ONLINE: 400 Years of Black History in Canada – Should we continue to exclude it from Canadian school and university programs?
Historian, researcher and writer, Dr Amadou Ba will share his research on Black history in Canada and North America and answer the question: Should we continue to exclude Black history in Canada from Canadian school and university programs? Hosted by the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences
ONLINE: Skills for Research Impact workshop – Disseminating Research
How do you share your research with non-academic audiences? Learn about a number of potential mechanisms you can use for knowledge mobilization, discover how to choose a mechanism thatâs appropriate for your audience, and take a deep dive into several popular mechanisms for dissemination, including social media, research summaries, infographics and media. By the end
ONLINE: Black History Month – The Black Experience Workshop
As part of our Black History Month programming, join us for an experience of radical awakening, relearning, and celebration in The Black Experience Workshop led by local anti-racist educator Selam Debs. Learn more about Black History Month programming at U of G.
ONLINE: Virtual Gardening Fundamentals
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaInstructor: Robert Pavlis Garden Fundamentals will focus on ornamental gardens including trees, shrubs, perennials, bulbs and grasses. You will gain a good understanding of how these plants grow and their relationship with the soil. Weâll cover lots of practical topics such as planting, maintenance, plant selection, sun/shade requirements, and some top picks. This course is
ONLINE: Virtual My First Vegetable Garden
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaInstructor: Robert Pavlis This course is designed for the new gardener or the gardener that has only been growing vegetables for a couple of years. Weâll start at the very beginning, with ordering seeds and end with a detailed discussion of the 10 best vegetables for new gardeners. Focus is on hardiness zones 4 â
ONLINE: Better Sleep for Mid-Life Women
Learn drug-free tips to help cope with mid-life sleep changes, hot flashes and the frustration of being awake through the night. This two-hour skills workshop meets online with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic. Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the workshop. Register online.
ONLINE: Cultivating a Sense of Peace, Happiness and Calm Workshop
Join us on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95484128908 How do you maintain your well-being throughout the semester and beyond? How do you overcome feelings of dissatisfaction, agitation, overwhelm? Join a conversation with a panel that includes expertise in psychotherapy, mental health, meditation and therapeutic yoga. This workshop is offered in association with Counselling Services, Wellness at Work, Student
ONLINE: Women in Sports Analytics – Journeys into Data Science Featuring Gabrielle Campos
The Center for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI) Presents: Entering the Field of Baseball Analytics Major League Baseball teams have pioneered the use of analytics in sport. As a result, front offices need to continuously increase the sophistication of their analytics pipelines to remain competitive. Gabrielle Campos will describe her experience working in
ONLINE: Dislocation and Lost Identity in ‘Beatrice and Croc Harry’: A Conversation with Lawrence Hill
Join us virtually for a conversation with Chioma Nwebube, 4th year student, former president of the Guelph Black Students Association, and member of the President's Anti-Racism Advisory Committee and Lawrence Hill, author and professor of creative writing in the School of English and Theatre Studies. Lawrence Hill is an award-winning and internationally bestselling author of
ONLINE: Ask the Arb
Instructor: Arboretum Staff Bring your garden, nature, and wildlife related questions to our free one-hour live session on Zoom. Our horticultural and naturalist staff will be on-line to answer your questions. ***Event is FREE
ONLINE: Thinking Spaces with Catharine Cary “The Upside Down Protocol”
Youâre invited to join us for the inaugural Thinking Spaces presentation for the 2022 series via Zoom with guest speaker Catharine Cary! This presentation, entitled âThe Upside Down Protocol,â will see multi-modal improvisational practitioner Catharine Cary consider the question: âHow can we turn on its head everything we think we know, and provoke play by
ONLINE: Black History Month Workshop – Dancing Through the Diaspora
Celebrate the final day of Black History Month with a lunctime dance workshop featuring various styles from the African Diaspora, including soca, dancehall, and afro styles. This event will be led by Guelph-based dance instructors Kween and Binty. Learn more about Black History Month programming at U of G.
ONLINE: Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture – “Storylines: Projects of Meaning & Timelessness” by Terence Lee of NAK Design Strategies
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents "Storylines: Projects of Meaning & Timelessness", a guest lecture by Terence Lee. This talk will discuss the connection between story-telling and designing lasting and meaningful landscapes. Terence is an Associate Landscape Architect at NAK Design Strategies, an award-winning landscape architecture firm
ONLINE: Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture: “Nothing is Normal” by Jeff Cutler of space2place
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture "Nothing is Normal" by Jeff Cutler. Jeff is a landscape architect, urban designer and the founding principal of space2place in Vancouver, BC. Learn more online.
ONLINE: Skills for Research Impact workshop – Science Policy Engagement
How can you share your research to inform public policy decisions? Join us to receive expert advice and concrete tips to support your own science-policy engagement efforts. By the end of this Skills for Research Impact workshop, participants will be able to: Reflect on how science can inform public policy decision making Align your research
ONLINE: Social and Applied Human Sciences Career Night
Meet and network with U of G alumni at the Social and Applied Human Sciences Career Night. Learn more online. Presented by the Experiential Learning Hub and the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences.
ONLINE: Stop Worrying
Learn to curb the worry habit and how to avoid the five key pitfalls that perpetuate worrying. This two-hour skills workshop meets online with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic and includes brain training exercises and a variety of other techniques to decrease worrying. Your link will be e-mailed to you
Experiential Learning Opportunities Fair
Join this in-person drop-in event to learn about experiential learning opportunities on and off campus, co-op, career education and community-engaged learning! Learn more online.
ONLINE: Take the Stress out of IBS
Learn strategies that decrease symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), or a nervous/stressed stomach, by tackling the two greatest triggers of IBS symptoms: diet and stress. This five-part skills program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic and Lindzie O'Reilly, dietitian, meets online for an hour on Wednesday evenings, once a
ONLINE: Wellness Grant Program Information Session
The Wellness@Work Grant Program encourages faculty and staff across all campuses and research stations at the University of Guelph to help promote wellness in their workplace through the implementation of a tailored healthâpromoting program, approach or idea in their workplace. Virtual information sessions sessions will be held for any interested faculty and staff to attend