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Lunch and Learn: Indigenizing Curriculum

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

This lunch and learn session will feature Prof. Kim Anderson, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Relationships and associate professor in the department of family relations and applied nutrition. Prof. Anderson

Data Skills Workshops: Introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

The Text Encoding Initiative is a community of practice that collaboratively creates a set of guidelines for marking up texts in digital form. This workshop will introduce participants to the

Data Skills Workshops: Data Analysis – SPSS Part 2

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

SPSS is a statistical software package, mainly used in the Social Sciences. It features a point and click interface which makes it easy for the user to learn. The purpose

Data Skills Workshops: Data Visualization – Tableau Part 2

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

A picture is worth a thousand words!  Especially when you don’t have to read the thousand words it would take to explain the patterns and trends in your data.  There

Data Skills Workshops: Data Visualization – Gephi

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Network data is all around us, but it takes a keen eye to see the hidden structure and patterns in the data. By visualizing network data we can expose this

Data Skills Workshops: Data Visualization – GIS

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

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

Data Skills Workshops: Cleaning and Preparing Data

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Good data is like a good turkey dinner: you need to clean and prepare it before you can enjoy it properly. This workshop will teach you how use the free

Writing Tune-Up Workshop

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

This two-day workshop focuses on grammar and is open to everyone at U of G and in the Guelph community. Topics include structuring sentences, using verbals and modifiers, punctuating sentences,

Intro to Programming with Python (Part 2)

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In the library's Intro to Programming with Python (Part 2), we will go beyond the built-in. Participants will learn to iterate over data with loops, use conditional logic to make decisions on the fly, and write reusable code with functions. McLaughlin Library, Room 289

Q&A Session on U of G’s Draft Freedom of Expression Policy Statement

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Open Learning and Educational Support is hosting a Q&A session for faculty and staff on the University of Guelph’s draft Freedom of Expression policy statement that was recently endorsed at Senate. Dale Lackeyram, Associate Director of Educational Development and Cate Dewey, Associate Vice-President (Academic) will facilitate the discussion and gather information about key questions attendees

DIY Teaching: Create Open Digital Course Content with the Library

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In this library workshop, instructors will learn about the practice and benefits of integrating open educational practices (OEP) and resources (OER) into their classroom. Participants will have the opportunity to develop skills to create their own open content (including diagrams and videos) using free tools. At the end of the session, participants will leave with

S2 Speaker Series: Rethink Everything, Or At Least Some Things

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Let’s talk about how to have tough conversations. It feels as though open dialogue is a great next step to confronting biases, assumptions, and exploring unmet needs. How can we do it, though? How can we do it when we’re all so polarized? How can we do it and make sure it’s productive? What do

IF Series Brown Bag Lunch: The Open Movement: Where the women at?

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

The Open Movement: Where the women at? Bring your lunch to THINC Lab, Library Room 280, and join us for a fun and friendly discussion, lead by Amy Buckland, Head, Research and Scholarship. All are welcome! Speaker: Amy Buckland Register here: http://cal.lib.uoguelph.ca/event/3462847

Control Academic Stress Series: Learning from Failure

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In the fifth session of the Control Academic Stress Series, we will discuss how failure affects us and how we can learn from failure. We will learn strategies to help

Introduction to Author Rights

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

So you want to publish your work. Whether it's in a traditional peer reviewed journal, or through github, there are things to consider when publishing to make sure you retain

Control Academic Stress Series: Planning and Prioritizing

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In the fourth session of the Control Academic Stress Series, you will learn practical planning and prioritization strategies to help achieve school-work-life balance. The workshop will also review tools to

Introduction to Research Data Management

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

You've likely come across the term "research data management" with increased frequency now that funding agencies are discussing requirements. Have no fear, the library is here to help you. Join

Modeling in SAS Studio

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Data in real life is messy and not as ideal as what we see in text books. Linear mixed modeling is a technique used in statistical analysis to deal with

Control Academic Stress Series: Coping with Exam Anxiety

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Feeling anxious about tests and exams? In the third session of the Control Academic Stress Series we will discuss strategies to help you cope with exam anxiety while preparing for