Past Events

Join us at this one-day conference as The Centre for Scottish Studies hosts its annual Fall Colloquium on Saturday, October 5.  This year's theme is "Representing the Scottish Past in Film, Text, and Media." Registration begins at 9:00 AM. 

Come hear about new ways of tackling art theft through the combination of advanced technology and close international cooperation!  Dr Susan Douglas is an international lecturer who teaches Cultural Heritage and Art Crimes, 21st-Century Museums, and Digital Art History in the School of Fine Art and Music. All are welcome, Admission is free.

This year, the Gryphons Read book is Eden Robinson’s Son of a Trickster published by Penguin Random House Canada.  On October 1st and 2nd, 2019, Robinson will visit the University of Guelph to meet with groups of students and give a public talk and reading as the third featured writer for Gryphons Read. She will also visit the University of Guelph Humber Creative Writing MFA students on October 3rd in Toronto.

Showcasing research and lessons learned from the Summer Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation.  This presentation features participants from IICSI's Summer Institute held in Percé, Quebic in August 2019. Click here to see the poster. Free and Open to the public!

Abstract: This paper relates cases of socially displaced and distorted agency —i.e., agency exercised in conditions of oppression— to Christine Korsgaard’s constitutivist Authorship view of agency. In light of a potential problem that these cases pose to Korsgaard’s view, I suggest a way to amend it in an interactionist and socially situated key. I do so by incorporating G.E.M.

Looking to add value to your degree? You can do that by adding a Minor and/or by completing a Certificate/Diploma! Come learn about what Minors/other secondary areas of study are available to you from the people in the departments that offer them! 

Network with hundreds of employers at the largest career fair of its kind in the country. Learn about career opportunities, get free transportation to and from the fair, and admission is free and unrestricted to students and alumni with valid student/alumni ID.

Guidebook and resume blitz on campus! Need a resume update before the Fair? Get a five minute resume critique from one of our qualified peer helpers. Drop by the University Centre to get your Employer Guidebook. No registration required! Be sure to bring a hard copy of your resume.