Date: October 8 2025 Whether you regularly engage with visual generative AI or are just dipping your toe into these waters, this workshop focuses on recognizing sources of image biases and its impacts and implications as artificial images become increasingly sophisticated and ubiquitous. Applying a combined historical and ethics lens, workshop participants will have the […]

Date: October 8 2025 Presenter: Cora Coady Researching Indigenous topics is undeniably complex. Indigenous knowledges are deeply rooted in community but identifying authentic Indigenous voices in academia among numerous colonial narratives can be a daunting task. Processing this material can take an emotional toll. By learning how to navigate these resources thoughtfully, you can respectfully and […]

October 8 2025 Presenter: Alexandra Wong This hands-on workshop will introduce participants to the basics of Microsoft PowerBI, a widely used data analytics and visualization tool. Participants will learn the fundamentals of PowerBI, including how to import and transform data. By the end of the workshop, participants will have created their own interactive dashboards, which can […]

Date: October 8 2025 Instructor: Kendra Oudyk Learn the basics of using Git and GitHub for version control and collaboration. Git is widely used version control software that tracks changes to a group of files, referred to as a repository. GitHub is a popular website for hosting and sharing Git repositories, making it easier to collaborate and share your […]

On vous a sûrement déjà dit que pour limiter les erreurs des IA génératives et pour s’assurer qu’une machine rende les bonnes informations, il fallait passer par un RAG. Mais qu’est-ce qu’un RAG et comment est-ce que ça fontionne exactement ? Dans cet atelier vous apprendrez à disséquer un outil de recherche d’information associé à […]

Date: October 14 2025 Researching Indigenous topics is undeniably complex. Indigenous knowledges are deeply rooted in community but identifying authentic Indigenous voices in academia among numerous colonial narratives can be a daunting task. Processing this material can take an emotional toll. By learning how to navigate these resources thoughtfully, you can respectfully and ethically incorporate […]

Date: October 14 2025 Have you ever gathered hundreds, thousands, or even millions of images from social media or the web, only to feel overwhelmed? In this workshop, you’ll learn strategies to create juxtas, a form of digital collage, that help you visually explore, reflect on, and gain a macroscopic perspective on your collection. Nick […]

Date: October 15 2025 Presenter: Jacob Turola Participants will get to make their own circuits and code by trying out Arduino control boards for the first time! Sensors and boards will be provided, alongside wires and other peripherals. This is an entry level orientation to get you started and show you what is available! No experience […]

Date: October 15 2026 Cette séance d’introduction pratique explore comment les marathons d’édition Wikipédia peuvent devenir des leviers puissants pour créer des communautés et promouvoir l’équité des savoirs. La séance démystifiera le processus de contribution à Wikipédia tout en soulignant son importance — notamment pour mieux représenter les groupes marginalisés. Nous aborderons la valeur du […]

Date: October 15 2025 Instructor: Kendra Oudyk This workshop will introduce the Unix shell, a powerful way to communicate with your computer more directly through a command line interface. There are many ways to interact with a computer. Most of the time we click on things and select options with a cursor through a graphical […]

Date: October 15 2025 Instructors: Eugene Barsky, Vanessa Choy Workshop: Creating a Data Dictionary for Research Projects 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 […]

Date: October 16 2025 Do you have a lot of oral histories, interviews, podcast episodes, or other audio or video material you need to transcribe? Have you heard of Whisper and not sure how or what it is? In this workshop you will get an overview and walkthrough of generating transcripts with Whisper. Nick Ruest is […]