Interactive Cooking with Hospitality Services: Sustainable and Affordable Eating (In-Person)
2024-03-22 11:30 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | MacDonald Institute, 68 MacDonald Street, Guelph, Ontario, N1G1Y1, Canada
Join Hospitality Services Registered Dietitian, Jessie, and Sous Chef, Dale, for a low cost and low waste interactive cooking class. Jessie will start with a presentation reviewing some of the considerations for sustainable and affordable cooking at home, followed by a demonstration from Chef Dale and an opportunity for attendees to cook recipes themselves.
Register Here! Space is limited.

Navigating the Fierce Debate: Democracy and Contentious Politics
2024-03-22 12:00 - 13:30 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Policy changes in contentious policy areas tend spark fierce debates that touch on essential aspects of democratic legitimacy and citizenship. This panel explores the relationship between recent changes in the regulation of sex work and assisted dying and debates over democratic governance in Canada.
Speakers:

Dr. Anna Drake, University of Waterloo
Dr. Thomas McMorrow, Ontario Tech University

Hosted by the Department of Political Science in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences.
Register to attend.

World Water Day 2024
2024-03-22 13:30 - 15:30 | Thornbrough Building, 80 South Ring Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
World Water Day is next Friday, March 22! 🌎
This years theme is “Water for Peace”. Come join Morwick G360 Groundwater Research Institute and U of G Engineering from 1:30 to 3:30p.m. in the Adams Atrium, School of Engineering for three engaging presentations and student posters.
All are welcome!
Presenters:

Dr. Jonathan Munn, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering

Introduction of ‘Water for Peace’ – World Water Day 2024

Dr. Sophie Erfurth, Post-doctoral Fellow, Morwick G360

Global Groundwater Sustainability and the Science-Policy Interface

Carlos Marques, Visiting international PhD student, Morwick G360

The Guarani Aquifer – A Transboundary Aquifer in South America

Balance: Improvised Music Masterclass at ImprovLab
2024-03-22 14:00 - 16:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Please join us on Friday, March 22 at 2 p.m. (ET) for a Masterclass with the boundary-pushing jazz duo, Balance. This presentation will take place in person at ImprovLab, MCKN 108 at the University of Guelph. As always, our Masterclass events are free! The duo will also be performing a ticketed concert at Silence, at 8 p.m. (ET), that same night.
More about this Masterclass:
Balance, the dynamic duo of saxophonist Marcus Elliot and pianist Michael Malis, renowned for their boundary-pushing jazz, are set to share their creative process in a masterclass setting. With a fusion of composed and improvised music, and drawing from their extensive experience as bandleaders and sidemen, they promise insights into crafting captivating compositions and heartfelt performances.
More about the Artists:
Balance is a collaborative duo between saxophonist Marcus Elliot and pianist Michael Malis. Called “two of Detroit’s most important young jazz musicians” by the Detroit Free Press, Elliot and Malis’ “intuitive improvisations” stand on the threshold of composed and improvised music, creating intimate portraits of musical expression that deal in the language of subtlety.

Go PHYS Girl
2024-03-23 08:30 - 13:00 | University of Guelph
Building upon the success of the Go ENG Girl and Go CODE Girl models, Women in Engineering and Physics outreach teams at the University of Guelph are piloting the first of its kind Go PHYS Girl on March 23. This event will be designed for all girl and non-binary students in Grades 7 to 10 to spend a half-day on campus to learn all about the incredible world of Physics and future career opportunities.
Royal City Science, Guelph Physics Department and Creative Encounters will be collaborating to give an exciting day of Physics! As a bonus, Royal City Science and Guelph Physics will have their new inflatable planetarium to engage youth about the night sky.

14th Annual OTS Dog Jog in Support of OVC Pet Trust
2024-03-23 09:30 - 12:30 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
The 14th Annual OTS Dog Jog is a family friendly 2/5km walk/run taking place in The Arboretum at the University of Guelph on Saturday, March 23, 2024.
Time: Registration starts at 9:30 a.m.; Walk takes place from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: The Arboretum, University of Guelph (Arboretum Rd off East Ring Rd, Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1)
Bring your friends, family, and furry companions for a fantastic day of fun in support of OVC Pet Trust!
All details can be found on our fundraising page.
OVC Pet Trust
OVC Pet Trust is Canada’s first charitable fund entirely dedicated to advancing the health and well being of companion animals. Through generous donors, OVC Pet Trust funds a wide range of studies that help to improve the health of a variety of pet species. The goal of the studies are to improve or develop new diagnostic tests and treatments and to examine the human-animal bond. To learn more about OVC Pet Trust, visit www.pettrust.ca or on Facebook.
Omega Tau Sigma (OTS)
The Omega Tau Sigma Professional Veterinary Fraternity is a group of veterinary students that are dedicated to helping guide each other through the daily stress of life in veterinary school. We also recognize how vital it is to give back to our community and we feel that the OVC Pet Trust is very deserving of our support.
Questions about the event?

OTS Contact: Steph Cox scox@uoguelph.ca
OTS Contact: Sydney Duncan-Ford sduncanf@uoguelph.ca
OVC Pet Trust: ovcpet@uoguelph.ca

OVC White Coat Ceremony
2024-03-23 17:00 - 18:30 | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
The White Coat Ceremony celebrates the transition a student veterinarian is making from pre-clinical learning to the applied learning they will experience in their final year, working with veterinarians in managing clinical patients both within OVC and at external placements with our community partner practices.
Speeches are given by the Ontario Veterinary College dean, Ontario Veterinary Medical Association, College of Veterinarians of Ontario and the OVC Alumni Association. The head of clinical program then speaks and each student is announced and ‘coated’.

WSET Level 1 Award in Wines Certification
2024-03-24 09:30 - 17:30 | Macdonald Stewart Hall, 42 Macdonald St, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Wine & Spirits Education Trust (WSET) Level 1 Award in Wines certification provides a hands-on introduction to the world of wine. Explore the main types and styles of wine through sight, smell, and taste, while gaining the basic skills to describe wines accurately and make food and wine pairings. Upon successful completion, you will receive a WSET certificate and lapel pin.
The one-day world-renowned course will be held on Sunday, March 24 in PJ’s Restaurant – Macdonald Stewart Hall.
Please register by March 1st, 2024
Open to the public! Discount for U of G students, faculty, staff and alumni.
Learn more!

U of G Symphonic Choir Concert with Guelph Symphony Orchestra
2024-03-24 15:00 - 16:00 | Basillica of Our Lady, 28 Norfolk St, Guelph, ontario, N1H 4H8, Canada
Don’t miss this opportunity to experience the magic of classical music!
University of Guelph’s School of Fine Art and Music’s Symphonic Choir and the Guelph Symphony Orchestra will present Mozart’s “Requiem” on Sunday, March 24 at 3 p.m. at the Basilica of Our Lady located at 28 Norfolk Street in Guelph.
Event details and tickets are available at guelphsymphony.com.

Respecting Indigenous Sovereignty Through Research Knowledge Management Strategies
2024-03-26 12:00 - 13:30 | Ontario
Learn from Dani Nowosad as she shares the background and context of her ongoing research relationship with Inuit Hunter-Trapper Organizations (HTOs). She will be sharing the research data management agreement that she co-developed through working relationships with the Inuit-led HTOs in Cambridge Bay and Kugluktuk, Nunavut. The presentation will allow participants to get a glimpse into the complex realities of the different research conditions that exist for institutions and communities and help us reflect on the layers of accountabilities in these relationships that go beyond typical institutional research ethics frameworks.
All U of G students, staff and faculty are welcome to attend.
Register to be sent the Teams link. The Teams meeting link will be sent one day before the webinar.
Dani (she/her) is a Red River Métis-German PhD candidate at the University of Guelph who was born, raised, and currently lives on Treaty 1 territory in Manitoba. She is currently wrapping up her PhD in Integrative Biology, during which she has had the opportunity to work on Inuinnait Nuna, the Inuit homelands in Kitikmeot, Nunavut.
This webinar is supported by the Office of Indigenous Initiatives, Research Services Office, Library and College of Biological Sciences.

LaunchLab Expo
2024-03-26 12:00 - 16:00 | University Centre, 150 Research Ln, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
Situated within the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph, the Centre’s mission is to provide transformational learning experiences through entrepreneurial thinking and empower a new generation of business leaders.
The Hub Incubator LaunchLab program is underway this term for eight selected student entrepreneurs who have validated their ventures and are learning further integral business concepts to establish their innovative companies.
This third and final step in our Hub programming is an intensive program that will culminate with this grand Expo event where each company will have a booth to showcase their businesses to the public. It will also entail a pitch competition where they will be judged for cash prizes.
This is a drop-in event where you will have a chance to chat with student founders, network, and participate by voting for the People’s Choice award.
In attendance will be industry professionals, our mentors and advisory board, faculty, and representatives from the John F. Wood Centre and Lang, among many U of G students too.

LaunchLab Expo
2024-03-26 12:00 - 16:00 | University Centre, 150 Research Ln, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
Join us for the LaunchLab Expo hosted by the John F. Wood Centre!
Located in the University Centre at the University of Guelph, discover student entrepreneurs showcasing innovative ventures in food, agriculture, and technology. Explore booths, network with industry professionals and connect with student-founders.
Celebrate the next generation of business leaders!

The Studio Art Lecture in Contemporary Art: Los Angeles-based Painter Tala Madani +
2024-03-27 18:00 | War Memorial Hall, 390 Gordon Street, Guelph
On March 27 at 6 p.m., the College of Art’s Studio Art program will be hosting The Studio Art Lecture in Contemporary Art: Los Angeles-Based Painter Tala Madani + in War Memorial Hall.
Tala Madani (b. 1981, Tehran, Iran) makes paintings and animations whose images bring together wide-ranging modes of critique, prompting reflection on gender, political authority, and questions of who and what gets represented in art. Her work is populated by mostly middle-aged men engaged in acts that push their bodies to their limits. Bodily fluids and beams of light emerge from their orifices, generating metaphors for the tactile expressivity of paint. In Madani’s work, slapstick humor is inseparable from violence and creation is synonymous with destruction, reflecting a complex and gut-level vision of contemporary power imbalances of all kinds. Her approach to figuration combines the radical morphology of a modernist with a contemporary sense of sequencing, movement, and speed. Thus, her work finds some of its most powerful echoes in cartoons, cinema, and other popular durational forms.
Tala Madani has been the subject of solo exhibitions at museums worldwide, including The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (2023); Start Museum, Shanghai (2020); Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (2019); Secession, Vienna (2019); Portikus, Frankfurt (2019); La Panacée, Montpellier, France (2017); MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Massachusetts (2016); Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (2016); Nottingham Contemporary, England (2014); and Moderna Museet, Malmö and Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden (2013). She participated in the 16th Istanbul Biennial: The Seventh Continent, Istanbul, Turkey (2019); Whitney Biennial 2017, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; and Made in L.A. 2014, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, among many other international group exhibitions. Madani’s work is in the permanent collections of institutions including Moderna Museet, Stockholm and Malmö, Sweden; Guggenheim Museum, New York; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Tate Modern, London; Mori Art Museum, Tokyo; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Madani lives and works in Los Angeles.

Escaping the Taliban: a Conversation with an Afghan Female Judge
2024-03-28 11:30 - 12:45 | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
Please join us for a conversation with a female Afghan judge who arrived in Canada as a government-sponsored refugee in February 2023.
She was one of 37 judges who fled Afghanistan with assistance from the International Association of Women Judges. She will share about life in Afghanistan before 2021, how and why she became a judge, the security risks of being a female Afghan judge, her escape from the Taliban, and her future plans in Canada.
This event will be moderated by an Ontario Superior Court Justice.

Exhibit Launch - Cooking Up History: 30 Years of the Culinary Historians of Canada [In-Person and Online]
2024-04-02 15:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE and McLauglin Library, Canada
Join us on Tuesday, April 2, 2024, from 3 to 5 p.m. as we launch our newest exhibition, Cooking Up History: 30 Years of the Culinary Historians of Canada.
This exhibition commemorates the 30th anniversary of the Culinary Historians of Canada and the inductees of Taste Canada’s Hall of Fame. Cookbooks written by some of Canada’s most beloved food writers, chefs, and television personalities will be highlighted. Published between 1854 and 2021, the thirty-five books on display—one by each of the Hall of Fame inductees—were drawn from U of G’s Culinary Collection, housed in the McLaughlin Library’s Archival & Special Collections.
This exhibition was curated in part as an experiential learning project by students in Dr. Rebecca Beausaert’s Food History course and in Melissa McAfee’s Behind the Scenes in Archival and Rare Book Collections course – a collaboration between U of G’s Department of History in the College of Arts and the McLaughlin Library.
At the launch, you’ll hear from keynote speakers including:

Chef Jamie Kennedy, Jamie Kennedy Kitchens
Fiona Lucas, Food Historian and Co-Founder, Culinary Historians of Canada

Light refreshments will be served.
Kindly RSVP by no later than Wednesday, March 27, 2024.
The online version of the launch will be held via Zoom.

Engineering Design Day W24
2024-04-04 | Thornbrough Building, 80 South Ring Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The best in Engineering Design projects will be on display this coming Thursday April 4, 2024. Please join us as students from 2nd, 3rd and 4th year design courses display their projects and compete for cash prizes.
The action begins in the Adams Atrium at 9 a.m. with 2nd year design – as students present their 3-D printed toy creations.
Capstone Design (4th year) begins at noon throughout the Thornbrough building. 68 groups of senior engineering students display their projects and welcome industry judges in their assessments.
Design 3100 wraps up the amazing day beginning at 4 p.m. in RICH 25320. Guest judges join us here as well to determine the winners of the generous cash prizes.
Please take the time to visit Engineering on Thursday to see our best in Engineering Design.

Dr. Asim Biswas's 2023 Steacie Award Celebration
2024-04-04 15:00 - 16:00 | Richards Building, 101 Reynolds Walk
The prestigious Steacie Prize is named in memory of E.W.R. Steacie, a physical chemist and former President of the National Research Council of Canada, to whom much is owed for the development of science in Canada. The Prize is awarded annually to a young scientist or engineer in Canada.
This year’s recipient, Dr. Asim Biswas’s and OAC’s School of Environmental Sciences will be hosting a campus-wide celebration (lecture and reception) for Dr. Biswas. His research on data-driven sustainable soil management aims to enhance the productivity and resilience of land-based agri-food production systems in an environmentally sustainable manner.
April 4th, 3 to 4 p.m.
Ceremony and Public Lecture
Richards Building, Room 2529

2024 Solar Eclipse Viewing
2024-04-08 14:00 - 16:30 | Johnston Green
On April 8th from 2 to 4:30 p.m., U of G’s Department of Physics will facilitate a safe viewing experience on campus of the solar eclipse, an event where the moon passes in front of the sun.
We are encouraging people to gather on Johnson Green where members of the Department of Physics team will circulate and answer questions. The Dept. will also host small groups in its Observatory. These groups will be on a first come, first served basis. Please contact physugra@uoguelph.ca and include contact info as well as group size and any accessibility needs to be included in the Observatory tours.
Note that a limited supply of eclipse glasses will be available, as well as a few telescopes with filters on Johnson Green, and the telescopes in the Observatory will all have solar filters on them.

Virtual Garden Design Course
2024-04-08 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
This course will guide you through the process of creating an exciting garden design for yourself. Watch instructor Robert Pavlis go through the process with a sample garden, step by step, and then repeat the process with your garden.
Robert is a big believer in learning the “WHY” and not just the “HOW.” He’ll not only show you what he does, but also explain why he is doing it. Once you understand the why, the how becomes so much easier to learn and understand.
This course will cover the following:

Evaluating your current garden and creating a site survey for it.
Developing the all-important wants and needs list with the Landscape Design Workbook
Using the internet to get great design ideas.
Using shapes to create innovative designs
Creating a final landscape design

At the end of the course you will have a garden design that is ready to implement.
Fee: $40 (plus HST) per person. (This fee includes all 4 sessions.) Register to attend.

Supporting Student Mental Wellness: Lessons from the Learning to Bounce and Thriving in Action programs
2024-04-10 13:00 - 14:30 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Student mental wellness is an on-going concern for the post-secondary sector, and there’s a need for innovative solutions!
Join us as we showcase two innovative student support programs on campus: Learning to Bounce and Thriving in Action. Our expert panelists include accessibility advisors, a learning specialist, and a wellness educator.
This event aims to provide valuable insights and strategies for supporting mental wellness among students. Attendees will be able to learn practical approaches to resilience-building and fostering a thriving environment for our campus community.
We believe that prioritizing mental health is crucial for student success, and your participation would greatly contribute to this important conversation. We hope to see you there!
Please register to attend.

Morning Mindful Moment
2024-04-15 10:00 - 10:15 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join this short mindful moment or the entire series to kick start your Monday morning and your week.
This mindfulness exercise will be a guided activity focused on guided breathing. Join to sit back, relax and follow along to the guided script to start your day in a positive way. All levels of experience are welcome!
But first… what is mindfulness?
Mindfulness is moment-by-moment awareness of our thoughts, feelings, and experiences without judgment. It is taking a closer look at the right here and right now. A well-known researcher in this field, Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, has stated that mindfulness is, “the awareness that arises from paying attention, on purpose, in the present moment and non-judgmentally” (2015).

University of Guelph Grant Program Info Session 2024
2024-04-15 13:00 - 14:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Wellness@Work Grant Program encourages faculty and staff across all campuses and research stations at the University of Guelph to help promote wellness in their workplace through the implementation of a tailored health‐promoting program, approach or idea in their workplace. Registration for this information session is for University of Guelph employees only within the Guelph campus, Ridgetown, and Research Station.
This virtual session will be held for any interested faculty and staff to attend to learn more about the Wellness Grant Program and ask questions.

The Working Mind For People Managers- Part 2
2024-04-17 09:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Workplaces are playing a greater role in promoting positive mental health among employees. The Working Mind (TWM) is an evidence-based training developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada designed to provide practical knowledge and skills to address mental health in the workplace.
Participants will learn how to:

Recognize the impact of stigma and discuss how to reduce it and other barriers within the workplace.
Notice changes in their mental health and have conversations with colleagues, family, and friends.
Identify and use available resources to help support themselves and others.

In this 2-part course there will be the following four modules covered:

Module 1: Mental Health and Stigma. This will introduce participants to concepts of mental health, and it will discuss the impacts of stigma on people living with mental health or substance use problems.
Module 2: The Mental Health Continuum. This will use the Mental Health Continuum Tool to help participants recognize and keep track of changes in their mental health; have conversations about mental health with colleagues and friends; and to know when to take appropriate actions or seek help.
Module 3: Stress & Resilience. This will examine the impacts of stress on mental health and introduce participants to the Big 4 Coping Strategies. These techniques include simple, proven strategies that participants can use for stress reduction and increasing resiliency.
Module 4: Supporting Your Team. This will build on the first three core modules and introduces team leaders to having healthy conversations with their team, using the Ad Hoc Incident Review (AIR), and supporting an employee when returning to work.

U of G on Tour: Biodiversity, Insect Collection and DNA Barcoding
2024-04-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Ontario, Canada
Ever wonder how DNA is determined and used to identify species? Meeting at the entrance to the Centre for the Biodiversity Genomics, building 135, starting at 12 pm, this 60-minute tour will include a review of DNA barcoding processes and a visit to the Centre’s insect collection. Limited to 10 participants.

Live @ImprovLab: Susanna Hood Trio and Sarah Belle Reid
2024-04-17 19:30 - 21:30 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Please join us on Wednesday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. (ET) for the series premier of Live @ImprovLab, featuring the Susanna Hood Trio and Sarah Belle Reid in an inspiring double bill. This performance hosted by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) will take place in person at ImprovLab, MacKinnon 108 at the University of Guelph.
Tickets are $15 or pay what you can (by donation) and available online through IICSI’s Eventbrite page. While tickets will be made available at the door, attendees are encouraged to reserve tickets ahead of time.
The double bill will be preceded by a panel discussion moderated by Marie Zimmerman in which the artists will contextualize the work they will be presenting, and share insights about the role that improvisation plays in what they do.
More about the event:
IICSI’s new Live @ImprovLab concert and performance series serves to showcase touring artists working in a variety of improvisatory idioms. Curated by IICSI Director Dr. Ajay Heble (Founder and former Artistic Director of the Guelph Jazz Festival and 2023 Killam Prize winner), the new series, says Heble,“aims to celebrate live improvised performances and to spotlight our beautiful new venue.”
Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal-based bandleader and vocalist-dancer, Susanna Hood, along with the superb Tkaronto/Toronto-based musicians, Tania Gill (piano) and Kayla Milmine (soprano saxophone) bring poet Judith Malina and composer Steve Lacy’s 1995 “Packet” suite to life through sound and movement. These audacious new arrangements blur the lines between what is heard and what is seen. Heart-felt, yet unsentimental, these eight songs hold no punches as they bring voice to a woman’s later life, grappling with imperfection, sexism, paradox, grit, beauty, regret, invisibility, death, and love.
In Sarah Belle Reid’s improvisations and compositions, musical notation is often experimental and graphical—an invitation to explore a new sonic universe. This spirit for exploration has led her to collaborate with musicians and artists of all genres, including experimental electronic musician David Rosenboom, thereminist Carolina Eyck, and baroque-pop artist Julia Holter. Reid recorded trumpet and electronics on Holter’s 2019 record Aviary, and recently wrapped up an extensive tour throughout North America, Europe, and Australia as a member of her band. Reid’s own compositions have been premiered and performed by a number of renowned musicians, most recently pianist Vicki Ray and trumpeter Nate Wooley. In 2017 her composition “Flux” for amplified percussion quartet won the Grammy-nominated Los Angeles Percussion Quartet’s Next Wave Composer Initiative.

Wellness Friday: Psychological Hygiene
2024-04-19 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
From a very young age we adopt common physical hygiene habits such as brushing our teeth, washing our hands and taking regular showers. What about hygiene habits that focus on our mental health?
This 1 hour, interactive session will increase participant’s awareness and understanding of psychological hygiene while learning the factors that can promote and preserve good mental health. Individuals will gain practical tools and resources to activate their own personal psychological hygiene practice.
Facilitator: Homewood Health
Register through Qualtrics.

Terrific Turtles of Ontario (In-person)
2024-04-19 13:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
We have 8 different amazing species of turtles in Ontario, but a frightening fact is that all 8 of these species are listed as ‘at risk’ in our province. Come and take advantage of the opportunity to meet live specimens of many of these species and learn about their individual habits and skills for surviving in nature.
At this workshop we will also cover how to identify turtle species, their habitats and ranges in Ontario. Most importantly we will teach you how to help turtles and hopefully preserve these adorable creatures for future generations to enjoy. Each registrant that attends the workshop will receive a copy of our Reptile Identification Sheet.
*Maximum 18 adults.
Fee: $64 (plus HST) per person if you register by the early bird deadline of April 11, 2024. After April 11 the fee is $74 plus HST.

Pond Workshop (In-Person)
2024-04-20 13:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Ponds teem with a diversity of organisms that conduct their lives largely unseen below the surface. This workshop will kick off with a slide show that will dive beneath the surface to reveal some of these fascinating creatures including frogs, fairy shrimp and salamanders. The importance of vernal pools will be highlighted. These temporary ponds are crucial to the reproductive success of various creatures including wood frogs, fairy shrimp and spotted salamanders.
A variety of live pond animals will be on hand as well. The outdoor investigation will follow. We’ll visit both permanent and vernal ponds found at the Arboretum, equipped with dip nets. We’ll catch and identify organisms, discuss their unique ecologies, and then release them back into their watery worlds. Each participant will receive a copy of our Pond Life Biodiversity Identification Sheet.
Participants that attend the workshop will receive The Arboretum’s Pond Life Biodiversity Sheet.
Fee: $64 (plus HST) per person, per session if booked prior to the early bird deadline of April 12, 2024. After the early bird date the fee is $74 plus HST per person.

Arboretum Spring Clean-Up
2024-04-22 12:10 - 12:50 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Join us as we celebrate Earth month by helping us clean-up the litter in the Arboretum and enjoy the beautiful weather that Spring brings! Bring a colleague or even your whole team. Individuals will be put in pairs or groups of three as we clean the Arboretum.
Gloves, pickers, and garbage bags will be provided.
Volunteers are invited to join us for lunch after from 1 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided, but is optional for volunteers.
Come prepared for the weather and muddy conditions. In the event of rain, the clean-up day will be re-scheduled.
Register through qualtrics!

Leading Sustainability at U of G: Discussions to Take Action
2024-04-23 12:15 - 13:00 | ONLINE and IN-PERSON, Ontario, Canada
Join us for an inspiring and interactive workshop designed to empower University of Guelph staff to take meaningful action towards sustainability in their personal and professional lives. In this workshop, Samantha Casey from the University of Guelph Sustainability Office will lead you through practical strategies and actionable steps for integrating sustainability practices into your daily routines and work life. It will also explore how YOU can help advance sustainability at the University of Guelph and what current initiatives and projects exist.
Schedule

12:15 p.m. – Workshop Start
12:40 p.m. – Questions and Discussion

Registration
Registration is limited to 20 in-person and 20 virtually. Register through Qualtrics!
