University of Toronto Entrepreneurship Week – Mar. 7 – 10, 2022

It’s business as virtual at the 6th annual U of T Entrepreneurship Week, happening from March 7-10, 2022. Join U of T’s entrepreneurial community and campus accelerators in an online celebration of the impact that innovation and startup activity can have on our economy, our health, and the planet. With over 600 new ventures launched in […]

Data Science ARES: Alicia Johnson – Mar. 7, 2022

Talk Title: Demystifying Bayesian statistics Abstract: In a survey of high-ranking institutions, only 6 of 50 colleges and 45 of 102 universities offer an undergraduate course in Bayesian statistics (Dogucu and Hu, 2021). Given the rising popularity of Bayesian statistics, this absence from the common curriculum likely reflects an assumption that the topic can’t be […]

Launchpad: Campus Resources for U of T Startups

Orientation to campus resources for those with startups or interested in startups, including accelerators, courses and programs, library resources, commercialization, funding opportunities, and community resources. This session features a Q&A with a panel of U of T student startup founders. You will leave with: knowledge of how the university supports student and faculty startups through […]

#BreakTheBias: Women Accelerating Science – Mar. 8, 2022

This International Women’s Day (IWD), join us for a free, online discussion to celebrate women driving innovation through technology. Moderated by the Acceleration Consortium’s (AC) Zamyla Chan, Associate Director of Platforms and Training, the panel features leaders across the field of accelerated molecular and materials discovery, including: Preeti Kamakoti, Technology Lead, ExxonMobil Lilo Pozzo, Chair, […]

Data Resources for Entrepreneurs

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 […]

Constellate: A new platform to learn text analysis

Are you interested in analyzing large bodies of texts, or teaching text analysis in your class? Join us to learn about Constellate, a new tool for text analysis. Constellate provides tools for building a large dataset, using items from JSTOR and other collections, cleaning it, analyzing it using a range of tools, and visualizing the […]

Copyright, Licensing, and Permissions -Part 1

Part 1 gives you an introduction about copyright laws and discusses differences between ideas, facts, and works that are in the public domain, freely available on the Internet, and Open Access.

Creating Inclusive & Equitable Spaces for Collaboration: Facilitation & EDI Best Practices – Mar. 9, 2022

Feature Guest: Dr. Nicole Kaniki, inaugural Director of EDI in Research and Innovation_x000D_ How we facilitate our everyday team meetings to larger community conversations has a significant role to play in creating more equitable and inclusive spaces for collaboration and engagement. Effective facilitation also considers the power dynamics of the relationships in the room that can […]

Historical GIS (HGIS) – Mapping Time

In this workshop, attendees will learn how to create, manipulate and create time-based animations in ArcGIS Pro, QGIS and ArcGIS Online

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