U of G News

Registration deadline: WSET Level 2 Award in Wines & Spirits
2017-09-01 | Ontario
The Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET) Level 2 Award in Wines & Spirits will teach you about the key grape varieties grown around the world, tasting techniques, the different styles of wine produced and the production of spirits and liqueurs.
Please register early.
This course takes place Monday evenings from September 25 to November 27 in PJ’s Restaurant.

Graduate Student University Teaching Conference
2017-08-31 08:15 - 15:30 (America/Toronto) | Science Complex, 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
The Graduate Student University Teaching Conference (GSUTC) provides an opportunity for all graduate students to develop teaching and learning skills and to network with peers while meeting and learning from faculty members. The conference is offered at no cost to all graduate students on campus.

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-08-30 19:00 - 20:30 | Ontario
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is Surfing the Web.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

Conversation with Matthew Moore
2017-08-30 18:30 - 19:30 | Art Gallery of Guelph, 358 Gordon Street, Guelph, Canada
Matthew Moore is a multimedia artist, fourth-generation farmer and food activist based in Phoenix, Arizona. Encompassing video, installation, public art, and architecture, his community-engaged practice addresses issues related to land, agriculture and sustainability.

M.Sc. Defence Notice - Sharon Abner
2017-08-25 14:00 | MacNaughton Building, 482 Gordon Street
M.Sc. candidate Sharon Abner will defend her thesis, “The interaction of solid water with methyl-terminated self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols containing odd and even numbers of carbon atoms,” on August 25 in Room 222, MacNaughton Building.

M.Sc. Defence Notice - Melissa Ignacio
2017-08-24 13:30 - 14:30 | Science Complex, 488 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Melissa Ignacio, an M.Sc. candidate, will defend her thesis on “Molecular Composition, Solid State Structure and Properties of Industrial Waxes and Peptide Inclusion Materials.” All are welcome to attend.
Room 1504 – Summerlee Science Complex

Celebration of Life of Founding CBS Dean
2017-08-24 13:00 - 14:00 | Arboretum Centre, 250 Arboretum Rd, Guelph, N1G 2W1, Canada
A celebration of life of Prof. Keith Ronald, founding dean of the College of Biological Science, will be held on his birthday, Aug. 24, at 1 p.m. at the Arboretum, University of Guelph. All are welcome.

Writing Tune-up
2017-08-22 - 2017-08-23 | McLaughlin Library, 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Writing Tune-up is a two-day workshop that focuses on grammar. This workshop is open to everyone – undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, and community members.
If you’re looking to refresh your knowledge of the foundations of grammar to improve your writing, this workshop is for you! We’ll focus on topics like sentence structure, parts of speech, sentence fragments, punctuation and more!
Room 370 – McLaughlin Library

Annual Trial Garden Open House
2017-08-18 12:00 - 2017-08-19 15:00 | Guelph Turfgrass Institute, 328 Victoria Rd. S., Guelph, ON, Canada
The annual open house for the Guelph Trial Garden will take place this Friday (noon – 8 p.m.) and Saturday (9 a.m. – 3 p.m.) on the grounds of the Guelph Turfgrass Institute (328 Victoria Rd. S.) in Guelph.
Come out and get a preview of what new annual and perennial flowers that may be on offer at garden centres for 2018. Vote on your favourites and help influence that outcome. Free parking and admission.

Harnessing Analytics Symposium
2017-08-18 11:00 - 14:30 | Cutten Fields, 190 College Avenue East, Guelph, ontario, Canada
This symposium will explore how marketers can create effective campaigns and new product offerings for their customers by leveraging data and using analytics. Attendees will hear presentations from three University of Guelph researchers with expertise in marketing analytics and consumer insight.

Final Oral Examination for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of Jocelyn L. Smith
2017-08-16 13:00 - 14:00 | Crop Science Building
Jocelyn L. Smith a PhD candidate in the Department of Plant Agriculture, will defend her thesis on “Management of western bean cutworm Striacosta albicosta (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) and mycotoxins in Ontario maize.” All are welcome to attend.

Building Canada Lecture - Horse Power: Building Canada on the backs of horses
2017-08-09 19:00 - 21:00 | Ontario
To celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial and Guelph’s 190th anniversary, Guelph Museums launches a unique lecture series to reflect on our collective history and the theme of nation building.
Building Canada Lectures, presented in partnership with the University of Guelph, is set for 7 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month at the Guelph Civic Museum.
On August 9, Professor Jeff Thomason presents Horse Power: Building Canada on the backs of horses.
Professor Thomason has taught at the Ontario Veterinary College since 1992. He literally knows horses inside and out since he teaches their anatomy to first-year veterinary students and researches on the biomechanics of their elegant yet powerful locomotion which is the attributes that made them the perfect engines for driving Canada’s rise as a nation.

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-08-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Ontario
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the Arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is Animal Locomotion.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

DVSc. Final Examination: Dr. Nicole Compo
2017-08-03 09:30 - 22:30 | OVC Pathobiology AHL, 419 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
THESIS TITLE: “Characterization of the Fecal Bacterial Microbiota of Commercial Mink” – Dr. Nicole Compo
Rooms 1810 and 4838 – OVC Pathobiology AHL

Final Oral Examination for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of Julian Heath
2017-07-27 09:00 - 10:00 | Ontario
Julian Heath, a PhD candidate in the Department of Plant Agriculture, will defend his thesis on “Evaluation of flea beetle (Phyllotreta spp.) resistance in spring-type and winter-type canola (Brassica napus)”. All are welcome to attend.
Room 156 – Crop Science Building

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-07-26 19:00 - 20:30 | J.C. Taylor Nature Interpretive Centre
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the Arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is I’m lichen it.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

M.Sc. Thesis Defence: Sarah Hirschfeld
2017-07-20 09:00 - 10:00 | Crop Science Building
Sarah Hirschfeld, an M.Sc. candidate in the Department of Plant Agriculture, will defend her thesis on “Characterizing Plant Communities on Canadian Permaculture Farms” All are welcome to attend.
Room 156 – Crop Science Building

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-07-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Ontario
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the Arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is Living things we Love to Hate.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

M.Sc. Thesis Defence: Dana Robson
2017-07-18 13:00 - 14:00 | Crop Science Building
Dana Robson, an M.Sc. candidate in the Department of Plant Agriculture, will defend her thesis on “Characterization of the Non-Darkening Gene in a Cranberry Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Background.” All are welcome to attend.
Room 156 – Crop Science Building

Final Oral Examination for the Degree of Master of Science of Ahmed Salama
2017-07-17 10:00 - 11:00 | Alexander Hall
Ahmed Salama, an M.Sc. candidate in the Department of Plant Agriculture, will defend his thesis on “In Vitro Propagation and Cryopreservation of Golden Paintbrush (Castilleja levisecta Greenm.) ” All are welcome to attend.
Alexander Hall – Room 265

Building Canada Lecture Series Presents Making Sense of Our Nation
2017-07-12 19:00 - 21:00 | Ontario
History and economics professor Kris Inwood presents “Making Sense of Our Nation: Using the Census and Historical Data to Explain Who We Are and How We Live.
Location: Guelph Civic Museum

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-07-12 19:00 - 20:30 | J.C. Taylor Nature Interpretive Centre
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the Arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is Milkweed… it’s not just for Monarchs.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

Arboretum Wednesday Night Walk
2017-07-05 19:00 - 20:30 | J.C. Taylor Nature Interpretive Centre
Join us for our weekly summer walk in the Arboretum. Cost is $2 per person with children under five free. This week’s topic is Leave the Log.
Contact arbor@uoguelph.ca.

What Can We Do About Depression?
2017-06-28 18:30 - 20:30 | Ontario
A free health talk in Guelph for patients, families, staff and community members.
Prof. Francesco Leri, Psychology, will be joined by McMaster University professor Benicio Frey and Debbie Bodkin, member of the Waterloo Regional Police Service, to discuss depression and mental health.
Leri will discuss basic science/pre-clinical research, as well as translation and reverse translation approaches employed to understand the neurobiology of depression.
Where: The Italian Canadian Club, 135 Ferguson St., Guelph, ON
Day and Time: June 28, 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Reserve your free seat at depressiontalk.eventbrite.ca.

SummerFest on the Green
2017-06-25 11:00 - 16:00 | Ontario
As part of our Canada 150 celebrations, we’re inviting the entire Guelph community to join us for a party on Johnston Green on Sunday, June 25. We’ll have live music, food trucks, a beer garden and lots of fun stuff to do. Admission is free. Check out uofgsummerfest.ca for details. We hope to see you there!
Location: Johnston Green

Guelph Chemistry Presents Distinguished Alumni Lecture
2017-06-22 15:00 - 16:30 | Ontario
Carl Decicco, senior vice-president and head of discovery at Bristol-Myers Squibb, presents “Innovation in Drug Discovery and Promising New Medicines.” For more information, contact Dan Penfold at dpenfold@uoguelph.ca.
Location: Summerlee Science Complex Atrium

39th Annual Sexuality Conference
2017-06-22 - 2017-06-23 | Rozanski Hall, 98 Trent Lane, Guelph, Ontario, N1G 2W1
The University of Guelph hosts the 39th annual Guelph Sexuality Conference, Canada’s largest and longest-running sexual health forum, June 22 to 23.
The conference brings together several hundred researchers, health-care workers, therapists, students, social workers and other health professionals from across North America.
This year’s conference theme is “Pain.”

GRADuate on Time
2017-06-21 09:00 - 12:00 | Ontario
GRADuate on Time is a half-day workshop for graduate students designed to meet the specific time management challenges that graduate students face.
In this workshop, you will learn concrete strategies to manage your time, graduate on schedule, balance conflicting priorities and manage procrastination. Please register in advance.
Location: McLaughlin Library

Celebrate Canada's Garden Day
2017-06-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Ontario
Celebrate national Garden Days in Guelph with free garden tours of the Arboretum’s World of Trees, Riverside Park’s floral clock and the Conservatory Gardens at the University of Guelph.
Learn about the special plantings for Canada’s 150th birthday.
Complimentary parking and shuttle service are available at the Arboretum and Riverside Park. To reserve space on the shuttle, please register at bit.ly/GardenDays2017UG.
Location: Arboretum Information Booth
