On November 11, the University of Guelph announced the launch of their new Trauma-Informed Care Training: Connecting with Compassion. This program will be the first of its kind, aimed at supporting student mental health and offered to UofG faculty and staff.
November 3 marks the beginning of Treaties Recognition Week, lasting until November 9. Across Canada, this week recognizes the importance of treaties and the necessity of education on treaty rights, relationships, and their continued relevance.
Kaitlyn Pothier and Kathryn Currie Reinders recently published a chapter in Canadian Settler Colonialism: Reliving the Past, Opening New Paths called “Complex Erasures: Re/Production of Disability Under Settler Colonialism.” The authors used their experience as Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC) graduate research assistants on a shadow report for the United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons of Disabilities (UNCRPD) to explore how colonial perspectives of disability do not account for Indigenous women, girls, or 2SLGBTQQIA people with disabilities.
Join us in-person on November 4, 2024, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., to welcome guest speaker Kirsten Van Houten. As co-editor with Alex Neve, Kirsten will be making the first public presentation of their recent book, Hand in Hand? Canada at the Human Rights and Peacebuilding Nexus. This book, developed with Canadian academics and civil society leaders, critically examines foreign policy and international relations, exploring the roles of state and non-state actors, advocacy, and domestic political, cultural, and social developments. Kirsten will lead us on a critical exploration of Canada’s foreign policy, international relations, and the transformative role of Indigenous nation-to-nation relationships.
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The University of Guelph’s Office of Diversity and Human Rights (DHR) has kicked off this year’s “Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Workshop Wednesday Training Series.” Each Wednesday from October 23 to November 27, DHR will be holding a training session tackling a subject related to equity, diversity, inclusion, anti-oppression, microaggressions, anti-bias, and more! Most are in-person in University Centre room 332, with the exception of October 30.
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From November 5th – 8th, 2024, the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS) will be hosting Research Week. This week celebrates interdisciplinary collaboration through research exchange, networking opportunities, and an overall strengthening of the research community. Over the course of three days, a series of researchers will present on a research topic of their choosing followed by a Q&A session with the audience.
After reading Robin Will Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass, Dr. Sara Stricker (Guelph Turfgrass Institute) was prompted to collaborate with Dr. Susan Chiblow (School of Environmental Sciences), Natasha Young (Indigenous Student Centre), and Elders Mary Lou and Dan Smoke. Stricker hoped to grow a garden of sweetgrass for the University of Guelph campus.
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On November 7, 2024, at 1:30-3:00p.m. ET on Zoom, the Canada Excellence Research Chair (CERC) in Health Equity and Community Wellbeing at Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) will be hosting a lecture series. Speakers Dr. Ravi Malhotra and Emily Ruppel, Ph.D., will dive into the topic of Disability Accommodation in the Workplace.
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Sharon Findlay is a Project Manager at the University of Guelph’s Live Work Well Research Centre (LWWRC), providing leadership, strategic planning, and oversight for major long-term SSHRC- and WAGE-funded grant projects. Her research at the University of Guelph for her BA and MA in European Studies centred around connecting people and their stories; her work looked at migration, oral history, individual and collective memory and the concept of home, with a particular interest in the representations of narratives through art and performance. Since 2015, Sharon has co-developed Italian Heritage Projects in collaboration with the Italian Studies program at the University of Guelph to collect and curate stores of Italian immigrants to Canada. In addition, she is also the project developer for a SSHRC-funded oral history Italian Heritage Project initiative at the University of Waterloo 2023-24. Sharon consults as a freelance grant writer and project developer in the heritage and arts sectors. When not at work, Sharon can be found hiking with her daughter and dog, biking, exploring areas of natural beauty, and spending quality time with friends and loved ones.
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September 23rd marked the beginning of Truth and Reconciliation Week at the University of Guelph and across Canada. This week is a time to honour the lost children and survivors of residential schools, and recognize the ongoing effects of colonization on First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
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