringing the people together. Join Chef Romaine Newell as he teaches us how to make some delicious Caribbean dishes! If you are a BIPOC-identifying U of G student, sign up to receive a gift card to use towards the purchase of items for the cooking class! Register here.
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ONLINE: Thinking Spaces with Taiwo Afolabi “Ethical Questioning in Research: Insight from an Applied Theatre Project”
2021-02-26 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Thinking Spaces: The Improvisation Reading Group and Speaker Series is pleased to present “Ethical Questioning in Research: Insight from an Applied Theatre Project,” a virtual talk with Taiwo Afolabi.
This event will take place via Zoom. A moderated Q&A will follow the talk.
If you are interested in attending, please register online.
This presentation examines ethical questioning as an inquiry process germane to making ethical choices necessarily for an ethical practice. Focusing on reflexivity through reflection-before, in and on -action, Afolabi considers ethical questioning as a framework to amplify resistance, self-determination and decolonization in the process of writing and doing research. Afolabi will conclude his presentation by case studying an applied theatre project among refugees and new immigrants in Canada to investigate the implications of ethical questioning for applied theatre research and other forms of socially engaged creative practice.
Taiwo Afolabi, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor at the University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He is an applied theatre practitioner with a decade of experience working across a variety of creative and community contexts in over a dozen countries across four continents. His work centralizes around participation and ethics in community creative practice among vulnerable populations such as refugees (in Canada) and internally displaced people (in Nigeria). Through qualitative and Indigenous creative methodologies, he examines themes of resurgence, resistance, self-determination and decolonization. His practice and research interests include education, decolonization, socially-engaged creative practice and research ethics. He is the founding artistic director of Theatre Emissary International, Nigeria and a research associate at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
As always, Thinking Spaces is free and open to everyone.

ONLINE - Indigenous Scholars Lecture Series: Sovereignty, Intimacy and Resistance
2021-02-26 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences for the Indigenous Scholars Lecture Series and hear noted Indigenous scholars discuss research and issues related to gendered violence and settler colonialism.
On February 26, Indigenous scholars will discuss Sovereignty, Intimacy and Resistance.

Aimée Craft
Associate Professor, Faculty of Common Law, University of Ottawa
Sarah Hunt/ Tłaliłila’ogwa
Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair, Indigenous Political Ecology, University of Victoria
Jasmine Feather Dionne
PhD student, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria
Leah Levac
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Guelph, Moderator

Register for this event online.
The Indigenous Scholars Lecture Series is intended to create a space for University of Guelph students to hear from leading Indigenous scholars in political science and related disciplines. We seek to raise the profile of the important work and ideas of Indigenous scholars and enrich the diversity of perspectives available through the Department of Political Science.
This event series is supported through the Department of Political Science with funding support from the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Enhancement Fund.

ONLINE: Black History Month - Fourth Friday ft. Aisha Barrow with the Guelph Civic Museum
2021-02-26 19:00 - 20:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Friday, February 26th, 7-8:30 pm:
In celebration of Black Heritage Month 2021, Aisha Barrow will perform at the Guelph Civic Museum as part of the Fourth Friday concert series – this month presented in partnership with the Guelph Black Heritage Society.
Lifeandthetribe is the new R&B and Pop project from singer/songwriter Aisha Barrow. Drawing from diverse influences Lifeandthetribe has a bold, fresh, and new sound that can be best described as an amalgamation of Jazz, R&B and Pop. After the successful release of their debut EP, Eye-sha: Extended, Lifeandthetribe is currently in process of recording their first full-length album, slated for release in 2021.
This event is open to everyone.
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ONLINE: International Women's Day: Guelph-Wellington Women Leaders and the Glass Ceiling
2021-03-08 12:00 - 13:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Everyone is invited to celebrate International Women’s Day with a presentation and discussion of leadership, mentorship and an equal future.
This webinar will highlight the results of the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute’s (CESI) project that interviewed women* leaders in Guelph and Wellington about the barriers and opportunities they have experienced on their journey to positions in various leadership roles. It will also feature a performance by a spoken word poet and a panel discussion on the role of mentorship, with four local women* leaders in the Guelph/Wellington community. All attendees will be invited to participate in the conversation around mentorship.
Register online.
This event is being brought to you by CESI/The Research Shop at U of G, CFUW Guelph, Guelph-Wellington Women in Crisis and the Zonta Club of Guelph.
The event agenda is as follows:

Welcome
Research Presentation
Break
Spoken Word Performance
Mentorship Panel and Community Discussion
Closing Remarks

*Our definition of women encompasses cisgender women, transwomen, genderqueer women, two-spirit, non-binary and gender non-conforming people who identify as women.
This event will take place online using Zoom. An email containing the Zoom link will be sent to the email you use to register for the event two days prior to the event as well as two hours prior to the event start.

ONLINE: Canadian Punjabi Sons and Daughters and Care of the Elderly
2021-03-10 11:00 - 12:15 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Canadian Punjabis expect for sons to ensure care in old age. How do sons and daughters understand and experience elderly parent/parent-in-law care? This webinar illustrates the involvement of daughters in elder care and how sons can play a role in helping parents cope with their marginalized status in Canada.
Ashna Jassi – PhD Candidate, Department of Psychology, University of Guelph
Presented by the Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement.

ONLINE: HeForShe at U of G with the Rt. Hon Adrienne Clarkson
2021-03-10 19:00 - 20:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
HeForShe at UofG: Take a stand for gender equality.
Featuring the Rt. Hon Adrienne Clarkson, Canada’s 26th Governor General
This virtual event celebrates gender equality initiatives from the U of G campus community and includes a keynote presentation from Canada’s 26th Governor General the Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson.
Madame Clarkson will share stories from her life, education and career to demonstrate that resilience is about developing the mental, spiritual and emotional muscles to deal with all that life throws at you.
“Resilience is all about having the ability to form and re-form your own particular sets of talents and abilities to meet new challenges. And meeting new challenges throughout your life is what resilience is all about!​​” – The Rt. Hon. Adrienne Clarkson
During the event, the Lang School of Business and Economics will present the HeForShe Resilience award, Ally Award and Impact Award.
Register for this event.
About the HeForShe initiative
HeForShe is a solidarity campaign for the advancement of gender equality, initiated by the United Nations. Its goal is to achieve equality by encouraging all genders to partake as agents of change and take action against negative stereotypes and behaviours. HeForShe is not only an invitation for men, but for people of all gender identities to stand in solidarity with marginalized genders to create a bold, visible and united force for gender equality.
The U of G HeForShe movement supports $12,500 in scholarships that recognize students who embody the vision of the HeForShe movement and transcend what it means to be a resilient leader. The HeForShe Resilience Award celebrates a female engineering and business student at UofG who has shown tremendous resilience through adversity. The HeForShe Ally Award recognizes students who have demonstrated, through their actions, that they are an ally and committed to gender equality. The Impact Award celebrates gender equality initiatives of a business within the Guelph/Wellington area.
About Rt. Hon Adrienne Clarkson
The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson arrived in Canada from Hong Kong with her family in 1942 and made the astonishing journey from penniless child refugee to accomplished broadcaster, journalist and distinguished public servant in a multi-faceted lifetime. Madame Clarkson was Canada’s 26th Governor General from 1999-2005. When she left Rideau Hall, she co-founded the Institute for Canadian Citizenship (ICC) which helps new citizens to feel involved and included in Canadian life. The ICC hosts annual 6 Degrees events — a global forum on citizenship, immigration, inclusion, and diversity in the 21st century – across many cities including Toronto, Mexico City, Berlin, Montreal and Calgary.
Madame Clarkson is the bestselling author of the 2014 CBC Massey Lectures Belonging: The Paradox of Citizenship; Room for All of Us: Surprising Stories of Loss and Transformation; Heart Matters: A Memoir; and Extraordinary Canadians: Norman Bethune a biography of Dr. Norman Bethune.

ONLINE: Thinking Spaces with Jessica Bissett Perea - "Improvising Indigeneity"
2021-03-12 15:00 - 16:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Thinking Spaces: The Reading Group and Speaker Series is pleased to present “Improvising Indigeneity,” a virtual talk by Jessica Bissett Perea.
The event will take place via Zoom. A moderated Q&A will follow the talk.
If you are interested in attending, please register online. The Zoom room link will be sent out a day before the event.
This talk will frame improvisation as a practice through which we can better understand the densities and significance of performing Indigeneity in its many forms, including is/as an idea, analytic and process. Bissett Perea will share examples from her in-press book Sound Relations: Native Ways of Doing Music History in Alaska (Oxford UP, Forthcoming 2021) to demonstrate how privileging the aesthetics and logics of tribal and intertribal musicians with whom she works develops a more Native music studies, and a more musical Native American studies. This work addresses a greater need to ask more Indigenous-led and Indigeneity-centered questions in arts and humanities research to generate transformative possibilities for more just futures locally and globally.
Jessica Bissett Perea is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work intersects the larger fields of Native American and Indigenous Studies and Music and Sound Studies. She specializes in Critical Indigenous Studies approaches to performance, media and improvisation studies; arts and activism in North Pacific and Circumpolar Arctic communities; and relational studies of Indigenous and Black experiences and creative expressions in the Americas. She is the founding director of the Indigeneity Collaboratory, an Indigenous-led and Indigeneity-centered research collective working to advance relational ways of being, knowing, and doing to generate more just futures for Indigenous communities.
This event is being co-presented with the University of Guelph’s Music Students’ Association during their 15th Annual Music Symposium.
As always, Thinking Spaces is free and open to all.

ONLINE: College Royal Virtual Open House
2021-03-20 09:00 - 17:00 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
College Royal is an annual open house that showcases the clubs, student activities and agricultural roots of the University of Guelph. It’s the largest university open house event in all of North America!
Join the fun at www.virtualcollegeroyal.com!
College Royal is a 100 per cent student-organized and run event. This year’s team decided to prepare our regular content in an unconventional virtual format, so we could continue to carry out our 97th year strong. With the many videos, recipes, quizzes and more, we hope you are able to take something away from this event! Enjoy, and check out our website (collegeroyalsociety.com) for information about College Royal 2022!
Since 1925, College Royal has opened its doors to students, staff, alumni and the community on the third weekend of March. In recent years, over 20,000 guests have been welcomed to tour the campus, interact with current students, and learn a thing or two from the activities that are hosted.

ONLINE: Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience (Spring) - Career Pathways in the Equine Industry
2021-03-23 09:00 - 10:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The University of Guelph is proud to partner with the Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience Spring Session, presenting four online discussions on agri-food.
The Career Pathways in the Equine Industry webinar will kick off the action at the Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience (RAVE) March 23 at 9 a.m. ET. Participants will learn about the newly launched EquineJobTrack.ca website connecting job seekers and employers in the equine industry.
Learn more online.

ONLINE: Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience (Spring) - Manomin Teachings
2021-03-23 13:00 - 13:45 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The University of Guelph is proud to partner with the Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience Spring Session, presenting four online discussions on agri-food.
The Manomin Research Project aims to intensify Manomin (Zizania palustris) growth in environments altered by colonial settlement in ways that are responsive to Anishinaabe knowledge. There is a focus on crop restoration, cultural revitalization and treaty living. The transdisciplinary team is made up of individuals who believe in collaboration and knowledge sharing across disciplines and across cultures.

ONLINE: Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience (Spring) - Preserving and Researching Ontario’s Agricultural History with Diaries
2021-03-24 10:00 - 10:30 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The University of Guelph is proud to partner with the Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience Spring Session, presenting four online discussions on agri-food.
Join Catharine Wilson as she takes you on a virtual tour of the Rural Diary Archive. Here you can read, search and transcribe the writings of nearly 200 Ontario diarists spanning the years 1800-1960. As Founder and Director of the Archive, Cathy will talk about the collection and introduce you to some of the diarists.
The power of these old documents is their immediacy, their ability to transport you back into the daily lives of farm families and see how they really lived. Perhaps you, your local historical society or history class will be inspired to transcribe. Anyone can make a valuable contribution to research now and enjoy some time-travel at the same time.

ONLINE: Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals - A Conversation with Drs. Hal Herzog and Mike von Massow
2021-03-24 12:30 - 13:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It’s So Hard to Think Straight About Animals, a book by by Dr. Hal Herzog, professor emeritus, Western Carolina University will be discussed with Dr. Mike von Massow, associate professor in the department of food, agricultural and resource economics at the University of Guelph. This discussion will be a continuation of their podcast conversation, Confessions of a conflicted omnivore.
Herzog has been investigating the complex psychology of our interactions with other species for more than two decades. He is particularly interested in how people negotiate real-world ethical dilemmas, and he has studied animal activists, cockfighters, animal researchers and circus animal trainers. An award-winning teacher and researcher, he has written more than 100 articles and book chapters. His research has been published in journals such as Science, The American Psychologist, The Journal of the Royal Society, The American Scholar, New Scientist, Anthrozoös, BioScience, The Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association and Animal Behavior. His work has been covered by Newsweek, Slate, Salon, National Public Radio, Scientific American, USA Today, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Chicago Tribune and many other newspapers. In 2013, he was given the Distinguished Scholar Award by the International Society for Anthrozoology. Herzog is a professor of psychology at Western Carolina University and lives in the Smoky Mountains with his wife Mary Jean and their cat Tilly.
Von Massow is interested in how people think about food with recent work focusing on labeling, novel food products, animal welfare and antibiotic use. He is also active in the interdisciplinary Guelph Food Waste Research Project with Dr. Kate Parizeau. Von Massow’s research also considers the structure and performance of food value chains as they evolve in response to changing consumer preferences and other factors. Von Massow speaks frequently about food waste, animal welfare and other research projects. He has written for the Globe and Mail and other publications and is often quoted on radio and in the media. As a frequent blogger with a strong presence on broadcast, print and social media, von Massow helps contribute to the department’s ongoing efforts to mobilize research in a manner that helps to inform public policy and private strategy. Von Massow has also introduced his FoodFocus podcast to discuss issues of interest in the food space. Von Massow is a member of the steering committee for the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare.
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ONLINE: Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience (Spring) - Healthy Soil for a Healthy Climate
2021-03-24 15:00 - 15:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The University of Guelph is proud to partner with the Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience Spring Session, presenting four online discussions on agri-food.
What does soil have to do with climate change? Tune in to this panel discussion with University of Guelph agrometeorologist Dr. Claudia Wagner-Riddle, and farmer Brett Israel as they discuss how better soil management can capture CO2, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and improve our planet.

ONLINE: Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience (Spring) - Using social media to predict foodborne illnesses
2021-03-25 10:00 - 10:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The University of Guelph is proud to partner with the Royal Agricultural Virtual Experience Spring Session, presenting four online discussions on agri-food.
Join University of Guelph computer scientists Rozita Dara and Jeff Farber to learn about an internet-based surveillance system that monitors activities related to diseases on social media, sorts through that information, and provides a supplementary source of data for our officials. Previously, the team’s work focused on avian influenza, but in response to an immediate need, the researchers have pivoted to extend their framework to foodborne illnesses.

ONLINE: Policy, Polity and Indigenous Health - Examining Political Determinants of Health
2021-03-26 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Policy, Polity and Indigenous Health: Examining Political Determinants of Health
Join us for this free webinar as noted Indigenous scholars and leaders discuss their work and research related to the policy and politics of Indigenous health.
Panelists:

Kiera Ladner – Professor, Department of Political Studies, University of Manitoba
Jonathan Dewar – Chief Executive Officer, First Nations Information Governance Centre
Dawn Sii-yaa-ilth-supt Smith – Assistant Professor, Indigenous Governance, University of Victoria

Moderator:

Joanne Moores – PhD Candidate and Moderator, Department of Political Science, University of Guelph

Supported by the University of Guelph Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Enhancement Fund.

ONLINE: 25th Annual Project SOY Plus Finale
2021-03-26 12:00 - 15:00 | Ontario, Canada
You are invited to the 25th annual Project SOY Plus finale. This year’s event will take place using HopIn software on March 26 from noon to 3 p.m.
Project SOY (Sustainable Opportunities for You) Plus is celebrating its 25th year of providing students with a chance to express their innovative thinking into the development and marketing of plant-based products. Originally started in 1996 as Project SOY, participants were asked to put their minds together to innovate soybean-based products. The competition has now grown to include all plant-based products.
The program is open to any University of Guelph student from a diploma, undergraduate or graduate program. Students are asked to work in groups of five or fewer with a faculty advisor and then present their projects at the March 26 finale. Contestant entries are judged by industry representatives during the finale where cash rewards of $2,500, $1,000 and $500 will be awarded to first, second and third place winners, respectively, in three categories – diploma, undergraduate and graduate.
Using the online platform, HopIn, multiple presentations capturing the unique plant-based creations from students will be available for viewing. During this time, we encourage you to ask questions and learn more about these student innovations.
For more information, please visit www.projectsoy.ca or contact Loretta Higgins at soybeans@uoguelph.ca.
Register to watch the finale.
Event Timeline/Agenda:

Public viewing of projects – noon to 1:30 p.m.
Award presentation – 1:30 p.m.

ONLINE: Salmonella Syst-omics - Applying the One Health Approach for Improved Food Safety
2021-03-26 13:00 - 14:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
One Health Winter 2021 Seminar Series
Salmonella enterica is a bacterial zoonotic pathogen of global importance that cause approximately 80 million causes of foodborne illness each year.
A systematic approach to controlling salmonella in humans, animals and the environment has been developed using genomics-based approaches. This S will be discussed with examples of how it is being applied to reduce the burden and duration of foodborne salmonellosis. Presentation by Dr. Lawrence Goodridge, Department of Food Science, Ontario Agricultural College.

ONLINE: Thinking Spaces with Dhruv Jani from Studio Oleomingus
2021-03-26 15:00 - 16:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Thinking Spaces: The Reading Group and Speaker Series is pleased to present “The Concentric Fictions of a Generous History: Hypertext and Other Annotations to Memory,” a talk by Dhruv Jani from Studio Oleomingus.
The event will take place on via Zoom. A moderated Q&A will follow the talk.
Register online.
With “The Concentric Fictions of a Generous History,” I want to try to weave together a sprawling argument about interactive fiction that spans across the legacy of colonialism, the bureaucratic tyranny of citizenship, and the relationship of individual identity and collective histories – into contemporary political protest and the role of hypertext in the enunciation of dissent. But most of all, I want to examine Interactive Fiction as an extension of folk-theatre where it may be possible to imagine the performance of disembodied and democratic identities without the burden of nationhood. I also want to argue why hypertext might be a precursor to a fundamental change in how bodies, sites, and territories are demarcated and how histories are recorded, making forms of hypertext (including videogames) a powerful but sparsely understood site for public discourse, protest, and reconciliation.
Dhruv Jani is the founder of a game and arts studio called Oleomingus. Studio Oleominugs practices at the intersection of post-colonial writing, speculative architecture and interactive fiction. They use games to study colonial power structures and the histories they occlude, as well as how hypertext might be used to pollute a single reductive record of the past or of a people.
The work of Studio Oleomingus is supported by the Serendipity Arts Foundation, Humble Bundle Inc. and The Irregular Corporation, and we are recipients of the AMAZE Humble Award 2020. Dhruv Jani has also been a resident at Khoj International Artists Association, and the recipient of an Arts Practice Grant from the India Foundation for the Arts. They have created and exhibited games at V&A London, G|39 Gallery in Cardiff, Somerset House London, Phoenix gallery Leicester, Jawahar Kala Kendra Jaipur, VideoGame Art Gallery Chicago, TENT Biennale – Kolkata, Eye Myth – Mumbai, Shenzhen New Media Arts Festival, WordPlay at Ontario, Overkill Festival, Netherlands, PAX EGX 2020 and Mild Rumpus 2018 and 2020 at the Game Developers Conference San Francisco.
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This event is being co-presented with the Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) and the Music Students’ Association’s 15th Annual Music Symposium.
As always, Thinking Spaces is free and open to all.

ONLINE: Virtual Campus Day
2021-03-27 12:00 - 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Attend our Virtual Spring Open House for prospective students and their families. The event includes academic and student service information sessions, opportunities to chat live with current students, staff and faculty, and a Live Virtual Tour Experience. To register and for more information, please visit admission.uoguelph.ca/campusday.

Gryphon Pizza Day in Support of Women's Athletics at U of G
2021-03-30 11:00 - 23:00 | Select Domino’s Pizza restaurants in Guelph
March 30 is the 3rd annual She’s Got Game Pizza Day sponsored by Domino’s Guelph at 304 Stone Rd.
On She’s Got Game Pizza Day, Domino’s donates half of select pizza sales to the She’s Got Game initiative, supporting women’s athletics scholarships at the University of Guelph.
Offer details

March 30 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Get one large Pizza for $7.99 (cheese or pepperoni only)
For every large cheese or pepperoni pizza sold, $4 will be donated to support women’s athletics scholarships and programs at the University of Guelph
Must pick up from the following locations only:
304 Stone Rd W. | (519) 837-3030
585 Eramosa Rd | (519) 836-3030
204 Silvercreek Pkwy N. | (519) 763-3030

Pre-Order
If you want to pre-order please email dominospizzaguelph@rogers.com before 5 p.m. on Monday, March 29. Provide your full name, phone number and time of pick-up and use code “Game”.

ONLINE: Choosing to Challenge: A Conversation with Three Trailblazers
2021-03-31 16:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join the Office of Diversity and Human Rights’ Associate Vice-President, Indira Naidoo-Harris on March 31 from 4 to 5 p.m. as she moderates an exciting panel discussion with three trailblazing women who Choose to Challenge in honour of International Women’s Day. Hear from former Premier of Ontario, the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, former Canadian politician and Human Rights Activist, the Honourable Jean Augustine, and former Chief of the Six Nations and Indigenous and Human Rights Advocate, Ava Hill, as they engage in discussions about women-identifying individuals in leadership, barriers women face in positions of power, and how we can build equitable and inclusive communities for everyone.
Register online.
