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ONLINE: Webinar on Potential Commercial Applications of Bio-carbon from Biomass of Ontario
ONLINE: Webinar on Potential Commercial Applications of Bio-carbon from Biomass of Ontario
BRIL - KTT Webinar on Potential Commercial Applications of Bio-carbon from Biomass of Ontario Speakers Ted Todoschuk, Ka Wing Ng, Hayat Raza, David Gordon, David Smith, Animesh Dutta Webinar Highlights
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ONLINE: GenEq Webinar – Gender Equity in the Time of COVID-19
ONLINE: GenEq Webinar – Gender Equity in the Time of COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has undoubtedly created a multitude of pressures for everyone in our community. At the same time, the burdens presented by the pandemic are not equally experienced, and
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ONLINE: Live chat sessions with staff for new graduate students
ONLINE: Live chat sessions with staff for new graduate students
New graduate students will have the opportunity to chat with staff from campus units such as Student Wellness, the Library, Career Services, the Graduate Student Association, the Office of Teaching
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ONLINE: 2020 Community Breakfast for Faculty and Staff
ONLINE: 2020 Community Breakfast for Faculty and Staff
All U of G faculty and staff are invited to the 2020 Community Breakfast! Connect as a community online as we celebrate the start of the academic year together. Learn more
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ONLINE: Inhale Courage. Exhale Fear – Live Classical Yoga and Pranayama
ONLINE: Inhale Courage. Exhale Fear – Live Classical Yoga and Pranayama
COVID-19 has brought the focus right back to the Breath and Pranayama. During this Classical Yoga and Pranayama class, we will practice Pranayama - controlled breathing exercises. Prana is
Tech Meet and Greet – Employers and Upper-year Students
Tech Meet and Greet – Employers and Upper-year Students
Meet online with tech companies for a casual networking event for upper year students in computer science, software engineering, computer engineering and engineering systems and computing. Create your profile, upload your resume, and meet one-on-one with employers or in larger group chats to ask questions, learn about industry trends and career options, and land your
ONLINE: Virtual Ecopsychology
ONLINE: Virtual Ecopsychology
This program is aimed at providing an experience where you will interact with an online community and share nature-based experiences to help bring hope, resilience and positivity to your life right now. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in an 8-week course that explores hands-on components of Ecopsychology as well as Eco-Art Therapy. Such
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ONLINE: Data Visualization – R using ggplot2
ONLINE: Data Visualization – R using ggplot2
In this workshop, you will learn how to produce scatter plots, boxplots and time series plots using ggplot2. Also, you will learn the tools and knowledge to create any figure/graphic to describe your data and customize your graphics with titles, legends, colours, etc. This workshop is aimed at individuals who conduct statistical analysis. Advanced knowledge
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ONLINE: Arboretum Virtual Plant Sale
The Arboretum’s Annual Plant Sale is virtual this year. The annual fundraiser is online as an auction featuring a sample of unique and special plants. Many of the plants are the offspring of wild seeds sourced locally and are suitable for local pollinators, flora and fauna. The auction is open Friday, September 18 at 9
ONLINE: Data Skills Advanced Survey Creation in Qualtrics – Creating Data with Online Surveys
ONLINE: Data Skills Advanced Survey Creation in Qualtrics – Creating Data with Online Surveys
This workshop will explore the more advanced question types and features of Qualtrics. When you register for this workshop you are committing to attend the entire workshop unless otherwise confirmed with the instructor. If you are suddenly not able to attend, please contact us as soon as possible so that we can offer your spot
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ONLINE: Brain Food Online – Graduate Thesis Workshops
Through Brain Food Online, you'll learn effective ways to approach your work as a graduate student. Undergraduate students who are writing an Undergraduate Honours Thesis or writing extensive research papers may also attend. Workshop topics include: Time Management during the Thesis Process Formulating Your Research Question Working with Data Thesis Structure and Thesis Mapping Advanced
ONLINE: Data Skills – Cleaning and Preparing Data Using OpenRefine
ONLINE: Data Skills – Cleaning and Preparing Data Using OpenRefine
Before we are able to analyze or visualize our data, we have to clean and prepare it. Typical tasks include fixing spelling, removing duplicate rows, finding and replacing text, changing number formats, and merging and splitting columns. OpenRefine is a powerful data manipulation tool that cleans, reshapes and edits batches of messy and unstructured data.
ONLINE: Virtual Fall Landscape Watercolour Painting
ONLINE: Virtual Fall Landscape Watercolour Painting
Learn how to translate any landscape into watercolour step by step with watercolour artist Candice Leyland. Each class we will be working through a full landscape painting based on a
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ONLINE: Data Skills – Research Data Management
ONLINE: Data Skills – Research Data Management
Research Data Management (RDM) involves a set of strategies to ensure that the data you collect to inform your research will have the following protections: your data will not be
ONLINE: Fall Equinox Yoga
ONLINE: Fall Equinox Yoga
Special Event: Fall Equinox Yoga with special guest and seasoned meditator Sri Hans Everyone welcome: faculty, staff, students, alumni and retirees – No experience required. How can we find calm
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ONLINE: Open Scholarship – Open Data, Open Access and the Tri-Agencies
ONLINE: Open Scholarship – Open Data, Open Access and the Tri-Agencies
Part of the Library's ongoing Open Scholarship workshop series, "Open Access, Open Data and the Tri-Agencies" will explore the benefits of open access and open data generally, and in our
ONLINE: Circular Economy Workshop 2020 – Sustainable Materials – Innovating our future beyond the pandemic
ONLINE: Circular Economy Workshop 2020 – Sustainable Materials – Innovating our future beyond the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the world in fundamental ways and opened real possibilities to building a more sustainable industry sector in a broader ecosystem. This free virtual workshop is
ONLINE: Planning for Success – Strategies for Maximizing Your Productivity
ONLINE: Planning for Success – Strategies for Maximizing Your Productivity
How can you learn efficiently and effectively? How can you make the most of your study time? Come to this workshop for strategies and ideas on: Using your course outlines
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ONLINE: Data Skills – Analysis – Introduction to Using Python
ONLINE: Data Skills – Analysis – Introduction to Using Python
Interested in using Python but don't know where to start? Join us for a hands-on, beginner-level workshop will introduce you to the basic concepts of the world’s most popular programming
ONLINE: Dial Down Academic Stress and Anxiety
ONLINE: Dial Down Academic Stress and Anxiety
Learn about the most common anxiety escalators (including a couple of surprising ones), along with practical, proven tips and strategies that you can use to decrease stress and anxiety this
ONLINE: Virtual Getting into Astronomy
ONLINE: Virtual Getting into Astronomy
Astronomy Foundations is an online course designed to introduce and orient astronomy enthusiasts to the night sky. Over 12 sessions, we will cover a wide range of topics, including understanding
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ONLINE: Data Skills – Analysis – Data Manipulation Using Python
ONLINE: Data Skills – Analysis – Data Manipulation Using Python
Join us for a hands-on, two-part workshop for folks with little experience programming. Data cleaning and manipulation usually takes up 80 per cent of the time allotted to data analysis
ONLINE: Book Panel – Karine Gagné’s ‘Caring for Glaciers’
ONLINE: Book Panel – Karine Gagné’s ‘Caring for Glaciers’
Based on research in the high-altitude Himalayan region of Ladakh, in northwest India, 'Caring for Glaciers:Land, Animals, and Humanity in the Himalayas' looks at the causes and consequences of a
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Discover U of G
Discover U of G
Where will you be next year? On Saturday, September 26, let us bring U of G to you! Learn about degree programs, admission requirements, how to apply and all things
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ONLINE: Public Presentation by Short-Listed Candidates for Dean, College of Biological Science
ONLINE: Public Presentation by Short-Listed Candidates for Dean, College of Biological Science
A schedule for the public presentations by the three short-listed candidates for the position of Dean of the College of Biological Science (CBS) has been established as follows: Candidate #1:
ONLINE: Data Skills – Introduction to GIS Using ArcMap
ONLINE: Data Skills – Introduction to GIS Using ArcMap
ArcGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS): a software program for working with maps and geographic data. ArcMap is the desktop mapping software of ArcGIS. A GIS allows you to
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ONLINE: Public Presentation by Short-Listed Candidates for Dean, College of Biological Science
A schedule for the public presentations by the three short-listed candidates for the position of Dean of the College of Biological Science (CBS) has been established as follows: Candidate #1: Monday, September 28, 2020 – 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. – Join the presentation on Microsoft Teams Candidate #2: Tuesday, September 29, 2020 – 8:30
ONLINE: Pronunciation Group Online – Dialogues and Expressions
ONLINE: Pronunciation Group Online – Dialogues and Expressions
This program is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars/researchers, staff and faculty with English as an additional language who would like to practice their English pronunciation
ONLINE: Data Skills – Intro to GIS Part 2 – Data Analysis and Visualization
ONLINE: Data Skills – Intro to GIS Part 2 – Data Analysis and Visualization
ArcGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS): a software program for working with maps and geographic data. A GIS allows you to work with any data that you know a
ONLINE: Relaxation and Stress Management Skills
ONLINE: Relaxation and Stress Management Skills
Learn how to decrease anxiety, relax tight muscles, settle a busy brain, cope effectively and have more energy. This mind/body skills training program meets twice a week, on Tuesdays and
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ONLINE: Public Presentation by Short-Listed Candidates for Dean, College of Biological Science
ONLINE: Public Presentation by Short-Listed Candidates for Dean, College of Biological Science
A schedule for the public presentations by the three short-listed candidates for the position of Dean of the College of Biological Science (CBS) has been established as follows: Candidate #1:
ONLINE: Data Skills – Introduction to GIS using ArcGIS Online
ONLINE: Data Skills – Introduction to GIS using ArcGIS Online
ArcGIS is a Geographic Information System (GIS); a software program for working with maps and geographic data. A GIS allows you to work with any data that you know a
ONLINE: Open Scholarship – Using Open Data in your Research
ONLINE: Open Scholarship – Using Open Data in your Research
Part of the library's ongoing Open Scholarship workshop series, "Using Open Data in your Research" will explore the benefits of incorporating existing open data into your research. We will pay
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ONLINE: Data Skills – Analysis – Introduction to using NVivo
ONLINE: Data Skills – Analysis – Introduction to using NVivo
NVivo is a qualitative data analysis (QDA) computer software package is designed to help you manage and analyze qualitative data. In this workshop, we will work on bringing your sources
ONLINE: Anxiety Skills and Strategies
ONLINE: Anxiety Skills and Strategies
Learn practical techniques, new tips and information on how to respond to the uncomfortable sensations of anxiety. This skills program meets weekly on Thursdays, from 12:30 to 1:30 pm, for
ONLINE: Wrongful Conviction Day 2020 Webinar
ONLINE: Wrongful Conviction Day 2020 Webinar
Join us for a webinar in support of exonerees and to bring attention to the injustices faced by the wrongfully convicted. Guest speaker: Robert Baltovich, exoneree Presented by the College
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ONLINE: Data Skills – Analysis – Intermediate Use of NVivo
ONLINE: Data Skills – Analysis – Intermediate Use of NVivo
NVivo is a qualitative data analysis software package that helps you manage and analyze qualitative data. In this workshop, we will work on generating advanced queries including matrix coding and
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ONLINE: Self-Directed Writing Tune-up – Grammar (Day 1 of 2)
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series provides grammar instruction for all levels of writers. The workshop materials are useful for participants wanting to improve their own writing skills as well as to provide more effective feedback on students' writing as TAs or faculty. Topics covered include: structuring sentences, using verbals and modifiers, and punctuating sentences.
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ONLINE: Self-Directed Writing Tune-up – Grammar (Day 2 of 2)
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series provides grammar instruction for all levels of writers. The workshop materials are useful for participants wanting to improve their own writing skills as well as to provide more effective feedback on students' writing as TAs or faculty. Topics covered include: correcting grammar errors, avoiding errors of misuse, and going