Coding for the Humanities
2023-11-07 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | Carleton University, 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 5B6, Canada
This series of workshops introduces humanities scholars to coding in the humanities. The suite of workshops covers the following topics:

Creating a static page for cuPortfolio (learning to use the command line and GitHub)

Python I: Basic coding for text analysis

Python II: CSV files for literature reviews

Python III: Error searching, web scraping, and the ethics of open data

Each of these workshops introduces a core topic for those interested in computational methods for the humanities and provides opportunities to apply the ideas and techniques discussed. Attending all sessions is essential as the workshops are scaffolded to ensure that participants can progress from simpler strategies to more sophisticated approaches. For example:

work with a command line to create a static web page; and

export a CSV from the Library search engine Omni for a literature review.

Participants must attend an initial “office hours” session to ensure that their device meets the technical requirements of the workshops—no time will be available during the workshops for major technical set-up.

All students and faculty are welcome.

Learning outcomes

Setup Windows or Mac system to meet workshop technical requirements.

Write some basic commands to access files from their desktop/laptop directory.

Identify the benefits of using Python for certain humanistic research problems.

Import a CSV from Omni (Library discovery tool) into Python and then use pandas and NLTK to analyze the data in the CSV file.

Define a legal and ethical process for accessing digital data.

The workshops will run on the following dates and times. These sessions are in person only, with the exception of the technical set up session.

Room ML252A

Tuesday, November 7 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (Required technical set-up)

Tuesday, November 14 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 21 1:00 p.m. tp 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, November 28 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 5 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Tuesday, December 12 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursday, December 14 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Workshop leader(s):

Martha Attridge Bufton, Interdisciplinary Studies Librarian

Chantal Brousseau, MA candidate (History)

Alparsian Ozturk, Business and Government Document Technician

Jennifer Whitney, Digital Initiatives Librarian

Please note: sessions taking place in December do not count toward paid pedagogical training hours.

Competencies:

Research & Analysis; Digital Literacy; Discipline-specific knowledge

Data Organization in Spreadsheets for Humanities, Social Sciences, & Librarians
2023-11-08 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax)
This introductory workshop offers best practices for data organization in spreadsheets for humanities, social sciences, & librarians.

Introducing the "Canadian BIPOC Artists Rolodex"
2023-11-14 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | University of Ottawa, 50 University Private, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
Started by professors Jinny Yu and Celina Jeffery (from uOttawa) and Ming Tiampo (from Carleton U), the project is a searchable database of Canadian BIPOC artists aimed to facilitate and encourage research, teaching, and exhibitions on BIPOC artists, who as you might know, continue to be underrepresented in publications, exhibitions, and curricula. Research assistants Tia Carey and Candide Mawoko will introduce the database, which has been named the Canadian BIPOC Artists Rolodex, references the ways in which BIPOC artists have been historically known through personal and artistic networks rather than through institutions. It seeks to increase accessibility to BIPOC artists during first-phase research and subsequently increase their representation in curriculum, publications, and art institutions. It is conceived of in equal measures as a curated platform, digital humanities project, and advocacy work. Location: Univeristy of Ottawa CreatorSpace (Pérez Hall, room 302).

Introduction to Statistical Analysis with SPSS
2023-11-15 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
This beginner-level workshop will introduce you to the basics of SPSS statistical software, how it works, and some basic descriptive statistics, statistical procedures and chart building features. No prior knowledge of SPSS is required.

Database Management using SQL for Humanities, Social Sciences, & Librarians
2023-11-15 00:00 - 2023-11-22 23:59 (America/Halifax)
This is a hands-on introductory workshop on database management using SQL for Humanities, Social Sciences, & Librarians. This workshop will be offered in collaboration with an instructor from Calcul Québec. It is a two-part six-hour session with the introductory materials covered on November 15, and the more advanced SQL content covered on November 22. Attendees register for both parts.

Enhancing Your Digital Exhibit: Customization and Interactive Elements in Omeka S
2023-11-16 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Create next level digital exhibits! We will use HTML5 to customize the appearance of your Omeka S digital exhibit and add interactive elements to your website.

Creating User-Centered Websites for Humanities Research Projects
2023-11-17 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
This workshop is designed to introduce humanities researchers to key UXD (User Experience Design) concepts and guide you through a goal setting activity which will help you come up with a plan and a website structure for your project.

Led by Parita Patel. For more info visit: https://ux-design-praxis.eventbrite.ca/

Intro to Making and Sharing Maps with ArcGIS Pro
2023-11-22 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
ArcGIS Pro is a professional desktop Geographic Information Systems (GIS) program. It is a powerful data visualization tool that maps and analyzes data, depicting patterns and trends. This workshop is geared towards beginners new to ArcGIS or ArcMap users making the switch to ArcGIS Pro. Attendees will become familiar with ArcGIS tools that are available on campus, learn the ArcGIS Pro interface, symbolize data, and share the resulting map.

Building JavaScript Websites 3: Easy Steps to AODA Compliance
2023-11-23 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
December 3 is International Day for Persons with Disabilities! Are you building your own web site using JavaScript and frameworks? In this third workshop of the Building JavaScript Websites series, learn to adapt UI controls in a JavaScript web site to be accessible. Starting from a simple prepared single-page application, we will walk you through how easy it is to make a JavaScript web site to be AODA compliant. Each workshop in this series can be taken independently of the other workshops in the series.

Digital Storytelling Workshop
2023-11-24 08:00 - 2023-11-26 17:00 (America/Toronto) | University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada
An online hands-on and open studio environment to develop the narrative and technical skills to create a 2–5-minute digital research story.

Wiki-A-Thons as Community Builders
2023-11-28 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | University of Ottawa, 50 University Private, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 6N5, Canada
The Lesbian and Gay Liberation in Canada (LGLC) project set up a Wikipedia edit-a-thon to increase the visibility and representativeness of the French-speaking Canadian LGBTQ2IA+ movement on this platform. The LGLC project recognized the need to fill the gap in content on the LGBTQ2IA+ movement in French-speaking Canada compared to English-speaking Canada and wanted to call on the community to rectify the situation via this event, which took place in the fall of 2023. In our final session of the Fall semester, Humanities Data Lab research assistants Pascale Dangoisse and Farinaz Basmechi will present on the results of this activity, and the avenues for the future. Location: Univeristy of Ottawa CreatorSpace (Pérez Hall, room 302).

Text Analysis in 3D
2023-11-28 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax)
3D visualization is surprisingly little used to visualize data and connections in the digital humanities, despite the fact that the 3rd dimension can provide many benefits, from decluttering plots to encoding one of the variables.

In this webinar I will present a workflow to analyze a text corpus consisting of works from multiple authors and visualize the differences between their vocabularies in 3D. I will complement it with 3D graphs to link similar texts. Throughout the webinar, I will only use open-source tools — Python and several 3rd-party Python libraries, ParaView, and VTK — and will show 3D visualizations that can easily scale to millions of texts and can work for any input language.

Led by Alex Razoumov (Simon Fraser University).

Offered by WestDRI, Simon Fraser University, and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.

Depositing & Sharing Data Online with McMaster Dataverse
2023-11-29 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Are you thinking of sharing your data for re-use by other researchers? Have you been asked to share your data by a journal or funder? Are you worried about the long term accessibility of your data? Join Danica Evering (Research Data Management Specialist) for this workshop on how to deposit your data on McMaster Dataverse for archival, preservation, and sharing. Learn more about how openly sharing data can benefit you and the research community, and how online repositories are helping to improve the availability of research data. We’ll end with a sandbox session where participants can experiment with the Demo instance of Dataverse.

Creating Animated Plots in R: Using gganimate
2024-01-11 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
This virtual workshop will build on the Fall 2023 workshop “Data Visualization in R using ggplot2” to provide an introduction to gganimate in the statistical programming language R. This workshop will go examples on how to create visualizations that change over time and how to and customize the design of those graphs.

Map-Making for Absolute Beginners using QGIS
2024-01-16 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Designed for those who are curious about making maps but haven’t yet had the opportunity to learn. This workshop will provide a friendly introduction to geographic data and the mapping of this data using the geographic information system (GIS) software, QGIS. Absolutely no geography or quantitative background is necessary for an engaging experience.

Gephi Part 2: Conducting Network Analysis
2024-01-18 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
This workshop will build on the Fall 2023 workshop “Gephi Part 1: Introduction to Network Visualizations” to look at how one can conduct network analysis for research. We will go through a case example together and discuss more features that researchers can use to design their own network visualizations.

The Humanities and Scholarship in a Digital World
2024-01-19 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | Toronto Metropolitan University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada
Two parts: January 19 (10 am – Noon) and February 2 (10 am – Noon)

This two-part workshop will bring together people working in the postsecondary sector (faculty, librarians, students, administrators) to discuss and reflect on knowledge making in the humanities (and in academia more broadly) within a society enmeshed with networked digital technology.

Workshop One will provide a brief overview of the history of “digital humanities” and some key debates within the field before asking participants to reflect upon and share their own past, present, and possible future engagements–positive, negative, and ambivalent–with digital technology.

Workshop Two will ask participants to share and discuss a proposed digital project of their own: this could be a digital creation (an edition, a database, a data visualisation, a tool, a game), a course or course assignment, a plan for self-directed study, an analysis of a digital artefact or phenomenon, or something else.

Register here: https://torontomu.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJwrf-CprTktGt0oEPkn59R9TCEZKKd7qMpe

THIS IS A HYBRID WORKSHOP AND MAY BE ATTENDED IN-PERSON OR ONLINE.

The information above will be posted on the CDH’s newsletter: https://cdh.rula.info/newsletter/.

Best Practices for Managing Data in Your Research
2024-01-24 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
In this introductory workshop, learn about research data management best practices and how investing a small amount of time in organizing your data now can save you a lot of time and prevent future headaches. We will go over best practices for data planning, storage, organization, preservation, and sharing.

Create Your Academic Website: The WordPress Edition
2024-01-31 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario, L5L 1C6, Canada
Researchers and faculty doing DH work will inevitably need to display their research findings or create a portfolio of work. Our goal is to equip researchers with the knowledge and digital tools to set up these sites. We will do this through an introductory workshop to teach attendees fundamentals of website creation, including choosing a domain name, choosing a host and platform, and by creating basic functioning websites interactively and together through WordPress.

By the end of this workshop, participants will have learned how to select a domain name and web hosting provider for a personal or research website. Participants will have also created a simple personal website using WordPress, hosted for free on wordpress.com, able to be further developed, customized, or ported to a different domain and host.

This workshop is intended for faculty and researchers in the Digital Humanities, including graduate students and postdocs, as well as staff. No prior experience creating websites is required or expected.

Matt Lefaive, the Digital Humanities Developer in the CDHI, will lead the workshop. Registration through Eventbrite is required.

The Humanities and Scholarship in a Digital World (Part 2)
2024-02-02 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | Toronto Metropolitan University, 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5B 2K3, Canada

Plotting and programming in Python for non-coders
2024-02-02 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
Two parts: February 2 (10 am – 3 pm) and February 9 (10 am – 3 pm)

This workshop, which takes place across two sessions on February 2nd and February 9th, is an introduction to programming in Python for people with little or no previous programming experience. Using some supplied data, you will learn the basics of working with the flexible and powerful Python programming language. Material will cover basic programming concepts, loading and working with data, and using libraries to create graphs and charts. Instructors: Kris Joseph, Ali Sadaqain

Register here: https://yorku.libcal.com/event/3779143

THIS IS AN IN-PERSON WORKSHOP

Praxis Workshop: Understanding and Applying Generative A.I.
2024-02-05 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax)
Are you ready to learn more about how artificial neural networks and machine learning techniques work? Join us to discover how these technologies can transform your teaching and research, opening new dimensions in higher education. In this introductory-level workshop, participants will learn the basics of how text-based and image-based Generative AI, such as ChatGPT and DALL-E, operate. First, we will explore the basics of artificial neural networks and provide an overview of contemporary machine learning techniques. Then, participants will apply this knowledge to their own pedagogy, research, and research creation.

Participants will apply their understanding of how Generative AI works to redesign an assignment or project in a course they teach. This involves combining Generative AI outputs with distinct human skills and developing clear guidelines for students about the use and documentation of Generative AI tools. Participants will also develop specific and concrete strategies to integrate Generative AI into their research creation endeavors.

Before the workshop begins, participants are asked to please sign up for ChatGPT (https://chat.openai.com/auth/login) and DALL-E (https://openai.com/dall-e-3). This workshop is designed for faculty, postdocs, and graduate student researchers.

Workshop facilitator: Dr. Aaron Tucker is a SSHRC post-doctoral fellow at the University of Toronto in the Faculty of Information recreating the Canadian history of artificial intelligence as a techno-national project.

This event is co-sponsored by CDHI and the new AI + Humanities Lab directed by LK Bertram.

Date and Time: 5 Feb 2024, 2-4pm EST

Please use this link to register on Zoom!

Citation analysis tools for mapping the literature
2024-02-06 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
Citation analysis is a way of measuring the relative importance or impact of author, article, or publication, and explore links between them. Citation analysis can support the early stages of research by summarizing and mapping existing knowledge and research on a particular subject, and identifying gaps in the literature. It can also be used to assess the impact of your own work, such as for grant applications, or the trends, collaboration patterns, and domain structures of a field or research network. In this workshop, a variety of citation analysis and knowledge map tools, such as LitMaps, Connected Papers, and Inciteful, will be introduced to help you analyze and visualize the literature and citation relationships. Instructor: Lily Ren

By the end of this workshop, you’ll be able to:

• Understand the basics of citation analysis and its application in the research lifecycle

• Build skills to search, analyze and visualize citation information from various sources

• Gain hands-on practice to use citation analysis and knowledge maps tools

Best Practices for Managing Your Code and Scripts You Use to Generate Your Research
2024-02-08 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
Preservation of software with your research data is an important part of open research and will be a future requirement by the Tri-agencies for Data Deposit. In this introductory session, learn how you can apply research data management practices and FAIR data principles to software, and some best practices that will help you prepare for depositing the custom code and analysis scripts you use to generate and process your research data, and how these practices can help you now in developing and maintaining this work.

Enhancing the visibility of your research: social sciences, arts, and humanities
2024-02-08 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Halifax) | York University, 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, M3J 1P3, Canada
This practical workshop will introduce trends in scholarly publishing of particular relevance to graduate students and junior scholars in social science, arts and humanities. Techniques to increase the discoverability of scholarship on the web via researcher identifiers, self-archiving, and open access publishing will also be covered during the session. Instructor: John Dupuis

Sonification: Sounding and Listening as Critical Practice
2024-02-09 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax) | McMaster University, 1280 Main St W, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada
The sounds of data are all around us: from phone notifications to car horns to the whistle at a sports game. In this two-part workshop, participants will be introduced to the theory and practice of data sonification. We will briefly delve into the history of sonification and think through the unique ways that humans process and communicate sonic information. In the first session, through interactive exercises, like virtual sound walks, participants will be introduced to approaches and theories of listening to sound critically and reflectively.

Canadian HSS Commons platform
2024-02-12 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax)
Date: 12 February 2024

Are you interested in sharing your work and connecting with other academic or non-academic researchers using a free, open platform that combines features of social networking sites and institutional repositories? Join us for this live introduction and demo, where participants will learn how to establish a professional profile, build community, and develop and mobilize knowledge using the Canadian HSS Commons (https://hsscommons.ca) — an in-development, national-scale network designed and built for the linguistically, geographically, and culturally diverse community of HSS researchers in Canada. This event will take place in English, but slides translated into French will also be available.

Led by: Dr. Ray Siemens; Dr. Graham Jensen; Dr. Randa El Khatib

This event is part of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) Series 2024. For more information, visit: https://hss24.netlify.app/.

Introduction to GIS and QGIS | GIS et QGIS pour les néophytes
2024-02-12 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax)
Date: 12 February

Need to create a map, but don’t know how? Have you been asked to analyze geospatial data and you are wondering where to start? This introduction is for you. We will use QGIS to explore the world of Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and familiarize ourselves with the different steps of creating a simple map. We will perform some basic operations and we will discover the open data available within QGIS and elsewhere on the web.

Vous devez créer une carte, mais vous ne savez pas comment faire. On vous a demandé d’analyser des données géospatiales et vous vous demandez par où commencer. Cette introduction est pour vous. Avec QGIS, nous explorons le monde des systèmes d’information géographique (SIG) et traversons les différentes étapes de la création d’une carte simple. Nous effectuerons certaines opérations de base et nous découvrirons les données ouvertes disponibles à même QGIS et ailleurs sur le Web.

Led by/Presenté par: Julie Faure-Lacroix

This event is part of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) Series 2024. For more information, visit: https://hss24.netlify.app/.

Cet événement fait partie de l’École hivernale des SHS 2024 (Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada). Pour plus d’informations, visitez: https://hss24.netlify.app/.

Data Management Plan (DMP) Assistant | L'Assistant du plan de gestion des données (PGD)Data Management Plan (DMP) Assistant
2024-02-13 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Halifax)
Date: 13 February 2024

This session will serve as a walk-through demonstration of how to use the Data Management Plan (DMP) Assistant tool. A high-level overview of research data management and the role of DMPs will be provided, as well as concrete examples, resources, and best practices in the creation of a data management plan for humanities and social sciences related research.

Cet atelier va présenter des conseils pratiques et des exemples sur comment écrire un plan de gestion de données pour les demandes de subvention, les journaux et autres organisations. Vous serez introduit à l’outil en ligne Assistant PGD qui possède des modèles adaptés au contexte de la recherche canadienne. Vous aurez aussi la chance d’aborder des questions, spécifiques à votre discipline, liées à la gestion des données utilisées au cours de la recherche et à l’archivage à long terme de celles-ci.

Led by/Presenté par: Nick Rochlin (EN); Sandy Hervieux & Dr. Alisa Beth Rod (FR)

This event is part of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada’s HSS (Humanities and Social Sciences) Series 2024. For more information, visit: https://hss24.netlify.app/.

Cet événement fait partie de l’École hivernale des SHS 2024 (Alliance de recherche numérique du Canada). Pour plus d’informations, visitez: https://hss24.netlify.app/.
