U of G News

ONLINE: Cultivating a Sense of Peace, Happiness and Calm Workshop
2022-02-17 12:00 - 13:30 (America/Toronto) | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Join us on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/95484128908
How do you maintain your well-being throughout the semester and beyond?
How do you overcome feelings of dissatisfaction, agitation, overwhelm?
Join a conversation with a panel that includes expertise in psychotherapy, mental health, meditation and therapeutic yoga.
This workshop is offered in association with Counselling Services, Wellness at Work, Student Experience, and Student Wellness Services.

ONLINE: Women in Sports Analytics - Journeys into Data Science Featuring Gabrielle Campos
2022-02-17 16:00 - 17:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Center for Advancing Responsible and Ethical Artificial Intelligence (CARE-AI) Presents: Entering the Field of Baseball Analytics
Major League Baseball teams have pioneered the use of analytics in sport. As a result, front offices need to continuously increase the sophistication of their analytics pipelines to remain competitive. Gabrielle Campos will describe her experience working in this both exciting and challenging environment having entered the field relatively recently. She will talk about her pathway into Sports Analytics building on her quantitative knowledge gained from her background in Computer Engineering.
This presentation is part of the CARE-AI, Master of Data Science, and She’s Got Game Women in Sports Analytics – Journeys into Data Science seminars.

ONLINE: Dislocation and Lost Identity in 'Beatrice and Croc Harry': A Conversation with Lawrence Hill
2022-02-17 17:00 - 18:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us virtually for a conversation with Chioma Nwebube, 4th year student, former president of the Guelph Black Students Association, and member of the President’s Anti-Racism Advisory Committee and Lawrence Hill, author and professor of creative writing in the School of English and Theatre Studies.
Lawrence Hill is an award-winning and internationally bestselling author of eleven books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Book of Negroes and The Illegal, both of which won CBC Canada Reads. Hill is the winner of the Rogers Writers’ Trust Fiction Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Book, and both CBC Radio’s Canada Reads and Radio-Canada’s Combat des livres. He helped to create and has chaired Gryphons Read, the University’s common reading program. Last year, he initiated a third-year creative writing course which he taught (to students and to prisoners, together) in the Grand Valley Institution for Women, a federal penitentiary in Kitchener. Much of his volunteer work has been of service to Black communities, through groups such as the Black Loyalist Heritage Society, the Ontario Black History Society, The Writers’ Union of Canada, The University of Toronto Schools, and Crossroads International, for which he remains an honorary patron.
Hill’s most recent book, Beatrice and Croc Harry published by Harper Collins, has been described as “A book to treasure and share across generations” (David Chariandy), and “A journey of epic proportions” (Nadia L. Hohn). Beatrice and Croc Harry is now available in bookstores across Canada.
Please register on Eventbrite to receive the Zoom link.

ONLINE: Ask the Arb
2022-02-23 11:00 - 12:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Instructor: Arboretum Staff
Bring your garden, nature, and wildlife related questions to our free one-hour live session on Zoom. Our horticultural and naturalist staff will be on-line to answer your questions.
***Event is FREE

ONLINE: Thinking Spaces with Catharine Cary "The Upside Down Protocol"
2022-02-25 10:00 - 11:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
You’re invited to join us for the inaugural Thinking Spaces presentation for the 2022 series via Zoom with guest speaker Catharine Cary!
This presentation, entitled “The Upside Down Protocol,” will see multi-modal improvisational practitioner Catharine Cary consider the question: “How can we turn on its head everything we think we know, and provoke play by having a mind and body subtle and supple enough to always see the ‘upside down’ of things?”
If you are interested in attending, please register online at https://uoguel.ph/thinkingspacescatharinecary.
Through her talk, Catherine aims to “open the present,” activating a session of looking in at nonsensical ways to jump into the synaptic divide, fall off the liminal edge, dip our toes into that indescribable soup, smell the bigger body, eat into the space in between, or the void, or the now, or the moment: We will fit in and have a fit, cut to the chase, find intervals or the relative pitch—a breaking of habit. In a 90-minute zoooooom between word plays, drawing, mirroring, movement, and improvisation, you may be inspired to reconsider the prism through which you look at yourself and this world.
Catharine is co-founder of WHAT IIIF? festival that asks the absurd question, “Can improvisation be documented?” She animates a weekly improvisation practice via Zoom. She also contributes a monthly “Letter to my Original Geography” for IICSI’s ImprovNotes.
Trained as an economist and diplomat, her life has taken many turns, and it’s often better when she stands on her head. She writes a letter daily and she is a contributor to the German still paper annual magazine Improfil, Critical Correspondence, and the Journal of Embodied Research. Her current Upside Downing puts into practice each and every counsel to end the hegemony of heteronormativity in our society (#juststop). You can learn more about Catharine at https://catharinecary.wordpress.com
As always, Thinking Spaces is free and open to all.

ONLINE: Black History Month Workshop - Dancing Through the Diaspora
2022-02-28 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Celebrate the final day of Black History Month with a lunctime dance workshop featuring various styles from the African Diaspora, including soca, dancehall, and afro styles. This event will be led by Guelph-based dance instructors Kween and Binty.
Learn more about Black History Month programming at U of G.

ONLINE: Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture - "Storylines: Projects of Meaning & Timelessness" by Terence Lee of NAK Design Strategies
2022-02-28 13:00 - 14:00 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents “Storylines: Projects of Meaning & Timelessness”, a guest lecture by Terence Lee. This talk will discuss the connection between story-telling and designing lasting and meaningful landscapes. Terence is an Associate Landscape Architect at NAK Design Strategies, an award-winning landscape architecture firm based in Toronto.

ONLINE: Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture: "Nothing is Normal" by Jeff Cutler of space2place
2022-03-01 13:00 - 14:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture “Nothing is Normal” by Jeff Cutler. Jeff is a landscape architect, urban designer and the founding principal of space2place in Vancouver, BC.
Learn more online.

ONLINE: Skills for Research Impact workshop - Science Policy Engagement
2022-03-01 13:00 - 14:30 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
How can you share your research to inform public policy decisions? Join us to receive expert advice and concrete tips to support your own science-policy engagement efforts.
By the end of this Skills for Research Impact workshop, participants will be able to:

Reflect on how science can inform public policy decision making
Align your research with current policy priorities
Understand how government works and identify key points of contact
Select the right information and method to share research with policy-makers

Learn more online.

ONLINE: Social and Applied Human Sciences Career Night
2022-03-01 19:00 - 20:15 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Meet and network with U of G alumni at the Social and Applied Human Sciences Career Night.
Learn more online.
Presented by the Experiential Learning Hub and the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences.

ONLINE: Stop Worrying
2022-03-01 19:00 - 21:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn to curb the worry habit and how to avoid the five key pitfalls that perpetuate worrying.
This two-hour skills workshop meets online with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic and includes brain training exercises and a variety of other techniques to decrease worrying.
Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the workshop. Register online.

Experiential Learning Opportunities Fair
2022-03-02 11:00 - 14:00 | Ontario, Canada
Join this in-person drop-in event to learn about experiential learning opportunities on and off campus, co-op, career education and community-engaged learning!
Learn more online.

ONLINE: Take the Stress out of IBS
2022-03-02 17:30 - 18:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Learn strategies that decrease symptoms of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS), or a nervous/stressed stomach, by tackling the two greatest triggers of IBS symptoms: diet and stress.
This five-part skills program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic and Lindzie O’Reilly, dietitian, meets online for an hour on Wednesday evenings, once a week for five weeks.
Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the program. Register online.

ONLINE: Wellness Grant Program Information Session
2022-03-03 10:00 - 11:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Wellness@Work Grant Program encourages faculty and staff across all campuses and research stations at the University of Guelph to help promote wellness in their workplace through the implementation of a tailored health‐promoting program, approach or idea in their workplace.
Virtual information sessions sessions will be held for any interested faculty and staff to attend to learn more about the Wellness Grant Program and ask questions. Register now!

Thriving in Action: A Mindful Approach to Academics
2022-03-03 13:00 - 14:20 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Explore how to be in and make the most of the present moment. A mindful approach can help you to pay attention to yourself and what is around you and can be directly transferred to becoming a thriving student. Learn how mindfulness strategies can be applied to planning, increasing your focus, and taking notes in lecture and from texts.
Pending public health guidelines, this workshop may move online. Registrants will be notified.
Registration is required: https://cal.lib.uoguelph.ca/event/3663908.
This workshop is offered by Learning Services and Student Wellness.

GREAT at U of G Presents: Ryan Edwards, Canada's Top Mentalist!
2022-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE and Peter Clark Hall, Ontario, Canada
Join us virtually as we show appreciation for University of Guelph employees with Canada’s top mentalist, Ryan Edwards!
Ryan does not claim to be a mind reader, but instead uses all five senses to make it seem as he has a sixth sense. After 20 years of mastering the art, He is regarded as one of the best thinkers and performers of magic and mentalism in the world! He has used his skills to work on TV shows on Yes Tv, the Syfy Network, the Space Network, Tru Tv, and the CW.
For staff who are on campus during this time, there will be a watch party in Peter Clark Hall. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. where staff are welcome to drop in as prizes are distributed and staff get the opportunity to chat with each other. Starting at noon the virtual performance will be streamed for viewing!
Register now!
If you are registering after March 2, please email GREAT@uoguelph.ca for the event link.
Night shift staff will have the opportunity to engage in a 1-hour interactive virtual show on Thursday, March 3 at 11 p.m. Viewing location to be determined. If you are a night shift staff ensure when you register you select “Night shift” and details will be emailed to you closer to event date.

ONLINE: Knowledge Mobilization Across Sectors - Panel Discussion
2022-03-04 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join the Waterloo Wellington Knowledge Mobilization Community and come learn about knowledge mobilization through mini case studies and a facilitated panel discussion! This session brings together panelists from the agri-food, aging and social justice and arts sectors to share their expertise:

Adriana Radulovici, PhD, Executive Secretary of GEO BON
Susan Brown, MSc, Director of Research Coordination and Research-Practice Integration at the Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging (RIA)
Aly Bailey, PhD, Mitacs postdoc, McMaster University, Department of Health, Aging & Society and Adjunct, ReVision Centre, University of Guelph

Panelists will share examples of KMb project implementation, and reflect on their KMb goals, approach, outcomes, and lessons learned.
Please register online for this session. (Note that registration is required in order to receive the session link).
You can find more details about panelists at https://waterloowellingtonkmbcommunity.ca/events

ONLINE: Arts & Science Connections Conference - Day 1
2022-03-07 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Create your own conference by attending one, a few or all six presentations, workshops and panels that have been carefully chosen and thoughtfully packaged to create “Arts and Science Connections: A Deconstructed Conference about Career Possibilities”. Sessions run over two days: March 7 and 9.
These events are open to ALL students and U of G alumni who have a talent, passion and curiosity for the arts and sciences and wish to learn more about career building!
Learn more online.
Arts and Science Connections is presented by the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences; the College of Arts; the College of Biological Sciences; Alumni Affairs and Development; and The Experiential Learning Hub.

ONLINE: Anxiety Skills and Strategies
2022-03-07 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 for an hour on three consecutive Monday evenings beginning at 7 p.m. tonight.
Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the program. Register online.

ONLINE: Honouring International Women’s Day Conference 2022
2022-03-08 09:00 - 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
This FREE one-day virtual conference, titled “Honouring International Women’s Day 2022: Research, Recognize & Reimagine” is meant to showcase research that celebrates achievements of women and/or brings awareness to gender-based disparities, with an emphasis on BIPOC futurities and intersectionality.
The conference will feature excellent keynote speakers, student presentations and feminist entertainment!

Layla Staats shares her experiences defending the water in the Wet’suwet’en Territory, and the importance of unity, especially as women, in empowering ourselves and in defending our truths.
Kween explores the shift from Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, to Violence, Harm and Oppression and looks to a more intersectional lens that is uncomfortable and supports experiences that BIPOC communities are facing.
Dr. Srinivasan presents a conversation about her research spanning 25 years on daughter discrimination in India and Canada, root causes of such discrimination, and the emergence of daughter preference.

Register for our FREE virtual event!

ONLINE: Virtual Japanese Garden Design Course
2022-03-08 12:00 - 13:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Instructor: Cael Wishart
Japanese gardens have been an inspiration for centuries, influencing the creation of new gardens and landscapes both in Japan and in the West. In this introductory course to Japanese garden design, you will learn about the traditional techniques used to establish gardens of peace and Zen. These gardens require a high attention to detail, involving various techniques in pruning and shaping plants, the importance of viewpoints, wood preservation methods, as well as the unique applications of water and stone and how they connect to each other within the garden to create this compositional balance and harmony. Wherever your interest lie, in theory or in practice, this course is intended to help you appreciate and understand this unique tradition.
Fee: $20 (plus HST) per person.
Learn more online.

ONLINE: Tip The Scales - From Procrastination to Motivation!
2022-03-08 16:00 - 16:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
In this interactive workshop, Learning Peer Helpers from McLaughlin Library will guide you through techniques that can help you to structure your studies, prioritize commitments, and overcome procrastination.
Registration is required.

ONLINE: Arts & Science Connections Conference - Day 2
2022-03-09 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Create your own conference by attending one, a few or all six presentations, workshops and panels that have been carefully chosen and thoughtfully packaged to create “Arts and Science Connections: A Deconstructed Conference about Career Possibilities”. Sessions run over two days, March 7 and 9.
These events are open to ALL students and U of G alumni who have a talent, passion and curiosity for the arts and sciences and wish to learn more about career building!
Learn more online.
Arts and Science Connections is presented by the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences; the College of Arts; the College of Biological Sciences; Alumni Affairs and Development; and The Experiential Learning Hub.

ONLINE: India and the World
2022-03-09 09:00 - 10:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The India 2047 series commemorates 75 years of India’s independence.
Speakers:
India’s Foreign Policy in 2047: Aligned or Balanced?
Suhasini Haider, Diplomatic Editor, The Hindu
India and China: Will they be friends in 2047?
Kanti Bajpai, Wilmar Professor of Asian Studies, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
India in 2047: At the center of an interdependent neighborhood
Rohan Samarajiva, Founding Chair, LIRNEasia
Moderator: John Harriss, Professor Emeritus of International Studies at Simon Fraser University
Presented by: Canada India Research Centre for Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) with support from:

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
College of Social and Applied Human Sciences
Guelph Institute of Development Studies
Guelph Institute for Environmental Research
International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation
Office of International Strategy and Partnerships
One Health Institute
Ontario Veterinary College

Learn more online.

ONLINE: Decreasing Headaches
2022-03-09 19:00 - 20:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
More than three or four headaches a month are too many!
Learn drug-free strategies to decrease tension and migraine headaches, and decrease headache pain.
This four-part skills program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic meets online for 90 minutes, once a week, for four weeks.
Your link will be e-mailed to you upon registration in the program. Register online.

ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop - Insect Series
2022-03-10 09:00 - 10:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Arboretum is hosting a series of online workshops about insects. Join us to learn more about butterflies, moths, dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic insects.
Fee: $10 (plus HST) per session.
Introduction to Insects – Thursday, March 10
Insects are one of the largest and most diverse groups of organisms on the entire planet! From tiny, determined ants to big, beautiful moths, these creatures are amazing and often under-appreciated. Let’s take a peek at the life of insects and how they fit into our world!
Dragonflies and Damselflies – Thursday, March 17
Beware of dragons! Summertime is the time to keep your eyes to the skies for dragonflies and damselflies zipping around… But there’s more to these incredible insects than just fast flying. Join us in learning more about the voracious predators patrolling our skies!
Butterflies and Moths – Thursday, March 24
Who doesn’t love colourful butterflies? Moths just might surprise you in how beautiful and incredible they can be, too. Join us in learning more about the biology of butterflies and moths, and discover some of the amazing species you might see around!
Aquatic Insects – Thursday, March 31
It’s a whole new world under the water surface but the many critters that live there are well suited for the job! Water scorpions and whirligig beetles are just a few of the insects you might find in your local pond or river. Join us in learning more about these wacky, aquatic insects!

ONLINE: Arboretum Workshop - Virtual Insect Series
2022-03-10 09:00 - 10:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
The Arboretum is hosting a series of online workshops about insects. Join us to learn more about butterflies, moths, dragonflies, damselflies and aquatic insects.
Fee: $10 (plus HST) per session.
Learn more online.

Thriving in Action: Making Connections at University
2022-03-10 13:00 - 14:30 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Feeling a sense of connection is directly linked not only with positive wellbeing but with academic success. Connectedness helps reduce major risk factors that can be barriers to scholastic thriving. This workshop will support the development of connection with ourselves, with friends and family, and with our campus.
Pending public health guidelines, this workshop may move online.
Registrants will be notified. Registration is required: https://cal.lib.uoguelph.ca/event/3663901
This workshop is offered by Learning Services and Student Wellness.

ONLINE: China - Its Rise and Consequences
2022-03-11 13:00 - 14:00 | Ontario
The Olympics returned to a new and emboldened China. What should we learn from China’s transformation?
Featuring:

Michael Szonyi – Director of the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and Frank Wen-Hsuing Wu Memorial Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University
Theresa Lee – Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Guelph
Norman Smith – Professor, Department of History, University of Guelph

Virtual EventRegister at uoguel.ph/pols-mar11
Hosted by the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences and the Department of Political Science

ONLINE: Yoga for you and the Planet - How to Fight
2022-03-13 14:00 - 15:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
2nd Annual U of Guelph Yoga Speaker Series 2022
Please join our second speaker event on March 13 at 2 p.m. ET via Zoom!
Diana O’Reilly will be speaking on the topic of “How to Fight”. The Climate Crisis of our age demands that we battle for the wellbeing of our world. How we fight as yogis are our challenge.
Diana has been teaching yoga in the UK for the past 15 years and is currently Chair of the British Wheel of Yoga. Diana will reference the Bhagavad Gita and Thich Nhat Hahn’s book How to Fight during her talk.
Don’t forget to bring your yoga mat! The event includes a short yoga practice.
Program:
Yoga: 2:00 to 2:20 p.m.Talk: 2:20 to 3:00 p.m.Q&A: 3:00 to 3:30 p.m.
To find more details on this event please visit our website.
This event is sponsored by Wellness@Work University of Guelph and is hosted by U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective.
