41st Guelph Sexuality Conference
2019-06-20 - 2019-06-21 | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
The 2019 Guelph Sexuality Conference centers on the theme “Redefining Relationships and Sexual Health”.
In the last few years there have been extraordinary advancements and discoveries in our understanding of sexual health, sexual well-being, sexuality, and relationships. During this years conference we seek to explore recent innovations in applied practice, decolonizing sex and sexuality, health, relationships, research, sexually transmitted infections and social justice. In addition, we plan to explore the implications of these innovations in our lives, our work, and our communities.
Learn more and register online.

HAFA/HFTM's 50th Anniversary Celebrations
2019-06-21 - 2019-06-23 | Ontario, Canada
Help us Celebrate 50 Years of Excellence!
The University of Guelph’s School of Hotel and Food Administration (HAFA)/School of Hospitality Food and Tourism Management has developed incredible leaders in the hospitality, food and tourism industry over the past 50 years. Help us celebrate our collective accomplishments and look to the future of U of G’s School of Hospitality, Food and Tourism Management.
We hope you can join us. To register, please visit the Event’s Page.

Alumni and Reunion Weekend 2019
2019-06-21 - 2019-06-23 | Ontario, Canada
The biggest alumni event of the year is fast approaching! Alumni and Reunion Weekend is a fantastic time whether you are part of a celebration or reunion year, or just feeling nostalgic for some good old U of G. You’re INVITED! Feature events include Craft Beer Tasting, Alumni Awards of Excellence Gala, President’s Milestone Lunch and more!

Celebrate International Day of Yoga with Classical Yoga for Total Health & Awareness
2019-06-21 12:00 - 14:00 (America/Toronto) | Johnston Green
This event is free for everyone. All are welcome to attend. No previous yoga experience is required.
Join us on Johnston Green to Celebrate International Day of Yoga (IDY). Take part in a free Classical Yoga for Total Health & Awareness session from noon to 1 p.m.. Together, we’ll align with the global energies of IDY and the summer solstice. The Classical Yoga practice will be followed by a bring-your-own-lunch yoga picnic from 1 to 2 p.m.
Please bring a yoga mat, a non-plastic water bottle and picnic lunch. Have fun!
Classical Yoga is not only about Asanas (postures), it is also about deeply exploring the breathing, meditative and relaxation dimensions of this practice. This integrated approach moves the practitioner toward balance in all aspects – mental, emotional, physical, social and ecological – of his or her being. By practicing these Asanas, Pranayama, Meditation and Relaxation (and Mudras) techniques an inner awareness develops that gradually carries over into the daily life of the practitioner.
Regular Classical Yoga practice will help improve health, flexibility, strength and lead to a balanced, connected (improved relationships), focused, creative (successful), peaceful and joyful life.
U of G’s Classical Yoga for Total Health and Awareness Program celebrates its 10th anniversary this year. It was originally started by professor emeritus and Order of Canada recipient O.P. Dwivedi. A series of events will be held throughout the year to mark the 10th anniversary, exploring the power and positive relationship of yoga and mental health in the context of life in the 21st century. Events will be shared through https://uoguel.ph/idy2019.
This event is sponsored by U of G’s Wellness@Work grant program.

Brutalism at Guelph
2019-06-21 15:30 - 16:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Join the library for the launch of our newest exhibit Brutalism at Guelph: Concrete in a New Light.
This exhibition highlights Brutalism—an architectural style that rose to popularity during the 1960s—and the impact it had at U of G. The exhibit will explore what we can learn from this building style, and how its attitude may inform our campus evolution.
Everyone is welcome at the launch!
Register online.

Public Presentation by candidate for Dean, Lang School of Business and Economics - Candidate #1
2019-06-24 09:00 - 10:00 | Macdonald Hall
A schedule for public presentations by the two short-listed candidates for the position of Dean of the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics has been established as follows:
Candidate #1
Monday, June 24 – 9 a.m. – 10 a.m., Macdonald Hall, Room 149
Candidate #2
Wednesday, June 26 – 9 a.m. – 10 a.m., Macdonald Hall, Room 149
Meetings will be scheduled with the college chairs/directors, faculty, staff, students, alumni and VPAC. The public presentations and question sessions for all candidates will be recorded and made available on the Decanal and Other Academic Searches website. You will need a uoguelph.ca email address to access this site.
The committee invites written comments as part of this search. Comments should be directed to Provost Charlotte Yates either by regular mail or email to provost@uoguelph.ca by July 11, 2019. Your comments will be dealt with in strict confidence.

Public Presentation by candidate for Dean, Lang School of Business and Economics - Candidate #2
2019-06-26 09:00 - 10:00 | Macdonald Hall

Intro to Text Analysis Part 1 Workshop
2019-06-26 09:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Are you interested in uncovering patterns across 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 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.

Presentation and Q&A: World Food Prize Winner Dr. David Nabarro
2019-06-26 09:00 - 22:30 | War Memorial Hall, 390 Gordon Street, Guelph
The Arrell Food Institute hosts Dr. David Nabarro for a free presentation and Q & A session. Registration is required.
Dr. Nabarro is Professor of Global Health at the Imperial College London and supports systems leadership for sustainable development through his Switzerland-based social enterprise 4SD. He is co-facilitator for the Climate Action Summit in September 2019, advisor at the Global Commission on Adaptation in Rotterdam, and curator of the Food Systems Dialogues. Dr. Nabarro secured his medical qualification in 1974 and has worked in over 50 countries – in communities and hospitals, governments, civil society, universities and in United Nations (UN) programs.
Dr. Nabarro worked for the British government in the 1990s as head of Health and Population and director for Human Development in the UK Department for International Development. From 1999 to 2017, he held leadership roles in the UN system on disease outbreaks and health issues, food insecurity and nutrition, climate change and sustainable development. In October 2018, Dr. Nabarro received the World Food Prize along with Lawrence Haddad for their leadership in raising the profile and building coalitions for action for better nutrition across the Sustainable Development Goals.

Decolonizing Body Positivity
2019-06-26 10:00 - 11:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
What messages do we send through the language we use about food, appearance and our own value? This workshop has the intention of deconstructing what “body love, acceptance and positivity” mean in the context of the individual, community and culture in which we exist. Participants will leave able to recognize forms of body oppression and develop tools to navigate through them.

Intro to Text Analysis Workshop Part 2
2019-06-26 13:00 - 16:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Are you interested in uncovering patterns across 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.
Part Two of this workshop series will introduce more complex concepts such as named entity recognition, sentiment analysis and topic modelling. Participants will explore tools such as Lexos, NER and Topic Modelling Tool.
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with Stanford Named Entity Recognizer and Topic Modelling Tool 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.

Gender Pronouns and Teaching
2019-06-28 12:00 - 13:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Please join us June 28 to kick off the Office of Teaching and Learning’s Instructional Inclusivity Seminar Series!
Office of Teaching and Learning Presentation and Discussion:
June 28, 1969. Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera (two trans women of colour, drag queens and LGBTQ activists and heroines) threw the first brick (Johnson) and the first bottle (Rivera) during a police raid on the Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village that ignited the Stonewall riots and ushered in the revolution that we now commemorate and celebrate each June as Pride. On the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, join educational developer Tommy Mayberry as she presents her talk “Gender Pronouns and Teaching” with the University of Guelph campus and community.
Session Abstract:
We’ve all done it. Said the wrong pronoun, used the wrong name, and/or otherwise referred to someone in some sexed/gendered way and immediately wished we could take it back. (And, guess what? We are all going to do it – we’re all human; we all make mistakes.) So, how can we as instructors forestall these mistakes in our teaching practices and activate in ourselves an inclusive ideology for gender and sexed identities in our classrooms? In this session, we’ll start with some grammar and linguistic history to identify where these words come from in our language and how they work (and don’t work), and then we’ll discuss impacts and impasses of privilege and inclusivity to get us into some strategies for positive engagement with gender pronouns and teaching.
Register here: http://reg.opened.uoguelph.ca/?event_id=2615
Tommy’s Bio:
Tommy Mayberry (he/she/they) is an Educational Developer in the Office of Teaching and Learning (OTL) and Co-Chair of the QUofG Network at the University of Guelph. As an academic drag queen, Tommy works and researches from an embodied standpoint to explore, both individually and intersectionally, gender, pedagogy, performance, language, social media and reality TV (to name but a few) and has been the recipient of numerous awards and grants, the most recent of which is the University of Guelph’s Learning Enhancement Fund (LEF) for “The Science Library Project/Le projet de bibliothèque scientifique” (2019-2020). Tommy’s partner is experimental digital media artist Tommy Bourque (together, they’re “the Tommies”), and their family is complete with their 13-year old Pekingese-Chihuahua, Sam.

Gryphons at the Jays Game
2019-07-04 17:00 - 20:00 | Ontario, Canada
Join your fellow alumni for a pre-game reception and cheer on the Jays as they face the Boston Red Sox!

Friday Noon Hour Garden Walks
2019-07-12 12:15 - 13:15 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Join Arboretum gardener Cael every other Friday at 12:15 p.m. for a tour of the Arboretum gardens. The tour will begin at the Hales McKay shelter (at the edge of the main Arboretum parking lot by the Arboretum Centre). Each tour will be different and could feature topics such as the exploration of the Gosling Wildlife Gardens, the art of Japanese gardening, elements to create a formal garden or the Arboretum Centre and its surroundings.

Arboretum: Mushrooms Through Summer and Fall Workshop
2019-07-13 09:00 - 12:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Explore the mysterious, weird and wonderful world of fungi! The course is open to students of any skill level, with the assumption that most will be beginners. Past courses have been taught in October, when mushrooms are most abundant. However, this year the course will focus on the seasonal changes in mushroom diversity. The course will be divided into five Saturday morning forays about a month apart on the following dates:

July 13
August 10
September 21
October 19
November 9

Participants may sign up for one, more or all forays. However, if you want to take more than one, it is recommended to spread them out in order to see the greatest diversity. The morning foray will be followed by an identification session. A species list will be compiled for each foray and a combined foray list will be sent to all interested participants. Please bring a collecting basket of some sort. You are encouraged to bring a field guide, such as George Barron’s field guide, Mushrooms of Ontario and Eastern Canada as well as a digital camera and jump drive for sharing photos.
Guest Instructor: Tim Myles.
Registration
Early Bird Fee: $50 PLUS a $10 fee per transaction by July 5 (Note: You can register for multiple workshops and/or multiple people in one transaction so you only pay the $10 once).
Regular Fee: $60 plus transaction fee.
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 16.
Note: There are 5 “Mushrooms through Summer and Fall” workshops offered in 2019 on the following Saturdays: July 13, Aug. 10, Sept. 21, Oct. 19 and Nov. 9.

Intro to Programming with Python Workshop Part 1
2019-07-16 10:00 - 12:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Interested in using Python but don’t know where to start? Join us for a hands-on, two-part workshop for folks with little experience programming.
Part 1 will cover the basics of working with data in Python. We’ll cover reading-in data from an external source followed by some simple manipulation and analysis using the built-in capabilities that are provided by base Python language and the pandas library.
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with Anaconda – Python 3.7 and Pycharm – Community Edition installed on it.
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.

Intro to Programming with Python Workshop Part 2
2019-07-16 13:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Interested in using Python but don’t know where to start? Join us for a hands-on, two-part workshop for folks with little experience programming.
Part 2 will go beyond the built-in. Participants will learn to iterate over data with loops, use conditional logic to make decisions on the fly and write reusable code with functions.
We highly recommend attending Part 1 of this workshop.
Please bring a laptop for your own use during the workshop with Anaconda – Python 3.7 and Pycharm – Community Edition installed on it.
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.

Arboretum: The Sky Tonight...Featuring Hercules
2019-07-16 18:30 - 19:30 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Join guest instructor Trevor Chandler inside his portable planetarium for this amazing program. Families are welcome and encouraged to attend! This planetarium series highlights the night sky as it is appears that evening. The presentations will change from month to month and season to season as our planet “goes through the motions”. We’ll look at what constellations and objects are visible at a given time of year, but we’ll also spend some time getting to know a selected region of the sky in greater detail. At least one constellation will be selected each month, highlighting its mythology and brighter stars including their names, lore and meaning. Then we’ll take a look at a few of the astronomical objects located within the boundaries of the featured constellation. If weather conditions permit, participants may be invited outside under the stars to see the real deal through a telescope.
Our featured Constellation for July is Hercules, the champion. Hercules is prominently positioned in the mid-summer sky. This region of the sky also happens to be the direction toward which our solar system is heading as makes its long circuit around the center of the Milky Way, once every 250 million years or so. Although it is the fifth largest of the 88 constellations, Hercules does not contain many bright stars. It does, however, abound with objects that are visible even with a small telescope. Perhaps its most beautiful feature is the Great Hercules Star Cluster, a swarm of about one million bluish suns.
Guest Instructor: Trevor Chandler
Registration
Registration Fee: $15 per person PLUS a $10 fee per transaction (you can register multiple people per transaction and multiple Planetarium programs per transaction).
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by July 8, the program may be cancelled. Maximum 25 people per session.
ALL REGISTRANTS UNDER THE AGE OF 16 MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT. If the course is full when you try to register, please add your name to the Wait List as we may provide an additional time slot.
Watch a video about our Planetarium Workshop.

Graduate Teaching Community: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journal Club #4
2019-07-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Day Hall
Join us for the fourth summer meeting of the Graduate Teaching Community (GTC) Journal Club. We will discuss a recent teaching publication related to the scholarship of teaching and learning. If you missed the previous meetings, don’t worry! We will send registered participants an email with the paper in advance. Please read the paper and bring questions, comments or critiques. Bring your lunch. We look forward to discussing with you.
Register online.

Arboretum Wednesday Noon Walks
2019-07-17 12:15 - 13:15 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Come out and explore the Arboretum on a walk led by an Arboretum Naturalists! Nature has no plan and neither do these walks. We’ll discuss whatever we happen to find on the day! We will meet each week at the kiosk at the Arboretum entrance.

Frank Erschen's Science of Pitching
2019-07-17 13:30 - 14:30 | Ontario, Canada
The John F. Wood Centre For Business and Student Enterprise is hosting Frank Erschen for a pitching workshop on July 17. Join us to learn everything you need to know about creating the perfect pitch! Some call him Canada’s Best Pitch Coach. Others say he is a Startup Whisperer.
Pitching to potential investors, partners, customers or employees requires a thoughtful strategy about your story. Frank Erschen’s Artful Science of Pitching™ is an industry-agnostic, stage-independent, proven framework for focusing on the topics that matter to build a repeatable, consistent story. This is especially important for idea- and early-stage companies where facts can be fluid, details are dynamic, and gaps in the story are common.
Register for this free event.

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walks
2019-07-17 19:00 - 20:30 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
The Summer Naturalists at the Arboretum will host walks every Wednesday evening until the end of August. Walks start at the J.C. Taylor Nature Centre and run from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Walks are $2 per person and children under age five are free.
Each week will focus on a different topic.

Art Gallery of Guelph: Picnic in the Park
2019-07-20 11:30 - 13:30 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Picnic and play the AGG way! Families are invited to the Donald Forster Sculpture Park at the Art Gallery of Guelph for crafts, games and fun in celebration of the 30th anniversary of the Sculpture Park. Pack a picnic lunch and dress for mess. Free ice cream generously provided by the Department of Food Science, University of Guelph.

Stories from the Shield: Visual Storytelling with Bonnie Devine
2019-07-22 18:30 - 20:00 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Join the Art Gallery of Guelph for a talk with Anishinaabe/Ojibwa artist Bonnie Devine as she explores the connection between art, activism and storytelling. Inspired by her bookwork Book of Transformation, on view in the AGG’s exhibition “The Drive”, Devine will address the connections between oral traditions and visual narratives of the Anishinaabe and how these play a critical role in relationships with the land. Part of her larger project “Stories from the Shield,” this work addresses the devastating effect that uranium mining had on the Serpent River and the wider watershed.
Families welcome. Children will be engaged in a hands-on art activity during the talk. Presented in conjunction with the Indigenous Healing & Wellness Program Wellington-Waterloo. A member of the Serpent River First Nation, Bonnie Devine is based in Toronto where she is Professor Emeritus at OCAD University and the Founding Chair of its Indigenous Visual Cultural Program.

Arboretum: Tree Identification Workshop
2019-07-23 09:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
This program will help you refine your skills at identifying trees in Ontario. The focus will be on learning important identification characteristics. Difficult groups such as the cherry, oak and walnut families as well as the easier groups such as ash and maple will be explored. The afternoon will be spent outside, identifying trees in the forest as well as young cultivated trees with their Eurasian counterparts in the Arboretum’s World of Trees collection. Bring your field guide and binoculars.
Arboretum Director: Shelley Hunt
Registration
Early Bird Fee: $80 by July 15
Regular Fee: $90
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. *Maximum 16 adults

Science and Engineering Sunday 2019
2019-07-23 10:00 - 15:30 | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
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.

Arboretum: Shrub Identification Workshop
2019-07-24 09:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Neither great trees nor a carpet of bloom, the often overlooked but ecologically important shrubs and vines in our landscape will be our focus. Fresh specimens and an easy to use key for shrubs will be used. We will be outdoors for half of the day discovering southern Ontario’s native and naturalized shrubs at The Arboretum. Bring a magnifying glass.
Arboretum Horticulturist: Sean Fox
Registration
Early Bird Fee: $80 by July 16
Regular Fee: $90
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 16 adults

Writing Tune-Up - Day 1 of 2
2019-07-24 09:00 - 16:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars/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. (If you also wish to attend Day 2, visit the Day 2 description to register for that session on July 25.)
During this day-long workshop, a half-hour meal break (at noon) and snack breaks will be on your own.
Topics for Day 1 include: structuring sentences, using verbals and modifiers, and punctuating sentences.
Register online for Writing Tune-up Day 1.

Writing Tune-Up - Day 2 of 2
2019-07-25 09:00 - 16:00 | Ontario, Canada
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars/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 July 24.)
During this day-long workshop, a half-hour meal break (at noon) and snack breaks will be on your own.
Topics for Day 2 include: correcting grammar errors, avoiding errors of misuse, and going beyond basic grammar.
Register online for Writing Tune-Up- Day 2.

Arboretum: Shorebirds Workshop
2019-07-31 09:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Take part in a workshop on one of the most difficult groups of birds to identify! Using plumage, shape, size, calls and behaviour, we will try to figure out all of those confusing sandpipers, plovers, phalaropes, turnstones, knots, godwits and whimbrels. If you are up for the challenge, this is the workshop for you! They really aren’t that bad.
Arboretum Naturalist: Chris Earley.
Registration
Early Bird Fee: $80 by July 23
Regular Fee: $90
Note: If we don’t have enough registrations by the early bird deadline the course may be cancelled. Maximum 18 adults.
