CRIS Research Roundup
A weekly digest of research and innovation communications.
In This Issue
Issue 285: Week of Monday, February 16, 2026 - Sunday, February 22, 2026
Resources for the Research & Innovation Community
Featured Training & Events
- True Blue Impact Day 2026
March 5, 2026, 12:00pm-6:00pm - Community-Engaged Research Speaker Series: Community Research Data Toolkit
March 11, 2026, 1:00pm-2:30pm - Cyber Security and Your Research(ers) Office Hours: Research Data Spring Cleaning: What to Keep, What to Lock Down, What to Delete
March 12, 2026, 1:00pm-2:00pm
More Training & Events
- New European Bauhaus Info Day
February 24, 2026, 7:00am-11:00am - Lunch & Learn: On Being a Wittgenstindian
February 24, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm - Intro to Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS Pro (Virtual)
February 24, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm - Getting Started with Intermediate R
February 24, 2026, 2:00pm-3:30pm - Introduction to Using MAXQDA for Qualitative Data Analysis
Part 1: February 24, 2026, 2:00pm-3:30pm
Part 2: February 25, 2026, 2:00pm-3:30pm
Part 3: February 26, 2026, 2:00pm-3:00pm - Applying Knowledge Through Case Studies: Responding to Anti-Black Racism: Practical Applications and Tools (Workshop 2)
February 24, 2026, 1:00pm-2:30pm - Intro to Spatial Analysis with ArcGIS Pro (Virtual)
February 24, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm - Storytelling for Research Impact
February 25, 2026, 10:00am-11:30am - Horizons Europe: Artificial Intelligence in Horizon Europe Calls
February 25, 2026, 3:30am-11:30am - Web Accessibility for Designers and Developers
February 25, 2026, 9:00am-12:00pm - Storytelling for Research Impact
February 25, 2026, 10:00am-11:30am - STAR Workshop: Guidelines in Action – Practical Steps in Engaging & Compensating Research Support Workers
February 25, 2026, 10:30am-11:30am - Research With, Not On: Métis Peoples and Trauma- and Violence-Informed Research
February 25, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm - Braiding Research, Accountability, Knowledge, Community and Healing
February 25, 2026, 12:00pm-1:30pm - Digital Storytelling with ArcGIS StoryMaps (In-person)
February 25, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm - Introduction to GenAI for Supporting Scholarly Writing
February 26, 2026, 11:00am-12:00pm - BRN Academic Practice Lab: Navigating Academia as Black and Indigenous Scholars
February 26, 2026, 12:00PM-1:00PM - Research & Innovation Dashboards Training for Users
February 27, 2026, 10:00am-11:00am - Let’s Talk International Partnerships Fireside Chat – Global Entrepreneurship Partnerships
February 27, 2026, 11:00am-12:00pm - From Promise to Practice: AI in Medicine, Five Years On
February 27, 2026, 12:00pm-12:45pm - Reconciliation in Practice: A Learning Community for Faculty and Staff
February 27, 2025, 12:10pm-1:00pm - Manual and Automated Medical Image Segmentation for 3D Printing
February 27, 2026, 12:30pm-3:00pm - Informative Infographics
February 27, 2026, 3:00pm-5:00pm - Lunch and Learn (Mar. 2): Commercializing Deep Tech
March 2, 2026, 12:00pm-2:00pm - Introduction to Best Practices for Creating Infographics
March 2, 2026, 2:00pm-3:00pm - U of T Entrepreneurship Week 2026
March 2-6, 2026 - Fireside at FemSTEM with Liz Munro
March 3, 2026, 4:00pm-5:00pm - Cluster 3 Civil Security for Society Info Day
March 4, 2026, 3:00am-11:00am - Introduction to SPSS for managing and analyzing data
March 4, 2026, 10:00am-12:00pm - Launchpad: Campus Resources for U of T Startups Special Entrepreneurship Week edition
March 4, 2026, 12:00pm-1:30pm - Demystifying Horizon Europe: Opportunities in Cluster 4 (Digital, Industry, and Space) and Beyond
March 4, 2026, 12:30pm-3:30pm - Visualizing Data with Maps (ArcGIS Online)
March 6, 2026, 3:00pm-5:00pm - Introduction to Industry Research
March 10, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm - Intro to Spatial Analysis with QGIS (Virtual)
March 10, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm - Introduction to Using Tableau Public to Create Data Visualizations
March 10, 2026, 2:00pm-3:30pm - Safeguarding Science – Module 6: Travelling Safely: Protecting Your Research While Travelling Abroad
March 11, 2026, 1:00pm-2:00pm - JHI How-to: Compose a Compelling SSHRC Connection Grant
March 11, 2026, 1:00pm-2:30pm - CoP de Mars (March CoP) – L’intermédiation (Intermediation): Une approche de l’échange de connaissances
March 13, 2026, 12:00pm-1:00pm - Digital Storytelling with ArcGIS StoryMaps (Virtual)
March 13, 2026, 1:00pm-3:00pm
Funding & Information from Sponsors & Partners
Funding Calls and Program Changes
2026 START Program – Call for Proposals
Original Communication – Research Alerts: February 20, 2026
Developing Medicines through Open Science (DMOS) – Call for Letters of Intent
Original Communication – Research Alerts: February 19, 2026
International Policy Ideas Challenge 2026 – GAC and SSHRC – Call for proposals
Original Communication – Research Alerts: February 18, 2026
U of T Public Policy Reports Collection: Call for Submissions
Original Communication – Research Alerts: February 18, 2026
This collection assembles public policy research reports produced by the U of T community that are categorized as grey literature (research not published through traditional channels like academic journals). This collection improves the discoverability of U of T contributions to public policy at all levels, while also providing a frequently updated, permanent and search engine-optimized host.