Past Events

The Derry Lecture is sponsored by Douglas and Margaret Derry and it recognizes the interdisciplinary spirit that animates the First Year Seminar program. This year the lecturer is Janet Bannister, a technology innovator who created Kijiji (and took it global). Janet has provided leadership for a number of internationally known companies and is now a General Partner in a venture capital firm where she looks for new ideas and helps to nurture them. A former Canadian triathlon champion, understands dedication and determination; she is inspirational and insightful.  

Ecologicol Justice: an interdisciplinary talk series at the University of Guelph- Our final talk for the fall semester, featuring: Madhur Anand, Professor and University Research Chair in Sustainablility Science, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, " Ecological Justice and the case of the bistable forest-grassland mosaics of Brazil and old-growth forests of Northern Ontario "  Date - Wednesday December 2, 2015 in Mackinnon 317 from 12:00 - 1:30 PM 

This month all Students, Staff, and Faculty are welcome to share their favourite international dishes with us Wednesday, November 25th at noon in the Bovey Greenhouse Cafe. It could be a main dish, a side, a dessert... anything you'd like! If you don't know any international recipes but would still like to bring something go right ahead.  For a small donation you can also come out and enjoy all of the food. All donations will be going to United Way. 

There will be a classroom training session for the new WHMIS requirements if you have not completed the online training. It will be held in GRHM3301 (Murray Room) on Tuesday, November 24 from 9-12.  All staff, faculty and students are welcome to attend. Please RSVP if you will be attending.

Presentation Time: 10:00a.m. Presenter: Tara Celetti Presentation Title: Developing standardized semi-field methods to assess risk of pesticide exposure on Bombus impatiens Cresson ******************************* Presentation Time: 10:35a.m. Presenter: John Drummelsmith Presentation Title: Impacts of cover crops and residue removal on soil health and biodiversity ******************************* Presentation Time: 11:10a.m. Presenter: Zack Debruyn

Interested members of the graduate faculty are welcome to attend.

Everyone is welcome to attend Dr. Jon Warland's public presentation "Opportunities and Challenges Facing the School of Environmental Sciences in the Next Five Years" on Monday, November 23 from 9-10am in Rozanski Hall, Room 106. 

Join us this Friday for our SES Fall Seminar Series Speaker Dr. Bill Dean, from the Department of Plant Agriculture at the University of Guelph. When: November 20 from 3:30-4:30pm  Where: Alex 218

Our Associate Director, Emmanuelle Arnaud, is looking for feedback on the current graduate course offerings.  The following meeting has been set up for graduate students:  Thursday Nov 19  (GRHM3301-Murray Rm) 1:00pm-2:00pm If you can come and share your views at one of these meetings, it would be greatly appreciated!  

The University of Guelph Engineering Alumni Association has organized for a provincial expert in geothermal engineering to speak about the future of geothermal technologies at an evening seminar next Thursday, November 19, 6:30-8:00p.m., occurring at SOE. Anyone planning on attending is asked to use this link to RSVP: https://www.uoguelph.ca/alumni/events/EAA_Geothermal.cfm. All are welcome!!