Textual Analysis using Python for HSS - Using LLMs
2026-03-12 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax)
COURSE DESCRIPTION

This is the fourth part of the four-part series for humanities and social sciences researchers (HSS) and librarians.

Modern Text Analysis with Python explores the evolution of linguistic computation, moving beyond static rules of conventional natural language processing (NLP) techniques toward the era of Large Language Models (LLMs). Participants will navigate the shift from simple word representations to sophisticated context-aware embeddings, exploring practical applications of LLMs such as automated summarization, sentence completion, and advanced sentiment analysis using popular language models like GPT, BART and BERT. The session concludes with hands-on insights into state-of-the-art models like Gemini, Claude, and GPT-5, focusing on how to integrate these powerhouses into workflows via application programming interface (API).

This is a continuation of the HSS Python and TextBlob Series. It is highly recommended that you complete the 2-part Python series, Introduction to Python & Coding for HSS – Part I & II in the HSS Python Series, as well as Introduction to Text Analysis with Python using TextBlob before registering for this session.

You do not need any previous knowledge of the tools that will be presented.

You need a laptop with a Mac, Linux, or Windows operating system (not a tablet, Chromebook, etc) on which you have administrative privileges, as you may need to pre-load specific software packages.

Instructor: Yashar Monfared

Data Bites - Creating README Files for Research Data
2026-03-16 00:00 - 23:59 | The University of British Columbia, 1958 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V62 1Z2, Canada
This hands-on workshop, delivered by the UBC Library Research Data Management team, introduces the importance of README files in documenting research data for long-term access and reuse. Designed for graduate students, researchers, and staff, the session provides practical guidance for creating clear, consistent, and useful data documentation.

Participants will learn how to:

Use templates and open tools to create and maintain README files throughout the research lifecycle

Identify the key components of an effective README file, including dataset description, file structure, and usage instructions

Apply best practices to improve data transparency, usability, and alignment with FAIR principles

Presenter(s): Eugene Barsky, Vanessa Choy

Social Media Data! Practical and Ethical Collection, Visualization, and Management
2026-03-19 00:00 - 23:59
Date: March 19 2026

From Reddit threads to TikTok trends, social media is deeply embedded in our daily lives. These platforms fuel polarization, connect queer communities, raise awareness about rare diseases, amplify both grassroots movements and gender-based violence, and even shape the new recipes we cook for dinner. With this flood of seemingly public content, it’s no surprise that researchers are increasingly turning to social media as a rich (and complicated!) source of data.

This hands-on workshop covers both practical techniques and ethical considerations for working with social media data. You’ll learn from experts across digital scholarship, research data management, and data analysis:

How to Collect to Social Media Data: Digital Scholarship Librarian John Fink will demo manual collection and scraping tools like the Digital Methods Initiative’s Zeeschuimer and 4CAT.

How to Analyze Social Media Data: Data Analysis and Visualization Librarian Subhanya Sivajothy will intro how to comb through social media data and show patterns.

How to Manage Social Media Data: Research Data Management Specialist Danica Evering will share tools and best practices for wrangling and organizing social media data.

How to Navigate Social Media Data Ethics: Digital Scholarship Coordinator Alexis-Carlota Cochrane will explore ethical considerations for researching social media, including strategies for protecting privacy and minimizing harm throughout the research and publication process.

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

Collect social media data using both manual and automated scraping tools like Zeeschuimer and 4CAT.

Analyze datasets to identify key trends and insights with introductory data exploration techniques.

Organize and manage social media data effectively by applying recommended best practices and tools.

Understand and address ethical challenges in social media research, including protecting privacy and minimizing harm at all stages.

This session is ideal for researchers, students, and practitioners across disciplines who are curious about using social media data in their work and want to approach it thoughtfully, ethically, and responsibly.

Details: Any preparatory work for the session can be found on its information page. This virtual workshop will be recorded and shared on the same page, and discoverable via the Sherman Centre’s Online Learning Catalogue.

Facilitator Bio:

Alexis-Carlota Cochrane (she/they) is the Digital Scholarship Coordinator at the Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship. In her role, she connects students, faculty, staff, and community members to resources, tools, and training that advance their digital research projects. Alexis is also PhD Candidate in the Department of Communication Studies and Media Arts at McMaster University. Her research interests include critical data studies, platform studies, data feminism, online harms, data justice, and digital humanities.

Danica Evering holds broad experience with research support, education, project management, advocacy, and knowledge translation; with fluency in social practice art, healthcare, community research, data, and systems development. Danica supports students, postdocs, faculty, and staff with RDM through the data lifecycle—Data Management Plans, storage and backup, data security, data sharing. With an MA in Media Studies from Concordia, they are interested in fostering RDM within curious scholars and disciplines.

John Fink is the Digital Scholarship Librarian in the Sherman Centre.

Subhanya Sivajothy (she/her) brings a background of research in data justice, science and technology studies, and environmental humanities. She is currently thinking through participatory data design which allow for visualizations that are empowering for the end user.

Certificate Eligibility: This workshop is eligible for the Sherman Centre’s certificate program. For more information, visit scds.ca/certificate-program. It is also eligible for the Canadian Certificate for Digital Humanities. To learn more, visit ccdhhn.ca or contact scds@mcmaster.ca.

Credit Eligibility: This workshop counts toward credit for students in the Faculty of Science who are enrolled in SCIENCE 2SF1: Digital Skills Workshop. For any questions, please contact oursci@mcmaster.ca.Date:

Data Bites - Optimize Directory Structures for Research Data
2026-03-23 00:00 - 23:59 | The University of British Columbia, 1958 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V62 1Z2, Canada
This practical workshop, delivered by the UBC Library Research Data Management team, focuses on strategies for organizing research data using clear and logical directory structures. Designed for graduate students, researchers, and staff, the session helps participants manage files more effectively to support collaboration, reproducibility, and long-term data stewardship.

Participants will learn how to:

Apply best practices to maintain consistency and clarity throughout the research lifecycle

Design directory structures that reflect research workflows and support project organization

Implement naming and hierarchy conventions for easy navigation and version control

Presenter(s): Eugene Barsky, Vanessa Choy

Makerspace Orientations: 3D Printing
2026-03-24 00:00 - 23:59 | York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
Date: March 24 2026

Presenter: Jacob Turola

Join us for this introduction to a staple in makerspace technology! Attendees will get started with 3D printing in the makerspace. The session will cover how to find a file, process it for printing and run the machine. All are welcome, and everyone gets to keep what they make.

La création de cartes interactives avec uMap
2026-03-24 00:00 - 23:59 | UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal, 400 rue Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Québec, H2L 2C5
24 March 2026

L’application en ligne uMap permet de créer et de diffuser des cartes géographiques personnalisées, interactives et collaboratives. uMap est utile pour les chercheurs et étudiants universitaires, car l’application permet de présenter des données sur une carte en ligne et de collaborer à plusieurs personnes sur une même carte, offrant ainsi une plateforme conviviale pour la visualisation et la communication efficace des informations géospatiales.

La première partie de l’atelier propose un tour d’horizon des principales fonctionnalités de uMap et des étapes nécessaires pour vous lancer dans la création de votre première carte géographique interactive. Dans la deuxième partie de l’atelier, notre équipe sera là pour vous aider à créer votre première carte en ligne adaptée selon vos champs d’intérêts et besoins.

[Cette formation aura lieu au Laboratoire de données et humanités numériques de la bibliothèque centrale, local A-M203]

Atelier présenté et animé par Katerine Grandmont

Katerine Grandmont occupe le poste de technicienne en cartographie à la Cartothèque de l’UQAM. Elle détient une maitrise en géographie et a travaillé de nombreuses années dans le domaine de la recherche nordique, notamment à la cartographie des risques en milieux de pergélisol. Elle offre du soutien à la communauté universitaire pour l’utilisation d’outils et logiciels de cartographie et d’analyse spatiale et l’utilisation des données géospatiales.

Marathon d'édition sur Wikipédia : 25 ans, fière et engagée
2026-03-26 00:00 - 23:59 | UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal, 400 rue Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Québec, H2L 2C5
Marathon d’édition sur Wikipédia : 25 ans, fière et engagée

Le Service des bibliothèques de l’UQAM organise un marathon d’édition francophone sur Wikipédia ouvert à l’ensemble de la communauté universitaire.

Le temps d’un après-midi, étudiantes, étudiants, professeures, professeurs, et bibliothécaires conjugueront leurs expertises pour créer et enrichir des articles en français mettant en lumière des figures, des œuvres et des initiatives québécoises encore trop peu visibles sur Wikipédia. Cet événement vise aussi à accroître la visibilité de femmes chercheuses, des militantes et des personnes issues de communautés marginalisées, encore largement sous-représentées dans l’encyclopédie collaborative, un des espaces numériques les plus consultés au monde.

Le marathon d’édition est organisé en collaboration avec les partenaires suivants : l’Institut de recherches et d’études féministes (IREF), la Chaire de recherche en histoire culturelle des pratiques non dominantes, la Chaire de recherche sur la diversité sexuelle et la pluralité des genres, les SansPagEs/Montréal et Wikimédia Canada.

Deux formations préparatoires ouverte à tous et toutes « Comment contribuer à Wikipédia? Introduction au fonctionnement de l’encyclopédie libre » sont offertes avant l’activité. Il est fortement recommandé de vous y inscrire si vous n’êtes pas habitué à l’édition de fiches sur Wikipédia.

26 février de 10:30 à 12:00: inscription

25 mars de 14:00 à 15:30: inscription

Webmapping
2026-03-30 00:00 - 23:59
This workshop will first give an introduction to web maps, including the differences between digital maps and web maps, their structure, and how they work. The second part of the workshop will be a short hands-on session where we will create our own web map using Leaflet.js. Intro to Web Maps

Why web maps?

Web map vs digital map

Map tiles

GeoJSON

Structure of a web map

Hands on with Leaflet.js

Intro to using your source code editor

Examine the map “boilerplate”

Configure the load location and zoom level

Change base layer

Add building data

Examine building data attributes

Configure a popup

This workshop is taught by a graduate student in Geography with expertise in GIS and cartographic methods.

Workshop Link: https://ubc-library-rc.github.io/gis-intro-leaflet/

Things to do before arriving:

This workshop will require the use of an internet browser and source code editor. We recommend downloading Mozilla Firefox for your browser, and VS Code as a source code editor.

Presenter(s): Lily Crandall-Oral

Data Bites - Creating a Data Dictionary for Research Projects
2026-03-30 00:00 - 23:59
This practical workshop, delivered by the UBC Library Research Data Management team, introduces the purpose and structure of a data dictionary to support clear, consistent, and reusable research data. Designed for graduate students, researchers, and staff, the session emphasizes how data dictionaries enhance data documentation, sharing, and reuse.

Participants will learn how to:

Use templates and tools to build data dictionaries that promote transparency and reproducibility across research projects

Identify key components of a data dictionary, including variable names, definitions, formats, and units

Create and maintain a data dictionary that aligns with best practices and supports FAIR principles

Presenter(s): Eugene Barsky, Vanessa Choy

3D Printing Essentials: Design and Create Your Own Keychain
2026-03-30 00:00 - 23:59 | St Francis Xavier University, 4130 University Ave, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, Canada
Instructor: Grace Bourret

Learn the basics of 3D printing on the StFX Library’s Ultimaker 2+ Connect 3D Printer in this interactive workshop!

You’ll get practical experience in 3D design using Tinkercad and leave with a free 3D-printed keychain you created yourself.

This session will be held in Room 202, in the 3rd floor of the Library on March 30 from 10am-12pm.

Please bring a laptop to this workshop. If you do not have access to a laptop please contact gbourret@stfx.ca.

Makerspace Orientations: Stamps and Print press
2026-04-02 00:00 - 23:59 | York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
Date: April 2 2026

Presenter: Jacob Turola

This session demonstrates the creation of custom stamps using various methods. Attendees will explore techniques such as CNC machining rubber, 3D printing with TPU, and laser cutting. Each method will be demonstrated, highlighting the materials and processes involved, allowing participants to choose the best approach for their stamp-making projects.

Makerspace Orientations: Spin & Motion – Build a Kinetic Toy
2026-04-08 00:00 - 23:59 | York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
Date: April 8 2026

Presenter: Jiaqi Yuan

Create your own moving toy using 3D printing, Arduino, and servo motors! Explore simple kinetic mechanisms to make objects spin or move back and forth. Learn how to design, print, and control motion with code. No prior experience needed—just bring your curiosity and imagination!

Data Bites - Licensing Your Research Data
2026-04-13 00:00 - 23:59
This practical workshop, delivered by the UBC Library Research Data Management team, explores how licensing supports responsible sharing, reuse, and attribution of research data. Aimed at graduate students, researchers, and staff, the session highlights best practices for applying data licenses that align with FAIR and open science principles within the Canadian data landscape.

Participants will learn how to:

Distinguish between copyright and data ownership

Select appropriate licenses for research data reuse and sharing

Apply Creative Commons licenses effectively

Presenter(s): Eugene Barsky, Vanessa Choy, Stephanie Savage

La transcription automatique de manuscrits à l'aide de l'IA: Introduction à Transkribus.
2026-04-16 00:00 - 23:59 | UQAM | Université du Québec à Montréal, 400 rue Sainte-Catherine, Montreal, Québec, H2L 2C5
16 April 2026

Cet atelier propose une plongée captivante dans le monde de la reconnaissance automatique de l’écriture manuscrite grâce à l’intelligence artificielle. Nous découvrirons les principales fonctionnalités de Transkribus, un outil gratuit qui facilite la transcription d’archives historiques et de manuscrits. Rejoignez-nous pour une expérience stimulante où le passé rencontre l’avenir grâce à la convergence de la technologie et de l’histoire.

La première partie de l’atelier propose un tour d’horizon du fonctionnement de Transkribus. La deuxième partie de l’atelier vise à initier les participants à l’outil.

[Cette formation aura lieu au Laboratoire de données et humanités numériques de la bibliothèque centrale, local A-M203]

Animation de l’atelier : Simon Côté-Lapointe

Simon Côté-Lapointe est bibliothécaire en histoire, philosophie, sciences des religions et linguistique et responsable des humanités numériques à l’UQAM. Il est détenteur d’un doctorat en sciences de l’information portant sur les archives audiovisuelles. Les méthodes et outils numériques pour la recherche ainsi que la gestion, l’organisation, la préservation et la diffusion des données et documents sont parmi ses champs d’intérêt.

Guides liés: Humanités numériques by Simon Côté-Lapointe

Data Bites - Introduction to Data Management Plans (DMPs)
2026-04-20 08:00 - 17:00
Learn how to create effective and funder-compliant Data Management Plans (DMPs) in this hands-on workshop led by UBC’s Research Data Management team, designed for graduate students and researchers across disciplines. Participants will explore best practices in research data planning and gain experience using the DMP Assistant tool, a free, bilingual platform maintained by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.

This session uses UBC’s Simplified DMP Template to make data management planning accessible and practical.

By the end, participants will have:

Insight into applying data management principles to their research projects

A clear understanding of the components of a good Data Management Plan

Confidence navigating the DMP Assistant tool

Presenter(s): Eugene Barsky, Vanessa Choy

Sound Work
2026-04-27 00:00 - 23:59 | Toronto Metropolitan University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
Instructor: Reg Beatty

This workshop is a wide-ranging survey of small tools for exploring sound. Taking some cues from early experimental music, as well as contemporary practitioners, we will examine the basis of sound creation and work with browser-based esoteric instruments, ambient sonic landscapes, voice, noise, field recording, and unplanned effects. We will play with sound and shape it into myriad patterns that blend consonance and dissonance.

This workshop is accessible to anyone curious about working with sound and no prior musical training or ability is required. Participants will only need to bring laptops and headphones (or earbuds.)

Reg Beatty is a bookbinder, book artist and designer. He has maintained a studio in Toronto since 1992, lectured at a variety of institutions, and taught bookarts and book design at OCADU, York University and Sheridan College. As project manager and in-house designer at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Centre for Digital Humanities, he helped create the new interface and content management system for Yellow Nineties 2.0. He received an MA in Communication and Culture at TMU/York, where his major project investigated the algorithmic book. His work has been exhibited in the United States, Europe, Japan, and across Canada.

Making Strange Things with Twine
2026-04-28 00:00 - 23:59 | Toronto Metropolitan University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
Instructor: Jeremy Andriano

According to its website twinery.org, Twine is “an open-source tool for telling interactive, nonlinear stories.” However, as Twine’s creator Chris Klimas says, “you can also make things that nobody can quite pin down.” He admonishes potential Twine writers, “please make strange things with Twine.” Inspired by Klimas’ request, this workshop explores Twine as an eccentric tool for more personal kinds of writing, such as journaling, scrapbooking, note-taking, or letter writing.

In this session, we will first introduce Twine for new users, providing basic instructions for getting started. We will then work through a series of prompted writing exercises designed to highlight the ways that Twine can be used as a hypertext notebook for ‘scribbling,’ for jotting down your thoughts, recording a diary entry, or for sending a note to somebody you care about.

Jeremy Andriano (he/him) recently completed a Master of Arts in the joint graduate program in Communication and Culture at Toronto Metropolitan University and York University. His thesis research explored ways that digital tools such as Twine and Ink/Inky can be used to introduce hypertext writing in traditional creative writing workshop settings. He has an undergraduate degree in English, Honours (TMU 2023), is a frequent contributor to the Unarchived Podcast, and has taught multiple workshops on Ink/Inky for the Electronic Literature Organization. He is the author of Creating Playable Stories with Ink and Inky (2023).

Wor(l)d Building
2026-04-29 00:00 - 23:59 | Toronto Metropolitan University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
Instructor: Jason Boyd

Interactive Fiction, as its name indicates, foregrounds the activity of interaction that becomes key to the reader’s navigation and experience of the work. In Wor(l)d Building, we will use Inform 7 to construct a storyspace — a textual simulation of a space that generates a story through the reader’s purposeful engagement. Participants will furnish an imagined and/or recreated space of their own with curious and personal objects to handle, striking views to contemplate, and intriguing things to listen to, all in a world made of words.

Jason Boyd is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at TMU, and the Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities. He regularly teaches a course called “Narrative in a Digital Age,” where students learn a variety of authoring platforms, including Inform 7, for the creation of playable stories. His essay, “Poetry as Code as Interactive Fiction: Engaging Multiple Text-Based Literacies in Scarlet Portrait Parlor” (2023), explored an Inform 7 work that is simultaneously a sonnet, a program, and an interactive fiction.

Glitching the Image
2026-04-30 00:00 - 23:59 | Toronto Metropolitan University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
Instructor: Reg Beatty

This workshop is about imperfection and an aesthetic approach rooted in errors (accidental or deliberate!) that utilize fragmentation, misalignment, and distortion, to look behind the veil of digital image-making. We will explore a collection of small browser-based tools that allow for the direct handling of pixels, as well as the creation and manipulation of images that can be stretched, bent, and shattered, in multiple and ingenious ways, all to disturb their smooth surfaces and challenge their perceived perfection.

Reg Beatty is a bookbinder, book artist and designer. He has maintained a studio in Toronto since 1992, lectured at a variety of institutions, and taught bookarts and book design at OCADU, York University and Sheridan College. As project manager and in-house designer at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Centre for Digital Humanities, he helped create the new interface and content management system for Yellow Nineties 2.0. He received an MA in Communication and Culture at TMU/York, where his major project investigated the algorithmic book. His work has been exhibited in the United States, Europe, Japan, and across Canada.

Data Management for Reproducible Research
2026-05-04 00:00 - 2026-05-15 23:59
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from May 4-15, 2026

11:30am-4:30pm Eastern Time (4 hours of instruction with a one-hour break)

Overview

Join us May 4–15 for the 2026 edition of RDM Jumpstart!

This free national workshop, held on Monday, Wednesday and Friday for two weeks, will introduce participants to best practices in both Research Data Management (RDM) and computational reproducibility with the R programming language. By the end of the program, participants will be able to:

Explain how RDM principles support research transparency and reproducibility

Apply RDM practices to real-world examples and consider how they can be applied to your own work

Implement reproducible research workflows using R and RStudio, and

Develop transferable strategies for independently learning and adopting new digital tools for research and applying RDM practices to different types of data.

Participants will work through a mock research project with synthetic survey data.

Key Information

This program is targeted at graduate students and postdoctoral fellows with little to no experience in RDM or coding. While anyone is welcome to apply, applications from current/incoming September 2026 Masters and Doctoral students and Post-Doctoral Fellows will be prioritized.

The program will be delivered via Zoom. This experience will be enhanced by prior familiarity with Zoom, a mic, a headset, a camera, and a space with minimal background noise. Access to reliable internet will be required to participate in the program. Participation in the form of conversation, break out rooms, collective problem solving, etc., will be expected. You should feel comfortable with this on Zoom.

You will need a computer running MacOS, Windows, or Linux for this program; a tablet or Chromebook will not suffice. We will be using applications that need to be installed on your computer and you will be required to download data. This means you will need administrative access on your computer to install applications and space to accommodate the data. You should anticipate needing a minimum of 1GB of free hard disk space.

Attendees are expected to participate in all sessions of the series. Please note that the sessions will be offered in English.

Applications open on March 16, and close on April 7. Acceptance notices will be sent out in the week of April 13, and acceptance replies will be due in the week of April 20.

Students deserve Research Data Management! Teaching with the RDM Educators Kit
2026-05-05 00:00 - 23:59 | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Date: May 5 2026

Your students deserve to know about Research Data Management! In this brand-new « train the trainer » session for educators, RDM Services will prepare you to prepare your graduate and undergraduate students for increasing grant and publisher requirements for Data Management Plans and Data Deposit.

« Do my students even have data to manage? » you might ask. Au contraire mon capitane, they do! If research involves biological samples or survey results, you may feel confident you’re working with research data. But what if your research is rooted in creative practice? What if you’re looking for the specific heat of a material under a magnetic field? Data have many formats: text, numbers, images, recordings, software, algorithms, workflows. Research Data Management is caring for data through the research lifecycle: planning to archiving.

We’ll discuss integrating our new RDM Educators Kit in the classroom, from 2-minute slide inserts to RDM class visits to multi-class Data Management Plan creation as an « open hand of cards. » We’ll end with a working session to imagine challenges and possibilities!

Participants will learn to:

Summarize RDM best practices and what Data Management Plans and Data Deposit look like in your field

Locate available tools from RDM Services

Prepare to implement Research Data Management tools in the classroom.

This session is great for educators from faculty to sessional instructors to graduate students ready to bring RDM into their classrooms!

Details: Any preparatory work for the session can be found on its information page. This virtual workshop will be recorded and shared on the same page, and discoverable via the Sherman Centre’s Online Learning Catalogue.

Facilitator Bio:

Isaac Pratt (he/him) is a research scientist by training and has a PhD in Anatomy & Cell Biology. He leverages nearly a decade of interdisciplinary research experience to help support students, staff, and faculty. His expertise lies in questions surrounding data storage, security, planning, archival, and sharing. Isaac also provides support and curation services for McMaster Dataverse. His other interests include reproducible research methods, open science, and data science.

Danica Evering holds expansive experience with research support, education, project management, advocacy, and knowledge translation; with fluency in social practice art, healthcare, community research, data, and systems development. Danica supports students, postdocs, faculty, and staff with RDM through the data lifecycle—Data Management Plans, storage and backup, data security, data sharing. With an MA in Media Studies from Concordia, they are interested in fostering RDM within curious scholars and disciplines.

Certificate Eligibility: This workshop is eligible for the Sherman Centre’s certificate program. For more information, visit scds.ca/certificate-program. It is also eligible for the Canadian Certificate for Digital Humanities. To learn more, visit ccdhhn.ca or contact scds@mcmaster.ca.

Credit Eligibility: This workshop counts toward credit for students in the Faculty of Science who are enrolled in SCIENCE 2SF1: Digital Skills Workshop. For any questions, please contact oursci@mcmaster.ca.

Project Management in the Humanities
2026-05-05 00:00 - 2026-05-08 23:59 | St Francis Xavier University, 4130 University Ave, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, Canada
Dates: May 5th 2026 to May 8th 2026

Instructor: Dr. Jennifer Guiliano, Professor of History, Indiana University

Max Participants: 15

Research Data Management for Humanities Researchers
2026-05-05 00:00 - 2026-05-08 23:59 | St Francis Xavier University, 4130 University Ave, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, Canada
Dates: May 5th 2026 to May 8th 2026

Instructors:Dr. Andie Silva, Professor of English (York College) and Digital Humanities (CUNY Graduate Center)zelda montes, CUNY Graduate Center

This workshop will explore best practices for immersing students in archival, editorial, and analytical practices that privilege agency, self-discovery, and research-driven writing. Using approaches and tools such as TEI, Scalar, and Hypothesis, we will discuss how to scope, support, and evaluate projects that incorporate digital publishing into a variety of teaching environments. Discussion will be oriented around how to approach public-facing student projects in ways that are mindful of ethical, privacy, and accessibility considerations. Participants will collaborate on designing and scaffolding assignments, consider methods for assessment, and collectively build a repository of resources, links, and prompts.

Max Participants: 25

Research Data Management for Humanities Researchers
2026-05-05 00:00 - 2026-05-08 23:59 | St Francis Xavier University, 4130 University Ave, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, B2G 2W5, Canada
Dates: May 5th 2026 to May 8th 2026

Instructors:Shahira Khair, University of Victoria LibrariesSandra Sawchuck, Mount Saint Vincent Libraries

This intensive four-day hands-on workshop is designed for humanities researchers who want to actively apply best practices in research data management in their own research projects. Recognizing the unique and diverse nature of humanities data—from digitized texts and images, to audio recordings and cultural artifacts—the workshop provides practical, actionable strategies across the entire research data lifecycle, from initial planning to long-term preservation and reuse.

This is a “bring your own data” workshop! Participants should arrive with the research materials they are seeking help in managing. This can be from an existing project or one you are just embarking on! (And we can point you in some directions if you are looking for data!)

Participants will gain proficiency in developing comprehensive Data Management Plans (DMPs), essential for navigating funder requirements (e.g. SSHRC, NEH) and streamlining project workflows. Through practical exercises, the curriculum emphasizes effective organization and documentation of research materials, use of software for analysis and automation, and the critical role of metadata in ensuring data discoverability and long-term reusability. Sessions will cover secure storage solutions and long-term preservation techniques to safeguard valuable research materials.

A significant focus is placed on the ethical dimensions inherent in many research areas in the humanities, addressing sensitive data, informed consent, use of AI, and the crucial principles of cultural sensitivity and Indigenous data sovereignty. The workshop also guides researchers through strategic data sharing by exploring appropriate repositories (disciplinary and generalist), applying robust curation practices, and navigating licensing and persistent identifiers to maximize research impact and compliance with evolving funder and publisher requirements. Upon completion, attendees will be empowered to confidently manage, preserve, and ethically share their research, enhancing the integrity, accessibility, and scholarly impact of their work.

Max Participants: 25

Data Management Plan Bootcamp (In-Person)
2026-05-12 00:00 - 23:59 | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Date: May 12 2026

Let us be your body double with this in-person bootcamp! Data Management Plans (DMPs) are both incredibly helpful research tools and increasingly required for grants but it can hard to know how to complete a Data Management Plan if it’s your first time. If you’re in the process of creating a DMP, either for a grant application or for your own research, join RDM Services for this afternoon session. The RDM services team will provide tailored guidance as you write your plan on site, and we’ll have some light snacks and refreshments to keep you going. Come away with a clear path forward or even a finished DMP!

By the end of this session, participants will be able to:

Identify the 5 key components of a data management plan (DMP).

Compare strong and weak responses in each section of a DMP.

Develop a tailored outline, or potentially a complete draft, of their own DMP!

This participatory session is especially relevant for researchers at all levels in the beginning stages of a research project or streamlining best practices for their research team. Pair this with our Data Deposit Bootcamp May 19, 2026 for a spring research data management intensive for graduate researchers and research staff. Come on your own, send your research staff, or bring your whole research group. Let us know if you’re joining as a research team – we’ll make sure you get a table to work together at!

Details: Any preparatory work for the session can be found on its information page. This workshop will not be recorded.

Facilitator Bio:

Isaac Pratt (he/him) is a research scientist by training and has a PhD in Anatomy & Cell Biology. He leverages nearly a decade of interdisciplinary research experience to help support students, staff, and faculty. His expertise lies in questions surrounding data storage, security, planning, archival, and sharing. Isaac also provides support and curation services for McMaster Dataverse. His other interests include reproducible research methods, open science, and data science.

Danica Evering holds expansive experience with research support, education, project management, advocacy, and knowledge translation; with fluency in social practice art, healthcare, community research, data, and systems development. Danica supports students, postdocs, faculty, and staff with RDM through the data lifecycle—Data Management Plans, storage and backup, data security, data sharing. With an MA in Media Studies from Concordia, they are interested in fostering RDM within curious scholars and disciplines.

Certificate Eligibility: This workshop is eligible for the Sherman Centre’s certificate program. For more information, visit scds.ca/certificate-program. It is also eligible for the Canadian Certificate for Digital Humanities. To learn more, visit ccdhhn.ca or contact scds@mcmaster.ca.

Credit Eligibility: This workshop counts toward credit for students in the Faculty of Science who are enrolled in SCIENCE 2SF1: Digital Skills Workshop. For any questions, please contact oursci@mcmaster.ca.

Zotero
2026-05-12 00:00 - 23:59
Description: Citations and referencing giving you headaches? Zotero will help you save and organize your references as you search, and format citations and reference lists in hundreds of different citation styles.

This workshop qualifies for credits towards The Canadian Certificate in Digital Humanities/Certificat canadien en Humanités Numériques certificate.

Length: 45min

Engagement Level: Medium – High

In addition to the demonstrations and lecture component, there will be the opportunity to practice using Zotero and ask questions.

Instructor: Laurinda Matheson

Recording Information: This session will be recorded.

Building Your Scholarly Identity: ORCiD and Google Scholar Profiles
2026-05-13 00:00 - 23:59
Description: This webinar walks participants through creating their ORCID and Google Scholar profiles as foundational tools for managing scholarly identity and increasing the discoverability of their research.

By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

Create and configure an ORCID iD and Google Scholar profile by entering biographical information, claiming publications, and linking affiliated works to establish an accurate and persistent scholarly record

This workshop qualifies for credits towards The Canadian Certificate in Digital Humanities/Certificat canadien en Humanités Numériques certificate.

Length: 45min

Engagement Level: Low- Medium

This will mostly be a lecture-style webinar that includes demonstrations and an opportunity to follow along to build your own profile and ask questions.

Instructor: Kaitlin Fuller

Recording Information: This session will be recorded.

Data Deposit Bootcamp (In-Person)
2026-05-19 00:00 - 23:59 | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Date: May 19 2026

Data deposit and data sharing are increasingly recognized as best practice to support open research, reproducibility, research integrity, collaboration, and more. Disciplines, funders, and journals are increasingly requiring researchers to share or deposit data. But how do you get your dataset ready for sharing? What’s the best repository to share it in? With light snacks and refreshments to sustain you and specialists on-hand to answer any questions, you’ll end this session with ready-to-submit data…or submitted or even published data!

By the end of this 3-hour session, you will be able to:

Identify the appropriate repository for their dataset.

Outline documentation and metadata best practices

Develop a README file that thoroughly describes the dataset being deposited.

Organize datasets in preparation for data deposit, including metadata entry.

If you have a dataset that’s ready for deposit or that you’d like to get deposit ready, bring it along. No dataset? No problem! We have a sample dataset you can use to go through the process and learn how to deposit data.

This session is ideal for researchers, staff, and students preparing to share data for a publication, grant, or project—and for anyone interested in open data best practices. Graduate students who have completed their thesis work are especially encouraged to attend! Pair this with our Data Management Plan Bootcamp May 12, 2026 for a spring research data management intensive for graduate researchers and research staff.

Details: Any preparatory work for the session can be found on its information page. This workshop will not be recorded.

Facilitator Bio:

Isaac Pratt (he/him) is a research scientist by training and has a PhD in Anatomy & Cell Biology. He leverages nearly a decade of interdisciplinary research experience to help support students, staff, and faculty. His expertise lies in questions surrounding data storage, security, planning, archival, and sharing. Isaac also provides support and curation services for McMaster Dataverse. His other interests include reproducible research methods, open science, and data science.

Danica Evering holds expansive experience with research support, education, project management, advocacy, and knowledge translation; with fluency in social practice art, healthcare, community research, data, and systems development. Danica supports students, postdocs, faculty, and staff with RDM through the data lifecycle—Data Management Plans, storage and backup, data security, data sharing. With an MA in Media Studies from Concordia, they are interested in fostering RDM within curious scholars and disciplines.

Certificate Eligibility: This workshop is eligible for the Sherman Centre’s certificate program. For more information, visit scds.ca/certificate-program. It is also eligible for the Canadian Certificate for Digital Humanities. To learn more, visit ccdhhn.ca or contact scds@mcmaster.ca.

Credit Eligibility: This workshop counts toward credit for students in the Faculty of Science who are enrolled in SCIENCE 2SF1: Digital Skills Workshop. For any questions, please contact oursci@mcmaster.ca.Date:

Creating Digital Exhibits: A Survey of Tools
2026-05-29 00:00 - 23:59 | The University of British Columbia, 1958 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, V62 1Z2, Canada
This workshop will cover an assortment of digital exhibit and storytelling tools such as Omeka, Scalar, static site generators (CollectionBuilder and Wax), and narrative tools such as Timeline.js and Storymaps from Knight Lab.

At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

List common tools and what they might be useful for

Identify hosting resources at UBC and beyond

The core workshop runs from 11am – 1pm (Pacific) with an optional work block to try tools hands on from 1-2pm.

This workshop is part of the Digital Toolkit series co-presented by the UBC Library Research Commons at UBC-V and UBC-O Library.

Wiki pour les universitaires : engagement critique, enseignement et diffusion des connaissances (DHSI 2026)
2026-06-08 00:00 - 2026-06-12 23:59 | Université de Montréal, 3150 Rue Jean Brillant, Montreal, Québec, H3T 1N7, Canada
Description

Ce cours initie les participant·es à découvrir l’écosystème Wikimédia et à ses applications dans l’enseignement postsecondaire et la recherche académique. Les participant·es apprendront le fonctionnement de Wikipédia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons et d’autres projets Wiki, ainsi que la manière dont ces outils peuvent être utilisés pour favoriser la pensée critique, enseigner les enjeux liés à la désinformation, impliquer les étudiant·es dans l’édition collaborative et rendre les savoirs scientifiques plus visibles et accessibles, conformément aux principes FAIR.

À travers une combinaison d’exercices pratiques, de discussions critiques et de planification guidée, les participant·es repartiront avec :

un projet de plan de cours intégrant les outils Wiki à leur enseignement ;

un projet de plan de recherche mobilisant les projets Wiki dans leur travail scientifique et leurs activités de mobilisation des connaissances.

Ce cours met l’accent à la fois sur les approches théoriques et pratiques, permettant aux chercheur·euses d’analyser de façon critique les plateformes Wiki tout en y contribuant de manière significative. Il utilise aussi l’approche de la théorie critique pour comprendre et utiliser l’écosystème Wiki.

Enseignant.e(s)

Pascale Dangoisse est chargée de programme pour Wikimedia Canada, où je travaille à une meilleure représentation et intégration des personnes historiquement marginalisées dans l’écosystème Wiki. Ma recherche doctorale (Université d’Ottawa) portait sur la compréhension de la persistance de la discrimination systémique dans les environnements politiques libéraux et progressistes. J’ai également été post-doctorante au Laboratoire des humanités numériques de l’Université d’Ottawa, où j’ai travaillé sur le projet Lesbian and Gay Liberation Canada (avec la professeure Crompton). Je continue d’enseigner les différents obstacles systémiques auxquels les gens sont confrontés au quotidien à travers les outils et les projets Wiki.
