Historical maps contain rich information about buildings, land use, and transportation networks, and provide novel insights into urban and spatial economics. However, this information is encoded into pixel values, and cannot be readily used for analysis. This paper investigates the evolution of French urban areas from a historical perspective. We implement a fully-convolutional neural network […]

We are delighted to welcome Edmonton’s current Poet Laureate, Titilope Sonuga, Ontario’s first Poet Laureate, Randell Adjei and former Halifax Poet Laureate, Rebecca Thomas to the table and we invite you to join us! Our speakers will engage in cross-national conversations that will touch on their identities and the stories that uniquely capture both their […]

“Crafting Legacy: Arts, Wellness, andIntergenerational Storytelling” with Professor Andrea Charise In this talk, I offer acritically-informed exploration of the emergence of health-related digitalstorytelling practices, with a particular focus on their applications to agingand the intergenerational context. Starting with a historically-attuned summaryof current scholarship in intergenerational storytelling, I turn to a recentexemplar: the Toronto-based, community-engaged digital […]

With the rise of large language models such as ChatGPT, there is growing concern that students may use AI to partly or entirely write their assignments. Join us for an informative talk on how these models work, the potential cheating implications, and strategies to discourage their use. We will discuss methods to try to detect […]

Part 3: Going Grey and Supplementary Search Techniques Audience: University of Toronto graduate students and faculty engaged in health science research. Date: Wednesday, March 1st, 2023 Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm (+ mandatory pre-work module, approximately 60 minutes) Location: Robarts 4th floor e-Classroom   By the end of this 3-part workshop series, participants will: Understand the […]

This session introduces tools, techniques and best practices of 3D printing, including the basics of 3D printing, an introduction to the MADLab space, and the models of 3D printers available for use. Instructors will demonstrate how to safely use the service and the machines from start to finish, as well as how to find and […]

This workshop introduces the basics of text analysis–including creating a textual collection, data cleaning and preparation, and analytical methods–using the Gale Digital Scholar Lab. No prior experience with text analysis is required and this workshop does not require coding. This workshop is a suitable starting point for using other text analysis tools available at the […]

In this workshop, participants will build on the skills learned in part I and learn some more advanced geospatial data manipulation and analysis.

Preparing a business pitch and developing a business idea requires you to have data on your target market. You need data to inform decisions on your business plan, data on your competitors, and if you want to be innovative in your industry you need data to tell you a story on performance and opportunity. Data […]

In this workshop, participants will learn about various types of spatial data (vector, raster and tabular), the basic QGIS tools required to load, manipulate and visualize spatial data, and to export results.