ONLINE: Alumni and Reunion Weekend - Don't Worry, Be Happy Webinar
2022-06-23 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join our biggest alumni celebration of the year! This hybrid event features virtual events June 20 – 23 and on-campus reunions June 24 – 26.
Take a trip down memory lane from the comfort of your home and celebrate your time at U of G by attending one or all six virtual alumni events.
Don’t Worry, Be Happy Webinar
Learn how to create your own personal ‘happiness plan’ with Dr. Natalie Evans. What is happiness? In this webinar, we’ll examine:

Some common beliefs about what happiness is and isn’t, and how we can get more of it in our lives.
Why sometimes what we believe will make us happy doesn’t, and how to identify our own sources of happiness.
A brief overview of some key theories and research findings will provide some guidance in the development of your own personalized happiness plan.
Some helpful resources to perform your own ‘happify’ experiments.

Learn more online.

ONLINE: Deep Dish Dialogues with Chef Joseph Shawana
2022-06-23 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The next episode of Deep Dish Dialogues airs Thursday, June 23 at noon. In this episode, Chef Joseph Shawana will tell us about his work as an Indigenous chef and educator. We’ll learn about Indigenous cuisine and food history while Joseph prepares a baked chicken with pesto made from wild ramps and maple syrup. Join Joseph and Arrell Scholars Regan Zink and Margarita Fontecha for this special lunchtime event during National Indigenous History Month.
Deep Dish Dialogues is an online monthly event series that showcases chefs and food experts and dives into impactful subjects. Each episode features new guests and a recipe connected to the topic. The audience has the chance to learn how to make new dishes while learning more about food, sustainability and our communities. This series is brought to you by the University of Guelph’s Arrell Food Institute and the School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management at the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics.
Learn more online.

ONLINE: Alumni and Reunion Week - Alumni Wine Night hosted by Southbrook Winery
2022-06-23 19:00 - 20:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join our biggest alumni celebration of the year! This hybrid event features virtual events June 20 – 23 and on-campus reunions June 24 – 26.
Take a trip down memory lane from the comfort of your home and celebrate your time at U of G by attending one or all six virtual alumni events.
Wine Night – hosted by Southbrook Winery
Cheers to your memories made at U of G! Connect with classmates and fellow alumni online in a virtual Wine Tasting Night! Registration closes June 13 to allow time for shipping!
Join us for Alumni Wine Night hosted by Southbrook Winery! The winery is owned and operated by OAC’79 graduates Bill and Marilyn Redelmeier. Southbrook specializes in organic, biodynamic wine that uses less water, less energy, no synthetic pesticides, no chemical fertilizer, no bioengineering and no genetic modification. Organic agriculture results in more biodiversity, conserves more water, and improves soil health.
The wines in this event include:

2020 Estate Vidal Orange
2019 Landry Vineyard Riesling
2018 Triomphe Merlot

Learn more online.

Reunion Weekend 2022
2022-06-24 - 2022-06-26 | University of Guelph
Join our biggest alumni celebration of the year! This hybrid event features virtual events June 20 – 23 and on-campus reunions June 24 – 26.
Reunion groups are invited back to campus June 24 – 26 to celebrate their milestone anniversaries! Take part in reunion events, campus tours and other social events!
Learn more online.

Arboretum Workshop: Wednesday Noon Walks
2022-06-29 12:15 - 13:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Nature is know to be unpredictable and unexpected, so what awaits us today? Michelle, the Arboretum’s Naturalist Intern, will lead hour-long walks every Wednesday. Walks start at the Arboretum kiosk at 12:15 p.m.
Wednesday Noon Walks are free to join.

ONLINE: Thriving in Action - Motivation and Perseverance
2022-06-29 13:30 - 15:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Difficulties are a normal part of life that we all experience every semester. But that doesn’t mean that they are easy to deal with! In this final Thriving in Action session, we will talk about how to persevere and stay motivated when we face difficult situations. We will discuss strategies for maintaining motivation during stressful times of the semester and identify strategies for handling feedback and for learning from previous assessments.
Join us for Thriving in Action, a program that will help you move from languishing to flourishing throughout your time in university. Build motivation, optimism and resilience, and learn how to integrate those skills into your work as a student. In each workshop, you will learn and practice both wellness and learning strategies that will help you be the student you want to be. Join us for one or all four workshops this summer and learn how to thrive. Workshops are offered online and will be delivered via Zoom. This program is offered by the Library and Student Wellness. All participants will be entered in a draw for one of two gift certificates valued at $25. Attend all four workshops and your name will be entered four times.
If you attend all four workshops, you can obtain a letter of recognition for your participation.
Learn more online.

Time to Pride! SIGMAS 2022 Pride Panel Discussion
2022-06-29 15:00 - 16:30 | Ontario, Canada
The Students in Graduate Mathematics and Statistics (SIGMAS) Club invites you to attend our Time to Pride! 2022 Pride Month Panel Discussion. This panel discussion will complement our Instagram Spotlight Series by continuing to highlight LGBTQ2SIA+ individuals working in STEM fields. This discussion focuses on the intersection of identity and STEM, including topics such as what is means to be an LGBTQ2SIA+ individual in STEM, how we can be better allies to LGBTQ2SIA+ individuals in STEM, and the many ways that LGBTQ2SIA+ identities enrich our lives. Our stellar line-up of panellists includes:

Thomas Sasso (He/They), Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics
Dr. Daniel Gillis (He/Him/His), School of Computer Science
Victoria Leaker (She/They), Department of Physics
Kat Nolan (She/They), Integrative Biology

Join us on June 29 in RICH 2529 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. to attend this discussion and enjoy complimentary food and drinks! Registration is FREE and open to all students, faculty, and staff across U of G. Register online! For those interested in being panellists in similar SIGMAS events in the future, don’t hesitate to contact us!

Arboretum Workshop: Wednesday Evening Walks
2022-06-29 19:00 - 20:30 | J.C. Taylor Nature Interpretive Centre
Join us each Wednesday for the months of June, July and August at the J.C. Nature Center (Arboretum, University of Guelph) from 7 to 8:30 p.m. to explore different aspects of the world around us! Cost is $2 per person and free for kids under 5.
June 29: Putting Down Roots – Join us as we delve into the fascinating world of trees!
July 6: Early Birds & Night Owls – Come learn about how plants and animals are adapted to being awake and active at different times of the day!
July 13: It’s Better Down Where it’s Wetter – Join us for a pond study where we will explore the diverse and amazing pond life at the arboretum!
July 20: Anybody Home – Join us as we learn how different animals make their impressive homes!
July 27: Splendid Spiders – Join us to gain a greater appreciation for these tiny creatures!
August topics to be added at a later date.

ONLINE Speaker Panel: Translational Health Research
2022-06-30 10:00 - 11:30 | Ontario, Canada
OVC is pleased to invite you to our Translational Health Research speaker panel to be held at this year’s Graduate Student Research Symposium. Translational Health research unites basic science, veterinary medicine research and human health research. Hear from a panel of University of Guelph faculty, alumni and students as they discuss how their research brings scientific discoveries from the lab to the clinic and the benefit for animal and human health.
This event is free and open to the public. Register online.

Pride Picnic
2022-06-30 17:30 - 19:00 | Johnston Green
Join the Sexual Violence Support Centre, Sexual and Gender Diversity Office, and Wellness Education and Promotion Centre for a Queer Picnic on Johnston Green! We welcome the 2SLGBTQIA+ U of G community to come and have intimate and engaging conversations surrounding healthy relationships, consent and queerness outside of a heteronormative and cisgendered lens. There will be music, button making, games and more!
Join us to meet people, talk, and have a great time. The event goes until 7 p.m. and you are welcome to come and go as you please.

ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop - What to do when you find a baby rabbit
2022-07-04 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us over the lunch hour for the second session in this wildlife education series! How to handle finding a baby skunk or raccoon. Learn how to detect if they need your help, and the proper precautions to take when handling these rabies vector species. We will go through their natural history, what a healthy versus unhealthy baby looks like, some common illnesses, and how you can help! No prior wildlife knowledge required.
Fee: $10 (plus HST) per person, per session.
email: arbworks@uoguelph.ca
phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 52113

Science in India 2047
2022-07-06 10:00 - 11:30 | Ontario, Canada
Adventure and skepticism: Building scientific temper in India
Gagandeep Kang, Professor, The Welcome Trust Research Laboratory Division of Gastrointestinal Sciences, Christian Medical College, Vellore
Transforming science education towards innovation, entrepreneurship and sustainability
Sonam Wangchuk, Founding Director, Himalayan Institute of Alternatives, Ladakh
Science, state and the citizen
Jahnavi Phalkey, Founding Director, Science Gallery Bengaluru
Moderator: Julie Vale
Associate Professor, School of Engineering, University of Guelph
Presented by: Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
For more information and registration, visit: https://uoguel.ph/India2047-7

ONLINE: Arboretum Workshp - What to do when you find a baby raccoon or skunk
2022-07-06 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada

ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop - Virtual Tree Identification
2022-07-07 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-07-14 12:00 - 13:00, 2022-07-28 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Do you love trees but can’t tell an ash from a walnut, a birch from a beech, or a spruce from a fir? Are you looking to connect more with the natural world around you? Join Shelley Hunt, University of Guelph course instructor and former Arboretum Director, for a virtual, interactive tree identification workshop. There will also be an optional in-person session available. Over the course of four Zoom sessions, with hands-on challenges to complete in between, you will learn the basics of tree ID, with a focus on native Ontario species (and their look-alike non-native counterparts). You will learn about the important features to look for (e.g., leaf shape and arrangement, bark characteristics, fruits and cones), as well as the details that help us to distinguish between species in the same group (e.g., ashes, pines, maples). You will practice your skills on trees that you can find in your local area, and get feedback on your ‘homework’. The fourth session will include a virtual tour of trees in The Arboretum’s collections. Sessions will run from noon to 1 p.m. (one hour of instruction, and up to 30 minutes of optional questions/discussion) on Thursdays from July 7 through to July 28.
Fee: $50 (plus HST) per person, per session.
email: arbworks@uoguelph.ca
phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 52113

ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop - What to do when you find a duckling or gosling (baby waterfowl)
2022-07-11 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us over the lunch hour for the third session in this wildlife education series! How to handle finding a baby duck or goose. Learn how to detect if they need your help, and the proper precautions to take for preventing the spread of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). We will go through their natural history, what a healthy versus unhealthy baby looks like, some common signs of illnesses, and how you can help! No prior wildlife knowledge required.
Fee: $10 (plus HST) per person, per session.
email: arbworks@uoguelph.ca
phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 52113

ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop - What to do when you find a baby songbird
2022-07-13 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us over the lunch hour for the fourth session in this wildlife education series! How to handle finding a baby songbird. Learn how to detect if they need your help (is it just a fledgling learning to fly or is it a hatchling or nestling in need?) We will go through their natural history, what a healthy versus unhealthy baby looks like, and how you can help! No prior wildlife knowledge required.
Fee: $10 (plus HST) per person, per session.
email: arbworks@uoguelph.ca
phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 52113

Yoga on Johnston Green
2022-07-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Johnston Green
Yoga on Johnston Green – July 2022
Rain Location: Peter Clark Hall, 001M
Please join us to take your break and enjoy a Classical yoga class on U of G’s beautiful Johnston Green.
Three $10 hospitality gift cards will be awarded by random draw. When you arrive, let us know that it is your first time doing in-person yoga to be entered into the draw. Bring a buddy and both of you will be entered into the draw! The event is open to all – staff, faculty, students, alumni and visitors. No experience is required. Don’t forget to bring your yoga mat and water!
This event is hosted by U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective and sponsored by Wellness@Work.
Register
Register through Qualtrics.

ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop - What to do when you find a baby opossum
2022-07-18 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us over the lunch hour for the fifth session in this wildlife education series! How to handle finding a baby opossum. Learn how to detect if they need your help (unlike other species, the babies stay with their mum for a while!) We will go through their natural history, what a healthy versus unhealthy baby looks like, and how you can help! No prior wildlife knowledge required.
Fee: $10 (plus HST) per person, per session.
email: arbworks@uoguelph.ca
phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 52113

Hear, Here Arboretum - Share Your Stories
2022-07-20 11:00 - 14:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Students from the University of Guelph’s History Department (College of Arts) are collecting memories about local history in the Arboretum at Guelph – and you can help by telling your story!
Experiential Learning Students of HIST 3650 invite local community members to share stories for inclusion in an online digital archive and audio walking tour. Participants will be invited to the Arboretum to partake in a 30–45-minute interview.
The goal of the research project is to create an online resource of oral, local history to create an audio walking tour for visitors to the Arboretum, and to prepare history students for work in the public sphere. These students will be busy researching specific areas of the Arboretum and are eager to hear your personal stories throughout its 50-year history. Sites of interest include, but are not limited to:

Harrison House
Gene Banks
The Gosling Wildlife Gardens
The Italian Garden
The Japanese Garden
The Reflecting Pool
The Wisahkotewinowak Tea Garden
Zavitz Pines
Memorial Grove
C. Taylor Nature Centre

Learn more about the Hear, Here project.
For more information, please contact:
Dr. Kim Martin
Department of History
University of Guelph
email: kmarti20@uoguelph.ca
This project has been reviewed by the Research Ethics Board for compliance with federal guidelines for research involving human participants. If you have questions regarding your rights and welfare as a research participant in this study (REB# #22-06-006), please contact:
Manager, Research Ethics
University of Guelph
reb@uoguelph.ca
(519) 824-4120 (ext. 56606).

ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop - What to do when you find a baby squirrel or chipmunk
2022-07-20 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us over the lunch hour for the sixth and final session in this wildlife education series! How to handle finding a baby squirrel or chipmunk. Learn how to detect if they need your help. We will go through their natural history (did you know chipmunks don’t nest in trees?), what a healthy versus unhealthy baby looks like, how to tell the difference between baby squirrels and chipmunks, and how you can help! No prior wildlife knowledge required.
Fee: $10 (plus HST) per person, per session.
email: arbworks@uoguelph.ca
phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 5211

ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop - Virtual Tree Identification
2022-07-21 12:00 - 13:00 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

U of G Community Bike Ride
2022-07-30 10:30 - 14:30 | Meet at P31 – post-ride events at Johnston Green
The Campus Safety Office Special Constable Bicycle Patrol Team invites all faculty and staff for a leisurely bicycle ride! The bicycle ride is designed to engage staff and faculty and their families to get out for some exercise, meet other members of their community, and get to know their workplace on a broader level. The ride will encompass a general tour of the campus with focus on popular spots such as the Arboretum, Gryphon Statue, Alumni Stadium, Branion Plaza and a general ride through campus. Please ensure all bicycles are in working condition with a working bell or horn and that riders are equipped with helmets. Rain gear and/or sunscreen are recommended.
Join us after the ride too!
The ride will end at Johnston Green where all participants will be able to mingle with one another and children will have the opportunity to meet various first responders from the community and climb aboard emergency vehicles. An ice cream truck will be available free of charge to grab a treat while you connect with others and share time with your family!
Where?
The ride will begin in Parking Lot P31 located on South Ring Road adjacent to the bus loop. Parking will be available for all participants.
Registration
All participants are requested to register online to help us with estimating number of attendees. Register now!
Questions?
Email Isidora Nezic at nezici@uoguelph.ca.

Arboretum Workshop: Tree Identification
2022-08-04 13:00 - 17:00 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Join Shelley Hunt at The Arboretum to explore tree identification in-person. This workshop includes the virtual sessions listed on Thursdays, July 7, 14, 21 and 28, 2022 as well as the in-person session on August 4. The virtual session is included in the in-person session, so if you are registering for the in-person session you should not register for the virtual session. You will automatically receive the link for the virtual sessions with your registration and the link to the recordings after each session.
Fee: $115 (plus HST) per person, per session if you register by the early bird deadline of July 27. If you register after July 27 the fee is $125 (plus HST).
email: arbworks@uoguelph.ca
phone: 519-824-4120 Ext. 52113

Grand Opening: Lincoln Alexander Student Service Centre
2022-08-10 11:00 - 12:00 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
The Office of Registrarial Services is excited to unveil the new Lincoln Alexander Student Service Centre, a one-stop service centre for everything related to finances, enrolment, records, admissions and more. Called “The Linc” for short, the centre aims to provide students with the best possible support as they navigate their academic journeys.
Please join us in celebrating the official opening of The Linc at 11 a.m. on August 10. The Linc is located on the third floor of the University Centre, at the north end (access via north elevators or UC courtyard stairs). Refreshments will be provided.

ONLINE: Environment Bound with GIER – The World As We Knew It
2022-08-10 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
“At a time when our planet is experiencing terrifying and unprecedented levels of change, what corresponding transformations have you witnessed in your own lives, yards, neighborhoods, jobs, relationships or mental health?”
Join the Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) as we welcome Amy Brady and Tajja Isen to discuss of their new anthology, The World As We Knew It, and answer questions about the daily and personal effects of climate change, and how storytelling can be an essential part of combating climate change. Hear about this intimate portrait of a climate-changed world, a collection of voices describing lives and memories of familiar activities and places that have been transformed in small and large ways.
Register online.

Yoga on Johnston Green
2022-08-25 12:00 - 13:00 | Johnston Green
Please join us to take your break and enjoy a classical yoga class on U of G’s beautiful Johnston Green. Chairs will be provided to those who would like them and instructions for chair modifications provided. Fresh fruits, vegetables and tea sandwiches will be available after class.
Three $10 hospitality gift cards will be awarded by random draw. When you arrive, let us know that it is your first time doing in-person yoga to be entered into the draw. Bring a buddy and both of you will be entered into the draw! The event is open to all – staff, faculty, students, alumni and visitors. No experience is required. Don’t forget to bring your yoga mat and water!
This event is hosted by U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective and sponsored by Wellness@Work.
Register
Register through Qualtrics
Questions?
Email U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective at yoga@uoguelph.ca

IF 2022 - Improvisational Arts Festival
2022-08-26 19:00 - 2022-08-27 19:00 | Branion Plaza and Online, Ontario, Canada
IF 2022 is an 24-hour online improvisational arts festival. Now in its third year, this free, multi-disciplinary festival showcases new, improvised performances from 150+ artists from 20+ countries around the world. Featuring jazz legends (Wadada Leo Smith, William Parker), renowned composers (Evelyn Glennie, Susan Alcorn), acclaimed poets (Lorna Crozier and George Elliott Clarke) and some of the most exciting musicians, filmmakers, dancers, poets, comedians and unclassifiable creators working today, IF 2022 is a celebration of the power of in-the-moment creation: the joy and magic of finding a way out of no way.
This year’s theme, “Towards New Futures: Improvising in Transition,” speaks to a current feeling of being in transition between pandemic life and post-pandemic life. It invites our performers and audience alike to re-imagine the world around them and spark positive change.
In addition to its online-only programming, IF 2022 features a free, in-person closing performance by Toronto-based Japanese drumming ensemble Nagata Shachu at Branion Plaza (University of Guelph campus, just outside of the University Centre) on Aug. 27th at 6 p.m. This performance will also be streamed as part of IF 2022 at improvfest.ca/watch.
To view the full line-up and learn more about IF 2022, visit our website: https://improvfest.ca/

Jacobites, Jacobins and Outlanders: Scotland in Cultural Memory
2022-08-28 14:00 - 17:00 | University Centre, 150 Research Ln, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
This community event will feature presentations by faculty, graduate students and Archival and Special Collections staff, and is part of a wider partnership between the University of Guelph and Simon Fraser University.
Special guest speaker Professor Viccy Coltman will present an exploratory and informal talk titled, ‘Wartime: Scottish officers in military service, 1793-1815’.
In the last thirty years, the study of martial culture in Britain during the period of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars has been foregrounded in various humanities disciplines as scholars sought to reclaim academic military history with its traditional focus on campaigns, commanders and tactics for cultural studies, with its equivalent emphases on poems, novels and plays. Despite the efflorescence of publications from history and English Literature, art history has lagged behind, and within the existing literature, there has been no focussed study of Scottish officers and Highland regiments during this period of intense and prolonged warfare that lasted almost a quarter of a century, or a generation. As Captain John Kincaid wrote in his Adventures in the rifle brigade in the Peninsula, France and the Netherlands, from 1809 to 1815, (London, 1830), ‘We had been born in war, reared in war, and war was our trade’.
Viccy Coltman’s work-in-progress seeks to write a cultural history of wartime which privileges Scottish commanders-in-chief of the British army including Sir Ralph Abercromby and Sir John Moore and the contributions of the 42nd, 79th and 92nd Highland Regiments at major battles of Alexandria (1801) and Waterloo (1815). She situates a range and raft of temporalities at stake in this period and its visual and material representation, both contemporary and posthumous.
In this illustrated talk, Viccy offers an overview of her current book project, focussing on a series of key images and objects which she has identified, including understudied and unpublished martial portraits by Edinburgh’s leading portrait painter, Henry Raeburn.
Viccy Coltman is a Professor of history of art at the University of Edinburgh. Her most recent book was Art and Identity in Scotland: A cultural history from the 1745 Jacobite uprising to Walter Scott, (Cambridge, 2019; paperback 2021). Her wartime book in preparation has been supported by fellowships from the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art and at the Anne S. K. Brown military collection at Brown University.
Registration is available on the event website and early registration is encouraged. The event is free and open to the public.
The event is supported by the Centre for Scottish Studies at the University of Guelph, the Research Centre for Scottish Studies at Simon Fraser University and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Connections Grant program.
