Upcoming Events

This session has been rescheduled from February 5th, 2025 to April 30th, 2025. This workshop's foundation is Prosci's Employee (Staff) Orientation to Change Workshop. The workshop creates transformational experiences that empower individuals to succeed in Change. The workshop focuses on staff members who are experiencing change. It is most effective when employees impacted by the same change attend the program together. At the end of this one-day experience, participants will be able to: Understand the states of change. ...

NEW Days is designed to welcome and connect new employees to the University environment and give them a positive start. Various activities and representatives from across campus will share perspectives and important information that will introduce the new employee to the university culture, history, facilities, and various services. Links to required online training elements from A.O.D.A. (Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act), DHR (Diversity and Human Rights), Online Security and EHS (Environmental Health and Safety) will be provided. The program is targeted...

This workshop will go through best practices on creating accessible documents in Word, PowerPoint and looking at converting them to accessible PDFs. During the workshop you'll be given files to remediate as you go through the topics and software. Bring your own laptop to the event. Max # of participants: 18 Instructor Aleshia Armstrong, Digital Accessibility, Analyst II, Digital Accessibility Resource Centre (DARC) Event Registration ...

In today’s fast-paced world, stress is unavoidable—but how we respond to it can make all the difference. Cultivating Calm and Clarity is a two-part, evidence-based workshop series designed to help participants better understand their stress responses and learn practical strategies for navigating stress with greater awareness. Grounded in psychology and neuroscience, this interactive series explores the “why” behind stress and introduces tools to help regulate it through thoughts, emotions, and actions. By the end of the series, participants will: ...

This workshop's foundation is Prosci’s Delivering Project Results Workshop. It uses participants' active projects to help project managers and change practitioners find a common language for successfully integrating change. This results-oriented workshop examines your project's intent, objectives, scope, workstreams, milestones, deliverables, and timelines to help project managers and teams adapt to change and understand its benefits. At the end of this one-day experience, participants will be able to: Define change management. Lay the foundation...

Developed by the Mental Health Commission Canada, this 1-day certification course focuses on the four most common mental health disorders including substance-related, mood-related, anxiety and trauma-related, and psychotic disorders. Course Objectives Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the support provided to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis. Course participants will learn how to: Recognize signs that a person may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health...

A budget is important at every life stage: what’s in a budget, how to budget, best practices and troubleshooting, and how inflation can impact your budget. Cancellation Policy Please cancel no later than 2 days in advance to ensure we can give your spot to someone on the waiting list. Presenter Advisors from RBC and their community partners Event Registration Register through Qualtrics! Registration closes 2 working days prior to the session. Contact...

This is a two part workshop being held on May 27 & 28, 2025, 9:30 am - 11:30 am. Registration will enroll you for both dates. Is it who or whom‚ That or which? Do your verbs agree with your subjects? To learn more about grammar and usage as well as tips for precise, effective editing, sign up for this 2-part online session. Discuss how to avoid common errors, how to communicate more clearly, and how to polish your writing. Cancellation Policy Please cancel no later than 2 days in advance to ensure we can give your spot to someone on the...

This session has been cancelled due to low registration. NEW Days is the kick-off to the NEW @ the U program at the University of Guelph. One day at the beginning of each month of the year (excluding January, April, July, August, and December) has been dedicated to welcoming and connecting new employees to the University environment and giving them a positive start. Various activities and representatives from across campus will share perspectives and important information that will introduce the new employee to the university culture, history, facilities,...

Building Leadership Effectiveness is a 2 day program running, June 5 & 6th, 2025 from 9 am - 4 pm. Introduction Building Leadership Effectiveness (BLE) encourages leaders to develop practices that transform values into action, vision into realities, obstacles into innovations, and risks into rewards. Participants will be introduced to the five practices of exemplary leadership: modeling the way, inspiring a shared vision, challenging the process, enabling others to act, and encouraging the heart. Target Audience This is the right...