Past Events

Indigenous Initiatives presents: Métis professor and architect Dr. David Fortin will discuss an emerging positionality in design away from human-centred thinking and instead towards the enhancement of all life. Framed as an evolution from earlier emphases in architecture focused on Critical Regionalism, or the emphasis on design informed by geography, Critical Relationalism instead asks what relationality means in design and how this can guide intentions when approaching the design process.

We welcome Dr. Rosalind Murray as a speaker for our SES Seminar series. Dr. Murray will talk about "Mating system evolution and female ornamentation in the dance flies (Diptera: Empididae)". Dr. Rosalind Murray is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Biology at the University of Toronto Mississauga. 

We welcome Dr. Joey Bernhardt as a speaker for our SES Seminar series. Dr. Bernhardt will talk about "Towards a mechanistic science of global change: from cells to ecosystems and human well-being". Dr. Joey Bernhardt is an Assistant Professor with the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of Guelph. 

  We welcome our own Dr. Adam Gillespie. Dr. Gillespie will talk about "Soil organic matter stability – insights from analytical pyrolysis". Dr. Adam Gillespie is an Associate Professor with the School of Environmental Sciences at the University of Guelph. 

The SES Department Seminar Series, is pleased to host Dr. Nagissa Mahmoudi on March 8th, 2024 for a talk entitled "Picky eaters:  exploring the selective diet of marine microorganisms in past and present oceans". 

The Morwich G360 Groundwater Research Institute in collaboration with the School of Environmental Sciences is pleased to host Dr. Matthew (Matt) W. Becker for the 2024 Darcy Lecture on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, 2pm - 3pm, Richards Building Room 3504.  Dr. Becker's will deliver a talk titled "How Groundwater Impacts the People and Ecosystems of the South Pacific Islands".

The SES Department Seminar Series is please to host Dr. Catherine Febria on February 8th, 2024 for a talk entitled "One informs the other: Advancing freshwater stewardship, species at risk conservation and more through ethical and equitable research partnerships in the Great Lakes Basin".   

Our SES Artist in Residency program invites you to join a workshop with Amanda White. Join multidisciplinary artist Amanda White for a workshop hosted at the Plant Agriculture Facilities at the University of Guelph. Participants will explore image-making techniques related to plants and food systems. Participants will explore anthotype printing, an image making technique using flower or plant extracts, as well as soil imaging techniques. Participants can bring a small soil sample, further instructions will be provided.

Cole Swanson workshop information The Arts of Attention: An Interdisciplinary Walking Tour Our SES Artist in Residency program invites you to join a workshop/interdisciplinary walking tour by multispecies artist and scholar Cole Swanson.

We welcome our own Dr. Jackie Goordial for the last seminar of this winter semester. Dr. Goordial will talk about "Left out in the cold: the microbial ecology of cryphilic life".