Designing and Creating Infographics Workshop
2020-01-27 17:00 - 19:00 (America/Toronto) | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Infographics are a unique way to organize and showcase research or complicated information. This two-hour workshop will walk you through the steps for designing and creating an effective infographic including graphic design principles, accessibility considerations and an introduction to free tools for creation.
After this workshop, you’ll be able to:

Describe what an infographic is
Apply graphic design principles for creating infographics
List free tools for creating an infographic
Apply AODA standards to infographic creation

Participants will need to bring their own devices to this workshop
Register on the library’s website.

Designing and Creating Infographics Workshop
2020-01-27 17:00 - 19:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Infographics are a unique way to organize and showcase research or complicated information. This two-hour workshop will walk you through the steps for designing and creating an effective infographic including graphic design principles, accessibility considerations and an introduction to free tools for creation.
After this workshop, you’ll be able to:

Describe what an infographic is
Apply graphic design principles for creating infographics
List free tools for creating an infographic
Apply AODA standards to infographic creation

Participants will need to bring their own devices to this workshop.
Register on the library’s website.

Introduction to Citation Management Workshop
2020-01-28 10:00 - 11:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This presentation will walk you through the benefits of citation management and explain how you can use citation managers to keep track of your research and speed up the citation process. Participants are required to bring a laptop to the session. We will focus on using Zotero and Mendeley and recommend you come with them pre-installed. However, if you already use a different citation manager the content we work through will still be relevant.
Register on the library’s website.

Data Analysis Workshop: Intro to Text Analysis (Part 1)
2020-01-28 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Are you interested in uncovering patterns across a vast amount of textual information? Come to this workshop to learn about distant reading techniques that address word count and location. Attendees will get hands-on experience exploring entry-level tools such as Google Ngram, Voyant, and AntConc.
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with AntConc installed on it.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please follow 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. For help, contact the IT Help Desk.
Register on the library’s website.

Pitch Yourself Workshop: How to Develop and Film a Pitch Video
2020-01-28 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Film a pitch video to document your employability skills and stand out to employers! This two-hour workshop will provide you with the necessary skills in scripting and filming a pitch video. Participants will have the chance to watch and assess examples, while also scripting their own. Participants will also be provided with tips on filming with professional equipment versus their smartphones.
After this workshop, you’ll be able to:

List tips and tools for scripting your video
Apply the key elements of a pitch video
Recognize how to produce a video with professional equipment versus a smartphone
Apply AODA standards to video creation

Participants will need to bring their own devices to this workshop.
Register on the library’s website.

Relaxation and Stress Management Skills Workshop
2020-01-28 17:30 - 18:30 | University of Guelph
Learn how to decrease anxiety, relax tight muscles, settle a busy brain, cope effectively and have more energy.
This mind and body skills training program meets twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 5:30 – 6:30 p.m., for 12 sessions (six weeks).
There are no classes during Reading Week.
Registration:

$40for U of G students
$12050 for members of USW Local 4120
$240 for all others

Data Analysis Workshop: Intro to Text Analysis (Part 2)
2020-01-29 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Part two of this workshop series will introduce more complex concepts such as named entity recognition, sentiment analysis, and topic modeling. Participants will explore tools such as NER and Topic Modelling Tool.
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with Stanford Named Entity Recognizer and Topic Modeling Tool installed.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please follow 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. For help, contact the IT Help Desk.
Register on the library’s website.

Data Skills Workshop: Cleaning and Preparing Data - OpenRefine
2020-01-29 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Good data is like a good turkey dinner: you need to clean and prepare it before you can enjoy it properly. What? I have to clean and prepare my data?! This workshop will teach you how to use the free open-source tool, OpenRefine, to get that messy data in order.
You will learn how to:

Import data
Standardize data
Filter, split, replace and extract data
And more!

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 the class time. If you have any issues, please contact the IT Help Desk.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please follow 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. For help, contact the IT Help Desk.
Register on the library’s website.

(Re)Discover India Through Films: 'Cooking with Stella'
2020-01-29 17:30 - 19:00 | Interdisciplinary Hub – MacKinnon 019, University of Guelph MacKinnon Bldg, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Watch Deepa Mehta’s Cooking with Stella, the first in a specially curated series of video presentations (re)introducing India in all its diversity.
Cooking with Stella (104 min.) was selected by Vijay Nair, University of Guelph, Executive Chef.
Vijay hails from Kerala, India. He worked in various hotels and cruise ships before joining the University in 2011 to lead the kitchen team.
Vijay will introduce the film and happily answer questions about the film and (Indian) cooking post-screening.
Feel free to bring a snack and non-alcoholic beverage to the screening.
Please RSVP: uoguel.ph/uzco8

Data Skills Workshop: Getting Data - Advanced Qualtrics Surveys
2020-01-30 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This workshop will explore the more advanced question types and features of Qualtrics. It is expected that attendees have attended Creating Data – Survey – Qualtrics Intro or are already competent with the software.
You will need to bring a laptop to this session.
Before you attend this workshop, you will need to create a Qualtrics account. To create an account please go to the Qualtrics Account Creation page. You will need to use your University of Guelph central login credentials (same as your UofG email username and password). If you have any issues, please submit a Help Request.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please follow 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. For help, contact the IT Help Desk.
Register online.

Winter Pride Flag Raising
2020-01-30 12:00 - 12:15 | University Centre, 150 Research Ln, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
Join us at the University Centre Bus Loop for the raising of the Pride Flag in celebration of the start of Winter Pride Guelph and of LGBTQ2IA+ identities! We welcome students, staff, faculty and community members to join in this event, to show support for the LGBTQ2IA+ populations both at U of G and within the community.
The flag raising ceremony will begin with remarks from various representatives, followed by the flag being raised.

Data Skills Workshop: Data Analysis - Intermediate Excel
2020-01-30 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In this intermediate-level MS-Excel workshop, learn how to use a variety of functions and nested formulas to manipulate data, summarize data using pivot tables and merge data from different worksheets using the VLOOKUP function.
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with Microsoft Excel installed.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please follow 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. For help, contact the IT Help Desk.
Register on the library’s website.

Students: Free Pizza for Sharing Your IT Woes!
2020-01-30 17:30 - 18:30 | University Centre – Peter Clark Hall
The U of G IT Strategy Team wants to hear from students about their experience with IT on campus. Are you frustrated with certain systems? Is it hard to find the information you need? Have ideas about how to make things better? We are holding two workshops – each one hour – on Jan. 20 (free pizza lunch) and Jan. 30 (free pizza dinner). Please respond to the survey link so we can track attendance and order enough food!
Register online.

Data Skills Workshop: Data Analysis - Manipulation in R using dplyr and tidyr
2020-01-31 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
R is a programming language and environment for statistical computing and graphics. This workshop will introduce you to the dplyr package which makes tabular data manipulations easier by using a set of functions to extract and summarize insights from your data. The tidyr package works well with tidy to quickly convert between different data formats (long v. wide) for graphing and analysis.
This workshop builds upon the material presented in Part 1: Into R and RStudio. This is not an introductory workshop and requires participants to have taken Part 1 or have experience with R. Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop.
Before attending the workshop, please complete the following:

Download and Install R
Windows User
Mac User
Install RStudio Desktop

What is R used for? Introduction to RStudio basics.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please follow 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. For help, contact the IT Help Desk.
Register on the library’s website.

Metagenomics-Based Ecosystem Biomonitoring (Ecobiomics)
2020-01-31 11:30 - 12:30 | Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, Ontario, Canada
Teresita Porter, research scientist with the Great Lakes Forestry Centre, Natural Resources Canada and a visiting research scientist with U of G’s Centre for Biodiversity Genomics will discuss water and soil biodiversity and how they are essential to sustaining diverse ecosystem services and economic activities across Canada.
Porter’s research background is in ecology and evolution, mycology and bioinformatics. Her current work focuses on using genomics methods to monitor water quality, soil health and sustainability from environmental DNA. Porter has a special interest in how methodological bias affects the analysis of biodiversity and biomonitoring data.
Find more info on this talk and the CBG Seminar Series.
Metagenomics-Based Ecosystem Biomonitoring (Ecobiomics)
Water and soil biodiversity are essential to sustain diverse ecosystem services and economic activities across Canada. Genomics tools are ideal for characterizing complex biodiversity. Teresita Porter will introduce the Government of Canada’s Genomics Research and Development Initiative, focusing on one of their large interdepartmental projects, the Metagenomics-Based Ecosystem Biomonitoring (Ecobiomics) project. Porter will discuss the goals and organization of this five-year project. She will review some of the key areas where they have been able to standardize methods during field sampling, lab processing, sequencing and bioinformatic analysis. Porter’s area of expertise is in the bioinformatic handling and analysis of metabarcoding datasets, so she will take a shallow dive into the structure of their bioinformatic approach. Porter will discuss how they established a bulk soil sampling methodology that targets arthropods from bulk soil. She will also briefly introduce two ongoing projects that focus on using bulk soil metabarcoding to assess the sustainability of timber harvest.

Canada's Crisis with Huawei: Extradition, spy threats, the 5G future and our relations with China
2020-01-31 12:30 - 13:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Political Science Speaker Series presents: Canada’s Crisis with Huawei – Extradition, spy threats, the 5G future and our relations with China
Join us for a talk about modern-day espionage and cyber security with Prof. Wesley Wark, Centre for International Policy Studies, University of Ottawa – one of Canada’s leading experts on national security, intelligence and terrorism.

Better Sleep Program
2020-01-31 12:30 - 13:30 | University Centre, 150 Research Ln, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
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 skills program meets weekly on Fridays, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m., for five sessions. There are no sessions during Reading Week.
An online program is also available.
Registration:

$20 for U of G students
50 for members of USW Local 4120
$100 for all others

Brain Food Workshop: Paraphrasing and Summarizing
2020-01-31 13:00 - 16:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In this workshop session, we provide foundational skills and strategies to help you paraphrase and summarize more effectively when writing the introduction, literature review and discussion sections.
Topics covered will include:

Avoiding plagiarism
Paraphrasing
Summarizing

Register on the library’s website.

Data Skills Workshop: Data Analysis - SPSS Part 1
2020-02-03 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
SPSS is a statistical software package, mainly used in the Social Sciences. It features a point-and-click interface that makes it easy for the user to learn. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce students to the software as well as its different functions and commands. Topics such as data entry, manipulation and description will be covered as well as the basics of statistical analysis and interpretation using SPSS. This is a great opportunity for students to learn how to analyze their own data, which is becoming an extremely valuable skill in research, academia and the workplace. Please note the contents of this workshop are split between Part 1 (Feb. 3) and Part 2 (Feb. 4).
This is an introductory workshop intended for students with minimal to no knowledge of SPSS. Basic knowledge and understanding of statistics would be a great asset
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with SPSS installed on it. The latest version of SPSS can be downloaded for free from the CCS Software Distribution website.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please follow 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. For help, contact the IT Help Desk.
Register on the library’s website.

Black History Month: Opening Ceremony with Zaki Ibrahim
2020-02-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Ontario, Canada
Celebrate the start of 2020 Black History Month! The month’s opening ceremony includes remarks from the Guelph Black Students Association and Caribbean Culture Club followed by a performance by Zaki Ibrahim.
Described as “a retro-Afrofuturist vision sending listeners on a journey through 40 years of electronic music,” Ibrahim’s music brings elements of spoken word, hip hop, soul, house and 70s pop together, filtered through the prismatic and often contradictory lenses of personal, historical and scientific relativities. Even the concept of diaspora seems to fall short of capturing the vivid vibrational multitudes of Ibrahim’s scope.

Data Visualization Workshop - Python
2020-02-03 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In this workshop, you will learn how to produce scatter plots, boxplots and time series plots using Matplotlib. Also, you will learn the tools and knowledge to create any figure/graphic to describe your data and customize your graphics with titles, legends, colors, etc.
Please bring a laptop with your own use during the workshop.
The laptop will need to have the following software installed:

Anaconda – Python 3.7 version
PyCharm – Community Edition

Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please follow 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. For help, contact the IT Help Desk.
Register on the library’s website.

Tell a Story with Digital Media Workshop
2020-02-03 17:00 - 19:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Digital storytelling can be used for explaining concepts, reflecting on an idea, retelling an event or making an argument. You will have the opportunity to try both the planning and technical aspects of digital storytelling.
After this workshop, you’ll be able to:

Describe what digital storytelling is
Recognize how to write a script using best practices
Apply best practices for creating digital stories
Use WeVideo to create a digital story with audio
Apply AODA standards to video creation

Participants should bring their own devices and headphones to this workshop.
Register on the library’s website.

Data Analysis Workshop - SPSS Part 2
2020-02-04 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
SPSS is a statistical software package, mainly used in the social sciences. It features a point and click interface which makes it easy for the user to learn. The purpose of this workshop is to introduce students to the software as well as its different functions and commands. Topics such as data entry, manipulation and description will be covered as well as the basics of statistical analysis and interpretation using SPSS. This is a great opportunity for students to learn how to analyze their own data, which is becoming an extremely valuable skill in research, academia and the workplace. Please note that the contents of this workshop will be split into Part 1 (Feb. 3) and Part 2 (Feb. 4).

Audience: This is an introductory workshop intended to students with minimal to no knowledge of SPSS. Basic knowledge and understanding of statistics would be a great asset
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with SPSS installed on it. The latest version of SPSS can be downloaded for free from the CCS Software Distribution website.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Out of courtesy to the class we will not be able to troubleshoot software setup during class time. If you have any issues, please contact the IT Help Desk.
Register online.

Black History Month: Barrington Walker -The Role of the Church in Shaping 'Modern’ Black Canada
2020-02-04 19:00 - 20:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
As part of Black History Month 2020, this talk by Barrington Walker will consider the history of the church in Black Canada and its role in affirming community bonds and forging Black freedom from early emancipation until the emergence of a “secular” civil rights movement.
Through a case studies approach, and by drawing upon published scholarship and community histories, Walker will highlight stories of the Black Church from the 18th to the 20th century. Walker will explore how the church has anchored Black Canadians in the context of a settler racial colonial state and created new identities and cultures in a place where full freedom and citizenship have been and continue to be elusive. This talk suggests that careful consideration of the Black Church alerts us to the possibilities and the limits of Black belonging in Canada.
See more Black History Month events supported by U of G.
Presented in collaboration with the University of Guelph’s Cultural Diversity Office.

Data Skills Workshop: Data Analysis - Reproducible Research in R
2020-02-05 09:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In this workshop, you will learn how to recognize the issues that reproducible research helps address. Then you will learn the important roles of documentation, sharing, automation and organization in making research reproducible. You will be introduced to the tools (R/RMarkdown/Git and GitHub) that can be used to make your research reproducible.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please follow 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. For help, contact the IT Help Desk.
Register on the library’s website.

2020 Rural Symposium
2020-02-05 09:00 - 16:00 | 1 Stone Rd.
The Rural Symposium is an annual opportunity for University of Guelph graduate students to showcase their rural research to policy makers, policy analysts and program staff from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA). The event facilitates knowledge mobilization and network building between graduate students at the University of Guelph, researchers, OMAFRA, and rural organizations. All are welcome to attend .
The 2020 Rural Symposium takes place February 5, 2020 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Conference Centre at 1 Stone Road in Guelph. Find registration and program details online.

P4E Job Fair 2020
2020-02-05 10:00 - 15:30 | Ontario, Canada
Students from all disciplines and across all semester levels are welcome to network with over 200 employers from diverse sectors at the P4E (Partners4Employment) Job Fair.
You don’t want to miss this job fair…it’s the largest of its kind in the country!
Free admission with student or alumni ID from sponsoring schools. Free shuttle buses to and from RIM Park, leaving from the front of the UC every 30 minutes (bus schedule). Free professional digital head shot photos.
Bring your student card.
Visit the 2020 P4E Job Fair website for a list of ways to prepare for the fair and to see a list of registered organizations. Find out more about each company and the types of opportunities they are hiring for.

Black History Month: RISE Spoken Word
2020-02-05 12:00 - 13:00 | Ontario, Canada
During Black History Month, join us for a special performance by Reaching Intelligent Souls Everywhere (RISE) – the youth-led community movement composed of artists, activists and revolutionaries. Together they create a safe and welcoming platform for self-expression and healing through the performance arts.
See more Black History Month events supported by U of G.
Presented in collaboration with the University of Guelph’s Cultural Diversity Office.

Faculty: IT Strategy Workshop - Help Us Help You!
2020-02-05 14:00 - 16:00 | University Centre – Peter Clark Hall
Are you a faculty member or researcher at U of G? Do you have ideas to improve teaching, learning orresearch through IT? The IT strategy team wants to hear from you! Sessions are Feb. 5 and 13. Contact ITstrategy@uoguelph.ca for more information.

Data Skills Workshop: Data Visualization - R using ggplot2
2020-02-06 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In this workshop, you will learn how to produce scatter plots, boxplots and time series plots using ggplot2. Also, you will learn the tools and knowledge to create any figure/graphic to describe your data and customize your graphics with titles, legends, colors, etc.
This workshop is aimed at individuals who conduct statistical analysis. Advanced knowledge of R is not needed, but some familiarity with R is needed.
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop. The laptop will need to have R and RStudio installed.
Please note: All software installation must be done before the workshop. Please follow 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. For help, contact the IT Help Desk.
Register on the library’s website.
