Cyber Security Awareness Month
2024-10-01 - 2024-10-31 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
October is Cyber Security Awareness Month (CSAM) and Computing & Communications Services (CCS) is running online activities all month long with so many chances to win! We have 90 U of G gift cards to be won through fun activities including an escape room, scavenger hunt, Kahoot trivia event, quizzes and more. So update your cyber savvy, have some fun…and win!

Open Scholarship and RDM Brown Bag: Navigating Academic Publishing: Contracts (lite), Article Processing Charges, and Predatory Journals
2024-10-01 12:00 - 12:45 (America/Toronto) | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
We will help you navigate the complexities of copyright, open access, APCs, and predatory (or just low quality) journals.
Questions from audience members.

2024 Smart Villages Symposium
2024-10-02 08:00 - 17:30 | Arboretum Centre, 200 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Join us for the 2024 Smart Villages Symposium!
We are thrilled to announce the 2024 Smart Villages Symposium (SVS) on October 2 at the University of Guelph, Arboretum Centre. This event will bring together experts, researchers and practitioners to discuss innovative solutions for sustainable rural development and smart village initiatives. Speakers will include representatives from universities, governments, NGOs, and businesses. Networking and mentoring opportunities will be available for University of Guelph students.
This event will focus on how rural people experience and use smart technologies, emphasizing the impact of new digital tools and technology, new modes of connectivity and new large language models (LLMs) and artificial intelligence. Special attention will be given to the challenges faced by youth and other marginalized populations. It will pay specific attention to how these technologies benefit rural communities and create new opportunities as well as new risks, such as social inequality, polarization, and misinformation. The event is intended for researchers, practitioners, students, and anyone else who may be interested in these issues.
Why attend?

Engage with thought leaders in the field of smart villages
Participate in insightful discussions and workshops
Network with professionals and like-minded individuals
Explore cutting-edge research and practical applications

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of the transformation towards smarter, more resilient rural communities.
Registration is free and remains open. Please register online to join this event.

Open Scholarship and RDM Brown Bag: Negotiating Publishing Contracts
2024-10-03 12:00 - 12:45 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Negotiating Publishing Contracts expands on material covered in Navigating Academic Publishing, but it is not a prerequisite.
In this session, you will learn more about your rights as an author, and will develop skills you can use when negotiating your academic publishing contracts. We will look at sample contracts together as well as suggested language you can use to achieve your publishing goals.

Call for Participants: "Open Sessions" with Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon (Padua, Italy) - IICSI's Improvisers-in-Residence Fall 2024 (ImprovLab)
2024-10-03 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-08 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-10 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-15 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-17 14:00 - 17:00, 2024-10-22 14:00 - 17:00 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
IICSI’s Improvisers-in-Residence “Open Sessions”

When: Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 3 to Oct. 22 (Six Workshops)
Where: ImprovLab (108 MacKinnon Building)
Time: 2 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Who: Ages 16 and up—all skill levels and experience welcome!
Cost: Free!

Jimmy Weinstein and Lilly Santon (Padua, Italy), IICSI’s Improvisers-in-Residence for the Fall 2024 season, invite you to a series of Open Sessions designed to explore the limitless possibilities of interdisciplinary improvisation. With over 25 years of experience fostering safe creativity environments, our improvisers-in-residence are eager to collaborate with you!
What to Expect:

Interdisciplinary Exploration: Whether your passion is music, dance, painting, poetry, or any other art form, this space is open to all creative expressions.
Flexible Participation: Who shows up is who shows up! Feel free to drop in or out at any time—no commitment required.
Hands-On Creativity: Bring your own instruments or materials, use what we have available, or simply come to observe and be inspired.
Spontaneous Programming: Each session is a fresh environment. Activities are decided in the moment, ensuring a unique and engaging experience every time.

Why Join Us?

Collaborate Across Disciplines: Break down artistic barriers and create something entirely new.
Learn and Grow: Whether you’re a seasoned artist or just starting out, there’s something here for everyone.
Community Building: Connect with like-minded individuals in a supportive and inspiring environment.

No registration required—just bring your creativity and an open mind!
The series of open workshops will build towards a culminating public performance on October 24 at 7 p.m. (ET) at ImprovLab.
Come play, create, and explore with us. We hope to see you there!

Gryphon Football Game vs. Windsor
2024-10-05 13:00 - 16:00 | Alumni Stadium, Alumni Stadium, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
October 5, 1 p.m., Guelph vs. Windsor, Alumni Stadium
* Think Pink/ Senior Night
The last regular season home game for Gryphon Football will take place on October 5 and will be the Think Pink and Senior Day game for the Gryphons. Gates open at 11:30 a.m. with lawn games, and food trucks available at the front of the stadium.
Single-game tickets are on sale now at gryphons.ca/tickets.
Watch the game webcast on OUA.TV and the tape delayed broadcast on Rogers.TV.
Need new gear for the upcoming season? Visit the official team shop Gryph’s Locker.

Make-a-thon
2024-10-05 13:00 - 17:00 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Calling makers of all ages and stages! Join us at the Art Gallery of Guelph for an afternoon of creative activity using the simplest of materials: paper, glue, and scissors.
Projects are inspired by the artwork currently on view by artist Justin Favela who uses everyday materials to ingeniously to “make something out of nothing,” as he describes it, producing his distinctive mash-ups of traditional and popular culture. Drop in between 1 to 5 p.m. for as long as you like to make creative curios and magnificent masterpieces to take home, and contribute to collective community cut paper banners (papel picado) and murals that will be displayed at the gallery. Learn more about traditional and contemporary paper art practices from Latin America during Hispanic and Latin American Heritage Month, an opportunity to recognize the cultures and contributions of these communities that have indelibly enriched our collective experiences.
The AGG Make-a-thon is ideal for everyone, from beginners and families to established artists. All materials are provided; no experience necessary. Participants 16 and under must be accompanied by an adult for supervision and support. Bring your curiosity and explore your creative inspiration!
This program is organized and presented by the Art Gallery of Guelph with the support of the Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.

Open Scholarship and RDM Brown Bag: Research Data Deposit: Best practices in preparing data for deposit
2024-10-08 12:00 - 12:45 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Are you considering depositing your research data in the University of Guelph Research Data Repositories (housed in Borealis, The Canadian Dataverse Repository)? In this brown bag, participants will learn about best practices for preparing data for deposit in the U of G Research Data Repositories. These practices support creating FAIR (findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable data) and cover selecting and structuring data, file naming and organization practices, selecting preferred file formats for deposit, documenting dataset metadata, and creating supplemental documentation for your data files.
This presentation will cover:

Recognizing different types of research data.
Listing the FAIR data principles.
Applying best practices for preparing data for deposit.
Describing the data deposit process for the U of G Research Data Repositories
An overview on how to use and deposit data into the University of Guelph Research Data Repositories in Borealis, A Canadian Dataverse Repository.
Questions from audience members.

Hopper Lecture 2024 - Restless Earth
2024-10-09 16:00 - 18:00 | OVC Enhanced Clinical Learning, 415 Gordon St., Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In this talk Nanjala Nyabola​ gives insight and stimulates thought around the language and metrics that will define our digital future. As our world becomes increasingly digital, digital-rights advocates often struggle to convey rapid technological changes to those who need to understand them quickly to protect themselves. The Internet now dominates our public lives, and governments worldwide are adopting a “digital first” approach. After years of widespread belief in the Internet’s benefits, activists are now questioning how commercial and political interests are shaping it, often at the expense of community values like inclusion and trust.

Open Scholarship and RDM Brown Bag Series: Depositing Your Research Data in a Repository
2024-10-10 12:00 - 12:45 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Sharing your data improves your visibility as a researcher, increases citations for your publications, gives you recognition for your work, attracts new collaborations, and most importantly allows for reproducibility and verification of results.
This brown bag will cover:

Benefits around depositing your research data into a repository.
Impact of the Tri-Agency Policy influences how data is deposited and shared.
How to select a repository for your research data.
How to prepare your research data for deposit.
License considerations for your data.
Overview on how to use and deposit data into the University of Guelph Research Data Repositories in Borealis, A Canadian Dataverse Repository.
Questions from audience members.

Reasoning and Artificial Intelligence: A Talk by Dr. Mariam Thalos
2024-10-11 12:00 - 13:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Join us in The Humanities Interdisciplinary Collaboration (THINC) Lab for the first Digital Humanities at Guelph, DH@Guelph, talk of the 2024/2025 academic year. We welcome Dr. Mariam Thalos, visiting as the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities, to the University of Guelph. All are welcome! Refreshments will be provided.
Abstract: The concept of intelligence is difficult to get one’s arms around. Does it consist in the capacity for strategy? Thought? Planning? Reasoning? Surprisingly, there is no standout philosophical account even of the notion of reasoning. This talk aims at shedding some light on certain aspects of human reasoning – reasoning for practical life. This will put us in a better position to make some comparisons between (some aspects of) human reasoning and what Large Language Models (LLMs) are doing – they look to be doing quite different things.
Bio: Dr. Mariam Thalos is the Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities at the University of Guelph. A Distinguished Professor at the University of Tennessee since 2018, she is a philosopher of science with a broad spectrum of interests in the physical, decisional, and human sciences. Her forthcoming book with Routledge is entitled “Reasoning in the Wild”.
Image Description: Digital Humanities at Guelph presents…Mariam Thalos. Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Digital Humanities. Reasoning and Artificial Intelligence. Dr. Mariam Thalos smiling. Thursday, October 11 at 12 noon. The Humanities Interdisciplinary Collaboration (THINC) Lab, 2nd Floor, McLaughlin Library.
Register to attend.

Sharing Insights: Computer Science is more than you believe!
2024-10-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Waasamowin – Summerlee Science Complex Atrium, 474-570 Gordon St, Guelph, ON, N1G 1Y2, Canada
Hear from the renowned Dr. Joanna McGrenere, Professor and Co-Head of Computer Science at the University of British Columbia. She shares stories from her professional journey as a specialist in Human-Computer Interaction and prepares aspiring computer scientists for what the field really entails.
This event is open to members of the community and is especially geared towards aspiring computer scientists or high school students with an interest in computer science.

Diverse Voices Shaping the Digital Future
2024-10-17 14:00 - 15:30 | University Centre, 150 Research Ln, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
Join the conversation about the impact of computer science and technology on academia, enhancing diversity, mentorship, human centered approaches and other engaging areas. Hear from Drs. Dan Gillis, Stacey Scott, Graham Taylor and Joanna McGrenere as they share their valuable expertise and perspectives on these important issues.
This event is open to members of the University of Guelph community.

U of G Campus Ghost Walking Tour
2024-10-17 19:00 - 2024-10-29 20:30, 2024-10-24 19:00 - 2024-11-05 20:30 | Alumni Walk, Ontario, Canada
Ever get the feeling like the U of G campus is haunted? Join Ghost Walk of Guelph and find out!
Physical Resources presents U of G Campus Walking Tours for 3 nights only. Tours will begin at Alumni Plaza outside War Memorial Hall at 7:00-8:15pm. Dates available:
Thursday, October 17
Thursday, October 24
Tuesday, October 29
Buy your tickets.
50% of ticket revenue will go towards the United Way!

Documentary: Butterflies on the Brink: The Story of the Mottled Duskywing
2024-10-19 16:45 - 18:30, 2024-10-23 19:00 - 21:00 | Princess Twin Cinemas, 46 King St N, Waterloo, ON, N2J3W8, Canada
A University of Guelph project to reintroduce an endangered butterfly is the feature of a new documentary, Butterflies on the Brink: The Story of the Mottled Duskywing, which will have its first public premiere at the Princess Twin Cinemas in Waterloo in October.
The documentary follows the research and recovery team, led Dr. Ryan Norris from the Department of Integrative Biology and biologist Jessica Linton, with support from the Cambridge Butterfly Conservatory team, as they work to reintroduce the mottled duskywing butterfly to Pinery Provincial Park. The project represents the first time a butterfly has ever been successfully reintroduced into Ontario, and, since their reintroduction in 2021, the butterflies are showing signs of recovery.
Once widespread across many parts of central Canada, mottled duskywings have nearly disappeared from Ontario. Like many other species, the butterfly’s number have plummeted in recent decades due to human development that has stolen their habitat. In 2012, the butterflies were declared endangered in Canada.
The cast and crew will be in attendance at both the Oct. 19 and 23 screenings!

EDI Workshop Wednesday
2024-10-23 12:00 - 13:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Office of Diversity and Human Rights is back with their weekly EDI Workshop Wednesday training series! Grab your lunch and join us as we explore such topics as equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-oppression, microaggressions, anti-bias, and more.
Equity Essentials: Intersectional Allyship – In this hands-on workshop, participants will explore how tangible and successful allyship happens on the ground. First, participants will reconnect with baseline knowledge about power, privilege, identity, and intersectionality. Then, participants will explore what allyship means on the ground and how they can become more effective allies. What does it mean to be an ally? When should an ally step in, and when should an ally defer to someone else? We will discuss all these strategies and more. UC room 430.

One Health seminar with Faisal Moola: Indigenous food sovereignty and the stewardship of “berried” landscapes
2024-10-23 12:30 - 13:30 | OVC Pathobiology AHL, 419 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Faisal Moola, Dept. of Geography, Environment & Geomatics, will discuss the importance of wild berries to the food sovereignty of Indigenous Peoples in Canada and globally; the threats to their ecological and cultural integrity from climate change and extractivist capitalist resource development; and how Indigenous Peoples are advancing their own forms of conservation governance for the stewardship of this important cultural keystone food species.

Open Scholarship and RDM Brown Bag: Negotiating Publishing Contracts
2024-10-24 12:00 - 12:50 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Negotiating Publishing Contracts expands on material covered in Navigating Academic Publishing…, but it is not a prerequisite. In this session, you will learn more about your rights as an author, and will develop skills you can use when negotiating your academic publishing contracts. We will look at sample contracts together as well as suggested language you can use to achieve your publishing goals.

Art and Aging: Inspiration Beyond Boundaries with Janice Mason Steeves
2024-10-24 14:00 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Join the AGG Volunteer Association on Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. at the Art Gallery of Guelph for a talk by Janice Mason Steeves, a Saskatchewan-born artist and former clinical psychologist whose career has spanned international artist residencies and gallery representation. Janice will discuss how a transformative dream during an artist residency in Sweden inspired her book, Bloom: On Becoming an Artist Later in Life.
Janice will share her journey of becoming an artist and explore how creativity can flourish as we age. Her book combines personal anecdotes with the stories of 138 artists, offering a fresh perspective on how art and aging can positively intersect. Discover how older artists can leverage their experiences and embrace creativity to renew their sense of purpose and joy.
No registration required; all are welcome. Attendees will also have the chance to purchase an autographed copy of Bloom.

The Literature and Libraries of L.M. Montgomery
2024-10-24 15:00 - 17:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Lucy Maud Montgomery (1874-1942) published 20 novels and many short stories in her lifetime, most notably, the Anne of Green Gables series. To celebrate and to mark the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the birth of L.M. Montgomery, the McLaughlin Library at the University of Guelph is contributing digital images from the author’s private library to The Lucy Maud Montgomery Bookshelf, a project based at the University of Prince Edward Island’s L.M. Montgomery Institute.
Please join us as Dr. Emily Woster from the College of St. Scholastica and curator of The L.M. Montgomery Bookshelf Project speaks about L.M. Montgomery as a lifelong reader, re-reader, bibliophile, and a self-professed “book drunkard.” Dr. Woster will discuss the wealth of evidence Montgomery left of her reading–in journals, scrapbooks, letters, and in her fiction–reflecting both her tastes as a reader and her place in literary history.
Ashley Shifflett McBrayne from the University of Guelph’s Archival & Special Collections will also speak about the state of the L.M. Montgomery Collection at Guelph, and about working with L.M. Montgomery’s private library, elaborating on what we know about the library, what we don’t know, and some of the interesting physical characteristics of these books including their annotations, inscriptions, and inserted materials.
This hybrid event is open to everyone and was made possible with a grant from the Bibliographical Society of America. Please register to let us know if you’ll be joining online, or in-person.
Registration is required. There are 52 in-person seats available. There are 919 online seats available.
If you have any questions about this event, please contact Archival & Special Collections at lib.asc@uoguelph.ca.

Paranormal Investigation at the AGG
2024-10-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Join us for a night of spooky exploration at the Art Gallery of Guelph, the site of the historic Macdonald Stewart Consolidated School, established in 1904. This one-of-a-kind paranormal investigation invites you to uncover the secrets of a building steeped in history and haunted tales.
Participants will be guided through three levels of the gallery, including rare access to areas typically closed to the public. Gain hands-on experience with over 13 different paranormal investigative devices with full training from paranormal investigator Creepin’ J of Guelph Urbex, who will ensure all participants are fully equipped for this ghostly adventure.
Group size is limited to 20 people, so get your tickets before they vanish.
Image detail: Unknown, Macdonald Consolidated School: Classroom, undated, black and white photograph. Anonymous gift, 1988. Macdonald Stewart Art Centre Collection at the Art Gallery of Guelph

Halloween Fitness Class
2024-10-28 17:30 - 19:30 | Guelph Gryphons Athletic Centre, 50 E Ring Rd, Guelph, ON, N1G4Z8, Canada
Space is limited, so you’ll want to register early for this Haunted Halloween class that will feature our most popular formats with some of your favorite instructors, if you can recognize them in costume? Door prizes and a free program registration prize will be awarded for best dressed, so come in costume and celebrate in the spirit of Halloween. Proceeds will be donated to the United Way. Please note that regular NRG classes offered from 4 to 9 p.m. will not run to ensure everyone can join this event.
Mon. Oct. 28, 2024 | 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. | Studio 3212 | $5 | Register to attend.

Howls and Growls in The Arboretum Family Program (In-Person)
2024-10-28 18:30 - 20:00 | Arboretum Centre, 200 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
The Halloween season is here, and we at The Arboretum are excited to introduce a spooky new program! Ever wondered what might be behind those strange bumps in the night? Join us for an evening hike as we explore the mysterious sounds of the forest—from squeaks and screeches to howls and growls—that you might hear on a moonlit stroll. You never know what creatures we might encounter as dusk falls!
We’ll conclude our adventure with hot apple cider and cookies. Remember to dress warmly for the cool autumn weather!
*Maximum 25 people.
Fee: $12 (plus HST) per person.
