In Person: Virtual Bird ID
2024-11-27 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Toronto) | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
Why not take your birding to the next level? Join Chris Earley, Arboretum Interpretive Biologist and author of 5 bird field guides, for a series of eight virtual noon-hour lectures on eight different bird groups. ID techniques, field marks, shapes, behaviour clues and more will all be covered.
Each course will finish with a 10 – 15 minute discussion period so you can ask all your bird-related questions. All eight programs cost $70 (plus tax) – that’s less than $10 per program! Bird groups covered include: Hawks, Ducks, Sparrows, Sandpipers, Gulls, Spring Warblers, Fall Warblers and Spring Migrants (presentation dates listed below). Recordings of each will be sent to all participants the next day. The recordings will be available for one month after the last program.
Mondays and Wednesdays, November 4, 6, 11, 13, 18, 20, 25, and 27, 2024
Noon to 1 p.m.

Interactive Workshop: Racialized Student Food Insecurity in Digital Stories
2024-11-28 16:00 - 18:00 | ImprovLab, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Food Justice on Campus: Racialized Student Food Insecurity in Digital Stories
Date: Thursday, November 28, 2024
Time: 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: ImprovLab at the University of Guelph (MacKinnon Building, Room 108)
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Racialized and Indigenous peoples are facing unprecedented rates of food insecurity across Turtle Island (North America). Even at the University of Guelph, Canada’s Food University, students from racially and ethnically marginalized backgrounds struggle to access the foods required for nutrition, enrichment, and cultural connection. Taking seriously the impacts this has on the overall health of the students and the University community, we are inviting students, staff, and faculty across campus to participate in our screening workshop Food Justice on Campus: Racialized Student Food Insecurity in Digital Stories.
About the Workshop
In this interactive workshop, we will engage in critical conversations about how to promote food justice on campus by watching and reflecting on four short creative videos on the intricacies of race, culture, food, and student living. Participants will be invited to an active and supportive environment to take part in a diverse, embodied, and creative dialogue about the food crisis facing racialized and Indigenous students especially, and the student population more generally. Following the workshop, participants will also be invited to share their own stories over good food and good vibes. Dinner will include a vegan hearty stew and an authentic Ghanaian chicken and rice dish catered by Community FEWD (Food Equity With Dignity).
There are a limited number of in-person spots available, and the workshop will also be livestreamed over Zoom. A Zoom link will be sent to online participants the day before the event.
The workshop is supported by Arrell Food Insitute, the Community Engaged Scholarship Institute, The Guelph Lab, Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice, and the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation.
About the Facilitators
This workshop is facilitated by Dr. Jade Da Costa (they/she), a Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Family Relations & Applied Nutrition with Re•Vision: The Centre for Art and Social Justice, and Naty Tremblay (they/them), an Interdisciplinary Artist & Educator for Transformative Justice & Regenerative Reciprocity and PhD candidate in the Social Practice & Transformational Change Program.
RSVP by Tuesday, November 26 at 5 p.m.

Food System Resilience Table November Open Meeting
2024-11-28 16:30 - 19:00 | 120 Huron St, Guelph, 120 Huron St, Guelph, ON, N1E 0T8, Canada
Join the Food System Resilience Table Guelph-Wellington for a walking tour of a couple Two Rivers neighbourhood spaces that are doing wonderful work in supporting food access in Guelph!
The topic is Food Foundations: Soil Health and Composting.
Together we will tour the Huron Street – Two Rivers Neighbourhood Group Community Garden and check out their brilliant composting system. After which, we will walk over to The SEED warehouse and get a tour of their facility which is host to a number of great community rooted projects and programs. Following our tours we will walk to the Double Rainbow Cafe where Chef Yasi’s team at FEWD (Food Equity With Dignity) will be set up and ready to provide some great eats and then to the Alice Block Condo kitchen condo space where there will be time to eat our dinner together while networking with each other!
A couple notes: this event will include a lot of walking, if you prefer to attend a certain part(s) of the evening, feel free to meet at whichever spot is best for you at the time specified on the Agenda and we will be just as happy to have you. If you would like a chair to sit down and eat your dinner, you may wish to bring one with you as seating options will be limited in the kitchen. Please reach out to us at thetablegw@gmail.com if you have any further questions or accommodation requirements!
Presented by GW Food System Resiliency Table and the Arrell Food Institute. @TheTable_GW and @ArrellFoodInstitute.

CIRCLE December Get Together
2024-12-03 15:30 - 17:00 | MacKinnon Building, 87 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Join CIRCLE in celebrating the end of the fall semester with a casual get together. Drop in to enjoy some drinks and snacks while connecting with fellow students, faculty, and staff! Please register and RSVP by Nov. 27, 2024 to help reduce food waste. We look forward to seeing you there!

One Health seminar - Mapping One Health initiatives in Latin America with Dr. Natalia Cediel Becerra
2024-12-04 12:30 - 13:30 | OVC Pathobiology AHL, 419 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Cediel Becerra is an advisor and mentor for the Colombian National Health Institute for the Frontline course of the field epidemiology training program on One Health, and co-editor of the CABI One Health journal on One Health, Gender and Feminism. She co-founded the Biodiversity and One Health community of practice, a multidisciplinary group created to advocate for the inclusion of One health approach in the National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for Latin American countries.
She will be discussing how mapping stakeholders and initiatives is laying the groundwork for One Health implementation in Latin America and is a best practice for One Health governance. This will strengthen a pre-existing installed capacity for multisectoral cooperation mechanisms in Latin America and will help the region be better prepared to face future health emergencies.
Register to attend virtually or in-person.

University Centre 50th Anniversary with Beatles Tribute Band
2024-12-05 19:00 - 23:00 | Brass Taps – University Centre, Ontario, Canada
Purchase your ticket to for the UC’s 50th Anniversary Celebration on Thursday, December 5 at 7 p.m. at the Brass Taps. There will be a live performance from the Liverpool 4 – a Beatles tribute band – which you won’t want to miss!
Doors open at 7 p.m.
Band goes on at 8 p.m.
Tickets are $10, and net revenue from ticket sales bill be donated to the United Way.

Inside the World of Art Appraisal: Stories from Bert Dorpmans and Lauren Ogilvie
2024-12-12 12:00 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Join the AGG Volunteer Association on Thursday, Dec. 12 at 12 p.m. at the Art Gallery of Guelph for an engaging talk with Bert Dorpmans and Lauren Ogilvie of McMaster Fine Art in Dundas. With over forty years of experience in the art appraisal business, Bert and Lauren will share captivating memoirs from their journey, including their experiences appraising million-dollar art and antique collections.
This fascinating discussion will provide unique insights into the world of art appraisal, making it a must-attend event for art lovers and enthusiasts alike. Don’t miss the chance to hear firsthand stories from two seasoned experts in the field!
No registration is required; all are welcome to join! Come ready to be inspired by their incredible experiences and expertise.

In Conversation with Susan Mogul
2025-01-07 18:30 - 19:30 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Join us for an engaging conversation with pioneering video artist Susan Mogul, who will discuss her 1997 video I Stare at You and Dream, featured in AGG’s exhibition Do You Remember Love, as well as her wider practice. Known for intertwining autobiography with documentary strategies, Mogul’s work often explores themes of family, relationships, and identity through a deeply personal lens.
Filmed in Mogul’s Highland Park neighborhood in Los Angeles, a predominantly working-class Latino area, I Stare at You and Dream follows the intersecting lives of four individuals: Mogul herself; her friend, Rosie Sanchez; Rosie’s teenage daughter, Alejandra (Alex) Sanchez; and Ray Aguilar, Mogul’s on-and-off boyfriend. The narrative is intimate, intertwining familial and romantic relationships to explore how personal history shapes the present, inviting us to consider questions of women’s identity, family dynamics, and the search for a sense of home.
Susan Mogul has been involved with video since the early 1970s, creating a foundational body of humorous and staunchly feminist performance videos before expanding into experimental narratives, including feature-length work. Her numerous accolades include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and an ITVS commission. Her work has been showcased internationally, with a survey of her videos held at the Austrian Film Museum in Vienna in 2024, and her first solo museum exhibition at the Zacheta National Gallery of Art in Warsaw in 2022. Other notable exhibitions include California Video at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles: Birth of an Art Capital at the Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Where Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts at the Kunsthaus Graz.
Mogul’s work has also been discussed in X-TRA (2020), where “A Feminist’s Survival Index” reviews her current work within the context of feminist art history. Her career and contributions are further explored in Women of Vision: Histories in Feminist Film and Video, where a chapter is devoted to her impactful legacy.
This program is co-presented with Ed Video Media Arts Centre with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the Government of Ontario.

Starting Vegetables from Seed (Virtual)
2025-01-07 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
An introduction to growing vegetables from seed. This course will cover topics such as, selecting the best types of seed, maturity dates, GMO seeds, hybrids vs heirlooms, starting early indoors, and planting direct in the garden.
The section on starting indoors will discuss different light systems, preventing leggy seedlings and how to harden off seedlings before putting them outside.
This is an ideal course for the first time vegetable gardener.
Fee: $10 (plus HST) per person.

SPSS Micro 1: Introduction
2025-01-09 15:30 - 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Are you looking for a statistics tune-up using SPSS? Come to the first workshop in our 11-part series to teach you the basics! In SPSS Micro 1: Introduction, you will download the SPSS software and learn about the interface.
Prior knowledge of SPSS is not required. Prior knowledge of statistics is not required. If you have no knowledge of SPSS or statistics, attending workshops #1 and #2 is highly recommended to orient you to these topics.
You do not need to attend every session If you miss a session or want additional support, you can check the SPSS LibGuide (written by the instructor).
NOTE: This workshop will be held online via Teams.
This workshop is open to U of G students, staff, and faculty. You MUST have a University of Guelph e-mail (ending in either @guelphhumber.ca or @uoguelph.ca) to register and participate in this workshop. An e-mail will be sent to all registered attendees the morning of the workshop, registration closes 6 hours before the workshop.

Starting the Research Adventure: Fundamentals of File Management
2025-01-14 12:00 - 12:50 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Start your adventure by learning how to organize and manage your research data. This session covers the essentials of file naming, folder structures, and data storage types, ensuring that your data is always easy to access and securely stored during the research process.
Designed for researchers starting a project, though open to all, this session will help you:

Understand the importance of creating a Data Management Plan (DMP)
Select appropriate file formats for your data
Establish effective file naming conventions and folder structures

The goal of this workshop is to equip researchers with knowledge and tools to manage their data effectively throughout the research process, reducing the risks of data loss or mismanagement.

Starting Plants from Seed (Virtual)
2025-01-14 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-01-21 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
This is a two-part course that will introduce you to the wonders of growing all kinds of different plants from seed and will draw on Robert Pavlis’ experience growing over 2,000 species of plants from seed.
Part 1: Fundamentals of Seed Germination
This first part will look at the basics of seed biology to really understand the development of a plant from seed. This knowledge will then be expanded to discuss important topics such as collecting your own seed and storing seed for future growth. We’ll have an in-depth look at seed dormancy and different ways of overcoming it.
We’ll then look at some specific examples like germinating petunias, peonies, jack-in-the-pulpits, and maple trees. These will provide insight into different types of seed germination processes.
Part 2: Practical Aspects of Seed Germination
Description: Now that you understand the fundamental basics it is time to look at the practical aspects of growing from seed. We’ll look at different techniques such as growing in pots, the baggy method and winter sowing. We’ll examine ways of dealing with very small and very large seed, and I’ll show you techniques for scarification and stratification, as well as some tricks for overcoming seed dormancy.
We’ll also look at essentials such as lighting, temperature, watering and hardening off seedlings.
At the end of this two-part course you will be able to germinate thousands of different seeds including both outdoor and indoor plants.
Fee: $20 (plus HST) per person.

SPSS Micro 2: Statistics
2025-01-16 15:30 - 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Are you looking for a statistics tune-up using SPSS? Come to the second workshop in our 11-part series to teach you the basics! In SPSS micro 2: Statistics, you will learn the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics.
Prior knowledge of SPSS is not required. Prior knowledge of statistics is not required. If you have no knowledge of SPSS or statistics, attending workshops #1 and #2 is highly recommended to orient you to these topics.
You do not need to attend every session, if you miss a session or want additional support, you can check the SPSS LibGuide (written by the instructor).
NOTE: This workshop will be held online via Teams.
This workshop is open to U of G students, staff, and faculty. You MUST have a University of Guelph e-mail (ending in either @guelphhumber.ca or @uoguelph.ca) to register and participate in this workshop. As an e-mail will be sent to all registered attendees the morning of the workshop, registration closes 6 hours before the workshop.

Virtual Cottage Birds Series
2025-01-20 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-22 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-27 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-01-29 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-03 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-05 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-10 12:00 - 13:00, 2025-02-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
While sitting on the dock, have you ever asked “Did that loon just attack that duck?” or “How can that Pileated Woodpecker peck such big holes without hurting its brain?” or “Which hawk is that flying overhead?” The answers to these and many other bird-related questions will be covered in this series of eight one-hour sessions on the birds you notice while visiting a cottage, hiking in a northern park or tenting at your favourite campsite. We will cover identification clues, behavior, nesting info, habitat, foraging techniques and more. Cottage projects and activities that help birds will also be a part of each session as well as a 10-15 minute discussion period for bird-related questions. All eight programs cost of $70 (plus tax) – that’s less than $10 per program!
Mondays and Wednesdays, January 20, 22, 27, 29, February 3, 5, 10, and 12, 2025, noon to 1 p.m.
Fee: $70.00 + H.S.T. This event will take place on Zoom. The list of topics with the presentation date is listed below. If you miss any of the programs, each one is recorded and the recording will be sent to you the next day. The recordings will be available for one month after the last program.

SPSS micro 3: Chi-square
2025-01-23 15:30 - 16:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Looking for a statistics tune-up using SPSS? Come to the third workshop in our 11-part series to teach you the basics! In SPSS micro 3: Chi-square, you will learn the data type required for the test, check the assumptions for the test, and conduct the test!
Prior knowledge of SPSS is not required. Prior knowledge of statistics is not required. If you have no knowledge of SPSS or statistics, attending workshops #1 and #2 is highly recommended to orient you to these topics.
You do not need to attend every session 🙂 if you miss a session or want additional support, you can check the SPSS LibGuide (written by the instructor).
NOTE: This workshop will be held online via Teams and is open to U of G students, staff, and faculty. To register and participate, you MUST have a University of Guelph email (ending in either @guelphhumber.ca or @uoguelph.ca). An email will be sent to all registered attendees the morning of the workshop, and registration closes 6 hours before the workshop.

My First Vegetable Garden (Virtual)
2025-01-29 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-12 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-02-19 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
This course is designed for the new gardener or the gardener that has only been growing vegetables for a couple of years. We’ll start at the very beginning, with ordering seeds and end with a detailed discussion of the 10 best vegetables for new gardeners. Focus is on hardiness zones 4 – 6.
We’ll cover the following topics:

Creating a new bed and different systems; in the ground, raised beds and growing in containers
Best soil selection and how to get it ready for the growing season
When to use seed vs transplants, and starting early indoors
Dealing with weeds and other gardening tricks
Watering, sun and fertilizer – keep them growing for a maximum yield
Harvesting and fall crops
Common vegetables myths

Robert is a Master Gardener and garden writer who publishes two popular gardening blogs and has published several gardening books. He owns and operates a private botanical garden where he grows over 3,000 different varieties of plants.
Fee: $40 (plus HST) per person. (This fee includes all 4 sessions.)

Introduction to Animal Tracking (in-person)
2025-02-07 09:00 - 16:00 | Arboretum, 250 Arboretum Road, Guelph, N1G 2W1
Have you ever wondered what made those marks in the snow? In this full day program we will be learning how to track animals. We will be studying the tracks and signs of Ontario mammals and other types of wildlife. By the end of the day you will learn to identify and interpret animal tracks by looking at track patterns and gait analysis. The workshop will also include an introduction to scat identification. There is an outdoor component that will have us looking for and following animal tracks and trails. Please dress in layers to be outdoors and wear comfortable, warm boots. Recommended: Bring a notebook and a measuring tape to help with track identification.
The Arboretum Mammal booklet is included in the registration fee.
Fee: $97 (plus HST) per person if you register by the early bird deadline of January 30, 2025. After January 30 the fee is $107 plus HST.

Virtual Propagating Plants from Cuttings
2025-02-26 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
Cuttings are a great way to propagate all kinds of plants including perennials, trees, shrubs and houseplants. This workshop will look at different ways to propagate cuttings and compare them to using seeds. Most of the time will be spent on techniques that use media other than water.
We’ll distinguish between softwood, semi-hardwood and hardwood cuttings. Have a look at different media and examine the role of rotting hormones, both commercial and DIY options.
The speaker will show you his simplified method that is great for gardeners since it requires no special equipment.
Fee: $10 (plus HST) per person.

Virtual Composting for Gardeners - Introduction to Composting
2025-03-04 19:00 - 20:00 | ONLINE, Ontario, Canada
An introduction to the composting process including the role of microbes, greens and browns, carbon to nitrogen ratios, moisture levels, the importance of temperature and a definition for finished compost. We’ll take a brief look at the pros and cons of various composting methods so that you can select the right workshop for you, in the following weeks.
Fee: $10 (plus HST) per person.
