M.Sc. Thesis Defence: Pawel Gabryelski
2016-01-12 11:30 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | MacNaughton Building, 482 Gordon Street
Pawel Gabryelski, an M.Sc. candidate in the Department of Chemistry, will defend his thesis on “Clostridium difficile Mannan and Campylobacter jejuni Heptan.”
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: MacNaughton Building, Room 222

Planet Saved? Climate Change After Paris
2016-01-14 11:30 - 13:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Department of Political Science is hosting a panel discussion that assesses the future of climate change policy after the recent Paris summit.
Panel participants include:
– Prof. Steven Bernstein (Department of Political Science, University of Toronto)
– Prof. Craig Johnson (Department of Political Science, University of Guelph)
– Prof. Kirby Calvert (Department of Geography, University of Guelph)
No registration is required.
Location: MacKinnon Building, Room 223

Wine and Spirit Education Trust Certifications
2016-01-16 | Macdonald Stewart Hall, 42 Macdonald St, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Whether you’re a beginner or an expert, you will gain knowledge, taste incredible wines and receive a highly-respected and internationally-recognized certification. The course instructor is one of Canada’s top sommeliers. The Wine and Spirit Education Trust Certifications (WSET) Level 1 Award in Wines begins Jan. 16; the Level 2 Award in Wines and Spirits begins Jan. 18; and Level 3 begins in April.
Location: Macdonald Stewart Hall, Room 209

Info Session for Shanghai Fall Semester 2016
2016-01-18 17:30 - 19:30 | Ontario
Find out more about the Shanghai fall 2016 semester abroad. Earn credits towards your degree while you travel in eastern Asia. This opportunity is open to undergraduates in all disciplines.

Monday, January 18 at 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, January 20 at 5:30 p.m.

Location: Zavitz Hall, Room 104

School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management Job Expo
2016-01-20 | Ontario
This is a great opportunity to network and job search with hospitality and tourism recruiters for full-time, part-time and summer opportunities. All students taking an HTM course are welcome to attend.
Location: University Centre, Peter Clark Hall (basement)

Marc Kielburger: Leadership Call to Action
2016-01-20 19:00 - 21:00 | Ontario
How can small daily decisions impact large social change? That’s the question social entrepreneur and New York Times bestseller Marc Kielburger, co-founder of Free the Children and WE Day, will ask business and community leaders at the inaugural “Leadership Call to Action” hosted by the College of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph.
Location: Holiday Inn, 601 Scottsdale Dr., Guelph
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Thursday at Noon Concert Series Presents Faculty Showcase
2016-01-21 12:00 - 13:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Faculty and instructors in the School of Fine Art and Music will perform a free 50-minute concert. Everyone is welcome.

Location: MacKinnon, Room 107

Art Gallery of Guelph Winter Opening Reception
2016-01-21 19:00 - 21:00 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Join the Art Gallery of Guelph for a free wine and cheese reception in celebration of the opening of four new exhibitions:
– Cole Swanson: Out of the Strong, Something Sweet
– Young & Giroux: Berlin 2013/1983
– Stu Oxley: Distant Grounds
– Artists at Riverside Studio

Relaxation and Stress Management Program
2016-01-26 | Ontario
Learn to relax tight muscles, calm anxiety, settle a busy brain, cope effectively and have more energy. Noon and 5:30 p.m. programs meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays for 12 sessions over six weeks. The fee is $40 for U of G students, $60 for members of USW Local 4120 and $120 for everyone else.
Location: the noon group meets in the University Centre, Room 335, and the 5:30 p.m. group meets in the OVC Lifetime Learning Centre, Room 1708.

FARE Grad Program Open House: Make a Difference in Our World
2016-01-26 17:00 - 19:00 | Science Complex, 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE) is hosting an open house for prospective graduate students.
This event will provide an opportunity to learn about FARE’s M.Sc. and PhD programs, as well as a chance to chat with faculty, current students and alumni about their experiences.
Please RSVP to fare@uoguelph.ca. For more information about this event or graduate programs at FARE, email fare@uoguelph.ca or graduate co-ordinator Alfons Weersink at aweersin@uoguelph.ca.
Location: Science Complex atrium

SES Grad School Information Night
2016-01-26 17:30 - 19:00 | Ontario
Find out if a graduate program in environmental sciences is for you by meeting with SES faculty and current grad students. It’s your turn to ask faculty about their research. All undergraduates are welcome.
Location: University Centre, Grad Lounge, 5th floor

Truscott Lecture in Justice
2016-01-26 19:00 - 21:00 | OVC Lifetime Learning Centre, 25 McGilvray Street
University of Toronto professor Anthony Doob, who was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 for his research on criminal justice, will reflect on criminal justice policy during the Conservative years and how it might change under the new Liberal government.
The lecture series is part of the Truscott Initiative launched at U of G in 2009 to commemorate the struggles of Guelph resident Steven Truscott and his family.
Truscott is known across Canada for his decades-long battle to prove his innocence after the 1959 murder of his schoolmate Lynne Harper. He was wrongly convicted of the crime at age 14 and spent years in prison before his release in 1969. He was acquitted by the Ontario Court of Appeal in 2007.
The Truscott Initiative aims to improve understanding of the nation’s complex criminal justice system, and to highlight how criminal justice intersects with other policy areas and broader conceptions of justice.
Location: OVC Lifetime Learning Centre, Room 1714

Is the Canadian Constitution Frozen? Examining Canada's Amendment Straitjacket
2016-01-27 11:30 - 13:00 | Ontario
This public lecture is presented by Prof. Emmett Macfarlane, University of Waterloo. He is the author of Governing from the Bench (UBC Press, 2013), and the editor of the forthcoming book Constitutional Amendment in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2016). He has published numerous academic articles on the Charter of Rights, public policy, and the relationship between the courts and the legislatures.
Location: MacKinnon Building, Room 318

Guelph Organic Conference 2016: Where Farmers and Consumers Meet
2016-01-28 - 2016-01-31 | Ontario
Registration is open for the Guelph Organic Conference, featuring workshops, educational opportunities and a 165-booth organic sampling trade show with food samples at 45 booths. This event is open to the public Jan. 30 and 31.
Location: University Centre

M.Sc. Thesis Defence: Katherine Blake
2016-01-28 09:00 - 11:00 | Ontario
Katherine Blake, an M.Sc. candidate in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, will defend her thesis on “An investigation of the non-redundant functions of PABPC4 via protein-protein interactions and PABP-depletion studies.” The advisers are Profs. John Uniacke and Jnanankur Bag.
Location: Science Complex, Room 1511

Thursday at Noon Concert Series Presents "A Feast for the Ears"
2016-01-28 12:00 - 13:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This concert features music that celebrates life’s greatest joys: love and lunch, with soprano Sheila Dietrich.
Location: MacKinnon, Room 107

Consumer Perspectives on Animal Welfare Seminar
2016-01-28 12:30 - 13:30 | OVC Pathobiology AHL, 419 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare presents an Animal Behaviour and Welfare Seminar titled “Consumer Perspectives on Animal Welfare: What They Think, What They Know and Why it Matters” by Prof. Michael Von Massow, School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management.
Location: OVC Pathobiology AHL, Room 1800

Conversation Café
2016-01-28 17:30 - 18:30 | Ontario
As part of Intercultural Awareness Week (Jan. 25 to 29), the U of G community is invited to explore the various facets of culture. A panel of U of G students and staff will share their perspectives on the topic, followed by sharing circles in which everyone in attendance will be invited to share in a smaller setting.
Location: McLaughlin Library, Academic Town Square, main floor

Better Sleep Program
2016-01-29 12:00 - 13:00 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Learn how to decrease insomnia, fall asleep (or back to sleep) more easily, and get more energy from sleep using proven, drug-free strategies. This five-session noon-hour program meets Fridays from 12 to 1 p.m. The fee is $20 for U of G students, $25 for members of USW Local 4120 and $50 for all others.
Location: University Centre, Room 333

International Development Studies Talk
2016-01-29 15:30 - 16:30 | Ontario
Prof. Lisa Kowalchuk, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, will discuss “Nursing in Post-Neoliberal El Salvador: Contributions, Hurdles, and New Horizons in the ‘Constructing Hope’ Health-Care Reform.”
Location: Rozanski Hall, Room 102

Memorial Service for Grace Glofcheskie
2016-01-31 11:00 - 13:00 | Science Complex, 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
A memorial service will be held for Grace Glofcheskie at the University of Guelph on Sunday, Jan. 31. Grace passed away far too soon after being struck by a vehicle on Dec. 13, 2015. Her family and friends have planned this memorial service to be a celebration of her life and an opportunity to share the many stories by which Grace will be remembered.
The memorial service will take place in the Summerlee Science Complex atrium at 11 a.m. All members of the University community who were touched by Grace’s life are invited to attend. There will be an opportunity at the memorial service to donate to the Grace Olivia Glofcheskie Memorial Fund, which has been set up in her honour.
Grace’s friends are also collecting stories and pictures, which will be put together as a book of memories for her family. If you would like to contribute stories or pictures, please email them to remembergraceolivia@gmail.com. You are also welcome to contact Luke Glofcheskie at luke_glofcheskie06@hotmail.com or Jamie VanderBerg at javander@uoguelph.ca for more information about the memorial service.
All guests are invited to enter the Summerlee Science Complex using the main doors that lead directly into the atrium. These south-facing doors can be accessed from Reynolds Walk and are located near the Alexander Building. Since this event takes place on Sunday, all other doors will remain locked.

MA Thesis Defence: Keiran Pattullo Graf
2016-02-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Ontario
Keiran Pattullo Graf, an MA student in the Department of Philosophy, will defend his thesis on “Breaking Ground by Breaking Bread: A Conciliatory, Philosophical Inquiry into the Debate Over Industrial and Alternative Agricultures.” His adviser is Prof. Stefan Linquist.
Location: MacKinnon Building, Room 346

Poultry Health Research Network Seminar
2016-02-02 12:30 - 13:30 | Ontario
Tim Nelson, CEO of the Livestock Research and Innovation Corporation, will discuss “Cross Sectoral/Cross Disciplinary Research: Reality or Dream?” at the next Poultry Health Research Network (PHRN) seminar.
The University of Guelph’s PHRN is a network of poultry researchers and poultry health specialists who address a wide range of issues, such as basic biology, environmental concerns, poultry disease, production and welfare.
The monthly seminars bring people together in an informal forum to learn about poultry research activities and to discuss and expand poultry research endeavours. In addition to featuring U of G researchers, the seminars will offer guest lectures by poultry scientists visiting Guelph.
Location: Animal Science & Nutrition, Room 141

P4E Job Fair 2016
2016-02-03 10:00 - 15:30 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
The P4E Job Fair will take place at RIM Park in Waterloo. Students from all disciplines and semester levels are invited to network with more than 150 employers from diverse sectors. Visit the website for full details and a list of employers attending the fair.
Free transportation is available every 30 minutes from the UC loop.
Location: University Centre, Main Entrance

African Land Rush: Opportunity for Progress or Development Disaster?
2016-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Steffi Hamann, a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science, will present her ongoing dissertation research.
Location: MacKinnon Building, Room 223

Leave for Change Panel Shares Experiences of a Lifetime
2016-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Ontario
Faculty and staff share their experiences with Leave for Change (L4C), a program that supports employees participating in a short-term (three- or four-week) volunteer assignment in a developing country.
The panel features:
• Linda Watt, director, HR Learning & Development, will share how she supported AIDS prevention and proper nutrition for children in Malawi.
• Looknauth Ramsahoi, supervisor, Laboratory Services, will talk about how he facilitated building milk production capacity in Nepal.
• Trish Dean, administrative assistant, Office of Investment Management, will share how she used therapeutic touch to help the chronically ill in Malawi.
• Stephanie Craig, communications manager, OAC, will talk about how she created a branding and marketing strategy in Botswana.
• Denise Mohan, professor, Spanish and Hispanic Studies, will discuss how she promoted and advised on youth volunteerism in Guatemala.
Leave for Change is a program of the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI), two leading international development organizations. As a partner in this program, U of G will support up to seven employees to go on Leave for Change this year. Applications will be accepted until March 7.
Can’t make it to this event?
• Check out other Leave for Change events happening on Feb. 8, 23 and 29 at https://www.uoguelph.ca/hr/staff-faculty/leave-change
• Watch a short video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywatNqy3GdQ
• Learn more about Leave for Change and the application process at https://www.uoguelph.ca/hr/staff-faculty/leave-change
For further information, please contact Evelina Rog, HR Learning & Development, at Ext. 54332 or roge@uoguelph.ca.
Location: University Centre, Room 103

Thursday at Noon Concert Presents Music from the Future
2016-02-04 12:00 - 13:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Composer Eric Ross and video artist Mary Ross present their Ultimedia Concept with their latest work Boulevard d’Reconstructie (Op. 54). Performing on piano, guitar, synthesizer and theremin, Eric’s compositions include elements of jazz, classical, serial and avant garde, accompanied by Mary’s videos arranged and edited to the music.
Location: MacKinnon, Room 107

Student Life Awards Nominations Open
2016-02-05 - 2016-03-02 | Ontario
Do you know an outstanding student, faculty, staff or community member? Nominate them for a Student Life Award today. Visit the Student Life website for the nomination form.

Polar Plunge for Special Olympics Ontario
2016-02-06 13:00 - 16:00 | Ontario
The Polar Plunge at U of G aims to raise awareness and much-needed funds for athletes attending the 2016 Special Olympics Provincial Spring Games in Guelph.
To participate in the Polar Plunge, please register online and sign the attached waiver. Collect donations from all your friends, family, co-workers and anyone who would like to see you plunge into the icy waters!
Location: Johnston Green

Leave for Change Talk
2016-02-08 12:00 - 13:00 | Ontario
Mario Deschamps, special constable, Campus Community Police, shares his recent Leave for Change (L4C) experience, raising awareness and emergency preparedness at two colleges in Vietnam.
“Leave for Change is about sharing experiences and knowledge with others to aid in life sustainability, preservation and a better quality of life,” he says. “I was able to share both in giving and receiving life experience and culture and creating new partnerships and friendships.”
Leave for Change is a program of the World University Service of Canada (WUSC) and Centre for International Studies and Cooperation (CECI), two leading international development organizations.
As a partner in this program, U of G will support up to seven faculty and staff participating in short-term (three- or four-week) volunteer assignments in a developing country this year. Applications will be accepted until March 7.
Can’t make it to this event?
• Check out other Leave for Change events happening on Feb. 23, and 29 at https://www.uoguelph.ca/hr/staff-faculty/leave-change
• Watch a short video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywatNqy3GdQ
• Learn more about Leave for Change and the application process at https://www.uoguelph.ca/hr/staff-faculty/leave-change
For further information, please contact Evelina Rog, HR Learning & Development, at Ext. 54332 or roge@uoguelph.ca.
Location: Alexander Hall, Room 168
