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November 25 signifies International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and marks the start of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) campaign.

November 13 marks the beginning of Transgender Awareness Week, which will run until November 19 and culminate on November 20 for Transgender Day of Remembrance. This week is an opportunity for advocates to raise awareness about the transgender community through events, education, and spirit.  

On November 6th, the College of Social and Applied Human Sciences (CSAHS) hosted a lecture series focusing on International Research as part of their 2024 Research Week. Live Work Well Research Centre Director, Dr. Deborah Stienstra, joined virtually to give a lecture on her experience with conducting international research through the Endangering Engendering Disability-Inclusive Development-Genre, handicap et développement inclusif (EDID-GHDI) partnership.  

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.

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.  

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.