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Deadline to Drop Courses

The deadline to drop Fall 2018 courses is 11:59 p.m. on November 2 (the fortieth class day) for undergraduate students on the Guelph campus and all associate diploma and graduate students. For Guelph-Humber students, the deadline to drop Fall 2018 courses is 11:59 p.m. on November 6. Courses can be dropped using WebAdvisor.

IF Series Brown Bag Lunch: A White Vegetarian Professor-Mom Supports the Haudenosaunee Hunt in the Shorthills Provincial Park — and Learns to Sit Quietly

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

A White Vegetarian Professor-Mom Supports the Haudenosaunee Hunt in the Shorthills Provincial Park -- and Learns to Sit Quietly Speaker: Julie Cairnie Register here: http://cal.lib.uoguelph.ca/event/3462846 Library: THINC Lab, Room 280

Fall Preview Day 2018

Fall Preview Day, the University of Guelph's largest on-campus recruitment event, will be held Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a resource fair in the Mitchell Gym and tours happening across campus. The event is expected to draw thousands of prospective students and their parents, who will take campus tours, learn about

Mental Well-Being Awareness Week

Mental Well-being Awareness Week runs Nov. 4 to 10. All of the events during this week are FREE and all students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to attend. Students and staff at the University of Guelph developed this initiative to promote mental wellness and provide students with resources to help support their mental well-being. Find full details for

Holocaust Education Week 2018

Guelph Hillel presents Holocaust Education Week 2018 from Nov. 4 – 9 at U of G. Events throughout the week encourage our community to reflect on the atrocities of the Holocaust. Cattle Car Exhibit – all week – Branion Plaza Holocaust Survivor Speaker: Elly Gotz – Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. – University Centre, Peter Clark Hall Shabbat

Anxiety: Skills and Strategies Workshop

University Centre Ontario, Canada

Learn practical techniques, new tips and information on how to respond to the uncomfortable sensations of anxiety. This skills program meets weekly on Mondays, from 7 - 8 p.m., for three sessions. The fee is $10 for U of G students, $30 for members of USW Local 4120, and $60 for all others. University Centre,

Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture: Daniel Tal

Landscape Architecture 124 Reynolds Walk, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture by Daniel Tal, ASLA. His talk is titled "Technology in Landscape Architecture."  All are welcome to attend.

Control Academic Stress Series: Procrastination and Perfectionism

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Procrastination and perfectionism are common challenges for many students. In the first session of the Control Academic Stress series, we'll discuss the links between procrastination and perfectionism, identify strategies to decrease procrastination, and learn techniques for managing perfectionism. Participants in all four workshops in the Control Academic Stress series will receive a letter of recognition

PhD Thesis Defence: Fatemeh Abbasi

Science Complex 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Fatemeh Abbasi, a PhD candidate in the department of chemistry, will defend her thesis “Atomic Force Microscopy and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Studies of alamethicin imbedded into a biomimetic membrane.” Her advisor is Prof. Jacek Lipkowski. All are welcome to attend. Summerlee Science Complex, Room 1511

Energy Boosters Workshop

University Centre Ontario, Canada

This free public workshop on International Stress Awareness Day meets from 7 - 9 p.m. Learn five surprising things that tire us during the day, and some brief, practical and fun things to decrease fatigue and recharge energy! University Centre, Room 430

Experience Guelph Career Fair

University Centre Ontario, Canada

The Experience Guelph Career Fair is an opportunity to meet employers who are actively recruiting students from all programs. Many employers that will be in attendance have full-time, part-time and co-op opportunities posted on Experience Guelph. Students of all years and programs are encouraged to attend this Fair to network with employers and find out

Thursday At Noon Concert: Ensemble Made In Canada

Thursday At Noon (TAN) Concert Series: Ensemble Made In Canada perform the MOSAÏQUE Project Four performers, 14 composers + inspired audiences, brought together to interpret and celebrate the diversity and richness of Canada through their eyes, ears and hearts. MacKinnon Building, Room 107 (Goldschmidt Room) This event is free and open to the public. Presented

– FULL – Interactive Workshop: Women and Leadership

University Centre Ontario, Canada

- Registration for this event is now full - Join Dr. M. Gloria González-Morales and PhD candidate Grace Ewles to explore the links between gender, emotional labour, imposter syndrome, stress and burnout and ways to effectively translate women’s emotional labour into executive leadership practice. Please contact cfww@uoguelph.ca for more information. University Centre, Room 442

Decreasing Headaches

University Centre Ontario, Canada

Learn drug-free strategies to decrease tension and migraine headaches, and the pain of headaches. This skills program meets weekly on Thursday evenings, 7:30 - 9 p.m., for foursessions. The fee is $20 for U of G students, $60 for members of USW Local 4120, and $120 for all others. University Centre, Room 332

Remembrance Day

Campus flags will be lowered to half-mast from Friday, November 9 through Sunday, November 11 in observance of Remembrance Day. A wreath will be placed at the flags by the University Centre. A ceremony will be held in Branion Plaza at 11 a.m. on November 11.

Control Academic Stress Series: Procrastination and Perfectionism

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Procrastination and perfectionism are common challenges for many students. In the second session of the Control Academic Stress series,  we'll discuss the links between procrastination and perfectionism, identify strategies to decrease procrastination, and learn techniques for managing perfectionism. Participants in all four workshops in the Control Academic Stress series will receive a letter of recognition

Lunch & Learn: Challenging Traditional Pedagogy

Rozanski Hall 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario

The Hub for Teaching and Learning Excellence is hosting a lunch and learn session about the development of co-constructed learning spaces. Students were challenged to "rethink the human" by focusing on experiences of queerness, disability, people of colour, fatness, and other marginalized bodies. These graduate students will share their learnings. This event is free. Coffee

Lion in the Streets: A play by Judith Thompson

George Luscombe Theatre - MacKinnon Building

Judith Thompson wrote Lion in the Streets as a delayed, and largely unconscious response to the murder, in 1983, of nine-year-old Sharon Morningstar Keenan in the neighborhood in Toronto where she lives with her family.  The play initially explored moments of crisis in the lives of a diverse and changing community. Soon enough "Isobel," who is the

Science and Engineering Sunday

Rozanski Hall 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario

On Science and Engineering Sunday, find out what science and engineering is all about at the University of Guelph. Visit our campus and meet with staff, faculty and students from different areas of science and engineering. The day includes a resource fair, open labs and facilities, campus tours and self-guided residence tours.

Lion in the Streets: A play by Judith Thompson

George Luscombe Theatre - MacKinnon Building

Judith Thompson wrote Lion in the Streets as a delayed, and largely unconscious response to the murder, in 1983, of nine-year-old Sharon Morningstar Keenan in the neighborhood in Toronto where she lives with her family.  The play initially explored moments of crisis in the lives of a diverse and changing community. Soon enough "Isobel," who is the