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Wednesday, February 13, 2019 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Machine Learning for Geospatial Data

Want to get hands-on practice on Machine Learning tools for processing Geospatial Data?

Join us to learn how to implement Machine Learning workflows using real-world Geospatial datasets.

Register today as there are limited seats!

Learning Objectives

Wednesday, February 20, 2019 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

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

This workshop will review the Tri-agency (CIHR, NSERC & SSHRC) Open Access policy on publications, which applies to all NSERC or SSHRC grants awarded on or after May 1, 2015, and CIHR grants awarded on or after January 1, 2008. The session will:

Wednesday, February 27, 2019 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Author's Rights

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.
Monday, March 11, 2019 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Systematic Reviews for Social Science Researchers

This workshop is geared towards graduate students and researchers who wish to conduct a systematic review for either a thesis, coursework or journal publication.  A ‘systematic review’, as opposed to a traditional literature review, uses a structured methodology to answer a focused research question.  It is transparent, reproducible, and involves an exhaustive search of the literature using explicit criteria for study selection.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 10:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Turbo Charge Your Term Paper

Trying to create a well-researched and well-written essay? Attend the “Turbo Charge Your Term Paper” workshop to help you get started! The Library and the Writing and Communication Centre present a 30-minute lesson on addressing the most common problems in the researching and writing process, followed by time to work through your own assignment and receive one-on-one help, regardless of where you are in the researching/writing process. Attend the lesson, drop in for a consultation, or both!

Wednesday, April 3, 2019 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Webinar: Copyright and Your Thesis

In this session, participants will be introduced to copyright concepts as they apply to the writing and publication of their thesis on . This session will cover:

  • Your copyright responsibilities when writing your thesis
  • Considerations for using your own work
  • Considerations for using third party materials (images, figures, etc.)

Connecting to the Webinar

This webinar will be hosted using Skype. There are two options to join the webinar:

Wednesday, April 10, 2019 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Webinar: Copyright for Teaching

This session will provide a simple overview of copyright, and the implications it has in your teaching. By the end of this session you will be better prepared to:

  • Use copyright protected works in the classroom, LEARN, or through Course Reserves, and
  • Choose alternate options for using materials, if necessary

Connecting to the Webinar

This webinar will be hosted using Skype. There are two options to join the webinar:

Wednesday, May 8, 2019 10:30 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Webinar: Authors' Rights

In this session, participants will be introduced to copyright, and the 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, and
  • Questionable publisher practices, and how to avoid them.

Connecting to the Webinar

This webinar will be hosted using Skype. There are two options to join the webinar:

Tuesday, May 14, 2019 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Dynamic Flood Simulation with HEC-RAS

This workshop is a primer for working with computational hydrology software and, as such, assumes a good grounding in most GIS concepts of spatial and raster analysis. The tutorial is designed to get you comfortable with HEC RAS's specific requirements for creating a dynamic flood simulation.

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

Thursday, May 23, 2019 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Graduate Literature Reviews Part A: Organizing Research

Literature reviews are a keystone of academic writing.

This workshop explores using the Matrix Method to manage your literature review.  Bring a laptop or mobile device so that you can begin applying this method to your own work.