Past Events

The College of Business and Economics Students' Association (CBESA) is hosting their first O-Week event! This is your chance to ask the EXPERTS! CBESA invites all first-year business students to our Annual College Lunch (formally known as the Annual Meet & Greet)! We want to give you a warm welcome during your first few days on campus as a Guelph Business student and introduce you to the College of Business and Economics. This event is open to first-year students only. Lunch is provided at no charge. No registration required.

Startup Weekend is a global grassroots movement of active and empowered entrepreneurs who are learning the basics of founding startups and launching successful ventures. It is the largest community of passionate entrepreneurs with over 1800 past events in 120 countries around the world in 2014.

  KPMG's Executive Look An Executive Look at your future. Discover your potential. Program: Executive Look Discipline: Students wishing to pursue a Canadian CPA designation (BComm/BBA preferred) Program Date: August 17th- 19th 2105 at noon, Toronto Ontario

Are you passionate about starting a career in Finance? Do you want to work for a Tier 1 global organization and join a Finance team that prides itself on being a solid strategic partner and advisor to the business?  PepsiCo offers endless possibilities to drive your career!

All alumni are welcome to join U of G Business and Economics alumni for this second annual networking event co-hosted by Dian Chaaban (B.Comm. '08) and Professor Chris McKenna at the Char No. 5 Whisky Bar in the Delta Hotel (75 Lower Simcoe St.) Toronto, starting at 6 pm. Enjoy an evening of mingling and networking and you don't have to like whisky or work on Bay Street! Registration now open.

Golf Tournament and Non-Golfers Relaxation Day Golfers: Registration & Breakfast: 7:00am Shotgun Start: 8:00am Team Scramble Format (fun for all skill levels) Indoor and Outdoor swimming pool, whirlpool, sauna, and fitness centre access included with golf registration Lunch following golf Non-Golfers: Indoor and outdoor swimming pool, whirlpool, sauna, and fitness centre available from 8:00 a.m. Limited number of 1-hour golf lessons with Golf Pro

The Food Institute has developed the Food and Agriculture Business Seminar to bring together a diverse group of current and emerging leadership in the industry to collectively examine trends and issues in today’s global marketplace. By working together in strategically dynamic groups, the participants will benefit from each other’s expertise as they critically examine real cases and interact with the executives of the featured businesses in a non-competitive environment.

Location - War Memorial Hall Convocation Details - http://www.uoguelph.ca/convocation/timing/#CBE

Former NHL player and child advocate, Sheldon Kennedy, will receive this year's Lincoln Alexander Outstanding Leader Award. The Lincoln Alexander Outstanding Leader Award recognizes a Canadian who has exhibited exemplary leadership within, and more importantly beyond, the boundaries of his or her profession. It is named after the award’s first recipient, the late Honourable Lincoln M. Alexander, former Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Guelph.

This workshop is by invitation only.  Please contact Kimberly Thomas-Francois at kthoma08@uoguelph.ca OR Tanya MacLaurin at tmaclaur@uoguelph.ca Innovative Best Practices to Foster Sustainable Tourism in Ontario’s Rural Communities