1Day Stand to Go Smoke-Free
Join with friends and colleagues across campus – and institutions across Ontario – in a 1Day Stand on March 20 or 21. On March 20 (all day in the UC Courtyard) and March 21 (over the lunch hour by the OVC cafeteria): Take a 1Day Stand and choose not to smoke on campus for the
SEDRD Speaker Series: Improving Public Amenity Through the Suburban Strip-Mall
Join this SEDRD Speaker Series event with Brendan Stewart, Daniel Rotsztain and Karen Landman. Speakers will discuss the plazaPOPS initiative. No registration is required, please feel free to bring your lunch!
Multi-Faith Vigil
Join together in solidarity as we remember the victims in New Zealand and those of other acts of religious violence. Summerlee Science Complex Atrium
Free Tax Clinic – Student Financial Services
University Centre Ontario, CanadaNeed help filing your 2018 tax return? Look no further! Student Financial Services at the University of Guelph is offering a free tax clinic as part of the Canada Revenue Agency's Community Volunteer Income Tax Program. If you have a simple tax situation and have received only T2202A, T4, T4A, and/or T5 slips, you are eligible
2019 Dasha Shenkman Lecture in Contemporary Art featuring Phyllida Barlow
The University of Guelph, College of Arts and the School of Fine Art and Music present the 13th annual Dasha Shenkman Lecture in Contemporary Art. This year's lecture features UK-based, award-winning sculptor, Phyllida Barlow, who has taken inspiration from her surroundings to create imposing installations that can be at once menacing and playful. She creates
The Art of Craft – A Special Form on Landscape Materials and Techniques
The Landscape Architecture program presents: A Special Forum on Landscape Materials and Techniques. A series of short presentations followed by a panel discussion and Q&A brought to you by LARC*2420 - Materials and Techniques class with Assistant Professor Brendan Stewart. Light refreshments will be provided. Guest include: STONE - Eric Landman METAL - Robert Cram
Graduate Teaching Community Workshop – What is SoTL?
Come out to the Graduate Teaching Community's "What is SoTL?" workshop March 21 to learn more about what the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is and how to get involved and use SoTL! Day Hall, Room 118 Register online
The Art and Practice of Pruning Workshop
This half-day indoor/outdoor practical workshop will teach you the principles of easy and correct pruning in the home landscape. We will cover how to choose the correct equipment and how to keep it sharp and clean. Pruning techniques will be shown and practised on a variety of shrubs and small trees. This is a very
We Are Weather Panel Discussion
Join us for a panel discussion featuring artist Lisa Hirmer in conversation with: Madhur Anand - poet and ecologist Elwood Jimmy - writer, facilitator and gardener In response to the AGG's exhibition We Are Weather, panelists will discuss human relationships with weather.
Deadline to Drop Courses
The deadline to drop Winter 2019 courses is 11:59 p.m. on March 22 for diploma, undergraduate and graduate students on all campuses. This applies only to one-semester courses. Courses can be dropped using WebAdvisor.
Campus Day
Join us for Campus Day: U of G's full-day open house! You are invited to go on a campus tour, check out our residences, attend academic information sessions and chat one-on-one with current students, staff and faculty who are in the programs to which you’ve applied.
GTC Networking Event – Experiential Learning
The Graduate Teaching Community (GTC) is hosting a graduate student networking event on experiential learning. Join us March 26 for discussions about using experiential learning in your teaching. Register online. Day Hall, Room 209
2019 Master of Landscape Architecture Research Conference
Join us for the Masters of Landscape Architecture Conference March 26. This event showcases landscape architecture thesis presentations that provide an insight into contemporary research by final semester MLA graduate students. Refreshments available at 12:45 pm. All are welcome to attend.
Families in Canada Conference 2019
The Live Work Well Research Centre is co-hosting a regional conference at the University of Guelph as part of the Ottawa-based Vanier Institute’s Families in Canada Conference 2019. Over two days, panelists in Guelph will focus on local issues and opportunities for diverse families. The local panel sessions in Guelph will reflect the context of
GSA Annual General Meeting
Graduate students are encouraged to attend the Graduate Students' Association annual general meeting. Members will have the opportunity to provide feedback, share opinions, voice concerns, and most of all share successes and challenges related to their graduate studies at the University of Guelph. Executive and staff will present annual reports. Graduate Students will be asked
Wikipedia Edit-a-thon: Writing Women into History
We all use Wikipedia. Either when clicking on the first result when questioning our favourite search engine, or as a starting place for seeking information on a new topic. But, many of us aren’t aware of the biases behind this massive collectively-written encyclopedia. Did you know, for example, that less than 20 per cent of
Regenerative Medicine at Guelph Faculty Lecture Series: Pluripotent Stem Cells
This session of the RM@Guelph lecture series is titled "Pluripotent Stem Cells: the Swiss Army knife of cell therapies." All are welcome to attend. Presented by Prof. Sarah Lepage, Department of Biomedical Sciences, OVC. Hosted by the Regenerative Medicine at Guelph (RM@Guelph) Network as part of graduate course BIOM*6712 OVC Biomedical Sciences, Room 1642 RM@Guelph
Arabian Night 2019 -A Celebration of Arab Art and Culture
Arabian Night 2019 celebrates Arab art and culture through theatre, poetry, dance and music. The School of Languages and Literatures is hosting Arabian Night 2019 featuring artists from Syria, Iraq, Palestine and Lebanon. A creative space to learn and engage in artistic dialogue through poetry, music, dance and theatre. Bridge differences and elevate human spirits
University Budget Town Hall
All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend a town hall discussion on the 2019-2020 University budget, presented by Provost and Vice-President (Academic), Charlotte Yates. This town hall forum provides an opportunity for you to ask questions on the current fiscal outlook. University Centre, Peter Clark Hall Room Number
MA Thesis Defence: Peter Copeland
Peter Copeland, an MA student in the Department of Philosophy, will defend his thesis on "A Trade-Off Analysis of the Normative Values of Deliberative Democracy." His advisor is Omid Payrow Shabani.