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Learn powerful strategies, new tips and information on how to respond and calm down the uncomfortable sensations of anxiety. A variety of long and short self-calming strategies are introduced, along with behaviours that can help prevent escalation of anxiety. This three-session skills program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic meets

Join us for Thriving in Action: Mindfulness and the Present Moment. Explore how to be in and make the most of the present moment. Learn how to plan and become more attentive, all from a mindful approach. Presentness can help to see things more clearly, gain perspective, feel grounded, and excel. The art of attentiveness

Difficulties are a normal part of life that we all experience. But that doesn’t mean that they are easy to deal with! In this final Thriving in Action Session we will talk about how to cope with difficulties. You will develop skills in resilience and self-compassion and reframe your thinking to learn from difficult situations.

Stay up to date on the University's plans to safely welcome students, faculty and staff back to campus by attending our second COVID-19 Town Hall on Thursday, June 17. We will be joined by Dr. Matthew Tenenbaum, the Associate Medical Officer of Health with Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health. We encourage you to submit your questions in advance. There

Want to learn how to integrate storytelling into your digital projects? Join us for our workshop, Introduction to Digital Storytelling, where you will learn more about the components, the elements and the benefits of digital storytelling. By the end of this workshop, you'll be able to: list the components of digital storytelling, identify how elements

Are you interested in uncovering patterns across vast amounts of textual information? In part one of this two part workshop, we'll introduce distant reading techniques that address word count and location. By attending you will get hands-on experience exploring entry level tools such as Google Ngram, Voyant and AntConc. At the end of the workshop

The Tri-Agencies have launched the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy to further promote excellence in data management practices in the Canadian research community. Join us as we explore what this means for your research! We'll give you an overview of the new Tri-Agency policy, an overview the new data management plans, an introduction to the

Are you interested in uncovering patterns across vast amounts of textual information? This is the second part of our Introduction to Text Analysis workshop, which will introduce more complex concepts such as named entity recognition, sentiment analysis, and topic modelling. By attending, you will explore tools such as NER, Exploratory.io, and Topic Modelling Tool. At

R is an open source software that has gained popularity in the community due to its power and capability to make research more reproduceable. In this workshop you will learn the basics of R and how to navigate the interface. By the end of this workshop, you will be able to comfortably use the R

Are you interested in learning more about digital storytelling? This workshop will introduce you to the creative practice of capturing and manipulating your own visual media to construct meaning. By attending, you'll have to opportunity to participate in an interactive activity where you will capture, edit, and arrange media in ways that communicate messages and

Raw datasets are often quite messy. Cleaning and preparing your data is an essential step before you can begin your data analysis. This workshop will teach you the fundamentals of using the tidyverse package in R, which include but aren't limited to: manipulating columns and rows, filtering and merging datasets, converting to different variable types

As a part of our Open Scholarship Series, this workshop focuses on using open access information and open data in your projects, and provides details about the Tri-Agencies. Additionally, this online workshop will explore the benefits of open access, the use of open data generally, and the use in our context at U of G.

This workshop will teach you how to conduct basic inferential statistics that are commonly seen in the literature using R Studio. By attending, you can also expect to lean how to conduct the following statistical tests: an independent sample t-test, a paired sample t-test, One-way ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA.