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ARTS ISSUE TABLE OF CONTENTS NEWS Famed Guelph Museum featured in memoir

U of G students come together to support seniors dealing with pandemic isolation

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U of G’s international study programs to make a comeback in 2022

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A historical recollection of Toronto’s affordable housing project

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Nasby’s memoir recounts how the art collection became what it is today. CREDIT: JUDITH NASBY

Famed Guelph Museum featured in memoir Judith Nasby’s book on the Art Gallery of Guelph recounts its transformational history ELENI KOPSAFTIS

espite ending her 45year career at the Art Gallery of Guelph (AGG) in 2013, Judith Nasby’s dedication to the University of Guelph’s vast collection of art didn’t stop at retirement. As the gallery’s founding director and art curator, she recounted the AGG’s history and featured its famed works in a novel. Formerly the Macdonald Stewart Art Centre, the AGG was originally located on the main floor of the MacKinnon Building at U of G. During that time, 150 Canadian artworks within the university’s collection were displayed on brick walls and illu-

minated with clip-on spotlights. Now, the gallery lives on the corner of Gordon St. and College Ave. with an astounding 9,000 works to its name and what Nasby calls Canada’s “best sculpture garden at a public gallery.” Nasby’s book, titled The Making of a Museum, a Memoir, is an account of the gallery through images, history, and even humorous anecdotes. It all started in 1916, Nasby told The Ontarion, when the founding colleges of Ontario began purchasing art for their respective collections. Since the U of G had no dedicated gallery at the time, Nasby had to advocate for one

Judith Nasby was the AGG’s founding director and art curator. She brought the university art collection up to an astounding 9,000 works before retiring in 2013. CREDIT: JUDITH NASBY

when she was hired in 1968. Through research, it was discovered that natural light was harmful to art, so Nasby used the potentially damaging display setup as a reason to move the collection elsewhere. U of G’s art was moved to the main floor of the McLaughlin Library before moving again to its current residence in 1980. Throughout this time, the collection grew not just in size, but in variety. While it started off as an exclusively Canadian exhibit, Nasby developed global specialisations at the AGG. Now, there are collections of Indigenous beadwork and contemporary Canadian pieces alongside silver European etchings. Although Nasby helped broaden the gallery’s spectrum of art, she still says its Canadian pieces are the AGG’s signature. “We're most famous for our collection of contemporary Inuit drawings that we researched, published, and toured on four continents,” said Nasby. “I had the opportunity to really travel with this collection and [give] lectures in many locations.” The AGG is for everyone to enjoy whether it be seniors or

school children. Nasby suggests that U of G students, faculty, and staff take the opportunity to visit an exhibit at the gallery or explore the surrounding Donald Forster Sculpture Park during their free time. “Our entrance is always free. We've kept it that way so people and students who are going to class or getting the bus by the bear [can] drop in for ten minutes when [they’re] waiting for the bus to see what's happening.” The sculpture garden is similarly free of charge. It is open 24

hours a day and has no restrictive fences. It also recently unveiled its 40th work: a permanent bronze installation featuring a television, sofa, and two chairs called Living Room Suite by artist and cartoonist Seth. The Making of a Museum, a Memoir includes other details about the AGG’s history as well as some of its most famed art pieces. It is available for purchase at the Art Gallery of Guelph’s gallery shop, the University of Guelph bookstore, and at The Bookshelf in downtown Guelph.

“Chief Sturgeon” (1977) by Richard Bedwash is from the Art Gallery of Guelph’s contemporary Inuit drawings collection. CREDIT: JUDITH NASBY

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Students Supporting Seniors assemble holiday care packages that include items such as hand lotion, lip balm, diabetic socks, chocolate, shampoo, and creams. CREDIT: STUDENTS SUPPORTING SENIORS

While the pen pal program between seniors and U of G students has been a success, Students Supporting Seniors hopes to eventually go directly to care homes and interact with seniors. CREDIT: STUDENTS SUPPORTING SENIORS

U of G students come together to support seniors dealing with pandemic isolation Students Supporting Seniors offers pen pal programs and a variety of activities to help seniors feel connected to their community ELENI KOPSAFTIS

he COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately affected seniors, exacerbating their existing health concerns and isolating them in care homes. Students at U of G wanted to offer their support, so they created the Students Supporting Seniors (SSS) club in the summer of 2020. Members of SSS use social media to raise awareness and advocate for the health and comfort of seniors in care homes. They strive to support seniors and provide companionship. One way they do this is by sending seniors friendly video messages to let them know that the U of G community is thinking of them. On top of that, SSS has a year-round pen pal program. According to GuelphToday, club members write about themselves and send their letters to seniors at Heritage House, Norfolk Manor, and the Elliott Community.

Subah Mujahid, one of the organization’s three co-chairs, told The Ontarion that as an at-risk group, seniors face isolation while trying to stay safe from COVID-19. “Senior centres have to adhere to strict guidelines and this can cause the residents to feel stressed and lonely,” said Mujahid. “With limited contact with the outside during lockdowns, it is difficult for seniors to communicate with their loved ones. The staff at senior centers are doing their best but the pandemic has affected everyone greatly.” To help ease the stress, SSS assembled $400 worth of supplies for care packages during the last holiday season. Items included hand lotions, lip balm, diabetic socks, chocolates, shampoo, and creams, which were distributed to the Norfolk and Elliott senior homes in Guelph. SSS members also wrote personalized holiday cards.

SSS plans to send another round of care packages for this year’s holidays which it hopes to distribute to three or four senior homes. Fellow co-chair Samiha Kazi said that loneliness among seniors poses a significant threat to their health, especially those already suffering from dementia, depression, or other illnesses. “It is so important to stay connected with the seniors in our community, lend a listening ear, and make them feel loved and appreciated,” said Kazi. “Since SSS cannot hold in-person events in retirement homes due to the pandemic, we hope to achieve this connection through our care packages

and pen pal initiatives.” Once pandemic restrictions are lifted, SSS plans to go directly to care homes and interact with seniors through group discussions and activities. They hope that by then, many other U of G community members will participate.

University students or organizations who want to get involved, support SSS, or would simply like to learn more about the senior community in Guelph, can contact the club at sssguelph@uoguelph.ca.

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CONVERSION THERAPY TO BE BANNED IN CANADA AS OF JAN. 7 Following a unanimous vote by the Canadian House of Commons on Dec. 8, it will become illegal to subject a person of any age, consenting or not, to conversion therapy beginning in early January 2022. The vote to ban conversion therapy in Canada, or Bill C-4, had little debate and no committee study, according to CTV News. As per the coming-into-force provisions of the bill, the law was given royal assent on the day of the vote but will not take effect until 30 days later. As of Jan. 7, causing another person to undergo conversion therapy will be a crime punishable by up to five years in prison. Promoting advertising, or profiting from providing conversion therapy services, will also be punishable by up to two years. Bill C-4 was first tabled in November, whereupon MPs unanimously passed the bill and sent it to the Senate without making changes. The swift passage of the bill has since sparked mass praise from LGBTQ2SIA+ leaders and advocates. In a joint statement with The

Trevor Project, Nicholas Schiavo, founder of No Conversion Canada, said that, “the passing of Bill C-4 and the unanimous support it received from every official in Parliament sends a clear message to LGBTQ2 Canadians: you are valid and deserving of a life free from harm.” “Today, as we celebrate this historic moment, we must thank survivors and their tireless advocacy to reach this moment where conversion ‘therapy’ is finally outlawed in our country.”

FOOD PRICES EXPECTED TO RISE CONSIDERABLY IN 2022 Canadian families can anticipate paying $966 more for food in 2022 than they did in 2021, according to a report released on Dec. 9. Canada’s Food Price Report is published annually by researchers at Dalhousie University and the University of Guelph. It provides Canadians with food price estimates for the coming year, which have proven to be quite accurate in the past, with

their 2021 predictions only being off by about $100. In 2022, food prices are expected to increase by five to seven percent, which is the largest single-year increase that the report has ever predicted in its 12 years of publication. This translates to an annual food expenditure of $14,767 for a family of four, compared to $13,907 in 2021. This estimate is based on the cost of grocery purchases alone and does not include restaurant or other food service costs, which would bring the total even higher. The report attributes these rapidly rising food prices primarily to the challenges posed by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, which include labour shortages and supply chain disruptions. However, the report also accounts for additional factors, such as the effects of climate change on agricultural production and rapidly rising inflation. For those looking to cut down on food spending, it is worth noting that dairy items are expected to rise the most in price over the next year, while meat and seafood prices will remain relatively stable.

CANADA ANNOUNCES DIPLOMATIC BOYCOTT OF 2022 BEIJING WINTER OLYMPICS AMIDST CHINA’S HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS On Dec. 8 Canada followed the lead of the U.S., U.K., and Australia, and announced a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Although Canadian athletes will still be able to participate in the games, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in a recent news conference that Canada will be refusing to send diplomats to the games as a form of protest. The boycott is a response to China’s controversial history of human rights abuses. China has long perpetrated state sanctioned violence against the Uyghur ethnic group, Tibetans, and most recently, activists in Hong Kong. According to a statement by the foreign ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the U.K., as well as the United

States Secretary of State, Uyghur populations currently experience widespread detention, forced sterilization, labour exploitation, and religious repression, all of which reflect conditions of concentration camps. Additionally, Tibet has been under Chinese occupation since the 1950s. China has continually pushed back against all forms of Tibetan liberation, resulting in the imprisonment and violent repression of Tibetan activists. China has also implemented significant changes in Hong Kong’s electoral and political structures, leading to reduced democratic freedoms, and violently cracked down on activists who have protested these changes. Though Canada has engaged in a diplomatic response, activists such as Mehmet Tohti, an Uyghur Canadian, argue that countries should respond to the stateled “genocide” by mandating a full boycott and refusing to send athletes to Beijing. If they don't, he hopes the athletes can publicly call attention to these injustices.

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U of G students visited Ecuador in a 2019 international summer field school. CREDIT: CRAIG JOHNSON

U of G’s international study programs to make a comeback in 2022 ‘Transformational’ learning experiences will now be more accessible thanks to new federal grant ALYSSA MARKS

nternational study programs at U of G provide students with the opportunity for personal and academic growth. Through engaging with local communities and livelihoods, students are able to make connections with what they are experiencing first hand while fulfilling course learning outcomes. International study opportunities are more than just getaway excursions, they are once-in-alifetime learning experiences that open students up to new perspectives and ways of thinking. “You’re certainly going to meet people and see communities that you wouldn’t see if you were just on a paid package tour,” said

Dr. Craig Johnson, an international development and political science instructor at U of G. Johnson will be leading a program in summer 2022 called the Ecuador Field School: Sustainable Livelihoods and Global Environmental Change. In the past, the Ecuador field school introduced students to the many challenges associated with adopting livelihoods that are both sustainable and ethical for local communities. “This is in the context of both environmental changes–like climate change and biodiversity loss–and economic changes that are occurring in the region,” Johnson told The Ontarion. In 2020 and 2021, all inter-

national study programs were cancelled due to the uncertain future of the global pandemic. However, even before the programs were cancelled , only about 11 per cent of Canadian university students and three per cent of Canadian college students enrolled in international study programs during their academic experience, according to a U of G news release. U of G has recently expanded its international study opportunities for the upcoming semesters. Now that COVID-19 restrictions have loosened, educators around the world are once again able to facilitate these programs. In an effort to increase the enrollment of students in inter-

national study opportunities, U of G received an approximate $1 million grant from the federal government through Canada’s Global Skills Opportunity program. The funds will go towards the university’s international summer field schools and the study abroad programs. The Global Skills Opportunity program offers grants for students interested in enrolling in international learning programs. Specifically, the grants are provided to Indigenous (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit) students, students with disabilities, and students who show financial need. “We are delighted to be able to reduce barriers, increase sup-

Studying abroad provides an opportunity for students to encounter difference and learn about themselves and other ways of being in the world. — Dr. Lynne Mitchell

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ports and provide funding that will allow more U of G students to have transformational experiences abroad,” said Dr. Lynne Mitchell in a U of G news release. Mitchell is the director and international liaison officer at the university's Centre for International Programs. “I guess the word ‘transformational’ could sound a bit cliché when we talk about study abroad in that ‘it changed my life’ kind of way, but that’s not my intent,” Mitchell told The Ontarion. Mitchell makes the comparison to Mezirow’s theory of transformative learning, which states that an individual's thought process changes based on new information and perspectives. A person’s perception of what may be normal and reasonable changes based on new learning experiences. “Transformative learning happens when we have to consider things that are outside our established learning frameworks and entertain ideas that challenge our preconceived notions. Well-supported study abroad is a natural fit for transformational learning,” Mitchell said. International study programs offer learning opportunities that

are not necessarily possible in traditional classroom settings. Johnson attests to two unique experiences that are offered in field schools specifically. The first is the opportunity for students to develop a relationship with the instructor. Students spend weeks on end living and learning with their instructors, which is an uncommon experience for students in their undergraduate career. Secondly, students are able to learn firsthand about the livelihoods and concepts that are outlined in the course. Engaging with the communities that are described in your textbook is an unmatched learning experience. “You just don’t have that same kind of insight until you’re actually there and experiencing it,” Johnson said. International field schools also provide students with the opportunity to meet and befriend not only people in the local communities, but also other students enrolled in the program. International study programs attract a wide breadth of students in varying fields of study. “I think one interesting mix

of the dynamic is that the students that go are very different. Last time, in 2019, we had a large number of non social science and humanities students. People in animal biology, zoology, chemistry, and biochemistry,” said Johnson. Though the Ecuador field school is labeled as a social science program, it is open to students of all disciplines, exposing them to new learning experiences and opportunities to meet students in different programs. “Studying abroad provides an opportunity for students to encounter difference and learn about themselves and other ways of being in the world,” said Mitchell. The Centre for International Programs designed pre-departure and re-entry programs that assess students' development of intercultural skills while studying abroad. “Specific intercultural skills include: understanding your own biases, the ability to see things from another’s perspective, and being able to integrate differing perspectives for better outcomes,” said Mitchell. Another crucial part of ethical international travel and study is the practice of respecting local

ecosystems and cultures. In international field schools, students are encouraged to “reflect critically about the relationship between what we do in our lives and how it affects other people living in other parts of the planet,” said Johnson. Johnson advises scholars to foster open and transparent communications with local communities about their research and academic intentions, while also doing as much as possible to understand the expectations and values of the communities they visit. With the reopening of international study opportunities, many students may be wary of the challenges that the global pandemic could pose to the delivery of experiential study programs. Restrictions on travel have begun being lifted as the administration of vaccines becomes widespread. However, the pandemic still forces organizers to plan ahead, more so than they have in previous years, according to Johnson. “The government of Canada requires proof of vaccination for air travel, so all our students will have to be fully vaccinated to study abroad. We are optimistic,

Carlos Zorrilla, executive director of the Ecuadorian NGO DECOIN, speaks with students in a 2019 international summer field school. CREDIT: CRAIG JOHNSON

but the health and safety of students always comes first and we’ve let students know that the situation can change quickly. Even before the pandemic, our office has always monitored world events and advised students accordingly and we will continue to do that,” Mitchell said. If plans go accordingly, students who enroll in these programs will have the opportunity to change their perspectives for the better. “My colleague in Ecuador put it well: an experience like this kind of opens your eyes, and it gives you all sorts of new questions that you never had before.” Johnson adds, “It also fosters that sort of connection with people living in a very different part of the world, and a very different socio-cultural environment.”

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Professor Karyn Freedman will be one of the core faculty members teaching SXGN courses. CREDIT: KARYN FREEDMAN

New sexualities and genders program seeks to foster the next generation of community leaders The program will expose students to a range of theories and perspectives while also providing them with hands-on advocacy experience EMILY BRAY

eginning in fall 2022, students will be able to enroll in the new Sexualities, Genders, and Social Change (SXGN) degree program at the University of Guelph.

The program will examine issues of sexuality and gender in relation to the various social, cultural, and political structures that make up modern Western society. SXGN, which is a collabora-

tive project between several different departments in the College of Arts, will incorporate theories and methodologies from a vast range of disciplines, including the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Students enrolled in the program can expect to study topics such as feminist theory, queer theory, decolonialism, Indigeneity, and transnationalism. By exposing students to a broad array of ideas and perspectives, the program seeks to provide them with the knowledge and tools necessary to deconstruct and critically engage with dominant Western understandings of gender and sexuality. Scholars who worked on the development of the program see its introduction in fall 2022 as particularly timely given the heightened social and political climate that currently surrounds LGBTQ2IA+ issues. “Everyone was in agreement that [SXGN] is a necessity and is long overdue,” said Dr. Adam Davies, a professor in the College of Arts who aided in the development of the program. “Given the current political climate and the importance of having these critical conversations, it was agreed upon that this program is needed,” they said. “It’s important for students, especially LGBT students, to have a space where they can learn about theory that really speaks to them and their lived experiences.” Contemporary social justice movements such as Black Lives Matter and LandBack were also taken into consideration during the development of the program. SXGN will encourage students to consider how gender and sexuality intersect with issues such as Black liberation and decolonization. Dr. Karyn Freedman, a professor in the College of Arts who also worked on the development of the program, explains that taking an intersectional approach to the topics of gender and sexuality is vital. Intersectionality is the theory that when social identities (such as race, gender, class, sexuality, and physical ability) overlap, individuals whose identities fall within that overlap are subjected to multiple forms of oppression and marginalization. For example, although a straight cisgender white woman can face oppression due to her gender, a Black transgender lesbian faces oppression not only because of her gender, but also because of her race, sexuality, and status as a trans person. In Freedman’s view, SXGN would be incomplete as a program if it failed to consider how intersectionality impacts LGBTQ2IA+ individuals. “Systems of domination tend to impact people on multiple axes of their identities,” said Freedman. “It makes sense then to study how people are treated as less than along multiple lines.” Incorporating topics such as race and Indigeneity into the program will also provide instructors with the opportunity to teach

students about non-Western ways of understanding of gender and sexuality. Jarred Sanchez-Cacnio, U of G’s sexual and gender diversity advisor, said that incorporating diverse cultural teachings about gender and sexuality into the program is vital, especially for nonwhite students. “When I speak with BIPOC [Black, Indigenous, and people of colour] students within the queer and trans community, there is a huge desire to be able to explore non-Western and precolonial understandings of sexuality and gender,” they said. “Across the world, colonization has erased a lot of the knowledge and understanding that exists outside of heteronormativity. BIPOC students want to be able to understand diverse cultural perspectives—and, ideally, their own cultural perspectives—about gender and sexuality.” However, discussing marginalized identities and experiences can be tricky in academia, given that it continues to be a space dominated by cis-hetero and Caucasian scholars. Both Davies and Freedman say it is vital that LGBTQ2IA+ and BIPOC individuals are able to tell their own stories in academic spaces, rather than allowing scholars who belong to the dominant culture to speak on their behalf. Thus, SXGN was designed with this in mind. Freedman says that one of the committee’s main priorities was to ensure that the program’s faculty “are representative of the various social identities that will be focused on in SXGN.” ICONS BY FLATICON

In other words, courses in SXGN that explore marginalized identities and experiences will be taught by BIPOC and LGBTQ2IA+ instructors as frequently as possible. Although there are already a number of LGBTQ2IA+ and

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Professor Adam Davies will also be involved with SXGN as an affiliated faculty member. CREDIT: ADAM DAVIES

BIPOC scholars working at the university, there are plans to do additional hiring to ensure that the program is adequately staffed with faculty from a diverse range of backgrounds, LGBTQ2IA+ or otherwise. The program’s mission to amplify marginalized voices will also be reflected in its course content. In particular, the content will focus heavily on stories about the lived experiences of BIPOC and LGBTQ2IA+ individuals rather than conventional sources of academic knowledge. Students will be encouraged to engage with ideas and perspectives beyond just those found in books and journals. “Often in the academy there are certain ideas about what counts as academic knowledge,” Davies said. “It might be what you encounter in a textbook or the definitions that you memorize for a social science exam.” “But stories are also a very valid source of knowledge, and stories from marginalized communities are empowering to share with others … What we’re trying to do in this program is really centralize that kind of subjugated and marginalized knowledge and put it at the forefront.” This focus on personal stories and lived experiences will be further cemented into the program

It’s important for students, especially LGBT students, to have a space where they can learn about theory that really speaks to them and their lived experiences. — Adam Davies through its experiential learning elements. As students approach the end of the four-year program, they will have the opportunity to work with community partners and gain hands-on experience in outreach and advocacy work. “It’s going to be a really good opportunity for students to partner with stakeholders, nonprofits, and NGOs in the community, and to see how the theoretical work that they’ve been doing in the classroom can be turned into something practical,” said Freedman. The hope is that, by providing students with hands-on experience, SXGN will equip them

with the practical skills needed to tackle social justice issues outside of the classroom. “Ideally students will graduate from the program with academic knowledge while also being able to speak to working directly with community members and doing advocacy work,” said Sanchez-Cacnio. “Ultimately those are the pieces that students will need to graduate from the program and be prepared to do that work in their careers.” According to U of G’s admissions website, these careers could include political activism, rights advocacy, policy development, public health, and education, to

name a few. As for the U of G community’s reaction to SXGN, both Freedman and Davies say that SXGN has been fully embraced by university faculty and staff. “We’ve had a tremendous amount of support from all levels of the university,” said Davies. “It’s been heartening for sure.”

Students interested in enrolling in the SXGN major or minor can learn more about the program at www.uoguelph.ca/arts/sxgn.

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by Sophie Schafer To you, hair might be hair, and mean nothing more But there are people, for whom hair means a score The pattern is woven in intricate ways Telling a story, sharing bits of their days Are they rich? Are they married? Where are they from? The braids are so telling they share a large sum A part of black identity A cultural relic Their crowns of cornrows Beautifully Angelic Something so meaningful, must be treated with care So it hurt a lot, when people laughed and stared Western society did not understand They punched and they kicked, change your hair they’d demand A whole group of people were told to be ashamed For their natural hair and its natural ways “Messy” “Unprofessional” “Ugly to see” Society would not let black people be To avoid the taunts, the threats, all the pointed words Braids were straightened Natural expression not as often heard And so the black community was shocked When Gwen Stefani wore cornrows and not a single person mocked Vogue was “obsessed” It was the trend of the season White hair in cornrows, they couldn’t see the reason Stefani, Jenner, Bieber, and Perry All white celebrities, suddenly cornrows weren’t so scary Magazines sold, pictures went viral The privileged got richer, black people started to spiral For black braids on black people still rendered hate It was only on white heads would they appreciate Cornrows could get you kicked out of school Cornrows could lose you your job Black hair would summon a frightening mob It just wasn’t right, black hair was not up for the taking It was an act of cultural appropriation, and that there is no faking Try as they might The ideals of the white Could not iron out, the black strength, the black light Today there is a strong effort to reclaim The ancestory, the culture Removing all the shame

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Sophie Schafer is a Grade 12 student who hopes to attend the University of Guelph in 2022 for English. She loves poetry and spends her spare time writing for fun. Her other creative pursuits include painting and playing the piano.

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JAW PaIn by Grace Muir It is too big a pain to wrap my jaws around. Cracking, my bones are seashells. A dull ache lodged behind my ribs to think of it, Three quarters of the way down my sternum. The chalk dust of my teeth dirties my bottom lip; This skin is also cracked I observe, though my lips are not seashells they are More similar to a grandmother's old vase. Illustration by Justin LaGuff

Precisely placed in the attic, to gather cobwebs and reminisce with spirits of the once loved. My eyes blister from a heat that will meet no mercy. I am gorged and starving. Perhaps I contemplated the possibility of swallowing it whole once, Getting the job over with at last -Ravenously, Rapidly, Sloppily shoved down my gulletMy tongue will not let me, My antique terracotta will not part to set the chalk stubs loose, It does not slide down my desiccated throat with the gusto I had envisioned. I choke and cough and splutter at the slightest taste until I have hacked it all up, there is no trace within me. A contemptible kitten splotched with skin and balding, choking on herself. I am far too well bred for such ill mannered activities, My parents raised a polite little girl.

My eyes blister and though, perhaps, tears began to well, The heat meets no mercy still. The fire burns and licks and fights,

And so I am starved, and so I am stuffed, and so it looms in front of me.

I am envious of this.

-Churning Churning Churning-

I was perhaps comparable

A quivering mass of sludge and grime and mud.

I was the salty selfishness of summers midday long passed,

Thick squelching mud that grabs you close like a bruised lover and bakes into your skin when you cannot shake it loose from the treads of your boots or the lines of your palms. It settles into the grooves and divots;

to the piercing orange of a swaying autumn once. Green and fresh like springtime sympathy, Fierce and stinging as a winter’s peck. -I burnt and licked and fought. I burnt and licked and fought once too-

Health, heart, future lines, it takes up permanent residence.

Now there is a pain.

-Does that belong to me? Does that belong inside me? Do I belong to it?-

That does not fit inside my torso,

Together we occupy the silence,

That sits across from me in an empty, empty silence

a space carved out just for us in a block of ice. My mass and me, Or the mass and its me. The quiet is not solemn but rather, completely empty. Together, we occupy this holding cell. Not shivering or sweating or screaming or any matter of things I was told I must do. I simply observe my counterpart with a soft acceptance, aware of the day where one of us must be consumed by the other. My jaw aches so terribly to think of it.

A great slobbering, grimy, muddy mass of pain That cracks my seashell jaw bone, And it is far too quiet to burn any longer. I sit in sharp acceptance, in a space carved out just for me in a block of ice, Waiting to be consumed, curious as to why it has taken so long. Perhaps its jaw hurts as well.

Grace Muir is a first-year student in the arts and science program at the University of Guelph. Her greatest passion is creating, whatever the medium may be. As such, she experiments frequently with written word, theatre, music, and performance in general, though poetry has a special place in her heart. She hopes to continue telling her stories as she has much to say and aims to say it in new and engaging ways.

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THe Piano by Rachel Fioret The dusty keys of a piano Sit unplayed for the time That past as the year swept by How could the piano be played? The strings remained still out of fear No one came to hear The beautiful music the piano had to share The piano sat for more than a year Delayed, not lost The interest in the piano returned For the new year brings Much positive thought The piano can make music again So will the song writers to come As the fear becomes a memory The music will play on

Rachel Fioret is a third-year political science student at the University of Guelph. She is currently working on a number of creative projects, which include writing blogs for the messaging app Unibuddy, working on articles for The Ontarion, and writing her own original novella. Rachel’s goal for the future is to learn more about the creative process, and ultimately she would like to one day publish a fiction novel.

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Irv, 7"x5", acrylic

Tom, 7"x5", acrylic

Barbara SaLSBERG MATHEWS  salsbergmathews.com  @maddysmon_4u

Raven, 10"x10", acrylic

arbara Salsberg Mathews has been creating art since she was a child. While in her teens, she wrote and illustrated two children's books, published by Annick Press. She also studied mime in Paris, France in 1979. Barbara graduated with honours from the Ontario College of Art (1981), completed a B.A in fine arts at the University of Guelph (1982) and a B.Ed. at the University of Toronto. She earned her M.Ed. from the Ontario Institute for studies in education, and taught arts in high schools for over 25 years. She is also the proud parent of two adult children. Barbara has undertaken numerous private commissions, and has exhibited her work in several Toronto shows and in Guelph. Her work can also be seen at Toronto's Baycrest Hospital and Princess Margaret Lodge. Using acrylics, she particularly enjoys capturing the story and mood in local landscapes. Barbara has received a number of grants and awards for her work, including: Canada Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council and Ontario Society of

Artists. Since retiring as Head of Visual Art from Toronto District School Board's Northern Secondary School, Barbara now lives with her husband in Guelph where she continues to paint and illustrate. A few years ago Barbara started experiencing weakness in her dominant hand and difficulty drawing and holding up a paint brush. Her hand also started shaking. Soon after she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease. She decided that while she could still paint, she would make these acrylics as gifts for her loved ones. She found that she had better control of the medium if she painted on small canvases. Tom depicts Barbara’s big brother. This is how she ‘sees’ him in her mind’s eye, even though she says he is a lot older now. Irv is a painting of her dad, Irving Salsberg, her hero, who died far too soon. He was a strong, gentle, wise, and funny person. Raven is the dog that Barbara has been walking once a week since she was a nine month old puppy. The dog is five and a half now. She often gives Barbara ‘that look’, as seen in her painting.

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Sucker

by Justin LaGuff  justinlaguff.com  @jlaguff

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Justin LaGuff is a studio art student at the U of G who also works as a full time commercial printer in Guelph. For 2022 their goal is to have some gallery shows and to publish lots of zines by the end of the year. Sucker is a mass of shapes. Icons are broken into components that react to space and are imagined as sculptural objects. Their meaning is

unstable and requires support too, and sometimes that support gets in the way. The title refers to this vampire-like shape that is superimposed on the image. LaGuff says they wanted something foreboding and to tie the image to a notion of generativity that is made at the expense of meaning.

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Queen of Mourning, digital

Emily Bray

mily Bray is a fifth-year student at the University of Guelph. She studies criminal justice and public policy, with a minor in history, and she also writes and edits for The Ontarion. Both of these pieces are digital paintings. Emily uses the Procreate app on her iPad Air and “paints” with her Apple Pencil. Themis Ablaze (2021) is an expression of the disillusionment that Emily has been feeling in recent years with the state of law and justice in the world. Themis is the ancient Greek goddess of law, justice, and order. Her likeness can often be found outside of courthouses and she is usually depicted holding a sword and a set of scales. However, in this piece, Themis’s face

is obscured by flames rather than her characteristic blindfold. The flames represent the chaos, violence, and cruelty that hinder and corrode systems of justice. Themis also sits in the darkness alone in this piece, forgotten and relegated to a back corner of society’s collective consciousness. Emily created this piece as a way of expressing her frustration after hearing about the ban on reproductive rights that was instituted in Texas earlier this year. The fact that the government was so hell-bent on instituting pro-life laws while simultaneously lifting mask mandates during a global pandemic and doing little to stop hundreds of its citizens from losing their lives to COVID-19 every day seemed incredibly backwards and nonsensical

to her. It perfectly encapsulated the way that she’d been feeling about law for a long time–that it often serves the

Themis Ablaze, digital

interests of an out-of-touch elite who would rather police the perceived immorality of ordinary citizens than do anything meaningful to help them. Emily wanted to visually represent the damage that those elites are doing to the concepts of law and justice, and thought that the best way to accomplish that was by showing Themis herself being harmed. With Queen of Mourning (2021), Emily wanted to capture the feeling of heartbreak and the overwhelming exhaustion that accompanies it. Losing someone or something that you love is a cold and isolating experience. The world around you turns grey and blurry, and as hard as you try to keep yourself together, fractures easily form in your mask. She wanted to convey all of that visually. Emily says that she created this piece during a time when she felt like she couldn’t handle any more pain without cracking into a hundred pieces. It was very cathartic for her. She finds that pouring her feelings out into a painting helps her to understand and ultimately move on from them. Now that the emotions she was feeling are preserved in this piece, Emily can put them behind her and look to the future. If you’re prone to feeling emotions very intensely, she highly recommends trying to channel them this way. For most of her life, Emily’s artistic side manifested through creative writing rather than visual pieces. Though she’s always loved looking at other artists’ creations, she only started pursuing visual art very recently, mostly as a result of the boredom she felt during the early weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s since turned into a hobby of hers. As much as Emily loves studying criminal justice and political science, those subjects don’t provide a lot of opportunities to express yourself creatively. So it is nice to explore that side of herself in her free time. Emily would love to work on a graphic novel one day. Combining her love for creative writing with her love for visual arts would be a lot of fun, though she says she definitely has some practice to do before she’s at that level!

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Caught in between contentment and frustration. Having autonomy while being controlled by oppression. Pushing forward on the glass barrier to freedom, but being held back from breaking it, by something. In Half A Spot, 30" x40", oil on canvas

Somnial

by Marjan Kaviani  marjankaviani.com  @marjans_art

arjan Kaviani is an Iranian-Canadian artist focusing on acrylic and oil paint. Her paintings are inspired by the Persian lifestyle and moments in her life in which reality blends into dreams, creating vivid recol-

lections of bizarre sominal experiences. Kaviani graduated from the Claude Watson Arts Program in Toronto and is in her second year of her double major in studio art and psychology at the U of G.

Somnial is a deep dive through the lurid, uneasy moments that just about border on nightmares. Capturing a type of uncanny valley, the audience is forced to rely on their senses and awareness to pick apart just what exactly is wrong. Each painting details the exact moment numerous discrepancies in time, logic, and space coalesce, leading to the topic question: Am I in a dream? The idea to start this series arose from Marjan’s struggles with sleep and dreams. She says she is a heavy sleep talker, and that her dreams are horrifyingly vivid. Oftentimes, these dreams come so frequently that she is afraid to even go to bed. In these dreams she constantly asks herself if she is dreaming, and she always somehow comes to the conclusion that she is not. She says there are certain mundane moments in life in which she honestly cannot tell if she is dreaming, despite being awake. She tried to paint some of those moments that elicit that question. Marjan went through pictures of her relatives who all live in Iran. Since her family immigrated to Canada, she has no relationship with her grandparents or cousins, and the rare times she sees them, she says it is very awkward and strange.

The most important conversation. The centre of gravity that the world revolves around. The dictation of what is right and what is wrong, and which way is up or down. Listen Here, 30" x 40", oil on canvas

Familiarity and family, inevitably, converge. With doubt and uneasiness being triggered, when both parties can only think of the boundary that had separated the two in the first place. Yearning for a feeling of personal deja vu, but only feeling further apart at wanting to have seen the other before. Stranger, 48" x 48", oil on canvas

The long wait — Patiently taken in a solemn silence. Like watchers of a fire, their awareness is constant, their minds unable to find release from the burden of time. They bleed through their existence, pining for an escape that scares and excites them. In Solemn Silence, 18" x 24", oil on canvas

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The peak excitement from child’s play, where fun gets elevated to hysterics. Laughing and laughing into dizziness, drifting further and further from the harshness of reality. A brief respite found only in the closeness of friends or family. The Laughter Begins, 18" x 18", oil on canvas

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Skeptic, 7.5" x 8.5", oil and pencil on paper

Noah Kozicki SKEPTIC

thought it would be neat to finalize such a simple drawing in oil. Being that it's composed of simple shapes, he thought it was important to add a bit of texture to keep it interesting. He usually likes to play with texture, especially if it's mixed media.

According to Noah, there's really not much thought behind this piece. He was sketching some faces and

BLISTERED SHOESTRINGS

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oah Kozicki is a fourth year English student at U of G.

This one was inspired by a dream. The cut ankles and crossed string, like knotted shoestrings, implies a staticity. It's about stagnation and impeded movement. It also evokes the imagery of Oedipus, a tragic hero in Greek mythology, whose name means 'swollen ankle', and who killed his own father. Noah imagines parricide as a loss in faith of tradition or old symbols. This

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Blistered Shoestrings, 12" x 16", oil on canvas

Salome, 8" x 10", oil on canvas panel inclination is inspired by the archetypal psychology and literary criticism of Jung and Frye respectively.

SNAKES AND LADDERS From reading the literary critic Northrop Frye, Noah became aware of ladders as symbols of spiritual ascendance in literature, which was inherited from similar imagery in the Bible. Conversely,

snakes often resemble a descendance or fall due to their association with Satan, a fallen angel. Noah thought about these things and the board game Snakes and Ladders came to mind. He thought it was funny that in that game, ladders move the player up, whereas snakes move you down. Thus, he wanted to make something that incorporated these simultaneously solemn and childish symbols.

SALOME

Noah says this one was inspired by Oscar Wilde's play Salome in which Salome demands the execution of a prophet. The play deals with ideas concerning the symbolic deaths of gods or the ways in which certain gods are absorbed into other religions. "Since we exist in an ironic and post-modern climate, anything about the death of con-

Snakes and Ladders, digital.

crete symbols intrigues me," says Noah. There's another Salome-inspired piece on his Instagram called Seventh Veil.

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has been very positive. She says she couldn't be happier with the supportive art scene that she is surrounded by daily. “There is so much talent in this city... It's incredibly motivating.” In the future, she hopes to continue gaining exposure and finding opportunities in the art world!

PLEASURE PIT This soft sculpture is inspired by the eroticism of the surrealist movement, made with a combination of knitted, sewn, embroidered and stuffed elements. In Kira’s recent work, she has been experimenting with subject matter that attempts to make viewers feel uncomfortable. This piece was created with that goal in mind.

RECOVERY

Recovery, 24" x36", acrylic on canvas

KiRA ALEXANIAN  @kirasartwork

Preserved, 8" x10", screenprint

ira Alexanian is a third year studio art major at the University of Guelph, with a minor in marketing. She says that creating and appreciating art has been a steady, reliable part of her life ever since she can remember. Nothing makes her feel as free and happy as the process of creation, so she felt that she would be doing a disservice to herself if she didn't pursue it. Kira’s experience with the art community at Guelph

Pleasure Pit, mixed media

This painting of legs submerged in a lake of koi and lily pads is meant to reflect the healing properties of nature, combined with a whimsical sense of freedom. Kira says she has always enjoyed exploring earthly, almost spiritual imagery in her work. This piece is a culmination of these goals, while also representing an exploration of line and colour.

PRESERVED This three-layer screen print depicts a rabbit preserved in a jar of formaldehyde. The inevitable extinction of otherwise abundant creatures due to climate change was in Kira’s mind when creating this piece.

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SaMantha D’alessandro  @sdxdesigns_

pecializing in visual communications, Samantha D’Alessandro graduated from the media studies program at the University of Guelph/Humber in 2020. She makes 18" x 24" pop culture acrylic paintings, mostly of movies and bands. To make her pieces she first applies acrylic paint to her canvas and then seals the painting with a clear top coat. Once that dries she uses a stencil to poke holes of the logo/title/central graphic. Next she hand embroiders

the logo/title/central graphic into the canvas. Her goal is to create a custom band or movie piece that is minimalistic but also has visual interest with the different textures and techniques being used. Samantha started making these pieces during the first COVID-19 shut down to keep herself busy and they ended up being a hit on her social media. Before she knew it she was making multiple a week for friends and family to decorate their personal spaces.

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Offset, 12" x 6" and 12" x 10", acrylic on wooden panels

BRUBeY Hu  brubeyhu.art  @brubeyhu

16 attempts to tear a perfect rhombus shape, 12" x 16", acrylic and contact paper on canvas

rubey (Wanzhi) Hu is a recent MFA graduate from the University of Waterloo, and currently works at The Ontarion as a graphic designer. She holds a bachelor of fine arts from Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) with a major in general fine arts and concentrations in graphic design and book arts. Brubey works mostly with (but not limited to) painting and artists’ books, with interests in architecture, dualism, translation, feminism, memory, and colour theory. Originally born in Xiamen, China, Brubey moved to Vancouver, Canada for high school,

and then to the United States for undergrad. Brubey’s work has been exhibited in Canada, the U.S., and China. Brubey’s work is an entangled embodiment of the mundane, architectural space, memory, and translation through visual and conceptual lenses of feminism and dualism. With subtraction, her works are transcribed responses to her surroundings, as well as metaphors for consensus and social subjugation. Brubey’s transcultural background is determinate of the ambiguity in her works, as she is constantly travelling amongst different pillars of culture diversions. The lack of explicit information is apparent as there are only fundamental shapes in the paintings. The employment of geometric abstraction are translations of architectural spaces that she interacts with daily, and indicative of the fragmentary and dubious quality of memory. The implicit and minimalistic approach is a process of reconciliation that grants narrative freedom to the viewer. The contrast between acute and soft edges often unfolds as a preconceived formal dichotomy of masculinity and femininity. Brubey’s engagement with hard-edged shapes is an attempt to subvert these appropriated formalities. By utilizing the rhombus shape, a shape that seems to have a strong formal resemblance of the female genitalia, her intention is twofold. In her paintings, the play with precise edges is an effort to re-contextualize and to complicate the consensual characteristics imbued within the formalities of sharpness and softness. In the torn paper series, the repetitive tearing of paper becomes motifs of longing as well as resistance. They are metaphors on the ripped and disciplined female experiences under the patriarchal system, as well as efforts to counteract the patriarchal consensus through subtlety and solidarity.

Tear duct and G spot, 20" x 20", acrylic on masonite board

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GRass is softer by Maeve HINd  @mjh_art_

I walk on grass rather than concrete because it’s softer. It eases me into the ground. My body resists hard, reacts to cold, dark. It tells me to go somewhere soft. So, I go home. Maybe I can be soft, maybe all I need is grass beneath my feet to be somewhere soft.

aeve Hind is a queer interdisciplinary artist who studies studio art and psychology at the U of G. She explores anxieties, emotions, and urban landscapes. Maeve works primarily in painting and sculpture, as well as performance, video, drawing, and printmaking. Grass is softer reflects Maeve’s gravitation towards the outdoors, towards softness beneath her feet. As someone who experiences anxiety, Maeve says grass is softer speaks to the disabling nature of certain institutional spaces. Maeve has always been drawn to art, and it has always been something she’s returned to. She was inspired to pursue art in school after experiencing the hands-on engagement and excitement

of the studio courses offered at the university. Maeve has had a wonderfully rich experience in the Guelph arts scene. Namely, being involved in the Guelph Emerging Artists Mentorship, which allowed her to connect with Michelle Peek of Art Not Shame. Maeve is involved on campus with the Fine Arts Network and was one of last year's Juried Art Show coordinators. She is also the co-founder of Outlet Collective, a space for art and community making. Maeve’s goal is to continue pushing the limits and exploring different themes, materials, and art communities. She would also love to have more experience with artist-facilitation, and potentially pursue a MA in fine art or art therapy!

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experiences of the team, as well as their findings. Inspired heavily by the artistic and creative design of horror films such as those in The Conjuring universe, Sinister, Insidious, and The Exorcist, this gallery emits a Filmic Cinema Verite feeling. The careful use of the focus ring presents an almost unsettling feeling in some of the shots, contrasted with the other shots that are sharply focused. The intention of this shoot was to present a narrative-driven gallery that paid clear homage to the films that inspired the podcast.

 MEMENTO MORI

TYLER YOUNG

yler Young is a freelance photographer and designer of Chinese and Trinidadian descent. He recently graduated from the media arts program at the University of Guelph Humber, a community he says was small and niche, but passionate and forward-thinking. Being raised in Canada with the cultural values of the

Caribbean and the face of an East Asian immigrant has been a skirmish with his own identity. Tyler decided to pursue art when he entered university and found himself struggling with his identity and direction in life. Art is his avenue of expression during times of personal crisis and has helped him develop his ideals and perspectives about the world around him. Tyler’s personal goal at this moment is to use art as a tool to express his personal experiences of what it means to be human. His dream is to be a designer and artist for musicians’ album art and music marketing in the local Toronto independent punk-rock scene, as well as a gig photographer for local artists.

 CALL IT BEING MANIC

Tyler is inspired by surrealist fine artists such as Beksinski, Magritte, and Duchamp. As such, much of his photography takes upon a surrealist element. In his previous works, the elements of avant-garde surrealism in fine art photography were challenges for his creative process. In this piece, surrealism is a tool for expressing the hazy, manic reactions to his struggles with his own identity. The album art for "Feel Something" by post-hardcore American rock band The Movements played an important role of inspiration for the texture, flow and expressiveness of his piece, Call it Being Manic. The album speaks about the struggles with mental health, identity, and relationships in a bold and relatable fashion. During a very difficult time, this album came into Tyler’s life and gave him hope for a future he was uncertain of— as a result, it plays a distinct role in the messages of this piece. Finding his own identity

in the mixing pot of cultures that he is influenced by has been a struggle. Growing up in Western society, Tyler has experienced difficulty finding his identity as a BIPOC person who is not living within his parents' culture, but instead within a mixture of many different cultures. Struggling with his own self-purpose— his own interests versus his parent's interests—has been a hazy, manic, and ambivalent experience.

 SCARED TOPLESS ABANDONED INVESTIGATION On Oct. 21, 2021, The Scared Topless Podcast ventured to investigate a real-world ghost sighting. Jessica Augurusa and Daniela Patricio investigated a sighting of an otherworldly being in the basement of producer Tyler Young’s home. These photos are part of the marketing plan used by the team to develop hype for the release of a short vlog-style documentary that focuses on the

This piece was originally created for the University of Guelph-Humber’s Emerge Online Magazine’s gallery. The topic was ‘The Tipping Point’. It was submitted to the Columbia Scholastic Press Association's final awards program and received the A Certificate of Merit in the Photographic Slideshow category. These photos are part of a surrealist photo essay on the topic of Memento Mori and personal vices. Inspired by the painting The Lovers II by Rene Magritte, this piece speaks to the evils of the mental and physical that lead down to a path of self-degradation and unfulfillment. Memento Mori is a Latin phrase meaning ‘remember you must die.’ It is the medieval Latin Christian theory and practice of reflection on mortality. By enshrouding the subject’s faces with a cloth, it gives an unsettling atmosphere to the series. Tyler believes that the ‘tipping point’ is more than a retrospective of the culture and technology juxtaposed to the unknown future — the tipping point is a mental state of transition and reflection. At its core, this series showcases the reflection of one’s vices and the inevitable passage to their demise. Once the tipping point is reached, a decision is made regarding one’s future — change or stay the same.

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Companion

by MEGAN Arnold

egan Arnold is a Filipinx-Canadian multidisciplinary artist in her first year of the studio art MFA program at the University of Guelph. She works mainly in performance art, using humour as both a coping mechanism and a way of relating to, with, and in the world. When asked what inspired her to begin making art, Megan said that there was no inspiration, only vocation. Art-making has been innate since she was a baby. Companion was a performance art and research project in a landscape displayed to incidental audiences. It took place over six days while Megan was living in England during the pandemic. She walked from Southport to Liverpool, and Manchester to Mytholmroyd. On this walk, she brought along a child's roller skate on a leash in lieu of a dog. It rolled noisily and precariously behind her, providing absolutely none of the comfort and companionship a real dog would give (but it did prompt several real dogs to investigate). Megan would take photos of the performance by propping her phone on a rock or bench and setting the self-timer. Megan received a Developing Your Creative Practice grant from Arts Council England to research walking arts and Britain's rambling culture during the pandemic in 2021. She was doing a lot of walking, either solo or with her partner at the time, and was thinking about loneliness, homesickness, and be-

longing. She planned her first long-distance walk when bed and breakfasts were open again, and had the idea to drag around a surrogate dog to keep her company (it didn’t work—Megan says she was still “lonely as hell”). Megan was also thinking about the readymade and how children play: imbuing objects with life, or changing their functions to suit the fantasy. In her fantasy, she was an errant wanderer traversing northern England with her trusty hound. In reality, she was a cultural outsider grasping for connection in a place she felt like she didn't fit in, with a dirty plastic toy tied to her backpack. Megan remembers that one person made a joke about “your dog looking a bit ill." Mostly, people ignored her and the rollerskate though, or gave them a disdainful look, which she says is very typical British behaviour. Though Megan is new to Guelph, she visited regularly for Kazoo! and Incline Decline Festival (when that was a thing), so she’s been on the periphery of the Guelph arts scene for several years. She also describes the MFA program at Guelph as “chef's kiss” and she hopes, as the pandemic maybe continues to loosen its grip, more art things start to happen in Guelph in a bigger way. As for her goals for the future, Megan says that she wants to find true, everlasting love. She would also like to walk the full Pennine Way (a 431 km trail in the U.K.), preferably on the Arts Council's dime.

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ETA

by NICK BUCK  Nick Buck  @buck.films

ick Buck graduated from the media studies program at the University of Guelph-Humber in 2020. He makes a wide range of art, from short video projects to graphic design work and photography. While in school he took a media course where he specialized in visual communications. This allowed him to focus on creating larger scaled video projects with higher-end equipment. He makes a variety of video content that allows him to improve on different aspects, from filming techniques to editing techniques. He’s made short documentaries, commercials, promotional videos, and short films. He enjoys making content that audiences can connect with. ETA involves two characters, a writer at home and a man walking through the park. The writer seems to be very invested in his current project, but he starts to become frustrated as he is constantly restarting. Everytime he restarts, the man walking in the park restarts his path as well, constantly taking different routes. Nick wanted to make a stylistic short film with no dialogue that solely focuses on the visuals to tell a story. He tried to make it dramatic but also lighthearted as it shows a story that isn’t clearly understood until the very end. Nick’s main goal is to continue creating content that can inspire, en-

tertain, or simply engage an audience, whether it's in a short or long format. He feels there are so many unique stories to tell and so many ways to tell them. This motivates him to work creatively to put together pieces of work for others to enjoy.

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Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani in Ridley Scott’s House of Gucci. CREDIT: MGM STUDIOS

House of Gucci adds a trashy hue to the notion of decadence Poor performances, weak cinematography, and inconsistent plotting fail to do the film's lavish source material justice PRABHJOT BAINS

idley Scott’s second cinematic foray of the year was met with great anticipation from fans the moment Lady Gaga evocatively uttered “father, son, and house of Gucci” in its first official trailer. The film promised a seductive, opulent, and gratifying exploration of the family politics and inner machinations of the lavish boutique empire. Instead, what crossed the screen was a hollow, lethargic, and inept melodrama that cemented itself as a seminal lesson in how not to construct a drama. Almost every creative decision in House of Gucci directly conflicts with the tenets of what makes a great film. Throughout its runtime, the film is caught in a state of flux between being a prestige drama or a campy dramedy, creating an experience that is ultimately confounding and unremarkable, painting the decadent events of the film with a trashy hue. House of Gucci follows Patrizia

Reggiani (Lady Gaga), a woman of humble origin whose ambition leads her to marry Maurizio Gucci (Adam Driver), sparking an unravelling of the family legacy through debauchery, betrayal, and murder. But what could have been a captivating, mature, and entertaining delve into the rise and fall of the prolific Gucci family comes across as high camp. This could’ve been fine if Scott leaned into the camp style, but many scenes are laced with an ambition for high art which renders the film into a hodgepodge of conflicting styles, and consequently, inconsistent quality. Serious scenes that focus on complex family dynamics are slotted right next to ones that are absurd and highly comedic in tone, forcing the audience to bear the brunt of this perpetually shifting tenor in the film’s plot. Just as the dramatic underpinnings of the film seem to come into formation and begin building momentum, they are diluted by the next moment’s

insistence on being farcical, making this tour through boutique fashion seem instead like a jaunt through a trite department store. The fluctuating style and quality of the film are wholly encapsulated in the performances. Lady Gaga convincingly embodies the ferocity and cunning inherent in Patrizia’s ambition up until the moment she opens her mouth. Gaga fails to nail down the accent, as her attempt at an Italian dame comes across as more annoying than alluring. Her performance throws every notion of subtlety

out the window, opting instead for oversaturation, which results in a caricature rather than a character. Jared Leto’s Paolo Gucci continues this trend of overacting as he plays the archetypal jester within this cast of characters. The scenes he occupies are, at the very least, entertaining, but they imbue the plot with an absurdity that lingers over the ensuing dramatic scenes. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Adam Driver’s Maurizio and Jeremy Iron’s Rodolfo are understated, with performanc-

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es more reflective of the human stakes that are meant to underlie the film. This stark juxtaposition between naturalism and hyperbole traps the film between two opposing forces—one that is going for lighter fare and the other for emotional heft. This ultimately hinders the narrative, as key plot points come and go without any real resonance. Al Pacino’s performance as Aldo Gucci is the only one that successfully walks the line between comedy and drama. His range brings to life a man who exudes both depraved excess and emotional gravitas. House of Gucci is filled to the brim with beautiful people and locations, but none of it is filmed beautifully. Like the audience, the camera is a passive observer. The cinematography never takes an active role in conveying key motifs or emotional information. It allows the script to do all the heavy lifting, as the camerawork only exists to serve its basic function: capturing the people who are acting on screen. The shot compositions do nothing to prevent this film from becoming a slog that overstays its welcome before coming to a deflating end that leaves so much to be desired. Ridley Scott’s second feature film of the year is one that is in desperate need of a reimagining. The plot, acting, and cinematography are in a perpetual clash with one another as they create an experience that feels emotionally unfulfilling. The storied past of the Gucci family was begging for a dazzling cinematic rendition that showcased their dissolution with tact and storytelling confidence. But all we are left with is a film that redefines the notion of decadence as something that is trashy rather than enrapturing.

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Filling in a colouring book is easy and fun! Try it out when you catch a break from studying. CREDIT: PIXABAY

Five easy ways to get creative From doodling to writing poetry, here’s how to incorporate art into your everyday life ELENI KOPSAFTIS

f you’re a full-time student swamped with quizzes, tests, and group projects, you might be convinced that there’s no way you could spare your time and effort for the arts. After all, doesn’t art have to be beautiful? Don’t you have to spend a ton of time on it? And isn’t it something that takes years of practice to get right? Nope! Being creative isn’t just for trained artists, and it certainly doesn’t have to be stressful. If you want to try dipping your toes into the arts, there are lots of ways to do so that are easy, time-efficient, and fun.

Doodle on a blank canvas First thing’s first, try doodling. Whether you draw in a notebook or on a virtual canvas, a blank page might just be the perfect way to awaken your creative side. You don’t have to make anything pretty or ornate. Doodling is supposed to be simple and relaxing. It’s also an adaptable pastime; you can draw at home, on the bus, and in between classes if you’re already well-versed on your course material. Experiment with images, shapes, pat-

terns, and concepts. Try not to think too hard about it and just draw what comes to mind.

If a blank page looks daunting, consider some of the following ideas: Fill an entire page with jagged lines without ever lifting

your pencil from the paper, experiment with some different fonts, recreate an image purely from memory, or design a maze. If you’re already an artist, or looking for a challenge, try creating a discernible image with only pointillism (drawing with the use of small dots instead of lines). If you’d rather just have some fun, draw a person’s face or figure and exaggerate their features to create a cartoonish look.

Fill in a colouring book

Don’t consider yourself a talented artist? Fill in other artists’

designs instead. Filling in a colouring book is a mindlessly relaxing pastime, and you also get to stretch those creative muscles by experimenting with colours and mediums. Don’t limit yourself to coloured pencils. Try markers, crayons, or even paint! Don’t be afraid to go wild with it and draw outside the lines. You can plan which colours go where by assigning a colour to a number and writing that number into a section with pencil. Alternatively, you can go into it with no plan at all. The choice is yours! Colouring books for adults can be found at most bookstore

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chains and are available in a variety of themes. Nature, suburbia, abstract, floral—you’re bound to find something that’ll spark your imagination.

If you’re not interested in a physical book, there are also plenty of colouring book apps on the Apple App Store and Google Play. You could even find a fillable design on the internet and paste it into the Paint program on your computer, then fill in each section with the paint bucket tool.

Try blackout poetry Blackout poetry is a fun yet simple way of delving into the world of literature. With this method, you don’t even have to write anything. In fact, you’ll be removing words from existing works. This style of poetry involves taking a written work—a document, magazine, newspaper, textbook, etc.—and blacking out some of the words on the page to create a new poetic piece. For example, Tyler Knott Gregson blacked out nearly a whole page from Robert Louis Stevenson’s Travels with a Donkey in the Cevénnes and created a lovely new poem that included the phrase, “a faint noise of people passing in sleeping cities.” Parts of this excerpt were almost a paragraph away in the original text, but Gregson brought them together to create something new. If you’re not someone who keeps much physical material, copy-paste some written content into a Word document. Using the black tint on the highlighter tool, you can create a virtual blackout poem.

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Write a haiku Poets would argue that writing a good haiku isn’t as easy as it seems, but we’re not here to create a masterpiece; we’re just here to get creative! A haiku is a traditional Japanese poem structure consisting of three lines following a syllable count of 5-7-5. Traditional haiku usually focuses on nature and sensory de-

tails, but you don’t have to limit yourself to those aspects if you don’t want to. Go ahead and write about anything you want! Whether it’s a conversation you heard, something you saw, or an idea you had, the ball is in your court. Matsuo Bashō was the most famous poet of Japan in the Edo period. One of his haiku is simply the observation of a frog in a pond: “An old silent pond… / A frog jumps into the pond, / splash! Silence again.” Put your work in a notebook or type it out on your computer. You can post it on social media, send it to a literary magazine, or keep it to yourself. Your creative plunge into poetry is all yours.

Experiment with your wardrobe You have clothes in your closet anyway, so why not use them creatively? And don’t worry, you don’t have to wear any quirky outfits out in public if you don’t want to. Just have some fun with the new looks you create!

Get creative with your wardrobe by pairing pieces of clothes you’d normally never wear together. Who knows? You might like what you end up with. CREDIT: PEXELS

Mix and match some colours, textures, and patterns that you don’t usually pair together to see what you can make. Don’t think your plaid jacket will look good with that bright flowery shirt? Try it anyway! If you’re feeling especially experimental, you can even layer pieces of clothing that don’t typically go together. For example, pair a skirt with some ripped jeans for an avant-garde look. All in all, just have fun! Who knows, you might end up with an outfit that you actually like. For a more practical way to get creative with clothes, revamp parts of your wardrobe that you don’t wear anymore. Bored of that old graphic tee? Cut small tears into it to make a grunge style top. That long skirt just not doing it for you? Cut a slit into the side for a sexy new look. Turn that crewneck into a V-neck, cut your long-sleeves into short-sleeves, fill old holes with some fun iron-on patches, or replace old buttons with some new colourful ones. If you’re feeling especially creative, try your hand at fabric painting or embroidery to create some unique designs on your clothes. Go crazy with your wardrobe! It’s not just a fun method to get creative, but also a way to recycle old clothing pieces into something you’ll love and keep them out of the landfill.

If you’re looking to participate in some creative events on campus, search for some related keywords at gryphlife. uoguelph.ca/events or check out some of U of G’s arts-related clubs at gryphlife.uoguelph.ca/organizations.

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A historical recollection of Toronto’s affordable housing project Recent Toronto planning report echoes the mid-twentieth century craze for affordable multi-unit housing RYAN KIRKBY | ARCHIVES ASSOCIATE

e’ve all read the headlines: affordable housing in big cities like Vancouver and Toronto is a thing of the past. Millennials and Generation Z are the chief casualties of this crisis—most of whom will

likely need to look to the suburbs, exurbs, or small communities for their first house. This is bad news for young adults, but also for the country. As the Toronto Star reported, unaffordable housing costs Canadians approximately $6 billion

A model of Flemingdon Park, a high-density housing project that was conceived in the late ‘50s.

to $8 billion annually, squeezing middle-class and low-wage workers out of markets close to where they work and sending them to smaller cities. In addition to forcing more workers into becoming commuters, and discouraging people from moving to city centres, this trend has produced a domino effect causing real estate prices in small cities to skyrocket. Demands for the government to mitigate the rising costs of home ownership have grown in recent years. One sign of encouragement is the recently tabled Toronto planning report requesting that the city allow for the construction of low-rise apartment buildings in residential areas as a way of creating more housing options for more people, theoretically making city living affordable once again to middle-income earners. Commenting on the report, Globe and Mail architecture critic Alex Bozikovic called it “the boldest and most progressive planning policy to emerge from City Hall since the amalgamation of Toronto in 1998.” Although not as ambitious, it also echoes an earlier era of urban planning in which apartment living was considered the apex of the modern city, not its nadir.

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Details related to the setting of Flemingdon Park in Toronto.

One example of this verve for multi-unit residential buildings is Flemingdon Park in Toronto’s North York district. Modelled after similar developments in London and Sweden, Flemingdon Park master planner Macklin Hancock conceived this late 1950s project as an integrated urban

community capable of housing 15,000 people. He detailed the specifics of his vision in “Flemingdon Park, New Urban Community,” an article published in the early 1960s for PLAN, Canada, the journal of the Town Planning Institute of Canada. Grand in scope, the master plan was nothing short of ambitious with specific provisions made for different dwelling types, education, recreation, shopping, and community services like a medical centre and library. Hancock was an early supporter of multi-unit housing. Following his service in the air force during World War II, Hancock graduated from the Ontario Agricultural College (OAC) and attended Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Leveraging the training he received in urban planning and landscape architecture, he oversaw the development of Don Mills, an intricately designed postwar community that, in addition to offering detached houses, also included ample row housing and walk-up apartments to accommodate different income levels. With Flemingdon Park, Hancock and his architects took this concept a step further by proposing a community composed entirely of high-rise apartment buildings and townhouses. By 1961, the first phase of the development’s housing plan was complete, and residents started moving in. Flemingdon quickly gained international recognition for the modern flair of its tower apartments. Hancock hoped it would entice more people to return to the city instead of retreating to the suburbs. According to Richard White, author of Planning Toronto: The Planners, The Plans, Their Legacies, 194080 (2016), high-density housing, such as apartment buildings, has long been a part of Toronto’s urban landscape, despite the many zoning bylaws passed by city council banning them in residen-

tial neighbourhoods. For a brief period following World War II, however, city officials and urban planners fell in line with their support for apartment buildings, which by 1965 accounted for 26 per cent of Metropolitan Toronto’s dwelling units. Population growth was a big reason for this shift, but so was the desire to offer affordable housing to middle and low-income families. Work on Flemingdon Park wrapped up in the early 1970s at the very moment the political winds in the city started to shift again. Bold mass housing projects were falling out of favour among Torontonians, many of whom bristled at the top-down decision making of the mid-century planners and their proposals to expropriate old neighbourhoods and replace them with modern apartment towers without consulting the affected communities. What followed was decades of disinvestment and neglect of some of the city’s largest housing structures. As policymakers continue to search for ways to create affordable housing, they might find inspiration in high-density housing projects like Flemingdon Park as examples not only of Canada’s architectural history, but of innovative experiments in residential planning as well. Macklin Hancock, “Flemingdon Park, New Urban Community,” PLAN, Canada, p. 11 and 17, n.d. [ca. 1960], XL1 MS A021060, Macklin L. Hancock/ Project Planning Associates Ltd. Collection, University of Guelph Archival & Special Collections, Guelph, ON. Readers interested in learning more about Macklin Hancock and Flemingdon Park can do so by booking an appointment to visit the Archival & Special Collections Reading Room in McLaughlin Library.

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The Dating Plan offers a modern twist on the classic romantic comedy Sara Desai's lighthearted exploration of intercultural relationships is sure to delight fans of the genre ALYSSA AHMED

ave you ever lied about something so that your family would stop nagging you about it? What about living out a fake engagement so that you can secure your grandfather's inheritance? Well maybe not the latter, but this is what main characters Daisy and Liam set out to do in Sara Desai’s witty romance, The Dating Plan.

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Vancouver Island-based author Sara Desai writes romantic comedies and contemporary romances with multicultural twists. The Dating Plan, preceded by The Marriage Game, was published in March 2021. This cheesy story starts with Daisy Patel, our strong female lead. She is an overly-organized software engineer and the type of person who schedules every single hour of her day. Daisy is out-spoken, obsessed with Marvel, and she has no plans of finding love any time in her foreseeable future. However, coming from a family of Indian descent, her four aunties pester her to get married. Then we have Liam Murphy. 10 years ago, he was Daisy’s childhood crush who stood her up at prom. Although they have not spoken since then, she still holds a grudge against him. When Liam’s grandfather passes away, he goes to San Francisco for the funeral where he learns that he may be able to inherit the family business. However, there’s a condition: Liam must be married!

When Liam and Daisy’s paths cross they make a deal that will solve both of their problems. They fake an engagement and future marriage to please Daisy’s family and allow Liam to gain his grandfather’s inheritance. With Daisy’s top notch planning skills, she creates a dating plan to make their engagement seem as credible as possible. But this plan is put to the test when they begin spending more time together. If you are a fan of fake dating tropes like I am, then mark this as your next read! I love a good romantic comedy, but something about this book in particular made me enjoy it that much more. Daisy’s strong character was the first thing to draw me in. It was nice to see that Daisy was able to devise a plan to save herself—and help Liam—without needing him to come riding in on a horse to save the day. However, the part I loved most about this book was the interracial relationship. We rarely see couples of mixed-race portrayed in novels, let alone other forms of media. In this book, Daisy’s South Asian culture drives a large chunk of the storyline, as it is what encourages her to engage in the dating plan to begin with. Yet although her overly eager aunties were the ones to pressure her into this intricate plan, Daisy shows unconditional love and respect for her family. She is not ashamed of her roots and pursues the fake engagement with Liam, who is of Irish descent. The Dating Plan was definitely a hit for me! Being able to see an interracial relationship play out with normalcy hit home for me as my parents are an interracial couple. This novel left me feeling like anything is possible, and Sara Desai did a fantastic job of conveying that in more ways than one. I would highly recommend The Dating Plan to anyone looking for a neat spin on the romantic comedy.

The Dating Plan offers a unique and inclusive twist on the fan favourite romantic comedy genre. CREDIT: PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE

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staying on track, you’ll find that it’s much easier to keep focused when another person is involved. If you find yourself struggling with a goal, having a buddy who understands what you’re going through and that you can lean on for support can make a world of difference. And when you succeed, you’ll have someone to celebrate your victories with.

Write it down

If the thought of making resolutions intimidates you, try to make smaller, more manageable goals for yourself, such as waking up earlier or drinking more water. CREDIT: PEXELS

How to stick to your New Year’s resolutions Five tips to help you set yourself up for success in 2022 EMILY BRAY

s the New Year approaches, the topic of resolutions is bound to come up in conversations with friends and family. However, while the tradition of setting goals for yourself for the New Year can be fun and exciting, it can also be daunting for those–like me!–who struggle to actually accomplish them. If you’re an ambitious person, you can probably relate when I say that I have a love-hate relationship with setting goals for myself. On the one hand, having goals keeps me excited for the future and gives me something to work towards. Yet on the other hand, it can also expose feelings of failure and inadequacy when I find myself unable to live up to my own expectations. After years of dealing with self-inflicted blows to my confidence and self-esteem, I finally had enough. So, somewhat paradoxically, I made it my goal to get better at setting goals. And I succeeded. Through

trial and error, I’ve learned these tricks to help reduce the stress that comes with setting and sticking to resolutions. I hope that you find them as helpful as I do.

Start small When we think of New Year’s resolutions, many of us think of goals such as getting fit, leading a more healthy lifestyle, and saving money. However, these goals are so broad that when it comes time to pursue them, it can be difficult to figure out what you actually need to do and where you should start. One way to get around this is by breaking broad goals down into smaller, more manageable chunks. For example, instead of vowing to get healthy, make it your goal to eat one extra serving of vegetables every day—pretty easy, right? Once you accomplish that, you can move on to a new goal, such as cutting out one unhealthy food that you regularly eat, and so on.

Small tasks are easy to complete, and when you finish one, the feeling of accomplishment will encourage you to pursue another. Before you know it, you’ll be well on your way to a healthier lifestyle, or whatever other broad goal you originally set for yourself.

Do something fun

Many common New Year’s resolutions require you to develop more personal discipline—for example, changing your diet or quitting nicotine. However, as rewarding as it can be, developing personal discipline is also extremely difficult. So when you’re setting your goals for the New Year, make sure that you balance tougher goals with resolutions that are a little more fun and lighthearted. In Western culture, we tend to think of self-improvement as being synonymous with work. But life is about more than just the

grind; it’s important to set aside time to foster your playful and creative sides. Think of some activities that you enjoy but don’t often get to partake in, and make it your goal to do those things more frequently. Setting goals that excite you will give you something to look forward to throughout the year. Plus, since they’re easy and fun to accomplish, you’ll get to enjoy the confidence boost that comes with checking these goals off of your list… Even if they just revolve around finishing the latest season of One Piece or logging more hours on Minecraft.

Buddy up Everything is more fun with a friend! If you know another person who wants to pursue the same goal as you, ask them if they want to work together. Most of the time, you’ll find that the answer is yes! Whether you decide to actually do goal-related activities together, or to simply check up on each other every few weeks to make sure that the other person is

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Write everything down! That includes your goals, the steps that you need to take to achieve them, timelines, your progress, and any roadblocks that you run into along the way. Writing out step-by-step instructions and timelines for yourself will help you stick to your goals by providing a sense of structure. These instructions don’t have to be rigid, but you should at least have a general sense of what you’re going to do and when. Don’t let yourself push things off indefinitely—either stick to your plan or re-evaluate whether your goal is realistic and achievable for you. Moreover, keeping track of the issues that you encounter during the process will help you avoid challenging situations in the future. For example, if you resolved to quit nicotine but had a hard time saying no when offered a cigarette at a get-together, making a note to avoid outdoor spaces at parties for a few months will help you avoid the temptation going forward. Perhaps most importantly though, keeping a written record of your self-improvement journey will help you recognize the progress that you’ve made. It can be easy to let failures and negative experiences overshadow your victories, so be sure to make a note every time you succeed. You’ll be able to look back on how far you’ve come with pride—and rightfully so!

Go easy on yourself The final and most important tip that I have for you is to be kind to yourself when you’re unable to meet a goal. You’re inevitably going to slip up at some point, and that’s okay—it happens to everyone. When you do fall off the wagon, try not to get angry with yourself. Instead, take a step back and figure out how to get yourself on track again. Readjust your plans and keep moving forward. Remember, you are your own harshest critic. Even though it may not always feel like it, everyone else is cheering you on.

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Bright and colourful ingredients on a charcuterie board are appealing to the eyes just as much as they are to the stomach. CREDIT: ALYSSA MARKS

Art you can eat: Snacks that look and taste great Hone your creative side by making these colourful recipes ALYSSA MARKS

o you want to get artistic but don’t know where to start? How about in the kitchen! Everyone has to eat, so why not try out some creative recipes? With the help of some fun colours and a variety of ingredients, you’ll want to stop and admire these artsy morsels before eating them.

ALYSSA’S EFFORTLESS CHARCUTERIE BOARD This is my go-to charcuterie board. It's easy to assemble and will definitely impress your guests. Stacked with cheese, meats, bread, crackers, and fruit, it is guaranteed

to taste delicious every time.

Ingredients: •

Assorted dips, spreads, and preserves – Try different kinds of hummus, pesto, jams, or spreads. • Fresh fruit – I like to use green grapes, cherries, strawberries, blackberries, tangerines, etc. • Dried fruit – Dried apricot, mango, dates, figs, etc. • Cheeses – You can incorporate whichever cheeses you like best, either soft cheese (like brie, mozzarella, blue cheese), or sliced cheese (try cheddar, havarti, provolone, mon-

terey, etc.). If you’re looking for a plant-based cheese, try cashew or tofu-based cheeses. • Meat – Salami, prosciutto, ham, or other smoked meats. You can optout of this for a plant-based charcuterie board. • Crackers and fresh breads – I like to use sliced baguettes, and assorted crackers. • Fresh herbs for garnish – Rosemary, basil, thyme, oregano, etc.

Steps:

1. Transfer all dips and preserves into small dishes, and place on the board. 2. Next, place all cheeses and meats onto the board. 3. Add the crackers and fresh bread, spreading them throughout the board. 4. Fill in the spaces with dried fruit, fresh fruit, fresh herbs, and any other extras you may want to add.

Make a delicious and eye-catching focaccia by arranging different herbs and vegetables to depict flowers. CREDIT: "FLOWER FOCACCIA" BY EPPUJENSEN/FLICKR. USED UNDER LICENSE CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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GARDEN FOCACCIA BREAD Adapted from “Herbed Focaccia 4 Ways” by Tasty

Use your dough as a blank canvas to express your creativity with vegetables and herbs. Whether you are an experienced artist or an amatuer, know that the end product is bound to be delicious.

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Bread 1 ½ cups of warm water 1 pack, or 8 grams of active dry yeast 1 tbsp. of olive oil 4 cups of all purpose flour 1 tbsp. of salt ½ tsp. of dried thyme ½ tsp. of dried oregano ½ tsp. of black pepper Toppings Any combination of colourful vegetables such as: Cherry or grape tomatoes Scallions or green onion Asparagus Small bell peppers, sliced thinly into rings Olives Red or golden beets Eggplant Red onion Zucchini Mushrooms Fresh herbs (basil, oregano, rosemary, etc.)

Steps:

1. Stir yeast pack into water and let yeast bloom. A light foam should emerge on the surface of the water after approximately five minutes. 2. Add olive oil to the water and yeast mixture. 3. In a separate large bowl, mix flour, salt, pepper, dried oregano, and dried thyme together. 4. Create a small well in the center of the dry ingredients and pour in the yeast, water, and oil mixture. 5. Mix the ingredients with your hands. Wet your hands before mixing so the dough doesn’t stick to your fingers. The water and flour should be incorporated to form a dough that pulls away from the sides of the bowl (If the dough is too sticky, incrementally add small amounts of flour, about one tbsp. at a time. If the dough seems too dry, incrementally add small amounts of water, about one tbsp. at a time). 6. Once the dough comes together, transfer it to a lightly floured countertop. Knead into the dough turns into a smooth ball. 7. Coat the bowl that the dough was initially mixed in with one tbsp. of olive oil and transfer the dough back into the bowl. Coat the dough with the oil from the bowl. 8. Cover with a towel and let the dough sit for approximately one hour. After an hour, the dough should double in

size. 9. After the dough rises, coat a baking sheet with olive oil. Transfer the dough to the baking sheet and spread it out into a rectangle shape. 10. Cover the dough again for 20 to 30 minutes. While waiting, preheat the oven to 450 degrees C. 11. Using your fingers, poke the dough allover. Then generously coat the dough with olive oil. 12. Add your choice of toppings in a creative design to the top of the dough. Then sprinkle salt to taste over the dough and toppings. 13. Bake at 450 degrees C for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden. 14. Allow the bread to cool for at least 10 minutes before serving.

ABSTRACT PAINTER’S COOKIES Adapted from “Cookie Art” by Martha Stewart

Let out your inner child and experiment with various colours and designs. This recipe is relatively easy to make and consists of ingredients that are probably already in your pantry.

Ingredients: • • •

4 cups of sifted all-purpose flour, plus more for dusting ½ tsp. of salt 1 tsp. of baking powder

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1 cup of unsalted butter 2 cups of sugar 2 eggs 2 tsp. of vanilla extract Assorted liquid food colouring

Steps:

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Nutrition 101 with Student Wellness Services By: Student Wellness Education Centre Get a start on your New Year’s wellness resolutions with Student Wellness Services Registered Dietitian Lindzie O’Reilly. Learn about grocery shopping, new cooking techniques, recipes aligned with your workout routine and fitness goals, and more! 2:30 to 3:20 p.m. / Online via Microsoft Teams / Free

Gourmet Nights By: The Olive Experience Inc. and Capistrano Bistro & Espresso Bar Our very special Gourmet Nights have returned with catering provided by Capistrano Bistro & Espresso Bar! These events will give you the opportunity to sample three recipes made with our products, and a delightful balsamic beverage. Proof of double vaccination is required for entry into these events. 5:15 to 7:30 p.m. / The Olive Experience Inc., 132 Wyndham St. N, Guelph, ON / $15 per person via theoliveexperience.ca

JAN 11 Sports, Boards Games, Mental Health By: The Salvation Army Guelph Citadel Sports, Board Games, Mental Health is a free wellness program with TSA for university-age young people on Tuesdays 6 to 9 p.m. Dinner, wellness with community partners, and sports and board games all included. 6 to 9 p.m. / 1320 Gordon St, Guelph, ON N1L 1H2, Canada / Free

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JAN 15 Benefit Celebrity Hockey Game: Pro Hockey Heroes vs. Guelph Firefighters By: Pro Hockey Heroes Check out an exciting game between the Guelph Firefighter AllStars and former NHL Hockey Heroes. The annual game aims to raise funds for the Guelph Firefighters Benevolent Fund, which helps in assisting hospitals in purchasing emergency medical equipment. 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. / The Sleeman Centre, 50 Woolwich St., Guelph, ON / Tickets are $30 at the door, or order in advance by contacting the ticket and event information line at 1-888-777-9793 or online at ProHockeyHeroes.com

JAN 12 Pouring With Ellie at Brothers Brewing! By: Paint-tastic By Ellie Join Ellie at Brothers Brewing Company for a Pour Paint Workshop! With torches, paint, and canvas, you will learn the art of Controlled Chaos! 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. / Brothers Brewing Company, 15 Wyndham St. N, Guelph, ON / $50 or $65 depending on canvas size via painttastic. com

JAN 16 Romeo & Juliet - Canada’s Ballet Jörgen By: River Run Centre Choreographer Bengt Jörgen masterfully transforms Shakespeare’s tale of love, anguish, and revenge into the magical world of ballet. Featuring visually stunning sets, outstanding costumes and world-class performers, Jörgen’s acclaimed Romeo & Juliet is an emotional journey into a timeless classic. 2 to 4 p.m. / River Run Centre / Tickets are $45 adult, $43 senior, $29 under 30, and $25 14 and under (including infants) via riverrun.ca

JAN 21 Shakespeare Arms Guelph By: The Shakespeare Arms and K.C Lee and His Checkered Past A fun night of great music, food and drinks. Come out and dance to your favourite songs. 8:30 p.m. / 35 Harvard Rd, Guelph, ON N1G 3A2, Canada / Free entrance

Owls: A Who's Whoo in Ontario By: The Arboretum and the University of Guelph Discover how to use your eyes and ears to identify Ontario's owls. Through a wide variety of handson activities, participants will learn about owl plumage, calls and behaviour, habitat requirements, migration patterns, and owl folklore. The day will be spent learning in the classroom. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. / The University of Guelph Arboretum / $100 (plus HST) per person if booked before the early bird deadline of Jan. 13, 2022 via arboretum.uoguelph.ca. After the early bird deadline the fee is $110 (plus HST)

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Drag Divas Matinee Hosted by Crystal Quartz By: Crystal Quartz at Kelseys Join TikTok star and local legend Crystal Quartz and a group of talented queens for a matinee at Kelseys Roadhouse. 2:30 to 6 p.m. / Kelseys Original Roadhouse Woodlawn West / Tickets at $64.67 for four people via crystalquartzqueen.com

JAN 31 Online Arboretum Workshop – Snow in Watercolour By: The Arboretum In this beginner-friendly online workshop, instructor Candice Leyland will demonstrate a variety of techniques to capture snowy landscapes in watercolour. During the second half of the class, she will work with students step-bystep to create a simple snowy winter scene. 7 to 10 p.m. / Online via Zoom / Tickets at $30 (plus HST) per person / Register online at arboretum.uoguelph.ca/educationandevents/register

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