CRIS Research Roundup
A weekly digest of research and innovation communications.
In This Issue
Issue 289: Week of Monday, March 16, 2026 - Sunday, March 22, 2026
Resources for the Research & Innovation Community
Featured Training & Events
- CBRCanada – Communities Empowered by Research Data: Tools and Best Practices
April 9, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm - Cyber Security and Your Research(ers) Office Hours: Research Travel, Conferences, and Digital Security
April 14, 2026, 1:00pm-2:00pm - CRIS-JHI Promoting your Scholarly Book
April 15, 2026, 10:30am-12:00pm
More Training & Events
- Safeguarding Science – Module 2: Dual-Use Technologies: Know Your Research – Know your Partners – Assess the Risk
March 24, 2026, 1:00pm-2:00pm - Hands-on Workshop: Applying AI Tools for Quantitative Data Analysis
March 24, 2026, 1:00pm-4:00pm - Understanding your responsibility to preventing racial discrimination & harassment in the work environment
March 24, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm - Narrative CV: What is it and why do I need one?
March 25, 2026, 10:30am-12:00pm - SRI Seminar Series: Kyle Mahowald, “How linguistics learned to stop worrying and love the language models”
March 25, 2026, 12:30pm-2:00pm - Intro to Geospatial Python Programming with ArcGIS (Virtual)
March 25, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm - Thursday@3 – AI Jam 3.0! New season, new skills, next‑level innovation!
March 26, 2026, 3:00pm-4:00pm - Black Research Network (BRN) Research Symposium 2026
March 27, 2026, 9:30am-3:30pm - Research & Innovation Dashboards Training for Users
March 27, 2026, 10:00am-11:00am - Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff
March 27, 2026, 12:10pm-1:00pm - Understanding and Addressing Antisemitism at U of T: Rights, Responsibilities, and Inclusive Practices
March 30, 2026, 1:00pm-3:30pm - Drawing across the Disciplines: PhotoVoice Webinar
April 1, 2026, 10:30am-12:00pm - What is Harassment? Tools to Identify and Address Racial and Sexual Harassment
Part 1: April 1, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Part 2: April 7, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm - Making Research Matter: Approaches to Strengthen Connections between Research, Policy, and Community
April 7, 2026, 1:00pm-2:30pm - Reflecting on Indigenous Land Acknowledgements
April 1, 2026, 1:00pm-4:00pm - MedComic Con 2026 – UofT
April 1, 2026, 1:00pm-5:00pm - Community Engagement Series: “Research as Relationship: Building Trust and Responsiveness in Community Engagement for Co-created Studies of School Foods”
April 8, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm - Pan-Canadian Research Connect Presents Inside the Update: A Deep Dive into Division 5, ICH E6(R3), and GUI-0100
April 8, 2026, 12:00pm-3:00pm - Intro to Geospatial Python Programming with QGIS
April 8, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm - Seeking Alignment: Religious Imaginaries in the Past and Future of AI
April 8, 2026, 5:30pm-7:30pm - What is a Data Management Plan and Why Do I Need One?
April 9, 2026, 1:00pm-2:00pm - Celebrating Research Impact: Transnational Inquiry, Public Engagement, and Social Transformation
April 9, 2026, 2:00pm-3:30pm - CBRCanada CoP: Supporting Meaningful Student Research Placements In Community Settings
April 10, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm - Building Inclusive Environments: Addressing Anti-Asian Racism and Discrimination in the Workplace
April 13, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm - Horizons Europe: Cluster 4 Digital Calls Matchmaking Platform
April 15, 2026, 12:00am - 2SLGBTQ+ Concepts, Identities and Inclusion
April 15, 2026, 10:00am-12:00pm - CRIS-JHI Promoting your Scholarly Book
April 15, 2026, 10:30am-12:00pm - Gerstein + MADLab 3D Printing Safety Training
April 17, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm - Understanding IP and commercialization as a graduate supervisor
April 17, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm
MORE RESOURCES
The Map & Data Library has a new map scanner!
Original Communication – Map and Data Library website: February 17, 2026
Key features of the new scanner include: scans items up to 60″ wide and up to approximately 3 cm tall, scans up to 1200 DPI – or even higher with interpolation, exports many file types, including TIFF, PDF, JPG, PNG, etc.
Prototyping Consultation & Startup Brainstorming Sessions
Original Communication – UTE Weekly Newsletter: March 17, 2026
The Centre for Entrepreneurship is offering two ongoing sessions to support entrepreneurs. Prototyping Consultation Sessions run from March 11 to May 1, while Startup Brainstorming Sessions take place weekly from March 12 to April 30. Both are open to Arts & Science students, alumni, post docs, faculty, staff, and CfE co-workers.
Nominations for the 2026 National CBR Excellence Awards Are Due SOON!
Original Communication – CBR Canada Newsletter: March 17, 2026
University of Toronto is a member of CBR Canada. Nominations are now open for the 2026 awards in the following categories: Excellence in Community-Campus Research Partnership, Emerging Community-Based Researcher, and Emerging Francophone Community-Based Researcher and close on April 10th 2026.
Funding & Information from Sponsors & Partners
Announcements
CIHR Project Grants Peer Review: Message from Prof. Tania Watts
Original Communication – Research Alerts: March 16, 2026
Funding Calls and Program Changes
UTEST 2026 APPLICATIONS – DUE May 14th, 2026
Original Communication – Research Alerts: March 16, 2026
BII Bio Studio Program – Brain Health Challenge Call
Original Communication – Research Alerts: March 13, 2026
Updated version of Duo Mobile required for use of UTORMFA
Original Communication – U of T Information Security website: January 27, 2026
Duo, the provider of the Duo Mobile app used for UTORMFA, is introducing a security update that requires users to run version 4.85.0 or later by March 31 to continue using Duo Push login requests.