Developing Researcher Training Program

Parenting and Academia: Finding Support and Guidance Together
30 Sep

Parenting and Academia: Finding Support and Guidance Together

This is a session for parents of young children (0 to 10) who are interested in meeting other academic parents, forming/strengthening support networks, learning from others, and embedding self-care into their parenting and work practices.
Introduction to data cleaning with OpenRefine
25 Sep

Introduction to data cleaning with OpenRefine

Learn basic data cleaning techniques using open source tool OpenRefine in this hands-on workshop.
Introduction to digital texts and tools for HASS research
19 Sep

Introduction to digital texts and tools for HASS research

This information session introduces digital methods and tools to find, access and build a corpus or text dataset, then prepare textual data for analysis, including transcription tools and data recognition (OCR) to ensure machine readability.
CANCELLED - How to Create a Project Budget
19 Sep

CANCELLED - How to Create a Project Budget

This session will provide some information and tools to assist researchers to develop a budget for their proposed research grant.
Introduction to Computational Thinking
18 Sep

Introduction to Computational Thinking

This workshop introduces computational thinking as a precursor to learning how to write code in programming languages like R or Python. It will cover the steps involved in breaking down complex problems into computable chunks.
Systematic style reviews in Health: Building a robust search strategy
18 Sep

Systematic style reviews in Health: Building a robust search strategy

Your library specialists will demonstrate expert search techniques using an example systematic review research question, for you to later apply to your own review search strategy. You will learn to use these techniques through demonstrations and discussions. The workshop will include topics like search concepts and synonyms, adjacency searching, subject headings (MeSH) and more.