Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture: Ken Smith
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture by Ken Smith, Founder and Principal of Ken Smith Workshop, NYC. His talk is titled "Vertical Landscapes, Social Urbanism & Camouflage." All are welcome to attend.
Introducing Mushrooms Workshop
Explore the mysterious, weird and wonderful world of fungi! From giant puffballs emerging from the ground to strange little bird's nests growing on wood. Learn to distinguish editble Agaricus from deadly Amanita. The morning will begin with a short classroom discussion of general categories of fungi: slime moulds, moulds, sac, club, jellies, corals, toothed, puffballs, stinkhorns, polypores,
Evolutionary Technologies for Additive Manufacturing Seminar
Enabling Advanced Solutions by Connecting Universities and 3D Printing Industries Since the introduction of 3D printing in the 1980s, manufacturers have well understood its benefits in producing complex parts. Now, many companies are turning to additive manufacturing. However, to further realize the advantages of additive manufacturing, these technologies require more discussion between academia and industry:
Data Skills Workshop: GIS
ArcGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS), a software program for working with maps and geographic data. A GIS allows you to work with any data that you know a location for (e.g., addresses, latitude/longitude, census locations, name of a place, etc.). ArcGIS is available on all the Library computers, and by download to the
Healthy Workplace Month Kick-Off: Campus Mile
Staff, faculty and students are invited to celebrate the launch of Healthy Workplace Month with the U of G Campus Mile! Join us at The Portico on Johnston Green at noon, Oct. 1. Participants will walk, run or roll a mile through a marked route on our beautiful campus. This event officially launches Healthy Workplace
SOLAL Presents: Italian Movie Night
Sschool of Literature and Languages (SOLAL) movie nights are a great way to watch movies from Europe, meet some of our international interns and graduate students and have a good time. Movie will have English subtitles. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome. MacKinnon Building, Room 316
Data Skills Workshop: Excel
Excel is a popular tool that provides many powerful features that can assist you in managing your data and help to better understand small and large data sets. While not as robust as other data visualization tools, it can be used for visualizing your data through its charting features. Come learn how to create charts
Wrongful Conviction Day Panel Discussion
Did you know? 21 Innocent Canadians have been exonerated since 1993. Please join us for a panel discussion in support of exonerees and to bring attention to the injustices faced by the wrongfully convicted. Special guests will be William Mullins-Johnson (exoneree), David Milgaard (exoneree), and Kent Roach (University of Toronto, Faculty of Law). The discussion
U of G Women, Work and Wellness
What are your challenges to living and working well? Join colleagues from across campus to share wellness ideas and practices for working women. 7:30 a.m. - Networking 8 a.m. - Wellness presentation 8:10 a.m. - Reflection and facilitated discussion With support from a Wellness@Work grant, there are six sessions planned to connect you with women
Data Skills Workshop: Tableau Part 1
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 with in a visual format. This session will provide you with some introductory
OAC Job Fair
The OAC Job Fair is an opportunity to meet employers who are actively recruiting students for exciting opportunities in the agricultural, business and environmental industries. Many employers in attendance have opportunities posted on Experience Guelph that you can explore prior to the day of the Fair. Students of all years and programs are encouraged to
SEDRD Speaker Series: Rural Life – Challenges and Opportunities
Please join us for the second School of Environmental Design and Rural Development (SEDRD) Speaker Series presentation. Prof. Al Lauzon (Capacity Development and Extension) will deliver a presentation titled "Rural Life: Challenges and Opportunities". Everyone is welcome to attend the session. Please feel free to bring your lunch. The event will take place in Room
Data Skills Workshop: Tableau Part 2
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 with in a visual format. This session will provide you with some introductory
Thursday At Noon Concert: Lili Boulanger; ses influences and ses contemporains
Soprano Maghan McPhee and pianist Carl Philippe Gionet warm-up the crowd for the upcoming "Creative Women at the End of the First World War Conference" (Oct 5-7, 2018). Songs of the influential Lili Boulanger, who is being celebrated for the centennial of her death and her creation “Clarieres dans le ciel” will be the focus.
Data Skills Workshop: Voyant Tools
Voyant Tools is a web-based text reading and analysis environment that allows you to do a number of straight-forward text analysis functions, including but not limited to: word counts, tag cloud creation, colocation and word trending. Voyant Tools allows one to read a single document or an enormous collection of works “from a distance”, meaning
Guelph Women in Leadership: Strategies for Building a Career in Real Estate
U of G's Guelph Women in Leadership (GWIL) is excited to announce our first panel event in partnership with CLV Group and InterRent REIT to talk about strategies to help build your early career in the different sectors of real estate. Come out to listen to experts in sales, marketing, property management, human resources and
Better Sleep Program Workshop
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 skills program meets weekly on Thursday evenings, 7:30 - 8:30 p.m., for five sessions. An online program is also available. The fee is $20 for U of G students, $50 for
IF Series Brown Bag Lunch: What do Feminists Eat for Breakfast?
Bring your lunch and join us for a fun and friendly discussion, lead by Karen Houle, philosophy department. For this single event in the Interdisciplinary Feminisms (IF...) Brown Bag Lunch Series, we will be meeting at the Organic Farm on Campus! After this the series will continue in THINC Lab, Library 280.
World premiere of composition “The Flag”
Join us for the world premier of award-winning musical composition "The Flag". The piece will be performed by Monica Pearce, winner of the School of Fine Arts and Music and School of Language and Literatures' competition to encourage early-career Canadian women composers. This SSHRC-funded competition was created to honour the legacies of women composers at
Cyber Security Awareness Roadshow
Free pizza!! Free stuff!! Learn how to recognize a phishing scam, create strong passwords and protect yourself from bad actors online. Come by the UC Courtyard and hang out with CCS - your campus IT department - and become cyber safe!