Kick off the winter semester with clarity and purpose! START Skills: Planning Your Term & Goal Setting is a workshop designed to help you set clear, actionable goals for the semester and create a plan to stay on track. Whether you're aiming for personal growth, academic success, or a balance between school and life, this

In partnership with Ed Video, the Art Gallery of Guelph invites you to an engaging evening featuring a screening of Susan Mogul’s 1997 film, I Stare at You and Dream, currently showcased alongside a collection of over 80 quillboxes in the exhibition Do You Remember Love. The film highlights the intersecting lives of four individuals,

This session offers strategies for planning, outlining, drafting, and revising research articles in the sciences. We will explore the key components of the Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion sections. We will also provide a mapping tool that writers can use to organize their own scientific research articles.

Want to start your sinter semester off strong? Join the START Team and the Library for START Skills: Effective Reading and Note Taking! In this workshop, you will learn tips and tricks to read your course readings and take good lecture notes more effectively. You will also get a chance to meet some of our upper-year student

Ready to refresh your wardrobe—for free? Drop in anytime between 12 – 5 p.m. on Wednesday, January 15, at the Art Gallery of Guelph for a curated clothing swap hosted by Drop and Cop, a University of Guelph student-led club that promotes a circular economy. Bring your clean, gently used items and earn credits to

We will focus on specific strategies and techniques that writers can use to strengthen cohesion, concision, and clarity. We recommend that participants bring an example of their own scientific writing to the workshop (e.g., draft of a research article, lab report, critical review of a scientific research article). However, instructors can provide an example text

Registration opens 4 weeks before the event. In this virtual session, we will use Qualtrics, our online survey software, to explore the fundamentals of survey creation. We will explore: How to create a Qualtrics account How to find and use Qualtrics tutorials and training How to create a basic Qualtrics survey How to access your

This workshop will explore the more advanced question types and features of Qualtrics including: Various question types and methods like logic, piped text, loop & merge, timed questions, scoring, embedded data, and randomization How to use Survey Flow to meet complicated research designs How to create and edit messaging in your survey NOTE: It is

Aranya Iyer and Mariel Terebiznik, co-founders of Field Research in Ecology and Evolution Diversified (FREED), will present “Fieldwork, Fun(draising), and Friendship: How addressing barriers and decolonizing learning increases skills and community for BIPOC students" as part of the College of Biological Science's Community Seminar Series. FREED is dedicated to increasing access to field work, research

The University Club officially reopens on Jan. 20 – and we’re excited to welcome you back! Here’s what you need to know: Opening Date: January 20th Hours: 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday to Friday (last reservation at 1:45 p.m.) Lunch Buffet: Enjoy a chef’s selection of fresh dishes, including coffee, tea, water, and dessert. $19.00

On this leg of your adventure, you’ll unlock the power of data documentation. Learn how to create metadata and various types of data documentation files to ensure your data is understandable and reusable by future researchers and by you down the road. Designed for researchers at the beginning of a project, though open to all,

In this combined presentation and workshop, Justine Woods will discuss garment-making as research-creation with particular focus on the role garments play in resisting settler colonial displacement of Indigenous ontologies and bodies to place. Informed by her PhD dissertation research, Justine will expand upon the concept of ‘re-stitching’ as both a theoretical framework and embodied practice

Join us to explore the workings of paragraphs and papers! In this session, we examine common rules of structure underpinning academic English texts. This is followed by an exploration of cohesion and flow from a style perspective. This session will benefit anyone (from any level of study and language background) who wants to improve their

Microbiomes are essential for human, animal, plant, and ecosystem health. Despite widespread recognition of the importance of microbiomes, there is little attention to monitoring and safeguarding microbial ecologies on policy levels. Evidence is accumulating that microbiomes are deteriorating owing to practices at societal levels, such as pesticide use in agriculture, air and water pollution, and

Feeling like you have too much to read and not enough time? Join this workshop to develop skills for reading journal articles more efficiently and effectively. This workshop is best suited to graduate students and upper year undergradaute students. Questions? Email learning@uoguelph.ca.

Do you speak English as an additional language? Would you like to meet new people while practicing your reading, writing, and speaking skills in English? Please join us for Read, Write, Talk! This workshop series includes readings and recordings on fascinating topics. You will expand your language skills while connecting with peers and having fun.

Set yourself up for success by scoping your research project with succinct and realistic research questions. For more information about this workshop series, please visit our writing, learning, and research skills workshops page.

Prepare for a successful research adventure by creating a comprehensive Data Management Plan (DMP). This session will guide you through developing a living planning document that ensures your data is well-managed, from collection to sharing. Designed for researchers at the beginning of a project, though open to all, this session will help you: Understand what

This 6-week in-person program provides support for undergraduate and graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, and visiting scholars who use English as an Additional Language (EAL). You will learn and practice various oral communication skills and strategies in academic/professional settings. Each session will be dedicated to a specific topic and will run for approximately 80 minutes. Please

In this workshop we will learn how to navigate ArcGIS Online, kinds of GIS data, how to add data to a map, basic symbology and labelling, how to manually add data to your map, and how to access analysis functions. ArcGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS); a software program for working with maps and

Establish a roadmap for your thesis and make the most of your writing time by creating an outline. In this session, students will explore different options for structuring their theses and access resources for organizing their projects. For more information about this workshop series, please visit our writing, learning, and research skills workshops page.

P4E (Partnerships for Employment) is a partnership among the University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College. The partnership was created to better serve students, alumni, and employers through jointly sponsored annual Career Fairs and Job Fairs. Location: Bingemans Conference Centre, 425 Bingemans Centre Drive, Kitchener, ON N2B 3X7 All students

Looking for a statistics tune-up using SPSS? Come to the fourth workshop in our 11-part series to teach you the basics! In SPSS micro 4: Correlation, you will learn the data type required for the test, check the assumptions for the test, and conduct both a Pearson and a Spearman correlation! Prior knowledge of SPSS

Do you speak English as an additional language? Would you like to meet new people while practicing your reading, writing, and speaking skills in English? Please join us for Read, Write, Talk! This workshop series includes readings and recordings on fascinating topics. You will expand your language skills while connecting with peers and having fun.

This session will discuss how to connect the literature review to your research question, build the structure for your review, and avoid some of the common traps when writing. For more information about this workshop series, please visit our writing, learning, and research skills workshops page.