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ONLINE: Relaxation and Stress Management Skills
2021-01-26 17:30 - 18:30 (America/Toronto) | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn to relax tight muscles, calm anxiety, settle a busy brain, cope effectively and have more energy!
This 12-part skills program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic meets online for 60 minutes, twice a week (on Tuesdays and Thursdays), for six weeks. There are no sessions during Reading Week.
Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the program at https://selfregulationskills.ca/programs/relaxation-skills/

ONLINE: Anxiety Skills and Strategies
2021-01-27 12:30 - 13:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn powerful strategies, new tips and information on how to respond to and calm the uncomfortable sensations of anxiety.
A variety of long and short self-calming strategies are introduced, along with behaviours that can help prevent escalation of anxiety.
This three-session skills program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic meets online for 60 minutes on Wednesdays at 12:30 p.m.
Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the program at https://selfregulationskills.ca/programs/anxiety-skills-strategies/

ONLINE: U of G, Let's Talk, featuring Dr. Joti Samra (for faculty and staff)
2021-01-28 13:30 - 15:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Mental well-being matters. On Bell, Let’s Talk Day, hear from by renowned psychological health and safety expert Dr. Joti Samra. Learn strategies to help yourself and to help others. You’ll come away with actionable steps to support your own and your colleagues’ mental wellbeing.
Mark the date in your calendar and register for this event. Registrants will receive more information by email on how to connect to the live event.
This event is open to faculty, staff, postdoctoral fellows, sessionals and graduate student employees at the University of Guelph.

ONLINE: Pigs, Poverty and Epilepsy
2021-01-29 13:00 - 14:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The One Health Institute presents its first seminar series of the Winter 2021 semester.
Dr. Cate Dewey, director of the One Health Institute, will talk about her decade-long research project in rural Kenya where she worked with smallholder pig farmers to improve pig and community health by educating farmers on the epilepsy-causing parasite transmitted from pigs to humans.
Join via Zoom.

ONLINE: Senate Meeting
2021-02-01 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Senate meetings are open to the public. Please e-mail univsec@uoguelph.ca to register.
For more information about the agenda, location and timing of the meeting please visit the Secretariat’s Governance Portal to access the agenda package.
Agenda packages are published approximately one week in advance of the meeting.

ONLINE: Black History Month - Aftershock Art Show
2021-02-01 18:00 - 19:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Aftershock is an art show showcasing the creations of aspiring young artists (25 and younger). The art show will feature digital art including photography, short films, animation, digital painting, vector drawing, photo painting and any other type of artistic media created on a computer. Selected artists will have their contributions displayed in an online gallery throughout the month of February.
This event is open to everyone.
Find more Black History Month events at U of G.

ONLINE: P4E Job Fair - Connect with 100+ employers!
2021-02-02 09:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Hosted in partnership with Conestoga College, University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, connect with 100+ employers who want to meet and hire talented U of G students and alumni for summer, co-op and full-time positions!
This fair is open to ALL U of G students and alumni.
Date: Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Time: 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
The P4E Job Fair will be hosted on software powered by CareerEco. Each employer will have a virtual booth with representatives available for live chat with both text and video options.
Learn more about the P4E Job Fair!

ONLINE: Coping with Increased Hours Online
2021-02-02 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Tech neck? Screen fatigue? Lost in the rabbit hole of social media?
If you are spending more time online than you were a year ago, learn how you rank on the seven risk factors for an unhealthy relationship with your computer and devices.
This FREE one-hour online workshop with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic will include strategies for decreasing Zoom fatigue (increasing energy and engagement), improving posture and online work style, and protecting your eyes from strain.
E-mail ksomers@uoguelph.ca for the link to this workshop.

ONLINE: Stress Less for Tests
2021-02-03 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn practical skills to decrease test anxiety and enhance energy and performance during exam periods.
This three-hour program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic is an online, on-demand program with lifetime access to the lessons. You can begin today!
Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the program. Register at https://selfregulationskills.ca/programs/stress-less-for-tests/.

ONLINE: Black History Month - Black Leadership in Anti-Black Spaces with Laura Mae Lindo
2021-02-04 18:00 - 19:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
James Baldwin once wrote: “To be a negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a rage almost all the time.” His words continue to ring true. As we navigate a global pandemic that disproportionately impacts Black communities across the province, we are asked to justify our calls for culturally responsive resources. We are told that we do not have sufficient proof that our bodies are those primarily on the frontlines. And when we call for race-based data collection to prove what we all know is true, our request is denied, implemented only voluntarily in public health units that may see value in protecting our lives. These are only some examples of what anti-Blackness looks like in Ontario in 2021. And this is why Black leadership matters. Join me in conversation about what it means to Lead While Black in an Anti-Black World. This event is open to everyone.
Laura Mae Lindo will lead a presentation on Black Leadership in Anti-Black Spaces, followed by a Q&A/discussion afterward.
This event is open to everyone.
Find more Black History Month events at U of G.

ONLINE: Publishing Your Data - Preparing Your Data for Deposit
2021-02-09 10:00 - 11:00 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In this online workshop from the McLaughlin Library, you will learn more about why you should publish your research data, where to publish your research data and best practices for preparing your data for sharing and preservation in the data repository.
Additionally, information about the data deposit process for the Agri-environmental Research Data Repository and the University of Guelph Research Data Repository will be provided.

ONLINE: Arboretum Course - Wildlife Garden Design
2021-02-09 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
In this Arboretum workshop, learn how to design a diverse garden space that attracts native wildlife species through key design elements, plant choices and maintenance needs. This course will draw from concepts found in the Arboretum’s Gosling Wildlife Gardens, while also offering insight on design features and plant species that have proven to be successful in our local Ontario setting. From attracting endangered pollinators to gardening with native plants, discover the relationships between plants and wildlife and how these ideas can be applied to your own backyard!
Fee: $30 (plus HST) per person

ONLINE: Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture "Practice, Research, Patience"
2021-02-09 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture by Laurie Olin of Olin Studio in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Laurie is a distinguished teacher, author and one of the most renowned landscape architects practicing today.

ONLINE: Diverse Perspectives on Knowledge Mobilization - A GIER Webinar
2021-02-10 11:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) is pleased to invite you to the webinar “Diverse Perspectives on Knowledge Mobilization.”
Our panelists will be Caroline Duvieusart-Dery, Georgia Simms and Tommy Mayberry, discussing creative ways to mobilize interdisciplinary environmental research.
We have long known that we need to mobilize research knowledge more creatively if we wish to tackle ‘wicked’ environmental problems and put research into practice. Increasingly siloed disciplines, a disconnect between arts and science, and a lack of engagement and equity in academia and society jeopardize our capacity to collaboratively respond to environmental crises in a creative, innovative and equitable way. This webinar brings fresh and novel perspectives on knowledge mobilization to enrich environmental conversations. Join the Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER), in partnership with Food from Thought, as we discuss with experts how critical community engagement, arts and diversity and inclusion perspectives can advance the way we think, do and mobilize interdisciplinary environmental research.
To register for this free webinar, visit https://gier.eventbrite.ca or email info.gier@uoguelph.ca.
Please help us direct attention to this webinar by sharing with your network and on social media.
We look forward to having you join us!

ONLINE: Assisted Reproductive Technologies and Farmers in India
2021-02-10 11:00 - 12:30 | 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.
Find more Black History Month events at U of G.

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: Advantage Workshop - How to Demonstrate the Value of Your Research
2021-02-11 14:00 - 15:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
This FREE online workshop presented by Amy Skeoch introduces U of G research teams to tools that will clearly communicate the potential impact of their work and enable them to write value-focused grant applications. Teams will also discover how clear communication and persuasive value propositions can mobilize teams and external partners more successfully.
In this workshop, research teams will:

Craft project descriptions to effectively communicate pertinent information using a step-by-step process
Articulate, both verbally and in writing, why solving specific research problems matters and should be supported

Please register for this workshop via the Eventbrite page.
The webinar link will be emailed to registrants prior to the event.
This workshop is organized by the Research Innovation Office.
Questions? Contact accel@uoguelph.ca

ONLINE: Awards Ceremony for 2020 University Professor Emeriti and Convocation Medal Recipients
2021-02-11 17:00 - 18:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The University of Guelph will bring together the 2020 University Professor Emeriti and convocation faculty medal recipients to celebrate their accomplishments together at one online event with a reception and ceremony.
University Professor Emeriti

Anthony Clarke, CBS
Steven Rothstein, CBS
George Harauz, CBS
Clarence Swanton, OAC
Stephen Marshall, OAC
Serge Desmarais, CSAHS
Elizabeth Stone, OVC
Patricia Turner, OVC
Eva Nagy, OVC
Linda Parker CSAHS

Medal Recipients

John Dawson, CBS – John Bell Award
Ken Dorter, COA – Medal of Merit

A link to the event will be available in February.

ONLINE: Black History Month - Overcoming Creative Doubt Workshop with The Making Box
2021-02-11 18:00 - 19:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
What if this isn’t good? What if others don’t like it? What if it fails? In many parts of life, these are important and useful thoughts. But when creativity is involved, they can damage the process. This interactive online workshop is for anyone who has a desire to be more creative (personally or professional) and doesn’t know where to start.
This event is open to BIPOC identifying students only.
Find more Black History Month events at U of G.

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: Arboretum Workshop - Winter Tree Identification
2021-02-16 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
No leaves? No problem! In this Arboretum workshop you will learn about the variety of features that are useful for winter identification of trees. From buds to bark to leaf scars, we will take an in-depth look at the surprisingly distinctive characteristics that let us unlock the identities of trees in their dormant season. We will focus on deciduous tree species native to Ontario, and we will make time for some evergreens as well. Optional ‘homework’ assignments will encourage you to get outside and observe trees in between sessions.
Fee: $50 (plus HST) per person (includes all three sessions)

ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop - Tips for Heightening Your Winter Nature Walks
2021-02-17 12:00 - 13:00 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Ben Porchuk is Canada’s first Certified Forest Therapy Guide. The Arboretum invites you to join Ben as he guides you through some meaningful and fun invitations to ease you out of your mind and into full body senses. The founder and now executive director of the Global Institute of Forest Therapy, Ben now travels the world training forest therapy guides.
Fee: $15 (plus HST) per person.

ONLINE: Winter 2021 Book Launch with Dr. Greg Kelley
2021-02-17 14:00 - 14:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
U of GH’s Academic Services department invites you to attend the Winter 2021 Virtual Book Launch Series event, featuring Dr. Greg Kelley, Media Studies instructor at the University of Guelph-Humber.
Join Dr. Kelley as he provides a review and reading of his newly released monograph Unruly Audience: Folk Interventions in Popular Media. The book examines how “folk interventions” challenge institutional media with active –often public—social engagement. Win a copy of the book!
Please join us on Wednesday, February 17 from 2 to 2:30 p.m. for this highly anticipated event and help us celebrate this outstanding literary accomplishment. This event will be held online via the Zoom platform. Zoom meeting details will be provided to guests who have registered. See event website to register.

ONLINE: Black History Month - "Black + Mental Health + Matters" Workshop with Art with Impact
2021-02-17 18:00 - 19:30 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Black + Mental Health + Matters is a 1.5-hour virtual workshop that is designed to be a place of refuge for Black students. Knowing that Black humans in North America face unique and specific barriers to mental wellness, this workshop provides a place for them to be seen and heard, both collectively and individually. Equipping participants with tools to help them heal and thrive, Black + Mental Health + Matters uses creative practices to center and uplift.
This workshop is open to Black identifying individuals only.
Find more Black History Month events at U of G.

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.
Find more Black History Month events at U of G.

ONLINE: Analysis - Introduction to R Studio
2021-02-22 13:00 - 15:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Want to learn more about R, but worried about the programming skills needed to use it? Fear no more!
This workshop from the McLaughlin Library will cover a number of topics including: getting comfortable with the R interface. learning the basics of R programming, working with packages, importing data, and creating basic descriptive statistics and frequency tables.

ONLINE: Arboretum Course - My First Vegetable Garden with Robert Pavlis
2021-02-23 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
This Arboretum course is designed for the new gardener or the gardener that has only been growing vegetables for a couple of years. We’ll start at the very beginning, with ordering seeds and end with a detailed discussion of the 10 best vegetables for new gardeners. Focus is on hardiness zones 4 – 6.
We’ll cover the following topics:

Creating a new bed and different systems; in the ground, raised beds and growing in containers
Best soil selection and how to get it ready for the growing season
When to use seed vs transplants, and starting early indoors
Dealing with weeds and other gardening tricks
Watering, sun and fertilizer – keep them growing for a maximum yield
Harvesting and fall crops
Common vegetables myths

Robert Pavlis is a Master Gardener and garden writer who publishes two popular gardening blogs and has published several gardening books. He owns and operates a private botanical garden where he grows over 3,000 different varieties of plants.
Early Bird Fee: $40 (plus HST) per person (includes all four sessions.)

ONLINE: Better Sleep for Mid-Life Women
2021-02-23 19:00 - 21:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn drug-free tips to help cope with mid-life sleep changes, hot flashes and the frustration of being awake through the night.
This two-hour skills workshop meets online with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic.
Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the workshop. Register at https://selfregulationskills.ca/programs/peri-menopausal-sleep-workshop/
