ONLINE: IF 2020 - All-night, online celebration of the arts!
2020-08-07 20:00 - 2020-08-08 20:00 (America/Toronto) | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
An all-night, online celebration of the arts!
IF 2020 is a 24-hour online event featuring 150+ unique, original performances by international artists of all disciplines. This free, all-night celebration of the arts will feature improvisational performance videos by musicians, spoken word poets, dancers, theatre practitioners and multi-disciplinary artists from 15+ countries captured in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The IF Festival is presented by The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) at the University of Guelph in partnership with Canadian festivals including Hillside Festival (Guelph), Suoni Per Il Popolo (Montreal), and Coastal Jazz and Blues (Vancouver), as well as international presenters including Lasalle College of the Arts (Singapore), 17 Institute of Critical Studies (Mexico), and Onassis Cultural Centre (Greece).
This opportunity to gather online has been made possible through support from numerous community partners, including the University of Guelph’s COVID-19 Research Development & Catalyst Fund, U of G’s College of Arts, and long-time IICSI partner Musagetes.

ONLINE: Data Skills Boot Camp
2020-08-10 - 2020-08-13 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The library will be offering its first Data Skills Boot Camp from Aug. 10 to 13, 2020. During this 4-day, online workshop, attendees will participate in hands-on activities that will introduce them to or remind them of the key stages of the research data lifecycle.
Topics covered in this workshop series include: data basics, data management, creating and getting data, cleaning and preparing data, data analysis (quantitative, qualitative and geospatial), data visualization and more!
Data Skills Boot Camp is based on our popular longstanding Data Skills Workshop Series that is offered over multiple weeks each semester. We have selected the core workshops from this series and are offering them in a condensed time frame to help researchers kick start their projects ahead of the fall semester.

ONLINE: U of G Entrepreneur Meet and Greet
2020-08-20 12:00 - 12:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us for our first online U of G Entrepreneur Meet and Greet hosted by Accelerator Guelph and the Wood Centre. This is a social gathering for early and established entrepreneurs to meet and network. This meeting will be led by U of G staff David Hobson of Accelerator Guelph and Tyler Zemlak of the Wood Centre.
Agenda:

Brief introduction to the resources available on campus and nearby (10 min)
Network, ask questions and share stories with like-minded entrepreneurs in the U of G entrepreneur ecosystem (20 min)

Email Kelly Ziegler at kziegler@uoguelph.ca to RSVP and receive the Teams meeting link.

GryphRun 5K Summer Series
2020-08-22 08:00 - 2020-08-23 17:00 | Ontario, Canada
Promote mental well-being through physical activity, engage with an online audience, and raise money for student athletic scholarships!
Walk, run or bike – inside or outside!
LAST run of the series!
Learn more and register online.

ONLINE: OVC Graduate Research Symposium
2020-08-25 10:00 - 15:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The OVC Graduate Research Symposium will be held August 25. This online event will include oral and poster presentations by graduate students and a speaker panel on a One Health approach to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Research achievements of current graduate students will be showcased at this annual Graduate Student Research Symposium. All OVC graduate students are encouraged to participate in this event by sharing their research findings, practicing their presentation skills and celebrating research in the OVC community.

ONLINE: Panel talk - OVC experts tackle a One Health approach to the COVID-19 pandemic
2020-08-25 10:00 - 23:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
On Aug. 25, the OVC Graduate Student Symposium hosts a Teams Live panel discussion on ‘A One Health Approach to the COVID-19 Pandemic’.
Panelists will discuss what is “One Health”? Why is a One Health approach useful to respond to this pandemic? As well as, top recommendation to policymakers and other stakeholders for preventing future zoonotic transmission with pandemic potential.
Featured Panelists: Profs. Amy Greer, Scott Weese and Katie Clow
Date: Tuesday. August 25
Time: 10 to 11 a.m. EST
Moderator: Lauren Grant, Research Manager, OVC
Everyone is welcome.
Join the TEAMS LIVE panel discussion

ONLINE: Webinar with the Hon. David C. Onley
2020-08-27 13:00 - 14:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
“The Progress of the AODA and COVID-19’s Impact on Accessibility in Ontario”
Join David C. Onley, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, for another free, thought-provoking webinar hosted by The Accessibility Conference.

ONLINE: Webinar on Potential Commercial Applications of Bio-carbon from Biomass of Ontario
2020-09-01 09:30 - 12:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
BRIL – KTT Webinar on Potential Commercial Applications of Bio-carbon from Biomass of Ontario
Speakers
Ted Todoschuk, Ka Wing Ng, Hayat Raza, David Gordon, David Smith, Animesh Dutta
Webinar Highlights
Sustainable production and marketing of bio-carbon from Ontario based biomass is essential for transition towards a sustainable circular economy. Canada’s trade balance is consistently negative with related industrial bulk imports of HS 380210 (activated carbon). The potential volumetric consumptions of bio -carbon in Ontario can be in the scale of in 1000’s of tons/ month. Using materials from renewable local resources will offer opportunity of valorization and enhance local economy.
Target audiance
Farmers, bio-carbon producers, governmental staff and researchers
Open to Public – Free registration via Eventbrite. Meeting invitation with id and password will be sent by email to all registered participants
Contact us
Event Chair : Prof. Animesh Dutta, adutta@uoguelph.ca; 519 824-4120 ext.52441or
Event host: Prof. Ranjan Pradhan, rpradhan@uoguelph.ca

ONLINE: GenEq Webinar - Gender Equity in the Time of COVID-19
2020-09-02 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly created a multitude of pressures for everyone in our community. At the same time, the burdens presented by the pandemic are not equally experienced, and often exacerbate existing inequalities. GenEQ is working to understand the burdens faced by women on our campuses at this time.
COVID-19 has laid bare and even intensified various forms of structural inequalities, highlighting historic racial disparities as well as health and economic inequalities worldwide. The pandemic has also had a disproportionate impact on women, for instance, in terms of gendered household labour and women’s over-representation in the care economy, resulting in differential impacts on many members of our University of Guelph community.
Please join us to hear from three U of G community members as they share their experiences and perspectives.
Panel Discussion Featuring:

Malissa Bryan, PhD student, Department of Sociology
Monique Deveaux, Canada Research Chair in Ethics and Global Social Change, Department of Philosophy
Jenna Hennessy, Manager of Internal Communications

Moderated by Karyn Freedman, Department of Philosophy
Everyone is welcome; registration is free. Q&A to follow.
Register online.

ONLINE: Live chat sessions with staff for new graduate students
2020-09-08 09:30 - 12:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
New graduate students will have the opportunity to chat with staff from campus units such as Student Wellness, the Library, Career Services, the Graduate Student Association, the Office of Teaching and Learning, International Student Experience and more. There will be three one-hour sessions at 9:30 a.m., 10:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. The live chat schedule and links to join these sessions via Teams Live Events is available on the Grad Orientation website.

ONLINE: 2020 Community Breakfast for Faculty and Staff
2020-09-09 09:30 - 10:15 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
All U of G faculty and staff are invited to the 2020 Community Breakfast! Connect as a community online as we celebrate the start of the academic year together.
Learn more and RSVP online!

ONLINE: Inhale Courage. Exhale Fear – Live Classical Yoga and Pranayama
2020-09-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Ontario, Canada
COVID-19 has brought the focus right back to the Breath and Pranayama.
During this Classical Yoga and Pranayama class, we will practice Pranayama – controlled breathing exercises. Prana is basic vital currents, the life force, the life energy, the consciousness. Breath is direct manifestation of Prana and is the underpinnings of connecting with our mind, emotions and feelings, and building courage and resilience while removing fear. It’s a step-by-step procedure best to practice with an experienced yoga practitioner.
Inhale Courage. Exhale Fear.
Experience a Classical Yoga and Pranayama class from your own home taught by one of your own.

Every Tuesday from noon to 1 p.m. – Everyone welcome: faculty, staff, students, alumni and retirees – No experience required
Join the Zoom Meeting. Contact ljairath@uoguelph.ca to register.

Tech Meet and Greet - Employers and Upper-year Students
2020-09-15 17:30 - 19:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Meet online with tech companies for a casual networking event for upper year students in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering and engineering systems and computing.
Create your profile, upload your resume, and meet one-on-one with employers or in larger group chats to ask questions, learn about industry trends and career options, and land your next full-time or co-op job!
Date: Tuesday, September 15, 2020
Time: 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual platform powered by Symplicity
Register TODAY to get started in the Symplicity platform
Step 1: https://elhub-guelph-csm.symplicity.com/events/techmeet20
Step 2: Click on I want to attend: As a Job Seeker
Step 3: Login using your U of G central login and password
Step 4: Click on Events then Career Fairs and Networking Events
Step 5: Select Tech Meet & Greet and click the red Attend button

ONLINE: Virtual Ecopsychology
2020-09-15 18:30 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
This program is aimed at providing an experience where you will interact with an online community and share nature-based experiences to help bring hope, resilience and positivity to your life right now. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in an 8-week course that explores hands-on components of Ecopsychology as well as Eco-Art Therapy.
Such concepts include:

Wisdom in nature
Engaging with nature and our surroundings beyond the five senses
Personal validation through personal “in-the-moment” experiences
Interconnections in nature and concepts of time, forgiveness, patience, love and care as observed in nature
Communication beyond language, as observed in nature
Finding wisdom in nature and breaking free from societal rigidity and structure

Learn more and register online.

ONLINE: Data Visualization - R using ggplot2
2020-09-16 08:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
In this workshop, you will learn how to produce scatter plots, boxplots and time series plots using ggplot2. Also, you will learn the tools and knowledge to create any figure/graphic to describe your data and customize your graphics with titles, legends, colours, etc.
This workshop is aimed at individuals who conduct statistical analysis. Advanced knowledge of R is not needed, but some familiarity with R is needed.
Please have a laptop for your own use during the workshop. The laptop will need to have R and RStudio installed before attending the workshop.

ONLINE: Arboretum Virtual Plant Sale
2020-09-18 09:00 - 2020-09-27 21:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Arboretum’s Annual Plant Sale is virtual this year. The annual fundraiser is online as an auction featuring a sample of unique and special plants. Many of the plants are the offspring of wild seeds sourced locally and are suitable for local pollinators, flora and fauna.
The auction is open Friday, September 18 at 9 a.m. to Sunday, September 27 at 9 p.m.

ONLINE: Data Skills Advanced Survey Creation in Qualtrics - Creating Data with Online Surveys
2020-09-18 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
This workshop will explore the more advanced question types and features of Qualtrics.
When you register for this workshop you are committing to attend the entire workshop unless otherwise confirmed with the instructor. If you are suddenly not able to attend, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can offer your spot to someone on our waiting list.
You must have a University of Guelph Qualtrics account working ahead of the workshop. You must access the workshop from a computer.

ONLINE: Brain Food Online - Graduate Thesis Workshops
2020-09-21 - 2020-09-25 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Through Brain Food Online, you’ll learn effective ways to approach your work as a graduate student. Undergraduate students who are writing an Undergraduate Honours Thesis or writing extensive research papers may also attend.
Workshop topics include:

Time Management during the Thesis Process
Formulating Your Research Question
Working with Data
Thesis Structure and Thesis Mapping
Advanced Search Strategies for Gathering the Literature
Strategies for Reading the Literature
Writing the Literature Review
Writing the Results and Discussion Sections
Paraphrasing and Summarizing

Brain Food Online will be delivered via CourseLink. You will be able to complete the workshops at your own pace. Most workshops include pre-recorded lectures, short activities, and access to supplementary resources.

ONLINE: Data Skills - Cleaning and Preparing Data Using OpenRefine
2020-09-21 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Before we are able to analyze or visualize our data, we have to clean and prepare it. Typical tasks include fixing spelling, removing duplicate rows, finding and replacing text, changing number formats, and merging and splitting columns.
OpenRefine is a powerful data manipulation tool that cleans, reshapes and edits batches of messy and unstructured data. When using OpenRefine to clean and transform data, you can easily facet, cluster, edit cells, reconcile and extend web services to convert a dataset to a more structured format.
By the end of this workshop you will be able to:

explain the importance of cleaning your data
complete basic data cleaning tasks using OpenRefine

You must download and install the latest version of Open Refine. If you have any issues with your install, please contact the IT Help Desk.

ONLINE: Virtual Fall Landscape Watercolour Painting
2020-09-21 19:00 - 21:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn how to translate any landscape into watercolour step by step with watercolour artist Candice Leyland. Each class we will be working through a full landscape painting based on a photograph taken in the Guelph Arboretum. We will explore painting water, foliage, trees and composition. Students will be able to receive feedback on their paintings at various parts of the class. All levels welcome – some watercolour experience is helpful.
Learn more and register online.

ONLINE: Data Skills - Research Data Management
2020-09-22 10:00 - 11:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Research Data Management (RDM) involves a set of strategies to ensure that the data you collect to inform your research will have the following protections:

your data will not be lost or corrupted, your data will not be inadvertently exposed to people who shouldn’t have access to it
your data will be properly documented to ensure you will interpret it correctly and not confuse various versions
to the extent that it is appropriate your data will be made available for use by other scholars, your data will be preserved for future analysis
your data will adhere to the requirements of funders and publishers

This workshop will introduce you to best practices to ensure that your research data is appropriately managed during the life of your research project and beyond.

ONLINE: Fall Equinox Yoga
2020-09-22 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Special Event: Fall Equinox Yoga with special guest and seasoned meditator Sri Hans
Everyone welcome: faculty, staff, students, alumni and retirees – No experience required.
How can we find calm in the midst of chaos? Where do we turn to access the voice of our deepest wisdom? What can we do to unplug and heal from within?
Program:
Noon to 12:15 p.m. – Warm Up with Mona
12:15 – 12:35 p.m. – Classical Asanas with Lalit
12:35 – 12:50 p.m. – Classical Visual Meditation with Sri Hans
Join Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 954 8412 8908
https://zoom.us/j/95484128908
As we harvest the fruits of summer, the natural world begins to fall away. At this precise moment, we invite you to turn toward the eternal light (inner sun) within us as the physical light outside starts diminishing. Harmony, balance and the opportunity to let go of what no longer serves us are the offerings of the equinox and our practice.
Be Safe. Be Well. Stay Calm. Practice COVID-19 safety guidelines and rules. Practice Classical Yoga!
Wish you all a successful Fall Semester in mind, body and spirits.
Looking forward to seeing you all!
Improve Life
Classical Yoga for Total Health and Awareness – CYTHA
A Total Health U of G Initiative
Wellness@Work

ONLINE: Open Scholarship - Open Data, Open Access and the Tri-Agencies
2020-09-23 10:30 - 11:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Part of the Library’s ongoing Open Scholarship workshop series, “Open Access, Open Data and the Tri-Agencies” will explore the benefits of open access and open data generally, and in our context here at the University of Guelph.

ONLINE: Circular Economy Workshop 2020 - Sustainable Materials - Innovating our future beyond the pandemic
2020-09-23 13:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world in fundamental ways and opened real possibilities to building a more sustainable industry sector in a broader ecosystem.
This free virtual workshop is hosted by the Bioproducts Discovery and Development Centre (BDDC) and is co-chaired by Prof. Amar Mohanty and Prof. Manju Misra.
The panelists from academia, industry, government and NGOs will explore exciting possibilities for sustainable materials and innovative technologies to boost a recovery for a “greener” post pandemic world.
Focus Areas:

Sustainable Materials – Opportunities & Markets
New Directions on Carbon Footprint Reduction
Perspectives on Innovation and Commercialization
Circular Economy, Policy and Consumers

ONLINE: Planning for Success - Strategies for Maximizing Your Productivity
2020-09-23 16:30 - 17:20 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
How can you learn efficiently and effectively? How can you make the most of your study time? Come to this workshop for strategies and ideas on:

Using your course outlines for planning and studying purposes
Creating — and sticking to — a study schedule
Study techniques that make the most impact

ONLINE: Data Skills - Analysis - Introduction to Using Python
2020-09-24 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Interested in using Python but don’t know where to start? Join us for a hands-on, beginner-level workshop will introduce you to the basic concepts of the world’s most popular programming language, Python. We’ll cover reading-in data from an external source followed by some simple manipulation and analysis using the built-in capabilities that are provided by base Python language.
By the end of this workshop you will be able to:

Explain how to read and write files
Generate different formatted text and code blocks
Write core Python scripting elements including variables and flow control structures

When you register for this workshop you are committing to attend the entire workshop unless otherwise confirmed with the instructor. If you are suddenly not able to attend, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can offer your spot to someone on our waiting list.

ONLINE: Dial Down Academic Stress and Anxiety
2020-09-24 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn about the most common anxiety escalators (including a couple of surprising ones), along with practical, proven tips and strategies that you can use to decrease stress and anxiety this semester.
This free, one hour workshop for university students meets from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. with Kathy Somers from the Stress Management Clinic.
E-mail ksomers@uoguelph.ca for the virtual link to this workshop.

ONLINE: Virtual Getting into Astronomy
2020-09-24 19:00 - 20:00 | Ontario, Canada
Astronomy Foundations is an online course designed to introduce and orient astronomy enthusiasts to the night sky. Over 12 sessions, we will cover a wide range of topics, including understanding our place in space, finding our way in the sky and understanding a little more of the wide variety of astronomical objects that await your discovery. Each session will cover a specific astronomical topic in detail.
Guest instructor Trevor Chandler.
Registration: $130 + HST for registrations by September 16, 2020
Find more information and register online.

ONLINE: Data Skills - Analysis - Data Manipulation Using Python
2020-09-25 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us for a hands-on, two-part workshop for folks with little experience programming.
Data cleaning and manipulation usually takes up 80 per cent of the time allotted to data analysis project. We will cover how to handle unstructured and structured data, data manipulation and cleaning tasks using Numpy and Pandas libraries.
Please have a laptop with for your own use during the workshop. The laptop will need to have following software installed: Anaconda – Python 3.7 version, PyCharm – Community Edition

ONLINE: Book Panel - Karine Gagné's 'Caring for Glaciers'
2020-09-25 11:00 - 12:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Based on research in the high-altitude Himalayan region of Ladakh, in northwest India, ‘Caring for Glaciers:Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas’ looks at the causes and consequences of a transformation in people’s relationship with the environment.
Panel members:

Sara Shneiderman, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of British Columbia
Tanya Richardson, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Global Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
Travis Steffens, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Guelph
David Borish, PhD candidate in Public Health and International Development, University of Guelph
