U of G News

New Graduate Student Orientation
2018-09-04 08:30 - 12:30 (America/Toronto) | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
All new graduate students are invited to the fall 2018 New Graduate Student Orientation Session to learn about resources available across campus.
There will be a resource fair in the Rozanski Hall Atrium where you can chat with staff representing the units on campus that provide resources for graduate students.
A free pizza lunch will be served in The Fifth: GSA Rooftop Patio and Lounge following the session in ROZH 101.
Please RSVP online at http://bit.ly/2t94okH
Rozanski Hall, Room 101

New International Graduate Student Orientation
2018-09-04 14:00 - 16:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
All new international graduate students are invited to the fall 2018 New International Graduate Student Orientation Session to learn about the resources available across campus.
Light refreshments will be served. A bus tour of the city follows at 5 p.m. Family members are welcome to attend.
Please RSVP online at http://bit.ly/2KN52A5

The Arboretum Expo: Meet the Trees and Plant Sale
2018-09-08 10:00 - 15:00 | Ontario
Attendees will have the opportunity to “Meet the Trees” while taking part in tours, demonstrations, research exhibits, full-family activities, live music and plant sale.

Writing Tune-up: Grammar, Day 1 of 2
2018-09-08 11:00 - 18:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This two-day Grammar Writing Tune-up series is open to graduate students, undergraduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars and researchers, faculty, staff and community members.
Topics covered include:

Structuring sentences
Using verbals and modifiers
Punctuating sentences

During this day-long workshop, a half-hour meal break (at 2 p.m.) and snack breaks will be on your own.
McLaughlin Library, Room 384

In Conversation with Jann Arden - SOLD OUT
2018-09-08 13:00 - 15:00 | War Memorial Hall, 390 Gordon Street, Guelph
– SOLD OUT –
The Eden Mills Writers Festival and University of Guelph present In Conversation with Jann Arden
Join the beloved Canadian icon and multiple Juno award-winning singer-songwriter as she shares her story and explores the inspiration behind her memoirs, including Feeding My Mother (2017) and Falling Backward (2011). Feeding My Mother is a frank, funny, inspirational and piercingly honest account of her experiences as primary “parent” to her mom, who is in the grip of Alzheimer’s.

Writing Tune-up: Grammar, Day 2 of 2
2018-09-09 11:00 - 18:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This two-day Grammar Writing Tune-up series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars and researchers, faculty and staff at the University of Guelph, as well as Guelph community members. Although you can attend either day, it is recommended that you start with Day 1. Visit the Day 1 description to register for that session on September 8.
Topics covered include:

Correcting grammar errors
Avoiding errors of misuse
Going beyond basic grammar

During this day-long workshop, a half-hour meal break (at 2:00 p.m.) and snack breaks will be on your own.
McLaughlin Library, Room 384

Ecopsychology Workshop
2018-09-10 18:30 - 19:30 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Participants will have the opportunity to engage in an eight-week program that explores the principles of Ecopsychology and Eco Art Therapy. Walking through this program, participants gradually gain a deeper sense of self-value, one’s relationship with nature, and a desire to engage with nature as a trusted and valued aspect of one’s own life. Each week, participants will be introduced to new concepts which they will then apply to practical activities and then reflect both collectively and individually.
Explore ways to gain a deeper understanding of how nature communicates, and what we can learn from this in our own lives. Challenge yourself to think beyond the five senses and stimulate your inner green. Get creative as we explore eco-art activities that go beyond the barriers of artistic techniques. Integrate yourself with nature and the numerous life systems that intricately flow all around us.
Guest Instructor: Memona Hossain
Early Bird Registration: $190 per person by Aug. 30
Regular Price: $205 per person.
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 16 adults.
Register online

Data Skills Workshop: Data Basics
2018-09-11 13:30 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Ever wonder what sort of data you will be dealing with? Do you find yourself lost when it’s time to prepare your data for analysis?
In this workshop, you will be introduced to the different types of data you can collect and/or create as well as the various ways you can collect, describe and visualize your data before data analysis. This workshop is intended for those who are going to be involved with research or academic projects and want to tackle their data from the very beginning.
McLaughlin Library, Room 289

Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium
2018-09-12 - 2018-09-15 | Ontario
The Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium returns September 12-15 featuring curated panels, speakers and performances.
Hosted by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) in partnership with the Guelph Jazz Festival, the University of Guelph and the Art Gallery of Guelph, this year’s Colloquium explores the interplay between literature and music through the theme “Hovering at the Edge: Words, Music, Sound and Song.”
HIGHLIGHTS
KEYNOTE
This year’s keynote speaker is Columbia University professor Brent Hayes Edwards. Edwards’ latest book Epistrophies explores the fertile intersection of jazz and literature, and was the thematic inspiration for this year’s colloquium. Taking place Sept. 15 (10:30 a.m.) at the Art Gallery of Guelph, and co-presented with the Guelph Film Festival, Edwards’ keynote will include a special screening and discussion of the legendary 16mm short film Sweet Willie Rollbar’s Orientation, which features saxophonist Julius Hemphill, poet K. Curtis Lyle, actor Malinke Elliott, and other members of the Black Artists’ Group of St. Louis during the 1970s.

ART EXHIBITION
Composer, improviser, and artistic visionary, Douglas R. Ewart returns to Guelph to exhibit artistic works created during his time as Improviser-in-Residence, and used in the large-scale community improvisation event Crepescule, orchestrated during his residency. Join us for the opening reception on Sept. 13 (5PM) at 10C 42 Carden St.
“Sound and stories are crucial spiritual, emotional, and intellectual foods that we all must partake of in order to thrive!” — Douglas Ewart, 2015-16 Improviser-in-Residence

IN CONVERSATION WITH DIONNE BRAND
Acclaimed poet, novelist and recipient of the Governor General’s Literary Award, Dionne Brand will appear in conversation with professor Winston Smith on Sept. 14 (9 a.m.) at the Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, co-presented with the Eden Mills Writer’s Festival. Join us as they discuss jazz, identity politics and Brand’s new novels Theory and The Blue Clerk, an original work about the act of writing itself.

EMERGING SCHOLARS PROGRAM
We are thrilled to announce the development of our Emerging Scholars Program, which offers ten individuals the opportunity to connect with panelists, presenters, and other distinguished guests including author and University of Guelph professor, Lawrence Hill, during the Colloquium and Festival, and at an intimate two-hour emerging scholars breakfast. Selected scholars will also receive tickets to Guelph Jazz Festival performances, and an opportunity to publish insights gained at the Festival and Colloquium on our website.
CONCERTS
We are thrilled to welcome a leader in improvised and avant-garde music in Spain, Agustí Fernández, to our Thursday At Noon concert series. Join us on Sept. 13 at the University of Guelph Goldschmidt Room, to experience the unique sound of this world-renowned pianist.
Thanya Iyer brings the experimental pop music from her critically acclaimed mixtape “Do you dream?” to Branion Plaza at the Univesity of Guelph for a special Noon-Hour concert on Sept. 14. Co-presented by the Central Student Association and the Guelph Jazz Festival, Thanya Iyer’s simmering vocals and gentle instrumentals create a pop experience you won’t want to miss.
Saxophonist and composer Darius Jones and singer Amirtha Kidambi join forces for an intimate voice-saxophone duo concert. Join these brilliant musicians and friends on Sept. 14 (5:30 p.m.) at Silence.

TALKS
Explore the artists behind the music with panel discussions and post-concert talks with some of the Guelph Jazz Festival visiting artists, including Rory Magill, Christine Duncan and the Rainbow Chorus as they discuss their experience working with community organized ensembles on Sept. 12 (9:30 p.m.) at the Guelph Little Theatre.
This year, Ajay Heble, Director of the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, and Artistic Director Emeritus and Founder of the Guelph Jazz Festival will moderate a roundtable conversation with his fellow IICSI colleagues Kevin McNeilly, Sara Villa, Rob Wallace, and Paul Watkins. This conversation about their research on jazz, improvisation, and poetry will take place on Sept. 13 (2 p.m.) at Silence. Also on Sept. 13 (3:30 p.m.) at Silence, Vilde Aaslid, and Meta DuEwa Jones will give talks on poetry and jazz, articulating the connections between jazz, poetry and gender.
Jean Derome’ Someone Special focuses on the music of American soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy, specifically the compositions he wrote for his wife Irene Aebi. Join Jean Derome and Canadian singer Karen Young before the show on Sept. 15 (6 p.m.) at the Guelph Youth Music Centre as they discuss the marriage of music and literature in Steve Lacy’s musical tributes to his wife.
This years artist panel takes place Sept. 14 (4 p.m.) at Silence and brings together Montreal based singer Thanya Iyer, New York alto saxophonist and composer of Le bébé de Brigitte (Lost in Translation) Darius Jones, alongside two formidable singers and composers Emilie Lesbros and Amirtha Kidambi to discuss the intersection of music and language and the process of these unique artists.

The Amazing Life of Spiders
2018-09-12 09:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Learn fascinating life stories and identification tips about our most important invertebrate predators: spiders. We’ll venture outside for part of the day, learning how to discover and identify some of our amazing local arachno-fauna (be prepared for current weather). We’ll find outdoor “web-sites,” but also many free-ranging spiders that hunt like cats, wolves or eight-legged anglers. Discover first-hand why most insects are arachnophobic, and how we can – and should – help our local spider population.
Guest Instructor: Dan Schneider
Early Bird Registration: $75 per person by Sept. 4.
Regular Fee: $85 per person. Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 18 adults.
Register online

Data Skills: Research Data Management and Preservation
2018-09-12 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Every researcher begins a research project by formulating a research question and devising a methodology in which to undertake the project.
What if you began your project with a plan detailing the actual mechanics of what needs to be considered during every step of the project: from data collection during the initial stages through to data preservation when your project has been completed? What do you need to do to keep your project moving forward, on time, on track and without major incident?
Join us as we review the basic steps involved in Research Data Management Planning.
McLaughlin Library, Room 289

Thursday at Noon Concert: Agusti Fernandez
2018-09-13 12:00 - 13:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The School of Fine Art and Music presents its Thursday at Noon concert series, featuring:
Agusti Fernandez
Pianista, improvisador, professor
MacKinnon Building, Room 107

Data Skills Workshop: Getting Data
2018-09-13 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
How many different types of data are there? What’s most important about the data you want to find? Come to this workshop and we’ll explore these questions together!
Strategies and resources for finding data will be introduced and developed. Some of our more popular data sources will be showcased. Bring a laptop to allow for hands-on time in discovering data.
McLaughlin Library, Room 289

Art Gallery of Guelph: Fall Season Launch
2018-09-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Join the Art Gallery of Guelph in celebrating the opening of three new exhibitions on September 13 at 7 p.m. Refreshments and cash bar available. All are welcome. Free admission.

Hawks Workshop at the Arboretum
2018-09-14 09:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
This workshop will help you identify migrating hawks, falcons, vultures, eagles and osprey. Through a wide variety of hands-on activities, you’ll learn about plumage, body shape, foraging techniques, flight patterns and migration times of 15 species. An information booklet will be provided.
Presented by: Arboretum naturalist Chris Earley, author of Hawks and Owls of Eastern North America.
Early Bird Fee: $75 per person by Sept. 6.
Regular Fee: $85 per person.
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline, the course may be cancelled. Maximum 18 adults.

Ph.D. Thesis Defence - Jane Ferguson
2018-09-17 10:30 - 14:00 | Science Complex, 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Jane Ferguson, a Ph.D. candidate in the department of Chemistry, will defend her thesis “Aqueous Boric Acid Chemistry under Pressurized Water Reactor Coolant Conditions by AC Conductivity.” Her advisor is Prof. Peter Tremaine. All are welcome to attend.

Growing Woody Plants from Seed Workshop
2018-09-18 09:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Diversity is the emphasis of this full-day course. Grow your own native trees and shrubs. Characteristic seeds for the workshop will be collected while touring part of The Arboretum. We will carry out the techniques for cleaning, treating and sowing seeds and how to protect them as seeds and young plants. A tour of The Arboretum’s native plant nursery will help you set up your own project.
Register online
Presenter: Arboretum horticulturist Sean Fox
Early Bird Fee: $75 per person by Sept. 10.
Regular Fee: $85 per person.
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 16 adults.

Data Skills Workshop: Getting Data - Open Data
2018-09-18 13:00 - 15:00 | Ontario, Canada
In this interactive workshop you will discover, use and describe the benefits of open data. You will learn how you can use open data in your research. This workshop is for anyone that has little to some knowledge about open data. At the end of the workshop, you will know how to access free data after your academic career and be knowledgeable working with it!
McLaughlin Library, Room 289

Shinrin-Yoku Walk
2018-09-19 11:00 - 14:00 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
The newly launched Canadian Chapter of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides is proud to hold one of its first high-profile walks in Canada at The Arboretum. Forest Therapy originated from Japan’s Shinrin-Yoku, which literally translates into“forest bathing” (taking in the air of a forest). It is a gentle way of moving mindfully through nature.
Led by experienced guide Ben Porchuk, the walk will open your senses and connect you to different ways nature can help align and heal you.
Register online
Guest Instructor: Ben Porchuk
Early Bird Fee: $55 per person by Sept. 11.
Regular Fee: $65 per person.
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 20 adults.

Data Skills Workshop: Creating Data - APIs
2018-09-19 13:00 - 15:00 | Ontario, Canada
APIs have emerged as a new form of delivering data to end users. APIs enable individuals to issue specialized requests from data sources in real time. This power and flexibility enables new approaches to data use.
In this workshop, we’ll give you an introduction to one of the most common kinds of API, the REST API. We’ll interact with a number of APIs along the way toward our final goal of the Twitter API. No coding or engineering degrees required. By the end of the workshop you’ll know everything you need to start exploring other REST APIs.
Please bring a laptop computer for your own use during the workshop. Please make sure that you have the Insomnia application installed.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please ensure that you followed any account creation or software installation instructions. We will not be able to troubleshoot software set up during class time.
McLaughlin Library, Room 289

Thursday At Noon Concert: Madawaska String Quartet
2018-09-20 12:00 - 13:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Madawaska String Quartet presents “Masterpieces by Great Masters”
Featuring two early works by composers who would become great string quartet masters: Beethoven’s String Quartet Opus 18 no. 4, and Mendelssohn, String Quartet Opus 13 (“Frage.”)
MacKinnon, Room 107 (Goldschmidt Room), University of Guelph
Free event.
Presented by the University of Guelph, College of Arts, and the School of Fine Art and Music.

Homecoming Weekend
2018-09-21 - 2018-09-23 | Ontario
Join your fellow Gryphons – past, present and future – as we celebrate Homecoming 2018!
Homecoming Game and Concert Ticket Sales: Sept. 12 in the Field House. Line-up starts at 9 a.m., tickets on sale at 11 a.m.. Limit 4 per person. Cash Only.

Friday, September 21
6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. – Gryphon Hall of Fame Banquet – Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre

Saturday, September 22
8:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. – Free Campus Community Pancake Breakfast – University Centre Courtyard
9:00 a.m. – Gryphon Swimming Alumni Swim – Red Pool
10:00 a.m. – Glory Bowl – Gryphon Football Alumni Game – Alumni Stadium
10:00 a.m. – 1958-1959 Football Reunion – Football Pavilion Tour
10:30 a.m. – Pancake Brunch – Gryphon Swimming Alumni
10:30 a.m. – UGAA Pre-Game Brunch – Brass Taps, University Centre
11:00 a.m. – Gryphon Football Pre-Game Party – Parking Lot 7
1:00 p.m. – Gryphon Football Game vs. Queen’s – Alumni Stadium (2:00 p.m. – Half-Time Concert – The Reklaws)
1:00 p.m. – Gryphon Football Live Stream – Brass Taps, Gryphs Sports Lounge
1:00 p.m. – Women’s Rugby vs York – Varsity Field
3:00 p.m. – Women’s Rugby Alumni Game – Varsity Field
4:00 p.m. – Men’s Rugby Alumni Game – Varsity Field
5:00 p.m. – Gryphon Football, ’58-’59 Football Reunion and Reception – Brass Taps
6:30 p.m. – Rugby Alumni Dinner – Brass Taps
8:00 p.m. – Concert: The Glorious Sons with Shotty Horroh, Peter Clark Hall

Sunday, September 25
10:30 a.m. – Rugby Brunch – Cutten Fields
Promoting a safe and responsible homecoming.

Zumba at the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute
2018-09-21 12:00 - 12:45 | Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, 17 University Ave. E., Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Do you like to dance? Join the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI) for four free outdoor Zumba® classes this summer! These classes are for all ages and abilities and will be taught by a certified Zumba® instructor.
We had a blast at the classes in June, July and August, and are looking forward to the next class on Sept. 21 at noon on the lawn behind CESI at 17 University Ave. E. If you’re not able to join us right at noon, come by whenever you can – we will be dancing until 12:45 p.m.!
It’s looking like it will be a nice, sunny day, so wear comfortable shoes, bring a water bottle and come ready to dance! There will be a chance to win prizes for participation.

P4E Career Fair Resume Critiques and Guidebook Pick-Up
2018-09-24 10:00 - 15:30 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Partnerships for Employment (P4E) represents a collaborative effort between the University of Guelph, University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University and Conestoga College.
Drop by the University Centre to get your employer Guidebook! Need a résumé update before the Fair? Get a five-minute résumé critique from one of our qualified peer helpers. No registration required! Be sure to bring a hard copy of your résumé!

United Way Kick-Off Party
2018-09-24 11:30 - 13:00 | Branion Plaza, Branion Plaza, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Help us kick-off U of G’s 2018 United Way campaign!
Entertainment, delicious food, supporting our community
Join us in Branion Plaza from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. as we celebrate the start of our United Way campaign. Come hungry!
$5 lunch option:

Delicious hot dog
Corn on the cob with gourmet seasonings
Drink

$5 dessert option:

U of G vanilla ice cream
Hot apple crisp

Bring spare change to support the campaign and get:

Popcorn
Cotton candy

Back for 2018! Get a sky-high view from the Guelph Fire Fighters ladder truck! $10 donation per ride.
Get your food tickets in advance or at the event.
Rain location: Peter Clark Hall

Data Skills Workshop: Cleaning and Preparing Data - OpenRefine
2018-09-24 13:00 - 15:00 | Ontario, Canada
This workshop will teach you how use the free open source tool, OpenRefine, to get messy data in order.
You will learn how to:

Import data
Standardize data
Filter, split, replace, and extract data
Manipulate textual data
Understand the ethics of cleaning data

Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with the latest version of Open Refine installed.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please ensure that you followed any account creation or software installation instructions. Out of courtesy to the class we will not be able to troubleshoot software set up during class time. If you have any issues, please contact the IT Help Desk.
McLaughlin Library, Room 289

Café Philosophique: Exploring Masculinity in the 21st Century
2018-09-24 19:00 | Ontario
Daemon Fairless, author of Mad Blood Stirring: The Lives of Violent Men, and Rachel Giese, author of Boys: What It Means to Become a Man, in conversation with Kimberley Francis.
Tickets:

$8 general admission
$6 for students, seniors and Bookshelf members

Location: eBar, 41 Quebec St, Guelph

Gryphons Read: Coffee and Conversation with David Chariandy for the U of G Community
2018-09-25 10:30 - 11:30 | Ontario, Canada
One book. One campus. One community.
Join us Sept. 25 for coffee and conversation with David Chariandy, author of Brother, the 2018 Gryphons Read selection.
Note: This event is for members of the University of Guelph community only. A separate event in the evening is open to the public.
About Gryphons Read:
The Gryphons Read common reading program is a new tradition at the University of Guelph. Each year, a book will be selected by the Gryphons Read steering committee, chaired by Prof. Lawrence Hill. All members of the University community are invited to read the book and meet throughout September to engage in discussions led by volunteer facilitators.
Questions about the Gryphons Read common reading program can be directed to gryphonsread@uoguelph.ca
McLaughlin Library, Room 289 – Scholars Studio.

Data Skills Workshp: NVivo
2018-09-25 13:00 - 15:00 | Ontario, Canada
NVivo is a qualitative data analysis (QDA) computer software package produced by QSR International. In this workshop, we will work on bringing your sources in, creating nodes, coding and running queries.
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with the latest version of NVIVO installed.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please ensure that you followed any account creation or software installation instructions. Out of courtesy to the class we will not be able to troubleshoot software set up during class time. If you have any issues, please contact the IT Help Desk.
McLaughlin Library, Room 289

Dial Down Anxiety Workshop
2018-09-25 17:30 - 18:30 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Learn about the most common anxiety escalators (including a couple of surprising ones), along with practical, proven tips and strategies that you can use to decrease stress and anxiety.
This free, one-hour workshop for university students meets from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m. and is provided by the Stress Management Clinic.
University Centre, Room 429
