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Town hall for 2023 KTT-mobilization funding call

Read more about the KTT Funding Program and call for proposals. A town hall information session will be held on Wednesday, November 8, 2023, from 11 a.m. to noon. Registration not required. Click here to join the meeting.
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Skills for Research Impact: Clear Language Writing

Hone your clear communications skills! Get tips on how to structure and write clear language summaries of your research for dissemination to lay audiences. Join Kim Garwood, Research and Editorial Specialist, Stiletto Consulting for this session. At the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
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Skills for Research Impact: Community Engagement

Actively engaging your audiences in your research process is one of the most effective ways to increase the uptake and impact of your research. But how does that work? Join Lindsay Thompson, Manager, Community Engaged Scholarship Institute for this session. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:
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Skills for Research Impact: Planning for Research Impact

Knowledge mobilization 101! Become familiar with knowledge mobilization plans and conceptualize strategies adapted to your goals and audiences. Join Valerie Hruska, Knowledge Mobilization and Communications Coordinator in U of G's Research Innovation Office, for this session. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Beef Pasture Field Day

Pasture Tour from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.  Arrive at 4:30 p.m. for a pizza meal and mingling. Meet new and familiar faculty, researchers, OMAFRA extension staff, and growers. See pasture research tracking: Grazing fall cover crop mixtures; using rising plate meters to measure forage yield; N fertility on pastures; tracking of greenhouse gas emissions; and more. Have extra time? Come early and join Soils @ Guelph at 2 p.m. for light refreshments followed by a cover crop plot tour at 2:30 p.m.

Cover Crop Field Day

Plot tour from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. Arrive at 2 p.m. for light refreshments and conversation. Have extra time? Stay for 4:30 p.m. pizza and join the Beef@Guelph pasture tour at 5:30 p.m. This event is an OSCIA-recognized Knowledge Sharing Event (KSE) for farmers with On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF) projects in the Nitrogen Management or Cover Cropping category.
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Reimagine your research: Learn how to use photography to tell your research story

  Calling all researchers: students, staff and faculty! Hone your photography skills in this free workshop at the University of Guelph Arboretum. Participants will explore: How to see and frame compositions to create interest in their images How to use light, focus, and exposure to their advantage How to get the most out of their camera   Please note that this session was rescheduled from June 26.
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Reimagine your research: Learn how to use photography to tell your research story (workshop #2)

Calling all researchers: students, staff and faculty! Hone your photography skills in this free workshop at the University of Guelph Arboretum. Participants will explore: How to see and frame compositions to create interest in their images How to use light, focus, and exposure to their advantage How to get the most out of their "camera"

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