SCS Events & Webinars
Our webinars and in-person events support job seekers, career changers, and workforce planners with timely insights into today’s evolving employment landscape. Led by industry experts and academic leaders, these sessions explore skills-based hiring, emerging career pathways, and the growing role of micro-credentials in validating in-demand skills. Whether you're navigating a career transition or building future talent strategies, our webinars offer practical tools and forward-thinking perspectives to help you thrive in a skills-focused economy.
Upcoming Webinars
Speaker Series | Quality Engineering: Opportunities Across Industries and The Hidden Advantage
Format: Online Webinar
Speaker: Dr. Hussien Hegab, Assistant Professor, College of Engineering, University of Guelph
Topic: Quality Engineering - Opportunities across Industries
Date & Time: Wednesday, August 5 | Noon to 1 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Length: 60 minutes
Join Dr. Hussien Hegab, assistant professor in the College of Engineering at the University of Guelph, for this lunch-and-learn webinar.
Discover the growing field of quality engineering and its critical role in regulated and quality-driven environments. Discover how quality engineering supports product design, manufacturing excellence, risk management, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement across a wide range of industries.
During this session, we will explore the following questions:
- What is quality engineering?
- What are the benefits of quality engineering in the workplace?
- How is quality engineering applicable across a variety of workplace environments and industries?
This webinar is ideal for engineers working in design, manufacturing, process improvement, and risk management, as well as quality professionals in regulated or quality-critical industries who are looking to expand their expertise.
Dr. Hegab is an Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Guelph and a registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario. He specializes in sustainable manufacturing, advanced manufacturing processes, and industrial process optimization. With more than 15 years of academic and industry experience, he has held positions at the United Arab Emirates University, the National Research Council Canada’s Aerospace Manufacturing Technologies Centre, and Canadian Nuclear Laboratories.
He earned a PhD from Ontario Tech University and BSc and MSc degrees from Cairo University. His research portfolio includes 72 journal articles, 18 conference papers, one book chapter, and approximately $450,000 CAD in research funding.
As a member of the Guelph Manufacturing Institute, Dr. Hegab’s work focuses on process monitoring, data-driven sensing, sustainable machining, additive manufacturing, and sustainability assessment. His industry collaborations have reduced manufacturing waste by up to 25%, improved equipment reliability, and enhanced operational efficiency through data-driven optimization and lean principles.
Speaker Series | A Farmer’s Nightmare, a One Health Opportunity: Breaking Silos and Building Connections
Format: Online Webinar
Speaker: Dr. Carrie McMullen
Topic: One Health
Date & Time: Wednesday, August 12 | Noon to 1 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Length: 60 minutes
Equity, balance, stewardship, and transdisciplinarity lie at the heart of One Health. By recognizing the interconnectedness of people, animals, and ecosystems, One Health provides a framework for addressing complex challenges through collaboration across sectors, disciplines, and communities.
While often associated with health-related fields, the principles of One Health can be applied across a wide range of careers and industries. Whether you work with humans, animals, the environment, or at the intersection of these, One Health offers valuable tools for building partnerships, creating new understanding, and fostering sustainable change. This webinar will explore how the One Health approach can be used across sectors to help break down silos, connect diverse perspectives, and build or strengthen collaborations.
During this session, we will explore:
- What is One Health?
- What are the core competencies of a One Health ‘practitioner’?
- What might One Health look like in careers focused on humans, animals, the environment, or a mixture of all three?
- How can collaboration across disciplines lead to more impactful solutions?
Dr. Carrie McMullen (she/her) is a Postdoctoral Scholar in Population Medicine and One Health at the University of Guelph, where she specializes in evaluating One Health interventions in both community and higher education settings. Currently, she is assessing an educational program in Nyamagabe District, Rwanda, that aims to improve the lives of women and girls through lessons on zoonotic, waterborne, and foodborne diseases and gender-transformative principles.
Using both qualitative and quantitative research methods, Dr. McMullen is passionate about working directly with individuals and communities, and about learning from people with lived and living experience through collaborative discussions. She deeply understands the value of challenging assumptions and integrating diverse perspectives as a path toward better addressing complex health challenges.
As a fifth-generation member of a farming family from Southwestern Ontario, Dr. McMullen brings a practical understanding of One Health that has shaped her intention that research, project, and program outcomes are developed in partnership with the communities they are intended to serve.
Speaker Series | Why Growing Organizations Struggle to Build Great Teams
Format: Online Webinar
Speaker: Dr. Cris Bravo
Topic: People Management
Date & Time: Wednesday, September 2 | Noon to 1 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Length: 60 minutes
Growing a business brings exciting opportunities, but it can also create new challenges in building and managing a strong team. As organizations expand, entrepreneurs and small business leaders may encounter issues with communication, employee engagement, role clarity, workplace culture, and team performance. These challenges can be especially difficult to address without a dedicated HR department.
This webinar will explore common people-management challenges faced by growing organizations and offer practical strategies that can be implemented within teams without dedicated HR support. Participants will gain useful insights to strengthen teamwork, improve communication, support employee development, and build a positive and productive workplace culture.
Dr. Cris Bravo is the John F. Wood Chair in Entrepreneurship and Assistant Professor in the Department of Management at the Gordon S. Lang School of Business and Economics, University of Guelph. He teaches entrepreneurship, organizational behaviour, and responsible management.
Before joining academia, he founded and led two startups and worked with entrepreneurs, family businesses, and organizations across multiple industries. His research focuses on entrepreneurship, family businesses, and leadership, with an emphasis on helping organizations build the capabilities needed for long-term success.
Dr. Cris Bravo designed the HR for Entrepreneurship and Small Business course for the University of Guelph's School of Continuing Studies, bringing together research and practical experience to help entrepreneurs build strong organizations and lead effective teams.
Past Event Recaps & Recordings
In case you missed some of our past events, we have archived the recaps and recordings for your convenience.
