ONLINE: 2021 Rural Symposium
The Rural Symposium is an annual opportunity for University of Guelph graduate students to showcase their rural research to policy makers, policy analysts and program staff from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). The event facilitates knowledge mobilization and network building between graduate students at the University of Guelph, researchers and
ONLINE: Advantage Workshop – How to Demonstrate the Value of Your Research
This FREE online workshop presented by Amy Skeoch introduces U of G research teams to tools that will clearly communicate the potential impact of their work and enable them to write value-focused grant applications. Teams will also discover how clear communication and persuasive value propositions can mobilize teams and external partners more successfully. In this
ONLINE: Awards Ceremony for 2020 University Professor Emeriti and Convocation Medal Recipients
The University of Guelph will bring together the 2020 University Professor Emeriti and convocation faculty medal recipients to celebrate their accomplishments together at one online event with a reception and ceremony. University Professor Emeriti Anthony Clarke, CBS Steven Rothstein, CBS George Harauz, CBS Clarence Swanton, OAC Stephen Marshall, OAC Serge Desmarais, CSAHS Elizabeth Stone, OVC
ONLINE: Black History Month – Overcoming Creative Doubt Workshop with The Making Box
What if this isn’t good? What if others don’t like it? What if it fails? In many parts of life, these are important and useful thoughts. But when creativity is involved, they can damage the process. This interactive online workshop is for anyone who has a desire to be more creative (personally or professional) and doesn’t
ONLINE: Wildlife, Wild Places and Spillover – Insights from the Field
The One Health Institute welcomes Dr. Emily Denstedt from the global Wildlife Conservation Society. She’ll be speaking to us live from Laos about her One Health work in the Greater Mekong region. A graduate of the Ontario Veterinary College, Emily works with national partners in Laos to develop national strategies for wildlife bio-surveillance and disease
ONLINE: Thinking Spaces with Raven Chacon and Candice Hopkins – “Dispatch”
Thinking Spaces: The Reading Group and Speaker Series, together with the Art Gallery of Guelph, is pleased to present “Dispatch” a virtual talk with artist Raven Chacon and curator Candice Hopkins. Dispatch draws from Chacon and Hopkins’ reflections on the fight for cultural preservation and defence of Indigenous sovereignty at the Standing Rock Reservation Water
ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop – Winter Tree Identification
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaNo leaves? No problem! In this Arboretum workshop you will learn about the variety of features that are useful for winter identification of trees. From buds to bark to leaf scars, we will take an in-depth look at the surprisingly distinctive characteristics that let us unlock the identities of trees in their dormant season. We
ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop – Tips for Heightening Your Winter Nature Walks
Ben Porchuk is Canada's first Certified Forest Therapy Guide. The Arboretum invites you to join Ben as he guides you through some meaningful and fun invitations to ease you out of your mind and into full body senses. The founder and now executive director of the Global Institute of Forest Therapy, Ben now travels the
ONLINE: Winter 2021 Book Launch with Dr. Greg Kelley
U of GH's Academic Services department invites you to attend the Winter 2021 Virtual Book Launch Series event, featuring Dr. Greg Kelley, Media Studies instructor at the University of Guelph-Humber. Join Dr. Kelley as he provides a review and reading of his newly released monograph Unruly Audience: Folk Interventions in Popular Media. The book examines how “folk
ONLINE: Black History Month – “Black + Mental Health + Matters” Workshop with Art with Impact
Black + Mental Health + Matters is a 1.5-hour virtual workshop that is designed to be a place of refuge for Black students. Knowing that Black humans in North America face unique and specific barriers to mental wellness, this workshop provides a place for them to be seen and heard, both collectively and individually. Equipping
ONLINE: Black History Month – Caribbean Dance Class
The Guelph Black Students’ Association will be offering a free dance class featuring a creative blend of Caribbean and African movements set to dancehall, afro, and soca music. Join artist and community leader Kween for this exhilarating dance fitness workout! This class is open to everyone. Find more Black History Month events at U of G.
ONLINE: Analysis – Introduction to R Studio
Want to learn more about R, but worried about the programming skills needed to use it? Fear no more! This workshop from the McLaughlin Library will cover a number of topics including: getting comfortable with the R interface. learning the basics of R programming, working with packages, importing data, and creating basic descriptive statistics and
ONLINE: Arboretum Course – My First Vegetable Garden with Robert Pavlis
ONLINE Ontario, CanadaThis Arboretum course is designed for the new gardener or the gardener that has only been growing vegetables for a couple of years. We’ll 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 – 6. We’ll
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 at https://selfregulationskills.ca/programs/peri-menopausal-sleep-workshop/
ONLINE: Midwest Cover Crop Council Conference
Soils at Guelph and the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs are partnering to host this year's virtual conference exploring connections between cover crops, soil health and people. For the keynote event, we are excited to bring to you Roger Martin, former director of the Rotman School of Management, and author of the
ONLINE – Analysis: Data Manipulation and Wrangling in R
Before you can begin data analysis, cleaning and preparing data are hence vital skills. This online workshop from the McLaughlin Library will teach the fundamentals of using the tidyverse package. It will cover topics including: manipulating columns and rows, filtering and merging datasets, converting to different variable types, and creating scales.
ONLINE: Waste Work in the ‘Clean City’: Perspectives of Women Waste Pickers
The Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement presents Waste Work in the 'Clean City'. As marginalized urban workers in public spaces, women engaged in waste picking work in the informal economy offer important insights into rapidly changing urban spaces. This webinar presents findings from a study with women waste pickers in Ahmedabad, India.
ONLINE: 2021 Yoga Speaker Series
Join us for the inaugural Yoga Speaker Series event where we explore the Yoga Philosophy and Practice: Relevance for the Individual and Society in a Contemporary World. Our speakers will share their own long-term practice, how it affects their lives, and where they can enlighten us with yoga philosophy and its multi-dimensional application. The aim
ONLINE: Advantage Workshop – Building Productive Research Partnerships
Many researchers achieve more impact and success because of long-term relationships formed with industry and external partners. This workshop presented by Amy Skeoch will help researchers to develop a strategy for cultivating fruitful collaborations and to optimize the way they work with external partners. In this FREE online workshop, U of G research teams will:
ONLINE: Stress Eating Workshop
If going to the fridge is your #1 stress management strategy, it may be time to learn more about how stress drives us to emotional eating, and ways to start addressing it. This two hour online workshop with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic will include tips on decreasing emotional eating,