U of G News

1Day Stand to Go Smoke-Free
2018-11-14 09:30 - 16:00 (America/Toronto) | Branion Plaza, Branion Plaza, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1, Canada
Join with friends and colleagues across campus – and institutions across Ontario – in a 1Day Stand on Nov. 14.
On November 14:

Take a 1Day Stand and choose not to smoke on campus for the day
Take a 1Day Stand and support your friends and colleagues who have chosen to quit or cut back
Take a 1Day Stand and show your support for a smoke-free campus policy

Visit the porch at the Raithby House (by Branion Plaza) for information, resources and giveaways to help you quit, cut back or get through the day without smoking. Learn more about U of G’s progress toward becoming a smoke-free campus, and share your thoughts.
Share your 1Day Stand experience on social media with #1DayStandUofG. Visit www.uoguelph.ca/smokefree for more information about U of G’s smoke-free campus initiative.

Introduction to Research Data Management
2018-11-14 13:00 - 14:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
You’ve likely come across the term “research data management” with increased frequency now that funding agencies are discussing requirements. Have no fear, the library is here to help you.
Join us in this introductory session to learn tips and tricks for managing your research data, and hear how the library can help you.
McLaughlin Library, Room 289

Fair November Craft Show
2018-11-15 - 2018-11-18 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
The 44th annual Fair November show is one of the Guelph community’s favourite annual events, bringing together some of the very best in Canadian handmade goods. For four days only, the University Centre becomes the temporary home to 85 of Canada’s most talented artisans and designers, providing the opportunity to shop for original fashion pieces, jewellery, pottery, natural soaps and lotions, delicious gourmet treats and more.
Free Admission.
Hours

Thursday and Friday – 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

How Instructional Videos Changed Teaching and Learning in an Introductory Biology Course
2018-11-15 09:30 - 11:00 | Science Complex, 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
U of G’s College of Biological Sciences Office of Educational Scholarship and Practice presents a special guest lecture with Peter White from Michigan State University.
White discusses how instructional videos changed teaching and learning in an introductory biology course. All are welcome to attend. Light refreshments will be served.
A Word from Pete:
“My approach to teaching and learning is rooted in three main principles. First, learning environments should be interactive and learning-centered. Second, instruction should employ backward design, focusing on higher-order learning outcomes. Finally, students should be given the opportunity to engage in authentic scientific investigations, learning science by doing science. These three principles are widely regarded as best-practice principles, supported by a wide array of empirical studies. My pedagogical approach is geared at shrinking the divide between instructor and student.”
Summerlee Science Complex, Room 1511

Town Hall on University Pension Plan - Specifically for Members of the Non-Professional Pension Plan and Retirement Pension Plan
2018-11-15 11:30 - 13:30 | Athletics Centre, 150 Reynolds Walk, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Join us for a Town Hall meeting to get the latest details on the proposed University Pension Plan (UPP) that is being developed by university administrations, faculty associations, unions and non-unionized staff at University of Guelph, University of Toronto and Queen’s University.
Learn the most current details. Ask questions to legal representatives and plan actuaries. Find out details on how this affects you and other non-unionized university employees.
November 13

Specific to members of the Professional Pension Plan: UGFA Unit 1 &2, Professional and Managerial, ONA, Senior Executives, Other non-union members
Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre (Mitchell Gym)
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

November 15

Specific to members of the Retirement Pension Plan and Non-Professional Pension Plan: CUPE1334, CUPE3913 Unit 2, UNIFOR, Exempt, OSSTF, Food Services Unit 1 &2, OPSEU, Other non-union members
Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre (Mitchell Gym)
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

All employees are welcome to attend any of the sessions.
UNABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON?
To view the webinar online, go to http://uoguelph.adobeconnect.com/uppnov2018/. A recording of the town hall will be available afterward at https://www.uoguelph.ca/hr/university-pension-plan-upp.
You can find more about the proposed UPP and register to receive updates on the plan at www.universitypension.ca or at https://www.uoguelph.ca/hr/university-pension-plan-upp.

Thursday At Noon Concert: Accordion Postcards from the Baroque
2018-11-15 12:00 - 13:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Thursday At Noon (TAN) Concert Series: Accordion Postcards from the Baroque with Joseph Petric and Andrew MacDonald.
This event is free and open to the public.
MacKinnon Building, Room 107 (Goldschmidt Room)
Presented by the University of Guelph, College of Arts, and the School of Fine Art and Music.

Lunch & Learn: Strategic Evaluation Trends
2018-11-15 13:00 - 14:30 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Join us for a a lunch and learn session about the trends and opportunities in the world of strategic evaluation, hosted by the Hub for Teaching and Learning Excellence, the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, the Department of Geography, Environment and Geomatics, and the Kinross Chair in Environmental Governance.
Program evaluation – the use of social research approaches to make evidence-based decisions about programs – is changing in complex ways. Guest speakers will share how evaluation can be utilized to inform research excellence and academic programs.
This event is free. Coffee and a light lunch will be provided. All members of the University community are welcome to attend. A recording of the session will be made available.
MacKinnon Building, Room 224

Lion in the Streets: A play by Judith Thompson
2018-11-15 19:30, 2018-11-16 19:30 | George Luscombe Theatre – MacKinnon Building
Judith Thompson wrote Lion in the Streets as a delayed, and largely unconscious response to the murder, in 1983, of nine-year-old Sharon Morningstar Keenan in the neighborhood in Toronto where she lives with her family. The play initially explored moments of crisis in the lives of a diverse and changing community. Soon enough “Isobel,” who is the ghost of a girl murdered seventeen years before the action of the play, asserted herself and entered the play. Lion in the Streets charts Isobel’s returning to earth to hunt down her killer and take revenge.
Written and directed by Judith Thompson; designed by Troy Hourie.
Lion in the Streets “is so harsh that it makes you feel like you’ve been stripped, beaten and abandoned, and so compassionate that it releases floods of grief and gratitude with its touch.” Colin Thomas, The Georgia Strait
Warning: This play contains coarse language and content which may not be suitable for all members of the audience, particularly those fourteen or under.
November 10, 15, 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m.
November 11 and 18 at 2 p.m.
George Luscombe Theatre, MacKinnon Building

Student Print Show and Sale
2018-11-16 - 2018-11-18 | Zavitz Hall
Students from the School of Fine Art and Music Printmaking Department will be showing and selling their original lithographs, etchings, relief and screen prints.
Nov. 16 and 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Nov. 18 from noon to 5 p.m.
Admission is free.
Zavitz Hall, Room 207

Bioinstrumentation Design Trade Show 2018
2018-11-16 09:00 - 13:00 | Thornbrough Building, 80 South Ring Road East, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Come out to connect with industry representatives and support our senior bio and biomedical engineering students who have developed prototypes and products to solve practical problems in biomedical, health care, food and agricultural industries.
All are welcome and admission is free.
A.A. Thornbrough Building, SOE Atrium

A Lion in the Streets: A play by Judith Thompson
2018-11-17 19:30 | George Luscombe Theatre – MacKinnon Building

Lion in the Streets: A play by Judith Thompson
2018-11-18 14:00 | George Luscombe Theatre – MacKinnon Building
Judith Thompson wrote Lion in the Streets as a delayed, and largely unconscious response to the murder, in 1983, of nine-year-old Sharon Morningstar Keenan in the neighborhood in Toronto where she lives with her family. The play initially explored moments of crisis in the lives of a diverse and changing community. Soon enough “Isobel,” who is the ghost of a girl murdered seventeen years before the action of the play, asserted herself and entered the play. Lion in the Streets charts Isobel’s returning to earth to hunt down her killer and take revenge.
Written and directed by Judith Thompson; designed by Troy Hourie.
Lion in the Streets “is so harsh that it makes you feel like you’ve been stripped, beaten and abandoned, and so compassionate that it releases floods of grief and gratitude with its touch.” Colin Thomas, The Georgia Strait.
Warning: This play contains coarse language and content which may not be suitable for all members of the audience, particularly those fourteen or under.
November 10, 15, 16 and 17 at 7:30 p.m.
November 11 and 18 at 2 p.m.
George Luscombe Theatre, MacKinnon Building

Control Academic Stress Series: Planning and Prioritizing
2018-11-20 13:00 - 14:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In the fourth session of the Control Academic Stress Series, you will learn practical planning and prioritization strategies to help achieve school-work-life balance. The workshop will also review tools to use for short-term and long-term planning and strategies for self-care.
Participants in all four workshops in the Control Academic Stress series will receive a letter of recognition for their participation.
McLaughlin Library, Room 384

Geocoding in Google Sheets and R
2018-11-20 13:00 - 15:00 | Ontario, Canada
Are you interested in enhancing your research with a geographical aspect, but all you have is a list of addresses? Join us to learn how to use free tools like Google Sheets and R to transform your list of addresses in to geographic coordinates.
McLaughlin Library, Room 289

SEDRD Speaker Series: Rural Development in China
2018-11-21 12:00 - 13:00 | Landscape Architecture, 124 Reynolds Walk, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
Join us for the fifth School of Environmental Design and Rural Development Speaker Series.
Tony Fuller (retired professor of Rural Planning and Development) will share his experiences of rural development in the Chinese landscape.
All are welcome to attend. Please feel free to bring your lunch.
Landscape Architecture Building, Pit Lobby

University of Guelph-Humber's SERI-GC Inaugural Lecture
2018-11-21 12:45 - 14:00 | University of Guelph-Humber
On Nov. 21 join UofGH’s Soka Education Research Initiative on Global Citizenship (SERI-GC) for its lecture on “The Presence and Role of Dialogue in Soka Education,” with Jason Goulah of DePaul University, Chicago.
Register online.

Thursday At Noon Concert: Student Soloist Day
2018-11-22 12:00 - 13:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Thursday At Noon (TAN) Concert Series: Student Soloists Day, featuring the talented Applied Music students from the School of Fine Art and Music (SOFAM).
This event is free and open to everyone.
MacKinnon Building, Room 107 (Goldschmidt Room)
Presented by the University of Guelph, College of Arts, and the School of Fine Art and Music.

Sea Sick: The Play
2018-11-22 19:30 - 20:45 | George Luscombe Theatre – MacKinnon Building
Acclaimed science journalist Alanna Mitchell takes us on a deep dive through the science of climate change and how it is affecting our oceans. This powerful performance will take you to the bottom of the ocean and deliver you back up into hope and redemption.
MacKinnon Building, George Luscombe Theatre

Lunch and Learn: Guelph's Circular Food Economy bid
2018-11-23 11:30 - 13:00 | H. L. Hutt Building
Come learn about Guelph’s partnership bid to create Canada’s first Circular Food Economy and the newly-launched national Circular Economy Leadership Coalition.
Speakers are:

Barbara Swartzentruber, the City of Guelph’s Executive Director of Strategy, Innovation and Intergovernmental Relations
Alan Young, Managing Director of the Circular Economy Leadership Coalition
Natalie Vasilivetsky, University of Guelph’s Composting Co-ordinator

Light lunch provided.
H.L. Hutt Building, Room 234

Introduction to Author Rights
2018-11-26 14:00 - 15:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
So you want to publish your work. Whether it’s in a traditional peer reviewed journal, or through github, there are things to consider when publishing to make sure you retain the rights you need. Come and learn about how you can share your work with the world, increase your research impact and retain your rights.
McLaughlin Library, Room 289

Thinking of Grad School? Undergrad and Grad Mixer
2018-11-26 16:30 - 18:00 | The Fifth, 50 Stone Road East, University Centre, 5th floor, Guelph, Ontario, N1G2W1, Canada
Are you thinking about graduate school, but have questions? Come Nov. 26 or 27 from 4:30 to 6 p.m. to The Fifth (5th Floor, University Centre) to chat with current graduate students in an informal atmosphere while enjoying some free food and drinks.
If you plan to attend, please RSVP to gradinfo@uoguelph.ca or just drop in anytime.

Control Academic Stress Series: Learning from Failure
2018-11-27 13:00 - 14:00 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
In the fifth session of the Control Academic Stress Series, we will discuss how failure affects us and how we can learn from failure. We will learn strategies to help us cope with failure and identify how experiencing failure can help us in the future.
Participants in all four workshops in the Control Academic Stress series will receive a letter of recognition for their participation.
McLaughlin Library, Room 384

Student Wellness/J.T. Powell Building Feedback Sessions
2018-11-27 16:00 - 17:00, 2018-11-28 12:30 - 13:30 | Athletics Centre, 150 Reynolds Walk, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Don’t you think the J. T. Powell building has been looking good lately? Help make it even better! Attend a feedback session and have your voice heard about the new Student Wellness building!
Free pizza provided for those who RSVP by emailing daponte@uoguelph.ca.
Feedback sessions:

Nov. 27 at 4 p.m. – Athletics Centre, Room 3123
Nov. 28 at 12:30 p.m. – Athletics Centre, Room 241

Stress Less for Tests
2018-11-27 17:30 - 19:30 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Learn practical skills to decrease test anxiety and enhance energy and performance during exam periods.
Part One of this program meets Nov. 27, and Part Two meets on Nov. 29, from 5:30 – 7 p.m.
The fee is $10 for U of G students.
University Centre, Room 332

Contemporary/Creative Music Ensemble Concert
2018-11-27 19:30 | Ontario
University of Guelph CME (Contemporary/Creative Music Ensemble)
Where: 10C, 42 Carden St., Guelph
Admission: By donation
Presented by the University of Guelph, College of Arts, College of Social and Applied Human Sciences, and the School of Fine Art and Music

Financial Literacy Fair
2018-11-28 10:30 - 14:00 | University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Student Financial Services is hosting its annual Financial Literacy Fair in the UC Courtyard Nov. 28. Here’s why you should attend!

Learn more about managing your finances from on-campus groups and external organizations.
Ask Student Financial Services questions about bursaries, scholarships, Work Study, Undergraduate Research Assistantships, deadlines, student accounts and more.
Grab some FREE cotton candy and popcorn.
Try out our popular Tuition Tornado to win great prizes, including U of G swag, gift cards AND a grand prize of $500 towards your Winter 2019 semester tuition and fees.

Free Tools for Digital Scholarship
2018-11-28 13:00 - 14:00 | Ontario, Canada
There are a number of free tools available to help you manage your work digitally. The library offers information about managing digital images, sorting out citations, and publishing and sharing your work.
McLaughlin Library, Room 289

Wine and Cheese Event to Support U of G Lyme Disease Research Lab
2018-11-28 15:30 - 17:30 | Ontario
Please join us at a special launch of Magnotta Winery’s Venture Series, a new generation of 100% Ontario wines that support Lyme Disease research at the University of Guelph.

Wednesday, November 28, 3:30-5:30pm
University Club, 5th floor University Centre

Enjoy a tasting of the new Venture Series wines accompanied by assorted cheeses and specially created hors d’oeuvres selected to pair with the wines. Hosted by the G. Magnotta foundation and their University of Guelph Lyme Disease Research Lab. The Magnottas will be in attendance, as well as a representative from the winery to narrate the tasting.
Tickets: $25 per person ($15 for Students)
Tickets available:

http://tiny.cc/MagnottaWineCheeseUG
Contact Acacia Rose at acacia@uoguelph.ca
At the door on event day
