Guelph Cultural Arts Festival

The Guelph Cultural Arts Festival is a one-day event that fosters and showcases creative writing, music, theatre, performance, and other cultural arts within the Guelph community. It is also a provocation to start more active and dynamic arts collaborations in the City of Guelph. Created through the collaborative efforts of University of Guelph students, faculty, local businesses, arts organizations, and the City, it aims to truly reflect the richness and diversity of the arts community as well as to encourage dialogue between these sectors.

Events, held at downtown venues, include workshops, live performances, round table discussions, music, and opportunities for networking between artists, interested community members, and academics. Click on the Schedule tab for a detailed description of all festival events.

The entire festival is free and open to the public, which is made possible through the generous support of many organizations. See the Organizers and Partners tab for more details.

• Guelph Cultural Arts Festival 2012

  March 10, 2012

  Welcome to the Guelph Cultural Arts Festival registration website. You can click on the links below to find out more about this free one-day arts festival, or use the tabs above to navigate the site.

  Overview will tell you a little more about the festival as a whole.

  Program will give you an outline of the day at-a-glance.

  Conference Schedule will provide you with detailed descriptions of all festival events, including the free morning arts workshops.

  Registration will let you sign up for the workshop of your choosing, or for the evening open stage. 

  Organizers and Partners will introduce you to our organizing committee and many collaborators and sources of support.

The Writer's Workshop

This annual event features writers from across the University of Guelph who join us to share their experience and advice about writing. The sessions provide hands-on, practical tips and instruction related to a wide variety of writing projects and tasks. From writing scientific articles to penning fictional stories to managing your online profile, this conference has lots to offer both budding and experienced writers.

• The Writer's Workshop 2012

  February 23, 2012 – February 24, 2012

  For anyone who has a draft in a dusty corner, for anyone who has something to write but is having trouble getting started, for anyone who wants to add a voice to the social media universe, this two-day event is a great opportunity to discover or rediscover the joy and possibilities of writing.

  Learn from award-winning fiction writers, playwrights, magazine writers, scientists, and university communicators. Featured presenters include Sandra Sabatini, Sky Gilbert, Kira Vermond, T. Ryan Gregory, Kilby Smith-McGregor, and lots more!

  Hosted by the University of Guelph Library and Writing Services.

  Conference fees:

  UG Staff, Faculty, Student - FREE

  Community member:

  1-Session Pass $30

  2-Session Pass $50

  3-Session Pass $80

  Full Pass (4 Sessions) $100

  To register, please create an account (this includes UG users)

  
  

Disability and Work: Toward Re-conceptualizing the 'Burden' of Disability

Over the years conceptualizations of the health-disease continuum and its relationship to disability have frequently led to conclusions that equate disease and disability.

The ultimate goal of this one day conference is to examine, and identify conditions needed to change or least augment world views that see disability as a burden.

• Disability and Work: Toward Re-conceptualizing the 'Burden' of Disability 2011

  October 25, 2011

  Over the years conceptualizations of the health-disease continuum and its relationship to disability have frequently led to conclusions that equate disease and disability.

  The ultimate goal of this one day conference is to examine, and identify conditions needed to change or least augment world views that see disability as a burden.

  
  

Indigenous Research and Learning Network Conference

This conference will launch the Indigenous Research and Learning Network at the University of Guelph. Researchers involved in work either with or for indigenous communities, as well as researchers who study issues that these communities face, are welcome to attend. This includes professors, graduate students, research associates, and local research partners.

• Indigenous Research and Learning Network Conference

  September 23, 2011

  Please join us for the launching of the University of Guelph's Indigenous Research and Learning Network.

  Friday September 23, 2001 
  9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

  We encourage you to invite your local research partners and graduate students if applicable.

  For more information, please contact Lindsay Morris lmorri07@uoguelph.ca

Fourth International Shaw Society Conference

THE INTERNATIONAL SHAW SOCIETY IN COLLABORATION  WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH AND THE SHAW FESTIVAL

Papers presented at this conference will address Shaw's broad international interests as expressed in his novels, plays, prefaces, speeches, and travels; productions of Shaw's plays in a variety of languages and countries; "boundary-free" internet Shaw; and "copyright-free" Shaw (in Canada since 2000, and in most other countries from 2020).

The conference schedule will include a visit to the renowned Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, to see the Festival's fiftieth anniversary productions of at least two Shaw plays.

A major exhibit of materials from the extensive Shaw collections in the University of Guelph's Archival and Special Collections will be mounted for the conference.

It is anticipated that conference participants will come from many parts of the world. Some financial support will be available to assist  with travel costs.

• Fourth International Shaw Society Conference - 2011

  July 25, 2011 – July 29, 2011

  THE INTERNATIONAL SHAW SOCIETY IN COLLABORATION  WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH AND THE SHAW FESTIVAL

  Call for Papers | Submit a Paper | Conference Registration

  Papers (for twenty minute talks) may be on a wide range of topics and written from any critical perspective, but those who choose to speak on the conference topic should address Bernard Shaw’s broad international interests as expressed in his novels, plays, prefaces, speeches, and travels; productions of Shaw’s plays in different countries and languages; ‘‘boundary-free’’ internet Shaw; and ‘‘copyright-free’’ Shaw (in Canada since 2000, and in most other countries from 2020). 

  The conference schedule will include a visit to the renowned Shaw Festival in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, to see the Festival's fiftieth anniversary productions of at least two Shaw plays.
  
  A major exhibit of materials from the extensive Shaw collections in the University of Guelph's Archival and Special Collections will be mounted for the conference.
  
  It is anticipated that conference participants will come from many parts of the world. Some financial support will be available to assist  with travel costs.

Improvisation, Community and Social Practice

Improvisation, Community and Social Practice (ICASP) is a collaborative research initiative out of the University of Guelph in partnership with McGill University and the University of British Columbia, focusing on the role of musical improvisation.

• Summer Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation 2010

  August 29, 2010 – September 12, 2010

CU Expo

CU Expo 2011 will showcase the exemplars in Community-University partnerships worldwide, and explore and introduce creative ways of strengthening our local communities. Complex social issues require global perspectives to inform local action. Community-University partnerships can be an effective way to stimulate innovative solutions for the pressing concerns within our communities. The potential for such solutions is maximized when diverse partners come together to re-imagine the relationship between the academy and the community, and in the process create new possibilities.

• CU Expo 2011

  May 10, 2011 – May 14, 2011

  CU Expo 2011 is a Canadian-led Conference designed to showcase the exemplars in Community-University partnerships worldwide, and together to introduce creative ways of strengthening our local communities.

  It will be a unique experience in which local and international representatives of NGOs, foundations, students and university faculty will have the opportunity to enjoy conversation and together explore the importance of community-university partnerships. CU Expo 2011 is being hosted by the communities of Waterloo Region.

  We hope you’ll be able to join us!