Data Visualization: GIS Workshop
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
Getting Data: Open Data Workshop
Interested in learning more about Open Data? In this interactive course you will discover, use and describe the benefits of open data. You will learn how you can use Open
Creating Data with Surveys Workshop
Many researchers, administrators and service providers use surveys to collect data. With the tools available to us, it is easy to create and distribute a survey. However, there are a
Intro to Research Data Management Workshop
Every researcher begins projects by formulating a research question and devising a methodology in which to undertake the project. What if you began your project with a plan detailing the
Writing Tune-Up: Grammar Workshop – Day 2
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars/researchers, faculty and staff at the University of Guelph, as well as Guelph community
Writing Tune-Up
This two-day Writing Tune-up: Grammar series is open to graduate and undergraduate students, post-doctoral students, visiting scholars and researchers, faculty and staff at the University of Guelph, as well as Guelph community members. Although you can attend either day, it is recommended that you start with Day 1. If you also wish to attend Day
GTC – Grading and Assessment in CourseLink Workshop
The Graduate Teaching Community (GTC) is hosting a Grading and Assessment in CourseLink Workshop March 7. This workshop is directed at teaching assistants who want to learn more about inputting
Black History Month: Wikipedia Edit-A-Thon
Learn how to edit and write Wikipedia articles, and find starting places to jump in and make Wikipedia a more inclusive, diverse space on the web. This month's session is dedicated to Black History Month. McLaughlin Library, Room 289
If… Speaker Series: Smack it in the Air – How Female Hip-Hop Artists are Taking Back the Booty
As part of the IF...(Interdisciplinary Feminisms) speaker series, Alyssa Woods explores the recent trend of female artists who have appropriated and re-imagined the “booty video.” Employing strategies of parody and
Fair Dealing at Copyright’s Crossroads
A talk by Carys Craig, associate dean, Research & Institutional Relations and associate professor, Osgoode Hall Law School. This talk will look at the evolution of the fair dealing law and users’ rights in Canada, as well as the implications of recent developments (including Access Copyright vs. York University) on higher education institutions. McLaughlin Library,
IF…Speaker Series: Emoji Spells – Online Rituals for the Digital Age
The Interdisciplinary Feminisms (IF..) series presents Emoji Spells: Online Rituals for the Digital Age, a brown bag lunch event kicked off by Meg Wilson, School of English and Theatre Studies. Bring something to eat and drink and come chat with us!
Data Skills Workshops: Data Analysis – R
R is an open-source software environment for data manipulation and statistical analysis. Used in a variety of disciplines, R has become a popular tool because of its power, flexibility and active community. Join us as we teach the basics of data analysis in R by working through a sample project from data import to cleaning,
If… Speaker Series: #MeToo, Motivated Ignorance and the Epistemic Value of Storytelling
As part of the Interdisciplinary Feminisms (IF..) series, Karyn Freedman explores the epistemic value of #MeToo testimonials for the teller, when believed; for the marginalized hearer, when experiences like hers are represented by others; and for society at large, when dominant narratives are disrupted. Register online.
Lunch and Learn: Indigenizing Curriculum
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 will facilitate a safe space to discuss the benefits and challenges with incorporating Indigeneity into Canadian post-secondary curriculum. This event is free. Coffee and a
Data Skills Workshops: Introduction to the Text Encoding Initiative
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
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
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
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 hidden information and study it. In this introductory workshop, you’ll learn to use Gephi to create visualizations and learn more about the structure of the
Data Skills Workshops: Data Visualization – GIS
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 location for (e.g., addresses, latitude and longitude, census locations, name of a place, etc.). ArcGIS is available on all the Library computers, also by
Data Skills Workshops: Cleaning and Preparing Data
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 open source tool, OpenRefine, to get that messy data in order. In this workshop you will learn how to import data, standardize data, filter, split,