U of G News

ONLINE: 25th Annual Project SOY Plus Finale
2021-03-26 12:00 - 15:00 (America/Toronto) | Ontario, Canada
You are invited to the 25th annual Project SOY Plus finale. This year’s event will take place using HopIn software on March 26 from noon to 3 p.m.
Project SOY (Sustainable Opportunities for You) Plus is celebrating its 25th year of providing students with a chance to express their innovative thinking into the development and marketing of plant-based products. Originally started in 1996 as Project SOY, participants were asked to put their minds together to innovate soybean-based products. The competition has now grown to include all plant-based products.
The program is open to any University of Guelph student from a diploma, undergraduate or graduate program. Students are asked to work in groups of five or fewer with a faculty advisor and then present their projects at the March 26 finale. Contestant entries are judged by industry representatives during the finale where cash rewards of $2,500, $1,000 and $500 will be awarded to first, second and third place winners, respectively, in three categories – diploma, undergraduate and graduate.
Using the online platform, HopIn, multiple presentations capturing the unique plant-based creations from students will be available for viewing. During this time, we encourage you to ask questions and learn more about these student innovations.
For more information, please visit www.projectsoy.ca or contact Loretta Higgins at soybeans@uoguelph.ca.
Register to watch the finale.
Event Timeline/Agenda:

Public viewing of projects – noon to 1:30 p.m.
Award presentation – 1:30 p.m.

ONLINE: Salmonella Syst-omics - Applying the One Health Approach for Improved Food Safety
2021-03-26 13:00 - 14:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
One Health Winter 2021 Seminar Series
Salmonella enterica is a bacterial zoonotic pathogen of global importance that cause approximately 80 million causes of foodborne illness each year.
A systematic approach to controlling salmonella in humans, animals and the environment has been developed using genomics-based approaches. This S will be discussed with examples of how it is being applied to reduce the burden and duration of foodborne salmonellosis. Presentation by Dr. Lawrence Goodridge, Department of Food Science, Ontario Agricultural College.

ONLINE: Thinking Spaces with Dhruv Jani from Studio Oleomingus
2021-03-26 15:00 - 16:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Thinking Spaces: The Reading Group and Speaker Series is pleased to present “The Concentric Fictions of a Generous History: Hypertext and Other Annotations to Memory,” a talk by Dhruv Jani from Studio Oleomingus.
The event will take place on via Zoom. A moderated Q&A will follow the talk.
Register online.
With “The Concentric Fictions of a Generous History,” I want to try to weave together a sprawling argument about interactive fiction that spans across the legacy of colonialism, the bureaucratic tyranny of citizenship, and the relationship of individual identity and collective histories – into contemporary political protest and the role of hypertext in the enunciation of dissent. But most of all, I want to examine Interactive Fiction as an extension of folk-theatre where it may be possible to imagine the performance of disembodied and democratic identities without the burden of nationhood. I also want to argue why hypertext might be a precursor to a fundamental change in how bodies, sites, and territories are demarcated and how histories are recorded, making forms of hypertext (including videogames) a powerful but sparsely understood site for public discourse, protest, and reconciliation.
Dhruv Jani is the founder of a game and arts studio called Oleomingus. Studio Oleominugs practices at the intersection of post-colonial writing, speculative architecture and interactive fiction. They use games to study colonial power structures and the histories they occlude, as well as how hypertext might be used to pollute a single reductive record of the past or of a people.
The work of Studio Oleomingus is supported by the Serendipity Arts Foundation, Humble Bundle Inc. and The Irregular Corporation, and we are recipients of the AMAZE Humble Award 2020. Dhruv Jani has also been a resident at Khoj International Artists Association, and the recipient of an Arts Practice Grant from the India Foundation for the Arts. They have created and exhibited games at V&A London, G|39 Gallery in Cardiff, Somerset House London, Phoenix gallery Leicester, Jawahar Kala Kendra Jaipur, VideoGame Art Gallery Chicago, TENT Biennale – Kolkata, Eye Myth – Mumbai, Shenzhen New Media Arts Festival, WordPlay at Ontario, Overkill Festival, Netherlands, PAX EGX 2020 and Mild Rumpus 2018 and 2020 at the Game Developers Conference San Francisco.
https://oleomingus.com | https://twitter.com/studiooleomingu | https://www.instagram.com/studio.oleomingus
This event is being co-presented with the Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) and the Music Students’ Association’s 15th Annual Music Symposium.
As always, Thinking Spaces is free and open to all.

ONLINE: Virtual Campus Day
2021-03-27 12:00 - 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Attend our Virtual Spring Open House for prospective students and their families. The event includes academic and student service information sessions, opportunities to chat live with current students, staff and faculty, and a Live Virtual Tour Experience. To register and for more information, please visit admission.uoguelph.ca/campusday.

Gryphon Pizza Day in Support of Women's Athletics at U of G
2021-03-30 11:00 - 23:00 | Select Domino’s Pizza restaurants in Guelph
March 30 is the 3rd annual She’s Got Game Pizza Day sponsored by Domino’s Guelph at 304 Stone Rd.
On She’s Got Game Pizza Day, Domino’s donates half of select pizza sales to the She’s Got Game initiative, supporting women’s athletics scholarships at the University of Guelph.
Offer details

March 30 from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Get one large Pizza for $7.99 (cheese or pepperoni only)
For every large cheese or pepperoni pizza sold, $4 will be donated to support women’s athletics scholarships and programs at the University of Guelph
Must pick up from the following locations only:
304 Stone Rd W. | (519) 837-3030
585 Eramosa Rd | (519) 836-3030
204 Silvercreek Pkwy N. | (519) 763-3030

Pre-Order
If you want to pre-order please email dominospizzaguelph@rogers.com before 5 p.m. on Monday, March 29. Provide your full name, phone number and time of pick-up and use code “Game”.

ONLINE: Choosing to Challenge: A Conversation with Three Trailblazers
2021-03-31 16:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join the Office of Diversity and Human Rights’ Associate Vice-President, Indira Naidoo-Harris on March 31 from 4 to 5 p.m. as she moderates an exciting panel discussion with three trailblazing women who Choose to Challenge in honour of International Women’s Day. Hear from former Premier of Ontario, the Honourable Kathleen Wynne, former Canadian politician and Human Rights Activist, the Honourable Jean Augustine, and former Chief of the Six Nations and Indigenous and Human Rights Advocate, Ava Hill, as they engage in discussions about women-identifying individuals in leadership, barriers women face in positions of power, and how we can build equitable and inclusive communities for everyone.
Register online.

ONLINE: New Age Warriors - In Conversation with Catherine Blackburn
2021-04-14 19:00 - 20:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join the Art Gallery of Guelph on April 14 at 7 p.m. for a conversation with contemporary beadwork artist Catherine Blackburn. Of Dene and European ancestry, the work of the multidisciplinary artist is on view currently in New Age Warriors. Part dialogue, part studio visit, the discussion will explore her futuristic regalia and photographs that blend traditional materials and methods with elements of couture, hip-hop expression and cosplay aesthetics, as well as her current work.
There is no charge to attend this online event.
Register for New Age Warriors: In Conversation With Catherine Blackburn.
Learn more on the Art Gallery of Guelph website.
Image credit: Catherine Blackburn, The Waterhen Weaver, 2018, inkjet on Dibond

ONLINE: Beading Workshop with Erin Szikora
2021-04-17 13:00 - 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join the Art Gallery of Guelph and learn how to make a floral keychain with curator and beadwork artist, Erin Szikora (Cayuga/Scottish/Hungarian). In this 3-hour adult workshop, participants will discuss the history of Haudenosaunee beadwork, learn the basics of one-needle flat stitch beading, and create a floral keychain using size 11 seed beads, felt, and stainless-steel elements. Basic sewing skills are recommended, but not required. The registration fee is $65 and includes a kit with all the supplies required to complete the keychain that can be picked up in Guelph, Hamilton or Toronto. Space is limited, register today!
Download registration form and submit your completed form to info@artgalleryofguelph.ca.
For more information, visit https://artgalleryofguelph.ca/.

ONLINE: Thinking Spaces Speaker Series with Harald Kisiedu
2021-04-23 15:00 - 16:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Thinking Spaces: The Reading Group and Speaker Series is pleased to present historical musicologist Harald Kisiedu for his talk “Living Ball of Fire: Peter Brötzmann, Black Experimentalism, and Politics in 1960s West Germany.”
This event will take place via Zoom. This presentation is the last Thinking Spaces event of the semester. A moderated Q&A will follow the talk.
If you are interested in attending, please register online at https://uoguel.ph/haraldkisiedu.
A Zoom link will be sent out the day before the event.
This talk is concerned with the experiences and musical practices of important saxophonist and improviser Peter Brötzmann. It illuminates the creative tension between the realms of music and politics that shaped his music’s production and reception during the latter half of the 1960s and situates his work within the larger context of the rise of the New Left and the West German student protest movement during this period. Moreover, the talk elucidates the building of alliances between segments of the West German student protest movement and the Black Freedom Movement in the US as an important backdrop for Brötzmann’s engagement with black experimentalism.
Harald Kisiedu is a historical musicologist and received his doctorate from Columbia University. His research interests include jazz as a global phenomenon, music of the African diaspora, Afrodiasporic composers, music and politics, improvisation, transnationalism, and Wagner. He has published on Peter Brötzmann, Ernst-Ludwig Petrowsky, Muhal Richard Abrams, Black composers, jazz and popular music in the Terezín concentration camp and the political reception of Wagner’s Meistersinger of Nuremberg in the National Socialist Regime. He is also a saxophonist and has performed with George Lewis, Branford Marsalis, Henry Grimes, Hannibal Lokumbe and Champion Jack Dupree. He has made recordings with the NY-based ensemble Burnt Sugar the Arkestra Chamber and composer/improviser Jeff Morris.
Between 2015 and 2017, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation at the University of Guelph and at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Kisiedu is currently a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Osnabrück’s Institute of Music. He is the author of European Echoes: Jazz Experimentalism in Germany, 1950-1975 published by Wolke Verlag.
As always, Thinking Spaces is free and open to all.

ONLINE: Virtual Interaction Conference
2021-04-28 09:00 - 12:00 | Ontario, Canada
Two-day conference introducing academic and student life opportunities to university-bound grade 10 and 11 students. Participants choose to attend one of the two days. Registration required. Free to attend. Learn more at admission.uoguelph.ca/events.

ONLINE: Every Day is Earth Day - Imagining Climates Launch
2021-04-29 19:30 - 21:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Imagining Climates and the Guelph Institute for Environmental Research invite you to join us on April 29 at 7:30 p,m, ET as we celebrate the launch of Imagining Climates, a new interdisciplinary project exploring the role of imagination in our response to the climate crisis.
Register online.
Every Day is Earth Day: Imagining Climates Launch will be hosted by acclaimed climate fiction novelist and Imagining Climates team leader, Catherine Bush, and will feature short readings of micro-climate stories from award-winning writers and scientists Liz Howard, Canisia Lubrin, Sheung-King, and Dr. Alex Smith, and our first climate conversation between environmental artist Diane Borsato and interpretive biologist Chris Earley.

ONLINE: U of GH Virtual Applied Business Conference "Evolution of Small and Medium Enterprises in the 21st Century and Beyond"
2021-05-06 - 2021-05-07 | University of Guelph-Humber
Evolution of Small and Medium Enterprises in the 21st Century and Beyond
https://www.guelphhumber.ca/Business-Conference2021
Email: businessconference@guelphhumber.ca
Important Dates:

Submission of Abstracts Deadline: March 29, 2021 – Please visit the conference website to submit abstract/paper/case study
Acceptance Notice Deadline: April 10, 2021
Early Bird Conference Registration Deadline: April 20, 2021 – Register on the conference website

As Charles Darwin once said, “It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.” While businesses constantly need to undergo regular transformations, there are some periods and incidents, such as the digital age and COVID-19, when businesses face an existential threat and need to drastically transform and evolve for their ultimate survival. Although the ability to successfully modernize an organization in our fast-paced, rapidly changing world is essential, most small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up over 98% of total businesses across the world and are a large contribution to value added and employment, are lacking any will and/or capacity to evolve, with most of them still following old business styles. Additionally, minorities, such as immigrants, women, BIPOC and LGBTQ2+ communities, etc., face relatively more barriers while exploring business opportunities.
In this backdrop, the University of Guelph Humber is pleased to host an international applied business conference on the evolution of small and medium enterprises. The conference will be held virtually on Zoom May 6 – 7, 2021.
This conference aims at bringing together academic scholars, researchers, entrepreneurs, policy makers and students from around the globe for an opportunity to present case studies and discuss applied research papers, as well as to foster research collaborations. It will be an international gathering where participants will explore possible ways for businesses to succeed in this continuously evolving and fast paced environment, while learning from successful case studies from various parts of the world and contributing to open innovation. Acknowledging the invaluable contributions of minority entrepreneurs to their communities, participants will also discuss the contribution and challenges of black communities, people of color and women in business.
Proposals for applied research papers, case studies and panel discussions in all fields of business are welcomed, especially, but not limited to, the following topics:

open innovation
impact of the Pandemic on SMEs
transformation and survival of SMEs during pandemic
role of government policies and financial sector in SMEs’ survival and growth
minorities (Black, Indigenous and women) entrepreneurship
entrepreneurship education
entrepreneurship in low income or emerging markets
international and transnational entrepreneurship
role of entrepreneurship in economic development
AI and other technology-based venturing

Please note: We welcome work in progress and unpublished working papers. Students are encouraged to submit their research papers or case studies to present in the students’ symposium.
Keynote Speakers:

Prof. Wim Vanhaverbeke, Professor of Digital Innovation and Entrepreneurship, University of Surrey, UK
Dr. Nobuyoshi Yamori, Professor, Research Institute for Economics & Business Administration, Kobe University, Kobe, Japan
Dr. Wendy Cukier, Professor & Director, Diversity Institute, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada
Mr. Rocco Rossi, President & CEO, Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Toronto, Canada

Awards:
The best papers will be awarded in each of the following categories:

Applied research
Case study
Student work

Publication Opportunities:

Selected papers will be reviewed for a possible publication in a SCOPUS indexed journal of Transnational Corporations Review, Taylor and Francis.
Papers can be submitted for a possible publication to the book ‘Disadvantaged Minorities in Business Entrepreneurship for Everyone’ published by Springer. See its Call for Chapters
Best papers and case studies will be considered for a possible publication in an edited book titled Impact of the Pandemic on Small and Medium Enterprises: International Case Studies, published by Routledge.
Full paper/abstract proceedings will be published in a digital format on the conference website.

Registration Fee:
There is no charge for authors with accepted papers to present in the conference, if they register by April 20.

Early Bird Registration (by April 20, 2021): Free
Regular Registration (after April 20): $100 CAD

For further inquiries about the conference, please feel free to contact Dr. Farkhanda Shamim at shamimf@guelphhumber.ca.

ONLINE: Exhibit Launch - “From our Mothers’ Kitchens”: Cooking in Rural Canada
2021-05-13 12:30 - 14:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
U of G’s newest online exhibition is launching on Thursday, May 13 and we want you to join us! If you’re interested in Canadian food trends, this one’s for you. “From our Mothers’ Kitchens”: Cooking in Rural Canada explores how rural and agrarian areas have shaped Canadian food trends and preferences over the past 160 years.
This event will be presented in conjunction with the Rural Women’s Studies Association Triennial Conference and is a collaboration between Archival and Special Collections at the McLaughlin Library and the Department of History in the College of Arts.
If you’d like to attend, please email Dr. Rebecca Beausaert at rbeausae@uoguelph.ca by May 12 to receive a Zoom link for the launch.

ONLINE: Gryphon’s LAAIR Pitch Finale
2021-05-19 13:00 - 14:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Gryphon’s LAAIR Innovation Showcase and Pitch Competition returns!
Join us online as five founders present their world-changing technologies for the first time! This interactive event will give attendees an opportunity to start conversations, network with agri-food professionals and business leaders and explore partnerships that have mutual benefit.
Online Event Timeline:

Live Stream Pitch Finale from 1 to 2 p.m.
Online After-Party from 2 to 3 p.m.

Host: Dan Clapson, Globe & Mail columnist and founder of Eat North
Five Teams led by Academic Entrepreneurs:

AstraRedex
BioFerm Functional Foods
DigiTrack Systems
Guelph Petrographic Imaging
Obi Veterinary

International Judging Panel will choose a $10,000 prize winner:

Harry Ghandi, Founder & Start-up Coach (Canada)
Jim Hardin, Senior Investment Manager, AVAC Group (Canada)
David Maasz, Co-founder & CEO, INPAPAMC (Hungary)
Jenn Smith, Program Director, Grow-NY (USA)
Suhas Narayanaswamy, Associate, Lewis and Clark Agrifood (USA)

ONLINE: 12th Annual Accessibility Conference
2021-05-25 - 2021-05-27 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The University of Guelph, in partnership with Open Learning and Educational Support (OpenEd), is hosting the 12th Annual Accessibility Conference virtually this year. The event is scheduled for May 25 to 27, 2021.
The conference includes interactive workshops, discussion forums, and concurrent sessions. Additionally, a panel presentation and closing capstone session—focusing on Accessibility, Inclusion and the Future of Work and Learning—will be part of this year’s itinerary.
Sessions will be hosted live via the Zoom videoconferencing platform.
There will be plenty of opportunities scheduled throughout the conference for delegates to connect with their fellow community members and colleagues.
This year’s registration fee offers an opportunity to attend more sessions than ever, including both conference/concurrent session days, plus post-conference access to concurrent session recordings.
The Annual Accessibility Conference welcomes both accessibility novices and experts, and encourages attendees to build communities and exchange ideas. Presenters share practical and theoretical knowledge of topics such as accessible teaching and learning, web accessibility, and accessibility theory, policy and compliance.
Visit the Accessibility Conference website for registration and session details.
Learn more about the 2021 Accessibility Conference.

ONLINE: 2021 ICCI Cancer Research Symposium
2021-05-27 09:00 - 15:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The annual ICCI Cancer Research Symposium is a free all-day event that highlights the cancer research taking place at the University of Guelph and from other nearby universities. The day consists of short talks from students and invited local speakers, poster presentations, and a keynote speaker to cap off an eventful day promising to demonstrate the wide variety and novelty of cancer research taking place at the University of Guelph.
Learn more and register online.

ONLINE: Big Ideas in Improvisation - Fred Moten and Vijay Iyer in Conversation
2021-05-28 19:00 - 20:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) and Musagetes are pleased to present the inaugural lecture of the Big Ideas in Improvisation series: an annual series showcasing provocative thinkers and creative practitioners.
This free, online event—co-presented by the ArtsEverywhere Festival—will feature poet, critic and theorist Fred Moten in conversation with composer, pianist and scholar Vijay Iyer, bringing these two artistic visionaries, social activists and MacArthur “Genius” award winners together for an evening of provocative and inspiring dialogue.
The event will take place Friday, May 28 at 7 p.m. (ET) via Zoom, and is free and open to all.
If you are interested in attending the event please register online at: https://uoguel.ph/bigideas2021.
A Zoom link will be sent out the day before the event.
This is the first event for Big Ideas in Improvisation, an annual series that will showcase provocative thinkers and creative practitioners in a public forum as they share ideas and insights about the power, expansive force and urgency of improvisation. These public lectures, aimed at a general audience, will encourage us to consider how the artistic practices of improvisation developed by creative practitioners can translate into broader spheres of influence and action. Improvisational practices can put pressure on unquestioned assumptions, help us discover new ways of being, and put into action potential solutions to some of our most pressing contemporary global challenges.
Described by The New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway,” Vijay Iyer has carved out a unique path as a shape-shifting presence in 21st century music. His musical language is grounded in the rhythmic traditions of South Asia and West Africa, the African American creative music movement of the 60s and 70s, and the lineage of composer-pianists from Duke Ellington to Alice Coltrane. He has received a Doris Duke Performing Artist Award, a United States Artist Fellowship and a Grammy nomination; released twenty-four albums, most recently Uneasy (ECM Records, 2021); received commissions from Brentano Quartet, Imani Winds, Bang on a Can All-Stars, The Silk Road Ensemble, and the LA Philharmonic; and has recently served as composer-in-residence at London’s Wigmore Hall and artist-in-residence at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. He is Franklin D. and Florence Rosenblatt Professor of the Arts at Harvard University.
Fred Moten is a cultural theorist and poet creating new conceptual spaces that accommodate emergent forms of Black cultural production, aesthetics and social life. A professor at the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU, he has spent the last thirty years crafting illuminating work focusing on social movement, aesthetic experiment and the poetics of Black study. He has expressed these ideas through Moved by the Motion, the Center for Convivial Research and Autonomy, and the Exodus Reading Group; via collaborations with Arika, Renee Gladman, Zun Lee, Jennie C. Jones, Renée Green, and George Lewis, among many others; and in a number of books, the latest of which, written with Stefano Harney, is All Incomplete (Minor Compositions/Autonomedia, 2021).

ONLINE: GIER Annual Symposium
2021-06-02 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) is hosting its first annual symposium!
To adapt to the circumstances and provide as much flexibility as possible, we have planned virtual live events (June 2 and 3) as well as curating asynchronous content that people can check out in their own time (and that we will be tweeting about on June 4 from @GIER_UofG). All these activities explore the work of GIER and GIER affiliates on many dimensions of the environment.
EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ATTEND. ALL EVENTS ARE FREE!
You can find more information here: https://sites.uoguelph.ca/gier/symposium/
Any questions or comments, please email us at info.gier@uoguelph.ca.

ONLINE: Food Day Canada
2021-07-31 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
As Canada’s food university, the University of Guelph is shining a light on all the ways we are supporting and improving Canada’s food systems in celebration of Food Day Canada on July 31, 2021.

Read stories about U of G’s contributions to Canadian food.
Celebrate Food Day Canada with ideas from the Food Day Canada website

Guelph Trial Garden Open House
2021-08-13 08:30 - 16:30 | Guelph Turfgrass Institute, 328 Victoria Rd. S., Guelph, ON, Canada
U of G is hosting in-person scheduled visits to its 2021 Trial Garden Open House at the new Guelph Turfgrass Institute. Learn more and register online.

ONLINE: Improvisation Festival - IF 2021
2021-08-13 19:00 - 2021-08-14 20:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
IF 2021 is a free, online, 24-hour improvisation festival celebrating all forms of artistic expression. This digital festival will take place between August 13 and 14, starting at 7 p.m. (ET). You can stream this all-day, all-night, online celebration of the arts, featuring new, improvised works by 150+ artists from over 25 countries around the world via the IF 2021 website: http://improvfest.ca/watch/.
Due to the incredible enthusiasm of our artists and Festival partners this year, we also have a special announcement: IF 2021 is stretching from 24 hours to 25.5 hours! That means that the event will run from August 13 at 7 p.m. (ET) until August 14 at 8:30 p.m. (ET). Be sure to catch this final hour-and-a-half finale of IF 2021!
We’re also excited to share that a full audio version of IF 2021 will be available in audio form through various radio stations across North America! You can listen to the entirety of IF 2021 on CFRU 93.3 (Guelph) or tune in to all or part of the Festival on the following stations: 17Radio (Mexico), CJLO (Montreal), CKMS (Waterloo), Radio Western/CHRW (London), CJRU (Toronto), CiTR (Vancouver), and UMFM (Manitoba). Head to our website to find out when you can tune in.
Finally, thank you to the many IF 2021 partners and sponsors for helping to make this event such a distinctive, global affair.
We look forward to seeing you at IF 2021!
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ONLINE: Making Sense of the Canadian Election
2021-10-06 13:30 - 14:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
“The most important election in our lifetimes?”
The 2021 federal election produced a remarkably similar result to the 2019 election. But in the context of a global pandemic, what impact will this election have on our political leaders, government, and society?
Join us on Zoom with our panel of political experts for a full breakdown of the results.

J. P. Lewis, Associate Professor, Department of History and Politics, University of New Brunswick
Jared Wesley, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Alberta
Tamara Small, Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Guelph
Moderator: Dave Snow, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Guelph

Register online.
Presented by the Department of Political Science in the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences.

ONLINE: A case study of learning in a community-based organization in rural Bihar
2021-10-13 11:00 - 12:15 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
India is home to thousands of small organizations contributing to community development. Learning is crucial for their efforts to foster change in complex environments with limited financial and human resources. This webinar, featuring Elisa Cooper, MSc. in Capacity Development and Extension, University of Guelph, shares findings from a study on the dynamics of learning within a community-based organization operating in Bihar, India.
Learn more online.
Presented by: Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) and Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI)

ONLINE : Seeing the Forest for the Trees – Trees as Participants in Theatre and Performance
2021-10-19 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us for a free public talk by Megan De Roover, Writer-in-Residence affiliated with The Arboretum this year! She is conducting archival and on-site research for her new book Seeing the Forest for the Trees: Trees as Participants in Theatre and Performance (McGill-Queen’s University Press). Using a theatre and performance lens, her research monograph explores the relations we already have with trees – in lived and mediated encounters – and how we can aim to build better ones. Readers will be pushed to reconsider the ubiquitous yet overlooked tree, and thereby the nonhuman world more generally, through new theoretical frameworks. Registration is available at the link below.

ONLINE: Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture - "Seeking Landscape Justice"
2021-10-26 12:30 - 13:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture entitled “Seeking Landscape Justice”, by Dr. Alison Hirsch. Dr. Hirsch is an associate professor and director of both the graduate program in Landscape + Urbanism and the Landscape Justice Initiative at the University of Southern California. Dr. Hirsch is also a Landscape Architecture Foundation Fellow. All are welcome to attend the online lecture.

ONLINE: Documenting the Stories of Young Girls in Poverty: Bangla Surf Girls
2021-11-03 11:00 - 12:15 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Bangla Surf Girls is an immersive documentary that takes us into the heart of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh where we witness an unlikely and successful community experiment that creates real futures for young girls who live in poverty. In this presentation, Lalita Krishna producer and writer of Bangla Surf Girls will talk about the making of the documentary, the role of the filmmakers and how such documentaries can be used to analyze local social programs.
Speaker: Lalita Krishna, Producer, In Sync Media
Presented by: Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE)
Learn more online.

ONLINE: Signed and Sealed - The Rise of the Charter in Medieval Scotland
2021-11-06 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us for an exciting online event and exhibit launch featuring our valuable medieval Scottish land charter collection.
Keynote Speaker:

Prof. Cynthia Neville, formerly of Dalhousie University, now of the University of Guelph’s Centre for Scottish Studies.
‘Chart(er)ing a New Course in Scottish History at the University of Guelph’.

Registration is available on the event website and early registration is encouraged. The event is free and open to the public.
The event is sponsored by the University of Guelph’s Centre for Scottish Studies and Archival and Special Collections – McLaughlin Library.
Please note: This event will be hosted live on Zoom and the link will be posted on the event page and emailed to all registered attendants 24 hours before the event begins.

ONLINE: Can We Solve the Climate Crisis?
2021-11-10 13:00 - 14:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The IPCC Report, Climate Change and Decarbonization
Join us for a panel discussion of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and what it means for the future.
Featuring

Jessica Green – Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Toronto
Wilfrid Greaves – Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Victoria
Craig Johnson – Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Guelph
Ian Spears – Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Guelph

Join us: https://uoguel.ph/POLISCI21-2

ONLINE: Mental Health for Money Makers - Navigating Mental Health for Entrepreneurs
2021-11-16 17:30 - 18:45 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
As part of mental well-being awareness week, The John F. Wood Centre is proud to collaborate with the Wellness Department at the University of Guelph and the Business Development Bank of Canada for our Bigger Picture Series. The topic of discussion will be Mental Health for Money Makers – Navigating Mental Health for Entrepreneurs.
Our keynote speaker, Chris Coulter of The Finish Line Group, has seen firsthand the impact that mental health can have upon the success within your business and your life and how the two are on a constant collision course.
The keynote will be followed by a discussion with experts from the U of G Wellness Department and the Business Development Bank of Canada to discuss the resources and tangible next steps for those with an entrepreneurial mindset and those working in the business industry. Whether you are your own boss or work in a corporation, this conversation will provide value and insight into why mental health matters in all aspects of our lives. We hope you will join us for this important conversation on November 16.

ONLINE: The Principles and Practices of Critical Community Engaged Scholarship
2021-11-17 09:00 - 10:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
This webinar, featuring Mavis Morton, Associate Professor and Associate Chair, Department of Sociology and Anthropology, University of Guelph, will identify the difference between community engaged scholarship (CES) and critical community engaged scholarship (CCES). It will highlight the principles guiding critical and community engaged scholarship and it will identify practical ways in which these guiding principles can be implemented and evaluated by community university partners.
Learn more online.
Presented by: Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) and Community Engaged Scholarship Institute (CESI)
