ONLINE: Documenting the Stories of Young Girls in Poverty: Bangla Surf Girls
Bangla Surf Girls is an immersive documentary that takes us into the heart of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh where we witness an unlikely and successful community experiment that creates real futures for young girls who live in poverty. In this presentation, Lalita Krishna producer and writer of Bangla Surf Girls will talk about the making of
ONLINE: Anti-Racism Workshop with Selam Debs
Join the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences and the Hub for Teaching and Learning Excellence for the first in a series of anti-racism events. Anti-racism educator Selam Debs will host a workshop where you will learn: Anti-racism language and the framework in building an anti-racism lens Rooting your awareness in understanding Canada’s colonial
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Creating Videos with PowToon
PowToon is a web-based tool to create professional videos. It has a library of animated characters, objects and text that you can combine with your own media to create a video. Join staff from the library's media studio to learn about this tool and practice creating videos. By the end of the workshop, participants will:
ONLINE: Pronunciation Workshop for EAL Speakers
This five-week online pronunciation workshop is designed to help speakers with English as an additional language (EAL) improve their English pronunciation. Each week, we will focus on different consonant and vowel sounds that are difficult to pronounce — we will first look at the phonemics of these sounds and then incorporate them into conversational dialogues.
ONLINE: Sleep Tips during COVID-19 Workshop
Learn how COVID- 19 is impacting sleep, along with information on setting realistic sleep goals and tips on attaining them. Celebrate International Stress Awareness Day with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management Clinic in this FREE online workshop. E-mail ksomers@uoguelph.ca for the link to this workshop.
Treaties Recognition Week (ONLINE): Honouring Land and Treaty
Join U of G's coordinator of Indigenous programs, Jamie Horner, on a walk through the Arboretum as we talk and reflect about our relationships and responsibilities to land and treaties. Meet at the kiosk at the pedestrian entrance of the Arboretum. Learn more on GryphLife.ca. U of G celebrates Treaties Recognition Week Nov. 1 to
ONLINE: Signed and Sealed – The Rise of the Charter in Medieval Scotland
Join us for an exciting online event and exhibit launch featuring our valuable medieval Scottish land charter collection. Keynote Speaker: Prof. Cynthia Neville, formerly of Dalhousie University, now of the University of Guelph’s Centre for Scottish Studies. 'Chart(er)ing a New Course in Scottish History at the University of Guelph'. Registration is available on the event
Holocaust Education Week – Cattle-car Exhibit
Branion Plaza Branion Plaza, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaA large cattle-car replica will be parked in Branion Plaza all week with an exhibit inside, and friendly staff and student leaders outside available to answer questions. This 10-22 minute exhibit explores key components of the Holocaust and its impacts.
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Create Posters with Canva
Canva is a web-based graphic design tool to create posters, infographics, social media posts and more. Use templates or create from scratch. Join staff from the library's media studio to learn about this tool and practice creating a poster. By the end of the workshop, participants will: Discuss strengths and limitations of Canva Identify strategies
ONLINE: Thriving in Action – Finding Balance
Join us for Thriving in Action, a new online program at the University of Guelph. Thriving in Action will help you move from languishing to flourishing throughout your time in university. Build motivation, optimism and resilience, and learn how to integrate those skills into your work as a student. In each workshop, you will learn
ONLINE: Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture “Balmori Associates, Representing Landscapes”
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture entitled "Balmori Associates, Representing Landscapes", by Javier González-Campaña & Noémie Lafaurie-Debany, who are Principals and Partners at Balmori Associates in New York City. All are welcome to attend the online lecture. Learn more online.
ONLINE: Entrepreneurship 101 Workshop
Do you have a genius business idea? Not too sure what steps to take? This interactive session will provide you with the resources you need to bring your idea to life! This workshop will be led by Kiran Enns, the Business Incubator Services Manager at the John F. Wood Centre.
ONLINE: Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture – Shameless Promotion of Snow and Chlorophyll
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture entitled "Shameless Promotion of Snow and Chlorophyll" by Anna Thurmayr and Dietmar Straub.
ONLINE: Introduction to Tableau
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
ONLINE: Can We Solve the Climate Crisis?
The IPCC Report, Climate Change and Decarbonization Join us for a panel discussion of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and what it means for the future. Featuring
ONLINE: Pronunciation Workshop for EAL Speakers
This five-week online pronunciation workshop is designed to help speakers with English as an additional language (EAL) improve their English pronunciation. Each week, we will focus on different consonant and
ONLINE: Interview – Director, Dairy at Guelph
Candidate: Dr. Stephen LeBlanc Interview Date: November 11, 2021 Access all meeting links online. Meeting with Associate Deans/Directors - Dairy across University of Guelph Time: 9:50-10:50 a.m. Meeting with Dairy
Remembrance Day 2021 (Online and In-person)
On November 11, as U of G honours those who have served and continue to serve during times of conflict, we offer you two ways to take part in this
Holocaust Education Week (ONLINE) – Survivor Speaker: Sol Nayman
Join us on Zoom to hear Holocaust Survivor and educator Sol Nayman share his testimony. We are so fortunate to have the privilege of hearing his testimony firsthand. Register online.
Holocaust Education Week – Shabbat Dinner
To conclude Holocaust Education Week, we invite everyone to join us for a traditional Friday night meal. This will be our first in person dinner since the start of the