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Wednesday, November 23, 2016 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

GRADventure: Author's Rights and Your Research

In this session, participants will be introduced to copyright and licensing and what rights and responsibilities they have when publishing their research. This session includes an introduction to:

  • Copyright and licensing as they apply to publication,
  • Your rights as an author, and tips on how to keep them,
  • Suggestions of helpful resources for publication, and
  • Questionable publisher practices, and how to avoid them.

As part of GRADventure, this workshop is open to graduate students and post-docs only.

Wednesday, December 7, 2016 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Copyright & Licensing for Teaching

This quick workshop will introduce you to the basics of copyright and licensing for your teaching. By the end of this workshop you will be better prepared to:

  • Use copyright and licensed works in the classroom, LEARN, or through Course Reserves
  • Find and select Creative Commons images for your slides
  • Choose alternate options for using copyright or license-protected works, if necessary

There will be 15 minutes for questions following the presentation, so feel free to bring a question or two!

Tuesday, January 17, 2017 9:30 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

The Tri-Agency Open Access Policy - From Author's Rights to UWSpace

In early, 2015 the Tri-Agency (CIHR, NSERC & SSHRC) announced its :听

The policy states:

"Grant recipients are required to ensure that any peer-reviewed journal publications arising from Agency-supported research are freely accessible within 12 months of publication."

The policy applies to:

Thursday, January 26, 2017 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Getting Started with ArcGIS

You may have heard of GIS, but what exactly is it, and more importantly, how can you use it in your own research and academic work? This introductory workshop presents the basic concepts of GIS and will teach you the skills you need to find geospatial data, map it, and discover new dimensions of information.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

Thursday, January 26, 2017 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Editing with ArcGIS

This tutorial is designed to introduce you to the basic editing tools used in ArcMap for the both the creation and modification of geospatial data. Editing is an essential skill for GIS users that helps build spatial awareness and a broader understanding of topological relationships. This tutorial will cover several common editing functions and workflows using the Feature Template editing environment in ArcGIS 10.x.

Friday, January 27, 2017 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Getting Started with QGIS

Ever wanted to try Open Source GIS but didn鈥檛 know where to start? Here you will learn how Open Source compares to the 鈥淏ig Guy鈥檚鈥. This workshop builds on 鈥淕etting Started with ArcGIS鈥 (a recommended prerequisite for those with no previous GIS experience) but isn鈥檛 absolutely necessary. This workshop introduces users to a different environment to create maps with GIS.听

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:

  • Understand what QGIS is and it鈥檚 capabilities

Wednesday, February 15, 2017 10:00 am - 12:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Writing a research essay

Build a better research essay by using the Library鈥檚 resources and databases to explore a topic, develop a research question, write a thesis, and build an argument. Research-based essay planning and development will help you create a more complex argument and essay structure.