The Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) invites researchers in the humanities and social sciences working with collaborators and partners both inside and outside academia to an online workshop designed to help develop strategies to document project goals, procedures and governance structures to ensure project longevity, as well as to look ahead to storing and accessing their project websites, […]
This session will provide managers and supervisors with key strategies to create and maintain accessible and inclusive working environments. Together, we will identify the critical competencies people leaders need to make their teams feel welcome, a sense of belonging and comfortable to contribute fully. Through the exploration of concepts like universal design, emerging perspectives like […]
This workshop will provide participants with a framework for understanding foundational concepts related to sexual and gender diversity, including gender identity, gender expression, and sexual orientation. The session will examine how common messages and ideas about sexuality and gender operate in our daily lives and work environments, with impacts for all of us, and specifically […]
Are you working on a research project, but aren’t sure what to do with your data once it’s complete? Has a funder or journal asked you to deposit your research data in a repository? Do you want to publish your data and make it available for others to reuse? In this session participants will learn […]
What does it mean to be an ally to Indigenous peoples? Is it even possible to call yourself an ally, or is it more correct to say that one can only aspire to be an ally, as allyship is a continuous process of self-reflexivity, learning, and acting in a decolonial manner? These are some of […]
The weekly SRI Seminar Series welcomes Jeff Clune, a professor of computer science at the University of British Columbia, a Canada CIFAR AI Chair at the Vector Institute, and a senior research advisor at DeepMind. Clune’s research focuses on deep learning, including deep reinforcement learning. In this talk, Clune will explore how foundation models are opening new frontiers […]
How can diversity be quantified in scientific data, and why does it matter for advancing research? Join the next AC Seminar – hosted by the Acceleration Consortium – featuring Adji Bousso Dieng from Princeton University as she discusses Vendi Scoring, an innovative method for understanding variation in complex datasets. The talk will also introduce the […]
Join us at the Faculty of Information in exploring and navigating non-traditional methods of publishing! The EDIU Unit is excited to launch a new workshop series called, “Beyond the Page: Innovative Publishing Paths for Diverse Voices in Research.” This workshop series is designed to empower students, particularly those from underrepresented and marginalized groups, but open […]
This session introduces a step-by-step approach that will enable you to see your own words through a series of lenses that bring a fresh perspective. You'll learn to use x-ray vision—that is, a way to look through the content of your own text, to see through to its structure. By editing at a structural level, […]
Please, check out other Fun Data Friday events. What: In this workshop we will discuss what aspects of a map make it interpretable. You will learn how to map geospatial data, map layers, and how to apply map layers in ArcGIS Online and analyze that data. Why: Maps are interpretations of the world we live […]
What: Learn to use a market-leading, point-and-click data visualization tool, Tableau Desktop, by creating visualizations, such as bar graphs, line graphs, pie charts, and scatter plots. Why: Learning data visualization skills and tools will help you gain insights into your data, communicate your findings, and stand out in the job market. Software: As a student […]
