U of G News

ONLINE: Thriving in Action - Finding Balance
2021-06-01 13:00 - 14:20 (America/Toronto) | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
How do we find a balance between being a student, a worker, a friend, a family member? How do we find joy in our many roles? In this Thriving in Action session, we will explore how we can integrate the many facets of our lives together. We will identify the habits that help us thrive and learn strategies to help us build new habits
Thriving in Action, is a new online program at the University of Guelph. Thriving in Action will help you move from languishing to flourishing throughout your time in university. Build motivation, optimism and resilience, and learn how to integrate those skills into your work as a student. In each workshop, you will learn and practice both wellness and learning strategies that will help you be the student you want to be.

ONLINE: Stress Less for Tests
2021-06-01 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn practical skills to decrease test anxiety and enhance energy and performance during the semester.
This three-hour program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic is an online, on-demand program with lifetime access to the lessons. You can begin today!
Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the program. Register online.

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: Library Workshop - Data Skills: Introduction to Text Analysis - Natural Language Processing
2021-06-02 09:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Are you interested in uncovering patterns across vast amounts of textual information? This workshop will introduce more complex concepts such as named entity recognition, sentiment analysis and topic modelling.  Participants will explore tools such as NER, Exploratory.io and Topic Modelling Tool.
By the end of this workshop you will be able to complete basic word count and location techniques in the various tools, conduct normalization tasks in the tools that allow for it, and explore your data with visualizations.

ONLINE: Game-changing Announcement
2021-06-03 15:00 - 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Please join us on June 3 to learn how a game-changing donation to the University of Guelph will ensure the world has access to safe drinking water, which is essential to human and ecological health.
Learn more online.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Data Skills: Tableau
2021-06-04 09:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
A picture is worth a thousand words! Especially when you don’t have to read the thousand words it would take to explain the patterns and trends in your data. There are many reasons why information is easier to explain, explore, and convince in a visual format. This session will provide you with some basic skills to make your data come to life using Tableau.

ONLINE: Be a Better Presenter - Strategies and Skills for Graduate Students
2021-06-07 13:00 - 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Be a Better Presenter (formerly Presentation Bootcamp) is a half-day workshop for graduate students who would like to learn more about presentation skills and strategies to use in academic settings.
This workshop also features a series of hands-on sessions, including: voice and speech clarity, audience engagement, slide design, and thesis defenses and conference presentations.
Be a Better Presenter will be a synchronous online event and is open to all U of G graduate students (including post-docs).

Senate Meeting
2021-06-07 16:00 | TBD – Check meeting package
Senate meetings are open to the public. Please e-mail univsec@uoguelph.ca to register.
For more information about the agenda, location and timing of the meeting please visit the Secretariat’s Governance Portal to access the agenda package.
Agenda packages are published approximately one week in advance of the meeting.

ONLINE: Anxiety Skills and Strategies
2021-06-07 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn powerful strategies, new tips and information on how to respond and calm down the uncomfortable sensations of anxiety. A variety of long and short self-calming strategies are introduced, along with behaviours that can help prevent escalation of anxiety.
This three-session skills program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic meets online. The program runs on Mondays for three weeks. Sessions begin June 7.
Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the program. Register online.

ONLINE: Thriving in Action - Mindfulness and the Present Moment
2021-06-08 13:00 - 14:20 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Join us for Thriving in Action: Mindfulness and the Present Moment. Explore how to be in and make the most of the present moment. Learn how to plan and become more attentive, all from a mindful approach. Presentness can help to see things more clearly, gain perspective, feel grounded, and excel. The art of attentiveness can help you to pay attention to yourself and what is around you and can be directly transferred to becoming a thriving student. Presentness and Attentiveness will be explored along with academic strategies for planning and notetaking.
Thriving in Action is a new online program at the University of Guelph. Thriving in Action will help you move from languishing to flourishing throughout your time in university. Build motivation, optimism and resilience, and learn how to integrate those skills into your work as a student. In each workshop, you will learn and practice both wellness and learning strategies that will help you be the student you want to be.

ONLINE: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Journal Club
2021-06-10 09:00 - 10:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us for our online Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) journal clubs, where we discuss a recent teaching publication. If you missed previous meetings, do not worry! This is an open environment designed for grad students, post docs or anyone else interested in teaching and learning. It provides an opportunity to network with your peers and learn more about education research.
Once registered, we will send an email with the paper in advance and it will also be posted on the EventBrite page once available. Please read the paper and bring any questions, comments or critiques with you.
Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this journal club, successful participants should be able to:

Discuss and critically analyze the methodology, results and significance of a publication from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL)
Identify strategies to incorporate the SoTL research findings into your own teaching practice.

We’re excited to see you all there!

ONLINE: LGBTQ2IA+ Identity and Employment Workshop
2021-06-10 15:30 - 16:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
This workshop will provide an overview of employment issues as they relate to LGBTQ2IA+ students including: employment rights, harassment and discrimination, disclosure of identity, and responding to inappropriate interview questions.
This meeting will be conducted online using MS Teams. An email link will be sent to you at least 30 minutes before the workshop begins. Registration deadline is 2:30 p.m. on June 10.

ONLINE: Thriving in Action - Coping with Difficulties
2021-06-15 13:00 - 14:20 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Difficulties are a normal part of life that we all experience. But that doesn’t mean that they are easy to deal with! In this final Thriving in Action Session we will talk about how to cope with difficulties. You will develop skills in resilience and self-compassion and reframe your thinking to learn from difficult situations.
Thriving in Action is a new online program at the University of Guelph. Thriving in Action will help you move from languishing to flourishing throughout your time in university. Build motivation, optimism and resilience, and learn how to integrate those skills into your work as a student. In each workshop, you will learn and practice both wellness and learning strategies that will help you be the student you want to be.

ONLINE: COVID-19 Town Hall
2021-06-17 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Stay up to date on the University’s plans to safely welcome students, faculty and staff back to campus by attending our second COVID-19 Town Hall on Thursday, June 17.
We will be joined by Dr. Matthew Tenenbaum, the Associate Medical Officer of Health with Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health.
We encourage you to submit your questions in advance. There will also be an opportunity to submit questions through Teams during the event. We understand family members of current and incoming students may have questions as well, and we welcome you to submit questions and attend the town hall, too.
Please join us on:
Thursday, June 17
Noon to 1 p.m.
Join online: Microsoft Teams Live
Submit questions in advance through: https://uoguel.ph/townhallquestions
Members of our executive team will be present to answer questions:

Dr. Gwen Chapman, provost and vice-president (academic)
Dr. Malcolm Campbell, vice-president (research)
Daniel Atlin, vice-president (external)
Sharmilla Rasheed, vice-president (finance and operations)

ONLINE: Alumni and Reunion Week 2021
2021-06-21 - 2021-06-27 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Our biggest U of G alumni event – Alumni and Reunion Week – is back and has gone virtual!
Join us for a virtual celebration from June 21 – 27! While we can’t be together on campus this year, we have a great line-up of virtual class reunions, DIYs, professional development, contests and more.
ALUMNI WEEK HIGHLIGHTS
Monday, June 21, 2021
Connecting Community: In Conversation with Dr. Roberta Bondar
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
Alumni Trivia Night
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Alumni Wine Tasting
Thursday, June 24, 2021
Craft Beer Happy Hour with Royal City Brewing
Friday, June 25, 2021
Three Cheers: A Celebration of Alumni Excellence
Learn more and register online!

ONLINE: Introduction to Digital Storytelling
2021-06-21 10:00 - 11:20 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Want to learn how to integrate storytelling into your digital projects? Join us for our workshop, Introduction to Digital Storytelling, where you will learn more about the components, the elements and the benefits of digital storytelling.
By the end of this workshop, you’ll be able to: list the components of digital storytelling, identify how elements of storytelling create an effective story, and create meaning from different images and media.

ONLINE: Celebrate International Day of Yoga with U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective
2021-06-21 11:45 - 13:15 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Celebrate UN International Day of Yoga – Monday, June 21 – Live music for harmony and peace
2021 UN Theme: Yoga for well-being
Everyone welcome: faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees, visiting scholars! No experience required. Try not to eat two hours before the event. A sip or two of water or juice is okay.
Join Zoom Meeting. Meeting ID: 954 8412 8908
Take part in this fun online event with live music performed by a popular local artist. Learn and practice postures (Asana), breath control (Pranayama), yoga gestures (Mudra), chanting, meditation (singing bowl) and relaxation. Feel calm, peaceful, resilient, strong, flexible, relaxed and rejuvenated. With special guest Indira Naidoo-Harris, associate vice-president Diversity and Human Rights.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the urgent need to address the mental health dimension of the pandemic, in addition to the physical health aspects. The message of Yoga in promoting both the physical and mental well-being of humanity has never been more relevant. The UN draft resolution 69/131 establishing the International Day of Yoga was endorsed by a record 175 member states.
U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective’s brand-new website will also be launched during the IDY celebrations to Improve Life – mental and physical health, and well-being – of all U of Guelph communities, campuses and beyond.
This event is brought to you by the U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective and sponsored by Wellness@Work, U of Guelph.
Join Online and celebrate with your own U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective.
“A yoga collective that cares about cultivating health and wellbeing on the diverse U of G campus and beyond. Our goal is to offer valuable tools for achieving a balanced state of mind and body.” – U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective – Steady Mind in a Dynamic World.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Data Skills: Introduction to Text Analysis - Counting and Context
2021-06-22 10:00 - 12:00 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Are you interested in uncovering patterns across vast amounts of textual information? In part one of this two part workshop, we’ll introduce distant reading techniques that address word count and location.
By attending you will get hands-on experience exploring entry level tools such as Google Ngram, Voyant and AntConc.
At the end of the workshop you will be able to complete basic word count and location techniques in the various tools, conduct normalization tasks in the tools that allow it, and explore your data with visualizations.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Faculty Information Exchange Series: Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy
2021-06-23 11:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Tri-Agencies have launched the Tri-Agency Research Data Management Policy to further promote excellence in data management practices in the Canadian research community.
Join us as we explore what this means for your research! We’ll give you an overview of the new Tri-Agency policy, an overview the new data management plans, an introduction to the Portage DMP Assistant, and more!
All researchers are welcome including faculty, graduate students, postdoctoral fellows and staff.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Data Analysis: Introduction to Text Analysis - Natural Language Processing
2021-06-24 09:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Are you interested in uncovering patterns across vast amounts of textual information? This is the second part of our Introduction to Text Analysis workshop, which will introduce more complex concepts such as named entity recognition, sentiment analysis, and topic modelling.
By attending, you will explore tools such as NER, Exploratory.io, and Topic Modelling Tool. At the end of this workshop, you will be able to complete basic word count and location techniques in the various tools, conduct normalization tasks in the tools that allow for it, and explore your data with visualizations.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Data Skills: Introduction to RStudio
2021-07-05 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
R is an open source software that has gained popularity in the community due to its power and capability to make research more reproduceable. In this workshop you will learn the basics of R and how to navigate the interface.
By the end of this workshop, you will be able to comfortably use the R interface, understand the basics of R programming, work with packages, import data, and create basic descriptive statistics and frequency tables.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Create your own media for a Digital Story
2021-07-06 10:00 - 11:20 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Are you interested in learning more about digital storytelling? This workshop will introduce you to the creative practice of capturing and manipulating your own visual media to construct meaning.
By attending, you’ll have to opportunity to participate in an interactive activity where you will capture, edit, and arrange media in ways that communicate messages and ideas.
This workshop is available to anyone with an interest in Digital Storytelling, and a desire to explore a personal story inspired by events in their own lives.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Data Skills: Data Wrangling and Manipulation in R
2021-07-07 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Raw datasets are often quite messy. Cleaning and preparing your data is an essential step before you can begin your data analysis.
This workshop will teach you the fundamentals of using the tidyverse package in R, which include but aren’t limited to: manipulating columns and rows, filtering and merging datasets, converting to different variable types and creating scales.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Open Scholarship Series: Open Access, Open Data and the Tri-Agencies
2021-07-08 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
As a part of our Open Scholarship Series, this workshop focuses on using open access information and open data in your projects, and provides details about the Tri-Agencies. Additionally, this online workshop will explore the benefits of open access, the use of open data generally, and the use in our context at U of G.

ONLINE: Tree ID
2021-07-08 12:00 - 13:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Do you love trees but can’t tell an ash from a walnut, a birch from a beech, or a spruce from a fir? Are you looking to connect more with the nature around you as we continue to stay close to home?
Join Shelley Hunt, U of G course instructor and former arboretum director, for a virtual, interactive tree identification workshop! Over the course of four Zoom sessions, with hands-on challenges to complete in between, you will learn the basics of tree ID, with a focus on native Ontario species (and their look-alike non-native counterparts). You will learn about the important features to look for (e.g., leaf shape and arrangement, bark characteristics, fruits and cones), as well as the details that help us to distinguish between species in the same group (e.g., ashes, pines, maples). You will practice your skills on trees that you can (safely) find in your local area, and get feedback on your ‘homework’. The fourth session will include a virtual tour of trees in the Arboretum’s collections. Sessions will run from noon-1:30 p.m. (one hour of instruction, and up to 30 minutes of optional questions/discussion) on Thursdays from July 8 through to July 29.
Fee: $70 (plus HST) per person.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Data Skills: Data Analysis in R
2021-07-09 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
This workshop will teach you how to conduct basic inferential statistics that are commonly seen in the literature using R Studio.
By attending, you can also expect to lean how to conduct the following statistical tests: an independent sample t-test, a paired sample t-test, One-way ANOVA, repeated measures ANOVA.

ONLINE - Library Workshop - Data Skills: Data Visualization in R
2021-07-12 10:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn how to create visualizations like graphs and plots using the ggplot2 package by attending this workshop!
This workshop will teach you how to create highly customized plots as the ggplot2 package uses “grammar graphics” to add layers of tailored components to your graphs.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Recording Audio with Audacity
2021-07-13 10:00 - 11:20 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Audacity is an open source audio recording and editing tool that you can use to record and edit a voiceover for a video or a podcast! This workshop will teach you what the requirements of a basic audio recording set up are, how to record a short audio track, and practice basic editing tasks.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Open Scholarship Series: Academic Publishing for Authors
2021-07-13 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Are you a researcher at U of G? Join us for Academic Publishing for Authors, one of the workshops featured in our Open Scholarship Series. This workshop is designed to help you navigate through the academic publishing process including author contracts, article processing charges (APCs), and predatory journals and conferences. It will also teach you more about open access publishing.

ONLINE: Library Workshop - Create Videos with WeVideo
2021-07-20 10:00 - 11:20 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Interested in learning more about editing and creating videos online? Join us for Create Videos with WeVideo, an online workshop that will teach you how to use WeVideo and will give you hands-on practice creating videos.
During this workshop, we’ll discuss the process for creating a video and teach you essential video editing skills in WeVideo.
