Past Events

Oaktree 6 is working with CESI and the Ideas Congress (ICON) course to facilitate exciting collaborations between bright young students and community partners with on-the-ground knowledge and experience of important issues in our community. Community partners from local Guelph-Wellington non-profit/charitable organizations are invited to the Launch Event for Oaktree 6 taking place on Thursday, March 26th from 11:30am-1:00pm in Quebec Street Mall.

*Please note that this session has been cancelled.* Presented by Mike Whyte and Blair Hodgson, Wellington, Dufferin-Guelph Public Health From data to story, learn to turn numbers into compelling visuals and impactful design. Explore the figures and formats most appropriate to share your data and get step-by-step direction on visualizing your messages.

This webinar hosted by Community-Based Research Canada will discuss how university research centres can support collaborative research into the needs and knowledge of youth transitioning from child to adult services.

Experiential learning presents unique opportunities and challenges for students. The experiences of students with disabilities reveals a complex relationship between ability and engagement across various forms of experiential learning.

Women on the Bridge Guelph is inspired by the International "Join Me on the Bridge" campaign, which started in 2010 when women from Rwanda and The Democratic Republic of the Congo joined together on the bridge connecting their two countries (who were on opposing sides of war) to show that they could build the bridges of peace and hope for the future. This action sparked a massive global movement that aims to stand with women affected by war to give them strength and promote global peace.

In honour of International Women's Day, the Research Facility for Women's Health and Wellbeing of the UofG's Psychology Department is hosting a free two-day conference where interdisciplinary researchers from across Ontario will present their work on women's issues. On Friday, March 6th, a keynote address will be presented by Dr. Paulina Garcia-Del Moral (Sociology and Anthropology), and there will be a spoken word performance. On Saturday, March 7th, a keynote address will be presented by Raechelle Devereaux (Guelph Community Health Centre), and there will be a feminist art sale.

The Improve Life Challenge: Hack the Farm is a one-day immersive experience where interdisciplinary student teams work together with community partners to tackle real problems and come up with possible solutions. At the end of the day, teams present their solutions in a pitch-style competition.

Getting your stakeholders into the room is important, but you also need to know what to do with them! Build a checklist of event planning essentials and discuss best practices in group facilitation. This session is offered as part of the ‘Skills for Research Impact’ workshop series. Please register for the session here. Find more information on the workshop series here.

Come learn about open educational practices (OEP) and how they support knowledge mobilization. OEP is premised on the philosophy that teaching and learning processes are most valuable when done publicly and visibly by drawing on open technologies and openly licensed resources. Folks using OEP allow their stakeholders (whether students, community members, or researchers) to contribute their voices to the larger conversation, ultimately fostering more meaningful relationships in the community or classroom.

"In Remembrance of Me" is a mixed media art installation that documents the history of the Guelph Black Heritage Society and the renovation and transformation of Heritage Hall. This art show was curated and produced by University of Guelph students as part of a Community Engaged Teaching and Learning partnership that CESI supported between the Guelph Black Heritage Society and the Faculty of Arts.