What is mindfulness and what are the benefits of incorporating practices into daily life? Join us for an introduction to the topic of mindfulness. The session will be presented by Mina Arakawa. Mina is a sessional lecturer and Writing Instructor at the UTSC Writing Support and in Engineering Communication Program on St. George campus. She […]
Faculty members, graduate students, and staff are invited to attend. Workshops will include a presentation with opportunities for questions and discussion. Learning objectives include the following: • Understand history and principles behind research ethics review • Describe procedures under Tri-council policy statement: Ethical conduct for research involving humans • Explain UT’s risk matrix for assessing […]
OJS Tips & Tricks is a series of 30 minute practical workshops led by JPS staff. This series is designed to help journal editors learn more about the different features available on your Open Journal Systems (OJS)* website and how they can benefit your journal. This workshop will feature demos of OJS tools and plugins […]
With this introduction to Git, we will go over the basics on Git and GitHub. We will go over setting up a GitHub account, explaining basic commands like clone, add, and commit, setting up a repository on GitHub, and how to recover old versions of files. (This session is part of the UTM Library 501 […]
For U of T students, faculty, and staff of all disciplines interested in learning more about researching companies and finding competitor information. Includes an overview of subscription databases and publicly available resources for company research. You’ll learn how to: Evaluate different types of company information and understand the differences between public and private companies Find […]
Having trouble with finding the time and motivation to write? Need a jumpstart to focus on writing for your assignment, screenplay, short story, cover letter, or grant application? Shut Up and Write is a chance for academic and creative writers within the UofT community to write productively in a communal setting. The drop-in sessions will […]
This session will occur online and is facilitated by the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus. It is part of the library's Part of ongoing Black History Month Wikipedia-a-Thon. Join us to edit pages in Wikipedia for Black History Month! Facilitators are on site to help you through all aspects of the research and editing process. […]
This session will occur online and is facilitated by the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Makerspace. It is part of the library's Maker Monday Series. Facilitators: Adriana Sgro, Library Technician Reference & Makerspace Assistant | User Services, University of Toronto Scarborough Library Learn the basics for creating a Stop Motion video using Stop Motion Studio […]
Having trouble with finding the time and motivation to write? Shut Up and Write is a chance for academic writers within the UofT community to write productively in a communal setting. The sessions will follow the Pomodoro technique where there will be a sequence of short sprints of writing with a few breaks in between. […]
This hands-on workshop introduces the R statistical programming language in RStudio. Participants can follow along the demonstration on their computer. The topics covered are importing and exploring data, creating graphs, creating new variables and managing data. It is most suitable for new R users or users looking to review their knowledge in R.
Research and Writing Seminars: Develop Your Scholarly Voice. Each session in this suite of four interactive seminars integrates the learning of academic research and writing skills and is taught by a librarian in collaboration with a writing instructor. The goal of each seminar is to help you develop your own voice as an emerging scholar […]
