Introduction to OpenRefine

• Date: November 24, 2026 at 9am PT | 10am ABT | 11am ET | 1pm AT
• Duration: 2 hours
• Language of instruction: English

This session will introduce participants to OpenRefine, a powerful, free and open source tool to work with large datasets. We will quickly work through how to use OpenRefine to effectively clean and format tabular data while automatically tracking any changes. This session is suitable for beginners with no prior knowledge of OpenRefine. There are no prerequisite coding skills. While the examples and data used will be aimed at the Humanities and Social Sciences community, the session is open to anyone and everyone interested in learning about OpenRefine. View the workshop materials here.

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Instructor: Maria Sigridur Finnsdottir is the Humanities and Social Sciences Specialist with the Digital Research Services team at the University of Alberta. She holds a PhD in Sociology awarded from the University of Toronto in 2024. She is also the chair of the National Humanities and Social Sciences Team at the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.