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

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