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ONLINE: Skills for Research Impact workshop – Stakeholder Engagement
Engaging your audiences meaningfully is a critical aspect of an effective knowledge mobilization strategy. Reflect on how to connect with relevant stakeholders and support knowledge exchange throughout your research process to achieve your impact goals. By the end of this Skills for Research Impact workshop, participants will be able to: Identify a range of key
ONLINE: Thriving in Action – Making Connections at University
Want to do better and be better as a student? The Thriving in Action workshop series will help you move from languishing to flourishing throughout your time in university. Learn new strategies in managing your time and studying effectively. Build skills in motivation, optimism and resilience. In each workshop, you will learn both wellness and
ONLINE: Dial Down Academic Stress and Anxiety
Learn about the most common anxiety escalators (including a couple of surprising ones), along with practical, proven tips and strategies that you can use to decrease stress and anxiety this semester. Begin drafting your personal Anxiety Action Plan in this free, one-hour workshop for university students meeting online from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. with Kathy
ONLINE: Skills for Research Impact workshop – Planning for Research Impact
Skills for Research Impact is a workshop series for University of Guelph faculty, research staff and graduate students interested in enhancing the impact of their research. Participants will learn how to successfully plan, execute and evaluate knowledge mobilization activities. Join us online this fall for one or multiple sessions! The series begins on Jan. 18
ONLINE: Public Presentation for Vice-Provost and Chief Academic Officer, University of Guelph-Humber
ImprovLab Guelph, Ontario, CanadaAcademic Officer, University of Guelph-Humber has been established as follows: Candidate #1: Monday, December 6, 2021 – 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. – WebEx Meeting Link Candidate #2: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 – 9 a.m. to 10 a.m. – WebEx Meeting Link Meetings will be scheduled with the University of Guelph-Humber Program Heads, University of
ONLINE: Thriving in Action – Connections
Join us for Thriving in Action, 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
ONLINE: Virtual Bird ID with Chris Earley
ImprovLab Guelph, Ontario, CanadaBirding has become an even more popular hobby since more people are home and enjoying nature. Why not take it to the next level? Join Chris Earley, Arboretum Interpretive Biologist and author of five bird field guides, for a series of eight virtual noon-hour lectures on eight different bird groups. ID techniques, field marks, shapes,
ONLINE: Interactive Event: Tales from the InfoSec Team
Part of the 2021 Cyber Security Awareness Roadshow, this interactive event provides examples of cyber security incidents that have impacted students at U of G. Find out what went down and hear from the experts about how you should handle it if it ever happened to you! Download the calendar entry for this event: Interactive
ONLINE: CEPS Graduate Student Research Day
The College of Engineering and Physical Science’s Graduate Student Research Day is a CV-building and learning opportunity for masters and PhD students across CEPS’s academic units. It is a chance for students, faculty, staff, alumni and industry partners to learn about new research being done by our graduate students, which could have exciting applications. This
ONLINE: Strategies for Increasing Rigour in Community Engaged Teaching and Learning
One of the many challenges of community engaged teaching and learning is ensuring rigour while training students in both applying research methods and the principles of community engaged scholarship. At this event, Dr. Jeji Varghese will outline both qualitative research design and pedagogical strategies tried over the years, mainly in teaching a large 12-week long
ONLINE: Landscape Architecture Guest Lecture – “Works by GROSS.MAX”
The Landscape Architecture program in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development presents a guest lecture entitled "Works by GROSS.MAX", by Eelco Hooftman. Eelco is a notable international landscape architect and co-founder of GROSS.MAX in Scotland. This award-winning firm pushes the boundary in a new generation of contemporary landscape architecture. All are welcome to
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Data Skills: Introduction to Text Analysis – Counting and Context
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
ONLINE: Celebrate International Day of Yoga with U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective
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
ONLINE: Alumni and Reunion Week 2021
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!
ONLINE: Book Panel Discussion – “Continuity and Change in 21st Century India”
Organised around a series of key questions about India’s economy, politics and society, John Harriss, Craig Jeffrey and Trent Brown’s new book explores the changes that have taken place in India since the election of the BJP governments led by Narendra Modi in 2014, in a longer historical context. Speakers/Authors: John Harriss, Professor Emeritus, Simon
ONLINE: Thriving in Action – Mindfulness and the Present Moment
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
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Data Skills: Introduction to Text Analysis – Counting and Context
Are you interested in uncovering patterns across vast amounts of textual information? This workshop will introduce distant reading techniques that address word count and location. Attendees will get hands-on experience
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Brain Food Live: Paraphrasing and Summarizing
This live, online workshop will provide strategies for avoiding plagiarism, paraphrasing sentences and short passages, and summarizing longer passages. Come to learn more about writing techniques for your thesis or
ONLINE: Library Workshop – Data Skills: GIS 2 – Intermediate
Join us for Data Skills: GIS 2 - Intermediate. This workshop is designed to support the development of your GIS skills using ArcGIS. ArcGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS);
ONLINE: Brain Food Live – Outlining Your Thesis
This live, online workshop will provide tools and templates to help you explore strategies for outlining your thesis, dissertation, or any large research project. Join us to learn more about