IF…Series presents Tara Bynum “Sarah and Bess: An Accounting of Two Black Girl-Friends”
THINC Lab welcomes visiting fellow Tara Bynum of Hampshire College for her talk Sarah and Bess: An Accounting of Two Black Girl-Friends. Prof. Bynum will discuss her new project, a digitization of Cesar Lyndon's account book and will consider what a digital scholarly edition can help us understand about a text and its historical moment. Register
Deadline to Drop Courses
The deadline to drop Fall 2018 courses is 11:59 p.m. on November 2 (the fortieth class day) for undergraduate students on the Guelph campus and all associate diploma and graduate students. For Guelph-Humber students, the deadline to drop Fall 2018 courses is 11:59 p.m. on November 6. Courses can be dropped using WebAdvisor.
IF Series Brown Bag Lunch: A White Vegetarian Professor-Mom Supports the Haudenosaunee Hunt in the Shorthills Provincial Park — and Learns to Sit Quietly
A White Vegetarian Professor-Mom Supports the Haudenosaunee Hunt in the Shorthills Provincial Park -- and Learns to Sit Quietly Speaker: Julie Cairnie Register here: http://cal.lib.uoguelph.ca/event/3462846 Library: THINC Lab, Room 280
Fall Preview Day 2018
Fall Preview Day, the University of Guelph's largest on-campus recruitment event, will be held Nov. 4 from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. with a resource fair in the Mitchell Gym and tours happening across campus. The event is expected to draw thousands of prospective students and their parents, who will take campus tours, learn about
Mental Well-Being Awareness Week
Mental Well-being Awareness Week runs Nov. 4 to 10. All of the events during this week are FREE and all students, staff, and faculty are encouraged to attend. Students and staff at the University of Guelph developed this initiative to promote mental wellness and provide students with resources to help support their mental well-being. Find full details for
Holocaust Education Week 2018
Guelph Hillel presents Holocaust Education Week 2018 from Nov. 4 – 9 at U of G. Events throughout the week encourage our community to reflect on the atrocities of the Holocaust. Cattle Car Exhibit – all week – Branion Plaza Holocaust Survivor Speaker: Elly Gotz – Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. – University Centre, Peter Clark Hall Shabbat
Anxiety: Skills and Strategies Workshop
Learn practical techniques, new tips and information on how to respond to the uncomfortable sensations of anxiety. This skills program meets weekly on Mondays, from 7 - 8 p.m., for three sessions. The fee is $10 for U of G students, $30 for members of USW Local 4120, and $60 for all others. University Centre,
Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture: Daniel Tal
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture by Daniel Tal, ASLA. His talk is titled "Technology in Landscape Architecture." All are welcome to attend.
Control Academic Stress Series: Procrastination and Perfectionism
Procrastination and perfectionism are common challenges for many students. In the first session of the Control Academic Stress series, we'll discuss the links between procrastination and perfectionism, identify strategies to decrease procrastination, and learn techniques for managing perfectionism. Participants in all four workshops in the Control Academic Stress series will receive a letter of recognition
PhD Thesis Defence: Fatemeh Abbasi
Fatemeh Abbasi, a PhD candidate in the department of chemistry, will defend her thesis “Atomic Force Microscopy and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Studies of alamethicin imbedded into a biomimetic membrane.” Her advisor is Prof. Jacek Lipkowski. All are welcome to attend. Summerlee Science Complex, Room 1511
Energy Boosters Workshop
This free public workshop on International Stress Awareness Day meets from 7 - 9 p.m. Learn five surprising things that tire us during the day, and some brief, practical and fun things to decrease fatigue and recharge energy! University Centre, Room 430
Experience Guelph Career Fair
The Experience Guelph Career Fair is an opportunity to meet employers who are actively recruiting students from all programs. Many employers that will be in attendance have full-time, part-time and co-op opportunities posted on Experience Guelph. Students of all years and programs are encouraged to attend this Fair to network with employers and find out
Thursday At Noon Concert: Ensemble Made In Canada
Thursday At Noon (TAN) Concert Series: Ensemble Made In Canada perform the MOSAÏQUE Project Four performers, 14 composers + inspired audiences, brought together to interpret and celebrate the diversity and richness of Canada through their eyes, ears and hearts. MacKinnon Building, Room 107 (Goldschmidt Room) This event is free and open to the public. Presented
– FULL – Interactive Workshop: Women and Leadership
- Registration for this event is now full - Join Dr. M. Gloria González-Morales and PhD candidate Grace Ewles to explore the links between gender, emotional labour, imposter syndrome, stress and burnout and ways to effectively translate women’s emotional labour into executive leadership practice. Please contact cfww@uoguelph.ca for more information. University Centre, Room 442
Decreasing Headaches
Learn drug-free strategies to decrease tension and migraine headaches, and the pain of headaches. This skills program meets weekly on Thursday evenings, 7:30 - 9 p.m., for foursessions. The fee is $20 for U of G students, $60 for members of USW Local 4120, and $120 for all others. University Centre, Room 332
Remembrance Day
Campus flags will be lowered to half-mast from Friday, November 9 through Sunday, November 11 in observance of Remembrance Day. A wreath will be placed at the flags by the University Centre. A ceremony will be held in Branion Plaza at 11 a.m. on November 11.
Control Academic Stress Series: Procrastination and Perfectionism
Procrastination and perfectionism are common challenges for many students. In the second session of the Control Academic Stress series, we'll discuss the links between procrastination and perfectionism, identify strategies to decrease procrastination, and learn techniques for managing perfectionism. Participants in all four workshops in the Control Academic Stress series will receive a letter of recognition
Lunch & Learn: Challenging Traditional Pedagogy
The Hub for Teaching and Learning Excellence is hosting a lunch and learn session about the development of co-constructed learning spaces. Students were challenged to "rethink the human" by focusing on experiences of queerness, disability, people of colour, fatness, and other marginalized bodies. These graduate students will share their learnings. This event is free. Coffee
Lion in the Streets: A play by Judith Thompson
Judith Thompson wrote Lion in the Streets as a delayed, and largely unconscious response to the murder, in 1983, of nine-year-old Sharon Morningstar Keenan in the neighborhood in Toronto where she lives with her family. The play initially explored moments of crisis in the lives of a diverse and changing community. Soon enough "Isobel," who is the
Science and Engineering Sunday
On Science and Engineering Sunday, find out what science and engineering is all about at the University of Guelph. Visit our campus and meet with staff, faculty and students from different areas of science and engineering. The day includes a resource fair, open labs and facilities, campus tours and self-guided residence tours.