Past Events

Lunch Seminar by Ryan Briggs, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science and Guelph Institute of Development Studies

The seminar will highlight how Cuba's Local Agricultural Innovation Program evolved to emphasize women's participation, enabling gender equity to be meaningfully integrated into agricultural development and food security efforts. The speakers will present a short documentary and share insights from their IDRC-funded project, which is being done in collaboration with Cuban partners. About the speakers:

Karina Gould has been the Member of Parliament for Burlington since 2015, and served as the Minister for International Development from 2019 to 2021. Drawing from her training and experience, Karina Gould will reflect on the current situation and future of international development. The talk will also consider implications for careers in the field.                         MP Karina Gould

Fostering Societal Growth: Exploring How Inclusion Drives the Development Agenda In 2025, Barbados enacted the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, which came just three months after the government introduced a seven-year policy aimed at addressing the needs of persons with disabilities. As contemporary development faces social, economic, political, and environmental challenges, it is essential for any society striving to achieve its goals to vigorously promote the inclusion of all its members.

Lunch seminar by Carmen Ho Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Guelph Institute of Development Studies

A roundtable discussion with Elizabeth Agnew, 5th year BA (Honours) student in International Development Studies Nathan Smith, 3rd year BA (Honours) student in Criminal Justice and Public Policy with a minor in Political Science Nora Ziai, 2nd BA (Honours) student in International Development Studies, with a minor in Geography Moderated by: Andrea Paras, Associate Professor of Political Science, Director, GIDS

Restless Earth - Money, digital technology and political entropy around the world.  What Will Be the Language of Our Digital Future? What will be the measure of our digital lives? Without online diversity, only a handful of people will dictate the fate of the world. thenation.com 2021

Theories of Water - Using Michi Saagiig Nishnaabe consciousness to dismantle the present moment.  What does it mean to listen to water? What does it mean to believe in water? Challenging systems of colonialism through work that is deeply connected with the land.

The Guelph Institute of Development Studies invites students to join Vikas Swarup, U of G's Global Thought Leader in Residence, for an informal dialogue. Mr. Swarup is the former Indian High Commissioner to Canada and a best-selling author. Coffee, tea and goodies will be served! RSVP to ids@uoguelph.ca by October 2.

Call for Abstracts For over two decades, graduate and upper-year undergraduate students have proudly represented the University of Guelph in its annual ENGAGE student conference. Celebrating the diversity of vitality of student research, the ENGAGE conference offers students a chance to present their research and network with other students and come together and ENGAGE with peers over critical issues and social debates.