U of G News

Tour the Arboretum
2016-10-04 | Ontario
Take a guided tour of the beautiful Arboretum with Prof. Shelley Hunt, School of Environmental Sciences. Choose from two tours times: 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Tours start in front of Alumni House. All are welcome. No registration is required.
Location: Alumni House

IDS Speaker Event
2016-09-30 16:30 - 18:00 (America/Toronto) | Ontario
The International Development Studies (IDS) speaker series presents Charis Enns, doctoral fellow at the Balsillie School of International Affairs, who will discuss “Pipeline projects and rural politics in northern Kenya: Disassembling land as a resource for infrastructure investment.”
Location: Rozanski Hall, Room 102

States, State Formation and Why Conflict Resolution Fails
2016-09-30 11:30 - 13:00 | Ontario
This lecture is presented by Prof. Ian Spears, Political Science.
Location: MacKinnon Building, Room 226

Better Sleep Program
2016-09-29 19:30 - 20:30 | Ontario
Learn how to decrease insomnia, fall asleep (or back to sleep) more easily, and get more energy from sleep using proven, drug-free strategies. This five-session program meets Thursdays from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. The fee is $20 for U of G students, $25 for members of USW Local 4120 and $50 for all others.
Location: University Centre, Room 335

Thursday at Noon Concert Presents Pianist and Cellist Duo
2016-09-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Ontario
Canadian duo Heidi Wall, piano, and Miriam Stewart-Kroeker, cello, perform works by Debussy and Beethoven. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
Location: MacKinnon, Room 107

Animal Behaviour and Welfare Seminar
2016-09-29 | Ontario
Prof. Anita Tucker, Population Medicine, presents “The Place of Animals Within Indigenous Worldviews.” This talk is part of the Campbell Centre for the Study of Animal Welfare Seminar Series.
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: OVC Lifetime Learning Centre, Room 1715

Cardiovascular Research Day Conference
2016-09-29 | Ontario
Distinguished Scientist speakers are leaders in the field of cardiovascular research. This conference will include:
Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum, PhD
Director of Research Development, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Canada Research Chair in Molecular Cardiology
Professor, Physiology and Pathophysiology, Institute of CV Sciences, St. Boniface Centre
“Molecular Regulation of Cardiac Cell Death”
Dr. Zam Kassiri, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Centre, University of Alberta
AI-HS Scholar
“Diverse and Novel Functions of Disintegrin and Metalloproteinase-17 (ADAM17) in Different Types of Heart Disease”
Dr. Robert Gilmour, PhD
Vice-President Research and Graduate Studies, University of Prince Edward Island
“Cardiac Defibrillation: It’s Been a LEAP Year”
Dr. Kim Connelly, MBBS, PhD, FRACP
Scientist, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science
Director, Krembil Stem Cell Facility, St. Michael’s Hospital
University of Toronto Cardiovascular Research Network
“The Quest for Immortality: A Tale of Quantum MRI Physics, Stem Cells and the Heart”
A poster session will follow in the OVC Lifetime Learning Centre.
Time: 12:30 p.m.
Location: OVC Pathobiology AHL, Room 1810

Diet Dread? Try Ease Instead!
2016-09-28 12:15 - 12:45 | Ontario
Registered dietitian Alida Finnie is hosting a free event called “Eating for Wellness.” Learn mindful eating tips and say goodbye to dieting.
Location: John T. Powell Building, HPC Room 207

Initiatives in Global Justice Speaker Series
2016-09-28 12:00 - 13:15 | Ontario
Prof. Sharada Srinivasan, Canada Research Chair in Gender, Justice and Development, will discuss “Dynamics of Sex Selection Among Punjabis in Canada.” Everyone is welcome.
Location: MacKinnon Building, Room 230

P4E Career Fair 2016
2016-09-28 10:00 - 15:30 | Ontario
The P4E Career Fair will be held at RIM Park in Waterloo with more than 200 employers from a variety of sectors in attendance. Students and alumni from all academic programs are encouraged to attend. Free transportation is available to and from the event with a student or alumni ID card.
Date: Wednesday, September 28th
Time: 10 am – 3:30 pm
Location: University Centre (pick-up and drop-off)

PechaKucha Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture
2016-09-28 | Ontario
The landscape architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents the PechaKucha guest lecture. Landscape architects and designers will interpret, through 20 images, the topic of “Evolution Through Practice.”
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Landscape Architecture, Pit Lobby

Dial Down University Stress and Anxiety
2016-09-28 | Ontario
What are students’ most common anxiety escalators? Learn about these triggers, along with proven tips and strategies to decrease stress and anxiety in this free, one-hour workshop for university students provided by the Stress Management and High Performance Clinic.
Time: 5:30 p.m.
Location: University Centre, Room 335

Rebooting Canada's Voting System
2016-09-27 19:30 - 21:30 | Ontario
Jean-Pierre Kingsley, former chief electoral officer (1990-2007), will discuss electoral reform in Canada. This is an extraordinary opportunity to hear one of Canada’s most authoritative experts on electoral systems. If you are a skeptic about why we need change or what change could look like, this would be a good event to attend.
Location: War Memorial Hall

Relaxation and Stress Management Skills
2016-09-27 17:30 - 18:30 | Ontario
Learn to relax tight muscles, calm emotions, settle a busy brain, have more energy and perform better in a busy world.
This 12-session program meets from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on both Tuesdays and Thursdays for six weeks. The fee is $40 for U of G students, $60 for members of USW Local 4120 and $120 for everyone else.
Location: OVC Lifetime Learning Centre, Room 1708

Library Carnival Open House
2016-09-27 11:00 - 14:00 | Ontario
This student-focused event is intended to help students understand all the free services available to them at the library. Don’t miss the photo booth, games, food and swag.
Location: University Centre, main foyer

Cafe Philosophique Cancelled
2016-09-27 | Ontario

The Role of Restaurants in Society
2016-09-26 19:00 - 21:30 | Macdonald Stewart Hall, 42 Macdonald St, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
A free panel discussion will also be held at 7 p.m. Sept. 26 at PJ’s in the Atrium with four of the award winners of the annual Food Innovation Awards, representing restaurants from across Canada, and four U of G professors.
Profs. Lisa Duizer, Art Hill, Bruce McAdams and Statia Elliott will be on the panel, which will look at the role of restaurant in society and current food trends.
“For Guelph’s research community, it opens the door for them to delve deeper into their own fields on interest to ask questions that, perhaps, they had never even considered,” said Anita Stewart, U of Guelph food laureate.
Space is limited at the panel discussion. Please register at https://uoguelph.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0TiIf2caOob6soR
Location: PJ’s in the Atrium, Macdonald Stewart Hall

Arboretum Workshop: Fall Landscape Photography
2016-09-24 13:00 - 16:00 | Ontario
Capture the best of the season with your camera and explore working in both colour and black and white. The early bird fee is $55 before Sept. 15.
Location: Arboretum

Take the Stress Out of IBS
2016-09-23 12:00 - 13:00 | Ontario
Learn strategies to decrease symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) or a stressed stomach. This four-session program, offered by the Stress Management Clinic and the dietitian at Student Health Services, meets at noon on Fridays (Sept. 23 and 30, Oct. 14 and 21). The program fee is $10 for students and $40 for non-students.
Location: University Centre, Room 335

Tree Identification Workshop
2016-09-23 09:00 - 16:00 | Ontario
This program will help you identify trees in Ontario. The focus will be on learning important identification characteristics. Difficult groups such as the cherry, oak and walnut families as well as easier groups such as ash and maple will be explored. The afternoon will be spent outside identifying trees in the forest and young cultivated trees with their Eurasian counterparts in the Arboretum’s World of Trees collection. Bring your field guide and binoculars. The workshop will be led by Arboretum director Shelley Hunt. Early bird fee is $75. Registration deadline is Sept. 15.
Location: Arboretum Centre

Ontario Universities' Fair
2016-09-23 - 2016-09-25 | Ontario
Join the University of Guelph and 20 other Ontario universities at this three-day event at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Speak with representatives about programs, campus life, finances and anything else you can think of that will help you with choosing a university.
Time: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily

Philosophy Speaker Series
2016-09-23 | Ontario
Nic Bommarito, assistant professor of philosophy at SUNY in Buffalo, NY, presents a talk on “Understanding Evil.”
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Location: MacKinnon Building, Room 310

Lecture and Meetup on Open Agri-Food Data
2016-09-22 12:00 - 17:00 | Ontario
Nikos Manouselis, CEO Agroknow, presents “Towards a Global Data Ecosystem for Agriculture and Food,” introducing some key open data initiatives in agriculture and food. The talk will be followed by an agri-food data meetup from 1 to 5 p.m. that is open to the public.
This event is an introductory meeting for people interested in open policies and data on topics related to agriculture and food.
Register for the meetup and indicate if you would like to provide a presentation on your work.
For more information, contact Adam Campigotto at acampigo@uoguelph.ca.
Location: McLaughlin Library, Room 384

Thursday at Noon Concert Presents Dévah Quartet
2016-09-22 12:00 - 13:00 | Ontario
Ever wonder how a band develops its sound? Join a time-lapse concert by Dévah Quartet as they take the audience on a journey through their seven-year evolution from a classical quartet to the electric prog-rock quartet they are today. Admission is free and everyone is welcome.
Location: MacKinnon, Room 107

United Way Kick-off Barbecue
2016-09-22 11:30 - 13:00 | Ontario
It’s United Way season, and the campus community is invited to this year’s kick-off event in Branion Plaza.
This year marks the United Way’s 76th anniversary in Guelph, Wellington and Dufferin. We are looking forward to celebrating the advocacy, camaraderie and commitment that U of G students, staff and faculty bring to the annual campaign, supporting the needs of our local community.
Bring your entire team for lunch and live music and, of course, the announcement of the 2016 campaign goal by U of G president Franco Vaccarino and remarks from U of G’s United Way Campaign co-chairs.
Location: Branion Plaza

Growing Native Woody Plants From Seeds
2016-09-20 09:00 - 16:00 | Ontario
Learn how to grow your own native trees and shrubs. Characteristic seeds for the workshop will be collected while touring part of the Arboretum. We will show you techniques for cleaning, treating and sowing seeds, and how to protect them as seeds and young plants. A tour of the Arboretum’s native plant nursery will help you set up your own project. This workshop is led by Arboretum horticulturist Sean Fox. Early bird fee is $75. Registration deadline is Sept. 12.
Location: Arboretum Centre

In Conversation With Alexandre Trudeau and Madeleine Thien
2016-09-17 | War Memorial Hall, 390 Gordon Street, Guelph
The College of Arts and the Eden Mills Writers’ Festival are pleased to present “In Conversation With Alexandre Trudeau, author of Barbarian Lost: Travels in the New China, and Madeleine Thien, 2016 nominee for the Man Booker Prize and Giller Prize for Do Not Say We Have Nothing.”
Tickets are available in advance at The Bookshelf, on www.emwftix.ca or at the door starting at 12:15 p.m.
Time: 1 p.m.
Location: War Memorial Hall

Welcome Back Mixer for International Students
2016-09-16 19:30 - 21:00 | Ontario
Join the Office of Intercultural Affairs and the International Student Organization for our annual welcome back mixer for international students. Whether you’re a returning or a new student, this is your chance to meet other international students and relax before the semester gets busy. Test your skills in trivia and win some awesome prizes!
Location: University Centre, Grad Lounge, fifth floor (take north elevators)

Brexit and the Future of the EU
2016-09-16 11:30 - 13:00 | Ontario
This panel discussion will feature Prof. Paul Hamilton, Political Science, Brock University; Prof. Graeme Morton, History, University of Guelph; and Prof. Edward Koning, Political Science, University of Guelph. The moderator is Prof. Tamara Small, Political Science, University of Guelph.
Location: MacKinnon Building, Room 226

AGG Exhibition Opening Reception
2016-09-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
The Art Gallery of Guelph (AGG) presents three exhibitions: Mondes bricolés (Aug. 23 to Oct. 30); Blood, Sweat and Tears (Sept. 15 to Dec. 18); and Greg Denton: Hours (Sept. 15 to Dec. 18). The opening reception will take place Sept. 15 at 7 p.m. at AGG.
Location: Art Gallery of Guelph
