How do we find a balance between being a student, a worker, a friend, a family member? How do we find joy in our many roles? In this Thriving in Action session, we will explore how we can integrate the many facets of our lives together. We will identify the habits that help us thrive

Learn practical skills to decrease test anxiety and enhance energy and performance during the semester. This three-hour program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic is an online, on-demand program with lifetime access to the lessons. You can begin today! Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the

Are you interested in uncovering patterns across vast amounts of textual information? This workshop will introduce more complex concepts such as named entity recognition, sentiment analysis and topic modelling.  Participants will explore tools such as NER, Exploratory.io and Topic Modelling Tool. By the end of this workshop you will be able to complete basic word

Please join us on June 3 to learn how a game-changing donation to the University of Guelph will ensure the world has access to safe drinking water, which is essential to human and ecological health. Learn more online.

A picture is worth a thousand words! Especially when you don’t have to read the thousand words it would take to explain the patterns and trends in your data. There are many reasons why information is easier to explain, explore, and convince in a visual format. This session will provide you with some basic skills

Be a Better Presenter (formerly Presentation Bootcamp) is a half-day workshop for graduate students who would like to learn more about presentation skills and strategies to use in academic settings. This workshop also features a series of hands-on sessions, including: voice and speech clarity, audience engagement, slide design, and thesis defenses and conference presentations. Be

Senate meetings are open to the public. Please e-mail univsec@uoguelph.ca to register. For more information about the agenda, location and timing of the meeting please visit the Secretariat's Governance Portal to access the agenda package. Agenda packages are published approximately one week in advance of the meeting.

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