Events
Note: These events are in an archived issue of At Guelph and may no longer be applicable.
Arboretum
Naturalist Zoe Fitzgerald leads owl prowls Feb. 2 and 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Cost is $12 for adults or $30 for a family of four. Deadline for registration and payment is Jan. 19. Call Ext. 52358.
“Growing Perennials From Seed” is the focus of a workshop led by Arboretum gardener Lenore Ross Feb. 15 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost is $40. Registration is recommended by Feb. 1.
The Theatre in the Trees dinner-theatre production of Broken Up by Nick Hall opens Feb. 3 and runs Saturdays until April 28. Tickets are $59. For details, call Ext. 54110.
Concerts
The Creative Improvisation Festival sponsored by the School of Fine Art and Music, the Guelph Jazz Festival and NUMUS wraps up Jan. 17 with a concert featuring William Parker on bass, U of G's musical ensembles and local high school students. It begins at 7 p.m. at the George Luscombe Theatre. Admission is free.
The School of Fine Art and Music's Thursday noon-hour concert series kicks off for the winter semester with violist Henry Janzen and pianist Alison MacNeil presenting “Relationships: A Viola Recital With Observations” Jan. 25. On Feb. 1, pianist Dominic Florence performs keyboard music by Bach. Concerts are held in MacKinnon 107.
Greg and the Boys will stage a fundraising concert Feb. 2 in support of the Canadian Crime Victim Foundation and the Guelph-Wellington Association for Community Living. It begins at 8 p.m. at War Memorial Hall. Tickets are $15 general, $10 for students.
Conference
The 26th annual Guelph Organic Conference runs Jan. 25 to 28 on campus, featuring more than 30 workshops, seminars and expert panels. This year's theme is “Next Generation Organics.” The conference will also include a public forum called “What Will the Next Generation of Organics Be Like?” Jan. 26 at 7 p.m. Admission to the forum is $10. In addition, the Organic Expo Canada Sampling Fair runs Jan. 27 from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and Jan. 28 from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the University Centre. The fair is open and free to the public. For more information, visit www.guelphorganicconf.ca.
Film
U of G's annual international film series, “Beyond Hollywood,” presents “Shakespeare Italiano” Jan. 28, featuring silent versions of The Merchant of Venice and King Lear directed by Gerolamo Lo Savio and The Taming of the Shrew by Franco Zeffirelli. The films begin at 7 p.m. in McLaughlin 384.
Lectures
Margaret Catley-Carlson, former president of the Canadian International Development Agency and former deputy executive director of UNICEF, will give U of G's second annual Winegard Visiting Lectureship in International Development Jan. 17 at 7 p.m. in OVC 1714. She will discuss “The New World of Water.”
The Centre for Studies in Leadership launches a “Leadership in the Arts” speaker series Jan. 29 at noon in OVC 1714. The inaugural speaker is Antoni Cimolino, general director of the Stratford Festival, who will discuss Shakespeare and finding true value.
Notices
The Women of Colour Collective hosts a discussion group for women of colour Wednesdays from 3 to 5 p.m. at the C.J. Munford Centre in MacKinnon 054. For information, send e-mail to wocc@uoguelph.ca.
Jan. 26 is the deadline to apply for Guelph's winter 2008 India semester. For information, contact Craig Wallace in the Centre for International Programs at wallacec@uoguelph.ca or Prof. Gauri Mittal, Engineering, at gmittal@uoguelph.ca.
The Stress Management and High Performance Clinic is offering classes in relaxation and stress management skills training beginning Jan. 30. Classes run Tuesdays and Thursdays for 12 sessions, with three times available: at noon and 8 p.m. in UC 335 and at 5:30 p.m. in OVC 1691. The clinic is also offering a better sleep program beginning Jan. 19. It runs for five sessions, meeting at 12:30 p.m. in UC 441. For information, leave a message at Ext. 52662 or visit www.uoguelph.ca/~ksomers.
“Student Vets for Global Pets,” a fundraiser for student veterinarians volunteering in Africa and Asia this summer, will be held Jan. 17 at the Bullring. It's an open-mic night with a 50/50 draw and an art sale. Sign-up starts at 7:30 p.m. Donations will be accepted at the door.
The Environmental Science Symposium is hosting a band night Jan. 19 at 9 p.m. at the Grad Lounge (admission is $5) and a Yuk Yuk's stand-up comedy night Feb. 1 at 7 p.m. at War Memorial Hall (cost is $10).
The U of G/OMAFRA research program invites submissions for new research proposals from faculty and college researchers for the resources management and environment program. Proposals must address program goals approved by OMAFRA and must be submitted in a specific format by Feb. 5. For information, visit www.uoguelph.ca/research/omafra/index.shtml (click on “Call for Proposals, Forms & Procedures”) or call the Office of Research at 519-826-3809.
Seminars
The Department of Computing and Information Science's winter seminar series begins Jan. 17 with John Morton of SHARCNET at 4:30 p.m. in Reynolds 219. The series continues Jan. 29 with Jim Bezdek of the University of West Florida explaining “Visual Assessment of Clustering Tendency” at 1:15 p.m. in science complex 1511 and Jan. 31 with Jim Keller of the University of Missouri-Columbia explaining “Sensing Technology in Eldercare” at 9 a.m. in science complex 1511.
The Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology's distinguished seminar series presents medical professor Kevin Kain of the Toronto General Research Institute discussing “Malaria, Man and Eight Million Years of Co-Evolution: We Must Be Doing Something Right?” Jan. 17. On Jan. 31, the topic is “Global Analysis of Kinase and Phosphatase Action in Peroxisome Biogenesis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae” with Richard Rachubinski of the University of Alberta. The seminars begin at 3:30 p.m. in OVC 1714.
“Inherent Population Heterogeneity in Bacteria: Interpreting Cell Surface Physicochemistry and Adhesive Properties” is the focus of post-doctoral researcher Anton Korenevsky of the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology in the Centre for Food and Soft Materials Science seminar series Jan. 18. On Jan. 25, Richard Epand of McMaster University examines “Biological Roles of Lipid Movements Within and Be- tween Membranes.” The seminars are at 2:30 p.m. in science complex 2315.
Next up in the microbiology graduate student seminar series is John Rak exploring “Oncolytic Viruses for Cancer Therapy” Jan. 19. On Jan. 26, Jacqueline Pierce considers “Potential Regulation of Nuclear tRNA Export in S. cerevisiae by the TOR Signalling Pathway.” The seminars are at 12:30 p.m. in Animal Science and Nutrition 156.
John Fitzpatrick of McMaster University discusses “When the Man Is Keeping You Down: Male Reproductive Suppression in a Co-operative Fish” Jan. 19 in the Department of Integrative Biology's “Loaves and Fishes” seminar series. “Live Gene Banking and Supportive Breeding of Declining Populations of Atlantic Salmon in the Maritimes” is the topic of Patrick O'Reilly of the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Nova Scotia Jan. 26. On Feb. 2, Prof. Jim Ballantyne presents “Death, Where Is Thy Stingray? Silly Things I Have Done in the Interest of Science.” The talks are at 12:30 p.m. in Axelrod 168.
The plant biology group in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology is hosting a seminar series on the work of 14 plant-related research groups. Discussion will focus on “Plant Metabolism” Jan. 22 with Prof. Ian Tetlow and CBS dean Mike Emes and on “Plant Cell Biology and Programmed Cell Death” Jan. 28 with Prof. John Greenwood. Talks begin at 3:30 p.m. in Axelrod 337.
“Three Art Mysteries — The Use of Mathematics in the Analysis of Anamorphic Art” is the focus of Prof. Jim Hunt in the Department of Physics seminar series Jan. 23. On Jan. 30, Russell Thompson of the University of Waterloo presents “Predicting the Structures of Self- Assembling Nanocomposites.” The seminars begin at 4 p.m. in science complex 1511.
The Department of Integrative Biology presents Dan Bolnick of the University of Texas explaining “Diversifying Effects of Intraspecific Competition” Jan. 30 at 3:30 p.m. in Axelrod 265A.
Teaching Support
Teaching Support Services is offering a new seminar series this semester for instructors who use WebCT in their teaching. Each session focuses on a specific WebCT tool, providing tips and techniques for its use. Sessions begin Jan. 18 and run every two weeks throughout the semester. Details and registration are available at www.tss.uoguelph.ca. If you have questions, call Richard Gorrie at Ext. 53731. WebCT drop-in clinics will continue to run Wednesdays from 1 to 4 p.m. in McLaughlin 200A.
TSS is offering three hands-on Photoshop workshops for instructors this semester, with sessions to focus on optimizing images Jan. 24, layers Feb. 28 and masks March 28. Register at www.tss.uoguelph.ca and call Doug Schaefer at Ext. 52983 if you have questions.
TSS and the provost's office are hosting a social event for new faculty Jan. 29 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Grad Lounge on UC Level 5.
Thesis Defence
The final examination of Jeanine Boulter-Bitzer, a PhD canadidate in the Department of Environmental Biology, is Jan. 30 at 9 a.m. in Graham Hall 3301. The thesis is “Single-Chain Variable-Fragment Antibodies Produced by Phage Display Against S16 and P23 Glycoproteins of Cryptosporidium parvum.” The advisers are Profs. Hung Lee and Jack Trevors.
Community Events
Jan. 31 is the deadline to submit nominations for the Guelph YMCA-YWCA's Women of Distinction Awards. For details and nomination forms, visit www.guelphy.org.
Third-Age Learning-Guelph's winter lecture series focuses on religion in society in the morning sessions and human impact on the environment in the afternoon. Lectures run Wednesdays at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. at the Arboretum Centre. For information or tickets, call 519-836-644. A lecture schedule is available online at www.thirdagelearningguelph.ca.
The Guelph Civic Museum hosts Robbie Burns Day Jan. 21 from 1 to 4:30 p.m. The afternoon features displays and demonstrations as well as Scottish food, music and dancing.
The Guelph Concert Band, conducted by Henry Janzen, welcomes woodwind, brass and percussion players to inquire about joining. Rehearsals are held Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Guelph Youth Music Centre. For more information, send e-mail to info@guelphconcertband.org or visit the website www.guelphconcertband.org.
The Federation of University Women/Guelph holds its general meeting Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrew's Church. Guest speaker is LCBO product consultant and wine connoisseur Lidia Fitspatrick.
The Waterloo-Wellington Wildflower Society meets Jan. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at the Evergreen Seniors Centre. This month's topic is “Native Plant Seed Collecting, Storage and Germination.”
The Guelph Arts Council is selling tickets for its annual fundraiser, Fête Romantique. Grand prize is a gourmet dinner for six in a heritage home. The draw will be held Feb. 1. For more information, visit www.guelphartscouncil.org or call 519-836-3280.
“Eat, Drink and Be Merry,” the Edward Johnson Music Foundation's 12th annual wine gala and auction, runs Feb. 3 at 6 p.m. at the River Run Centre. For ticket information, call 519-763-3000.
The Elora Festival Singers present “Music of Tudor England” Jan. 21 at St. John's Church in Elora. A soup lunch begins at 1:30 p.m., followed by a pre-concert lecture at 2:30 p.m. and the concert at 3 p.m. For ticket information, call 519-846-0331 or visit www.guelphartscouncil.org.