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ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop – Virtual Constellation “Walk”
Learning the night sky is like getting to know a new neighborhood. At first, it may seem big and confusing, but as you strike out and become more and more familiar with prominent landmarks, the day comes when you realize that the neighborhood is no longer new. It’s home. Join the Arboretum for monthly online
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Data Skills: GIS 2 – Intermediate
Join us for Data Skills: GIS 2 - Intermediate. This workshop is designed to support the development of your GIS skills using ArcGIS. ArcGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS); a software program for working with maps and geographic data. ArcGIS is available on all the library computers, also by download to the University community.
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Brain Food Live: Paraphrasing and Summarizing
This live, online workshop will provide strategies for avoiding plagiarism, paraphrasing sentences and short passages, and summarizing longer passages. Come to learn more about writing techniques for your thesis or dissertation.
ONLINE: Big Ideas in Improvisation – Fred Moten and Vijay Iyer in Conversation
International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) and Musagetes are pleased to present the inaugural lecture of the Big Ideas in Improvisation series: an annual series showcasing provocative thinkers and creative practitioners. This free, online event—co-presented by the ArtsEverywhere Festival—will feature poet, critic and theorist Fred Moten in conversation with composer, pianist and scholar
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Data Skills: Introduction to Text Analysis – Counting and Context
Are you interested in uncovering patterns across vast amounts of textual information? This workshop will introduce 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. By the end of this workshop you will be able to complete basic word
ONLINE: Thriving in Action – Finding Balance
How do we find a balance between being a student, a worker, a friend, a family member? How do we find joy in our many roles? In this Thriving in Action session, we will explore how we can integrate the many facets of our lives together. We will identify the habits that help us thrive
ONLINE: Stress Less for Tests
Learn practical skills to decrease test anxiety and enhance energy and performance during the semester. 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
ONLINE: GIER Annual Symposium
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaThe Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) is hosting its first annual symposium! To adapt to the circumstances and provide as much flexibility as possible, we have planned virtual live events (June 2 and 3) as well as curating asynchronous content that people can check out in their own time (and that we will be
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Data Skills: Introduction to Text Analysis – Natural Language Processing
Are you interested in uncovering patterns across vast amounts of textual information? This workshop will introduce more complex concepts such as named entity recognition, sentiment analysis and topic modelling. Participants will explore tools such as NER, Exploratory.io and Topic Modelling Tool. By the end of this workshop you will be able to complete basic word
ONLINE: Game-changing Announcement
Please join us on June 3 to learn how a game-changing donation to the University of Guelph will ensure the world has access to safe drinking water, which is essential to human and ecological health. Learn more online.
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Data Skills: Tableau
A picture is worth a thousand words! Especially when you don’t have to read the thousand words it would take to explain the patterns and trends in your data. There are many reasons why information is easier to explain, explore, and convince in a visual format. This session will provide you with some basic skills
ONLINE: Be a Better Presenter – Strategies and Skills for Graduate Students
Be a Better Presenter (formerly Presentation Bootcamp) is a half-day workshop for graduate students who would like to learn more about presentation skills and strategies to use in academic settings.
Senate Meeting
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
ONLINE: Anxiety Skills and Strategies
Learn powerful strategies, new tips and information on how to respond and calm down the uncomfortable sensations of anxiety. A variety of long and short self-calming strategies are introduced, along
ONLINE: Thriving in Action – Mindfulness and the Present Moment
Join us for Thriving in Action: Mindfulness and the Present Moment. Explore how to be in and make the most of the present moment. Learn how to plan and become
ONLINE: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journal Club
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaJoin us for our online Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) journal clubs, where we discuss a recent teaching publication. If you missed previous meetings, do not worry! This is
ONLINE: LGBTQ2IA+ Identity and Employment Workshop
This workshop will provide an overview of employment issues as they relate to LGBTQ2IA+ students including: employment rights, harassment and discrimination, disclosure of identity, and responding to inappropriate interview questions.
ONLINE: Thriving in Action – Coping with Difficulties
Difficulties are a normal part of life that we all experience. But that doesn’t mean that they are easy to deal with! In this final Thriving in Action Session we
ONLINE: COVID-19 Town Hall
Stay up to date on the University's plans to safely welcome students, faculty and staff back to campus by attending our second COVID-19 Town Hall on Thursday, June 17. We
ONLINE: Alumni and Reunion Week 2021
Our biggest U of G alumni event - Alumni and Reunion Week - is back and has gone virtual! Join us for a virtual celebration from June 21 - 27!