Upcoming Events

Essential to effective leadership is understanding that conflict is a natural part of working with others; different people have different ideas, values, beliefs and viewpoints. All leaders will inevitably need to deal with a conflict between two or more people. Avoidance or ineffective conflict management can lead to low morale and energy and can potentially impact the health of employees and the organization; skillful conflict management encourages people to express and work through their differences, challenge ideas respectfully and promote a dynamic environment that is collaborative,...

This session has been rescheduled from February 12th to April 14th. This workshop's foundation is Prosci’s Leading Your Team Through Change Workshop. This workshop aims to create transformational experiences that empower individuals to succeed in change. Team Leaders will learn through a series of activities how to prepare themselves for change and how to lead their team through change by embodying each of Prosci’s CLARC roles. Each CLARC role impacts one or more elements in the ADKAR model, helping to move impacted employees from a current state through a...

For many, our home represents our most significant asset. Mortgage products exist to unlock that value to help with renovations, purchasing investment properties, buying a vacation property, or many other priorities. Cancellation Policy Please cancel no later than 2 days in advance to ensure we can give your spot to someone on the waiting list. Presenter Advisors from RBC and their community partners Event Registration Register through Qualtrics! Registration...

Course Outline Creating and Configuring a New Site Create a New Site Configure the Look and Feel of Your Site Adding and Configuring Libraries Configure a Document Library Configure Document Versioning and Check Out Configure a Content Approval Process Adding and Configuring Lists Add and Configure an Announcements List Add and Configure a Tasks List Create, Configure, and Integrate Contacts and Calendars Creating Custom Lists and...

This session will explore how to engage critically in anti-oppression and anti-racism and provide frameworks for engaging in equitable and inclusive decision-making at the University. Anti-oppressive leadership involves both critical and practical examinations of individual, interpersonal, systemic, and cultural barriers to full participation for equity-deserving groups. Applying an anti-oppressive lens to our work is essential to cultivating an inclusive campus where every individual experiences a sense of belonging. Learning Objectives: Gain a broader awareness of...

This session has been rescheduled from February 5th, 2025 to April 30th, 2025. This workshop's foundation is Prosci's Employee (Staff) Orientation to Change Workshop. The workshop creates transformational experiences that empower individuals to succeed in Change. The workshop focuses on staff members who are experiencing change. It is most effective when employees impacted by the same change attend the program together. At the end of this one-day experience, participants will be able to: Understand the states of change. ...

NEW Days is the kick-off to the NEW @ the U program at the University of Guelph. One day at the beginning of each month of the year (excluding January, April, July, August, and December) has been dedicated to welcoming and connecting new employees to the University environment and giving them a positive start. Various activities and representatives from across campus will share perspectives and important information that will introduce the new employee to the university culture, history, facilities, and various services. Links to required online training elements from A.O.D.A. (...

This workshop will go through best practices on creating accessible documents in Word, PowerPoint and looking at converting them to accessible PDFs. During the workshop you'll be given files to remediate as you go through the topics and software. Bring your own laptop to the event. Max # of participants: 18 Instructor Aleshia Armstrong, Digital Accessibility, Analyst II, Digital Accessibility Resource Centre (DARC) Event Registration ...

This workshop's foundation is Prosci’s Delivering Project Results Workshop. It uses participants' active projects to help project managers and change practitioners find a common language for successfully integrating change. This results-oriented workshop examines your project's intent, objectives, scope, workstreams, milestones, deliverables, and timelines to help project managers and teams adapt to change and understand its benefits. At the end of this one-day experience, participants will be able to: Define change management. Lay the foundation...

Developed by the Mental Health Commission Canada, this 1-day certification course focuses on the four most common mental health disorders including substance-related, mood-related, anxiety and trauma-related, and psychotic disorders. Course Objectives Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the support provided to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis. Course participants will learn how to: Recognize signs that a person may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health...