ONLINE: U of G United Way Campaign Kick-Off
The past year has been full of challenges, but now let's help our community get back on track! Be part of a Radical Recovery! Join us online for U of G's 2021 United Way Campaign Kick-Off! This year, the United Way is committed to a Radical Recovery that will help us build an even stronger
ONLINE: Thriving in Action: Connections Workshop
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: Skills for Research Impact Workshop Series – Planning for Research Impact
This is the first session in the Skills for Research Impact series, a workshop series for University of Guelph faculty, research staff and graduate students interested in enhancing the impact of their research. In this session, become familiar with knowledge mobilization plans and conceptualize strategies adapted to your goals and audiences. You'll learn about best
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Editing and Creating Video with WeVideo
WeVideo is a web-based video editing and creation tool. Join staff from the library's media studio to learn about this tool and practice editing and creating video. By the end of the workshop, participants will: know what WeVideo is and what it can do discuss the process for creating a video list tools for recording
ONLINE: Dial Down Academic Stress and Anxiety
Learn about the most common anxiety escalators (including a couple of surprising ones), along with practical, proven tips and strategies that you can use to decrease stress and anxiety this semester. Begin drafting your personal Anxiety Action Plan in this free, one-hour workshop for university students meeting online from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. with Kathy
ONLINE: Open Scholarship Series: Open Access, Open Data and the Tri-Agencies
Part of the Library's ongoing Open Scholarship workshop series, Open Access, Open Data, and the Tri-Agencies will explore the benefits of open access, the use of open data generally, and in our context here at the University of Guelph. Please note: this workshop will take place online via Zoom. A reminder email with the meeting
ONLINE: Changing Hearts and Minds: Talking to the Skeptical Indian Public about GMOs and Gene-Edited Foods
Many recent developments in agricultural biotechnology hold considerable potential in advancing sustainable farming in India. This webinar will showcase a few examples of such technologies and explore the challenges that lie in integrating cutting-edge gene tech into research in India and, eventually, into products for public use. Speaker: Channa Prakash, Dean, College of Arts &
Fall Equinox Yoga 2021
In-person on Johnston Green. Virtual class running rain or shine: Join Zoom meeting. Meeting ID: 954 8412 8908 Everyone welcome: faculty, staff, students, alumni and retirees. No experience required. How can we find calm amid the chaos? Where do we turn to access the voice of our deepest wisdom? What can we do to unplug
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: Brain Food Online: Graduate Thesis Workshops
At Brain Food Online, you'll learn effective ways to approach your work on your thesis. We offer many self-paced workshops for students working on theses, dissertations and major research papers: Time Management during the Thesis Process Formulating Your Research Question Working with Data Outlining Your Thesis Advanced Search Strategies for Gathering the Literature Strategies for
ONLINE: Stress Less for Tests Workshop
Learn practical skills to decrease test anxiety and enhance energy and performance during exam periods. This three-hour program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic is an online, on-demand program with lifetime access to the lessons. You can begin today! Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the
Painting Trees in Watercolour at The Arboretum – All Levels
Join Watercolour Artist Candice Leyland and learn to capture trees in Watercolour. Perfect for those wanting to improve their landscape painting or anyone that is drawn to painting trees and greenery. In this class students will learn a variety of techniques to create different types of trees throughout the seasons including birch trees, evergreen trees
ONLINE: Painting Trees in Watercolour at the Arboretum – All Levels
Join watercolour artist Candice Leyland and learn to capture trees in watercolour. Perfect for those wanting to improve their landscape painting or anyone that is drawn to painting trees and greenery. In this class students will learn a variety of techniques to create different types of trees throughout the seasons including birch trees, evergreen trees
ONLINE: Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture – “Works by GROSS.MAX”
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture entitled "Works by GROSS.MAX", by Eelco Hooftman. Eelco is a notable international landscape architect and co-founder of GROSS.MAX in Scotland. This award-winning firm pushes the boundary in a new generation of contemporary landscape architecture. All are welcome to
ONLINE: Thriving in Action: Finding Balance Workshop
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: Relaxation and Stress Management Skills Program
Learn to relax tight muscles, calm anxiety, settle a busy a brain, and have more energy! A smorgasbord of techniques for thriving under pressure are practiced to begin developing lifetime skills. This 12-part program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic meets online for an hour twice a week, on Tuesday
U of G Tree Planting Day
Help us plant over 600 trees and build a greener campus. Be part of a massive tree planting event to help reduce the carbon footprint of the construction of the new Lang Plaza outside of Macdonald Hall. The trees will be planted across from Lang Way, beside Lambton Hall. This event is open to all
ONLINE: P4E Career Fair
Whether you are looking for a job after graduation or unsure of your career options, attending the P4E (Partners for Employment) Career Fair is a great way to learn more about career opportunities and build connections with employers. Representatives from over 145 organizations from various sectors will be available on the event platform to chat
ONLINE: Strategies for Increasing Rigour in Community Engaged Teaching and Learning
One of the many challenges of community engaged teaching and learning is ensuring rigour while training students in both applying research methods and the principles of community engaged scholarship. At this event, Dr. Jeji Varghese will outline both qualitative research design and pedagogical strategies tried over the years, mainly in teaching a large 12-week long
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Open Scholarship Series: Publishing Your Data. Preparing Your Data for Deposit.
This session is part of the Library's ongoing Open Scholarship workshop series. In this session, participants will learn about why they should publish their research data, where to publish their data, and best practices for preparing their data for sharing and preservation in a data repository. A brief overview of the data deposit process for