Find out more about the Shanghai fall 2016 semester abroad. Earn credits towards your degree while you travel in eastern Asia. This opportunity is open to undergraduates in all disciplines. Monday, January 18 at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, January 20 at 5:30 p.m. Location: Zavitz Hall, Room 104

This is a great opportunity to network and job search with hospitality and tourism recruiters for full-time, part-time and summer opportunities. All students taking an HTM course are welcome to attend. Location: University Centre, Peter Clark Hall (basement)

How can small daily decisions impact large social change? That’s the question social entrepreneur and New York Times bestseller Marc Kielburger, co-founder of Free the Children and WE Day, will ask business and community leaders at the inaugural “Leadership Call to Action” hosted by the College of Business and Economics at the University of Guelph.

Faculty and instructors in the School of Fine Art and Music will perform a free 50-minute concert. Everyone is welcome. Location: MacKinnon, Room 107  

Join the Art Gallery of Guelph for a free wine and cheese reception in celebration of the opening of four new exhibitions: - Cole Swanson: Out of the Strong, Something Sweet - Young & Giroux: Berlin 2013/1983 - Stu Oxley: Distant Grounds - Artists at Riverside Studio

The Department of Food, Agricultural and Resource Economics (FARE) is hosting an open house for prospective graduate students. This event will provide an opportunity to learn about FARE's M.Sc. and PhD programs, as well as a chance to chat with faculty, current students and alumni about their experiences. Please RSVP to fare@uoguelph.ca. For more information

Find out if a graduate program in environmental sciences is for you by meeting with SES faculty and current grad students. It's your turn to ask faculty about their research. All undergraduates are welcome. Location: University Centre, Grad Lounge, 5th floor

University of Toronto professor Anthony Doob, who was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2014 for his research on criminal justice, will reflect on criminal justice policy during the Conservative years and how it might change under the new Liberal government. The lecture series is part of the Truscott Initiative launched at U of

This public lecture is presented by Prof. Emmett Macfarlane, University of Waterloo. He is the author of Governing from the Bench (UBC Press, 2013), and the editor of the forthcoming book Constitutional Amendment in Canada (University of Toronto Press, 2016). He has published numerous academic articles on the Charter of Rights, public policy, and the

Registration is open for the Guelph Organic Conference, featuring workshops, educational opportunities and a 165-booth organic sampling trade show with food samples at 45 booths. This event is open to the public Jan. 30 and 31. Location: University Centre

This concert features music that celebrates life's greatest joys: love and lunch, with soprano Sheila Dietrich. Location: MacKinnon, Room 107

The Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare presents an Animal Behaviour and Welfare Seminar titled "Consumer Perspectives on Animal Welfare: What They Think, What They Know and Why it Matters" by Prof. Michael Von Massow, School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management. Location: OVC Pathobiology AHL, Room 1800

As part of Intercultural Awareness Week (Jan. 25 to 29), the U of G community is invited to explore the various facets of culture. A panel of U of G students and staff will share their perspectives on the topic, followed by sharing circles in which everyone in attendance will be invited to share in

Learn how to decrease insomnia, fall asleep (or back to sleep) more easily, and get more energy from sleep using proven, drug-free strategies. This five-session noon-hour program meets Fridays from 12 to 1 p.m. The fee is $20 for U of G students, $25 for members of USW Local 4120 and $50 for all others.

Prof. Lisa Kowalchuk, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, will discuss "Nursing in Post-Neoliberal El Salvador: Contributions, Hurdles, and New Horizons in the 'Constructing Hope' Health-Care Reform." Location: Rozanski Hall, Room 102

Tim Nelson, CEO of the Livestock Research and Innovation Corporation, will discuss "Cross Sectoral/Cross Disciplinary Research: Reality or Dream?" at the next Poultry Health Research Network (PHRN) seminar. The University of Guelph’s PHRN is a network of poultry researchers and poultry health specialists who address a wide range of issues, such as basic biology, environmental