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 […]
Date: October 21 2025 The ability to effectively track and express your research impact is an essential skill for today’s researchers. Profile tools like ORCID, Google Scholar, and McMaster Experts provide a valuable space to showcase your research outputs (from publications to datasets to creative works) and enable efficient workflows for demonstrating your impact. This […]
Date: October 21 2025 Presenter: Sophie Bury, Ted Belke Are you exploring and building your knowledge of generative AI tools? Are you interested in using them for research purposes? Do you find it confusing to determine when AI-based tools are useful and appropriate for conducting research for assignments and projects for courses? In this workshop, designed […]
Date: October 21 2025 Presenter: Jacob Turola This session introduces participants to a blend of traditional and modern methods including 3D printing and laser cutting. Participants will see examples of suitable materials and get live demonstrations of our makerspace equipment. They will also be guided on selecting and attaching fittings and hooks. In a hands-on project, […]
Date: October 21 2025 Instructor: Reg Beatty Early digital type designers were challenged by having a limited grid of pixels to create their letterforms for computers, handheld devices, video and arcade games. These blocky fonts were one of the distinguishing features of the 70s through the 90s and are mostly used today for a retro […]
Date: October 22 2025 Presenter: Alexandra Wong and Rosa Orlandini An important part of working with any data is properly preparing and cleaning your data, whether you have conducted a survey or have found secondary data! If you also find cleaning your data to correct errors or make formatting consistent to be a tedious and time-consuming […]
Date: October 23 2025 Want more control over how your documents look and function? LaTeX is an open-source typesetting system used to create clean, consistent, and professional documents. It’s especially helpful for working with complex formatting, citations, or mathematical content, and it’s a powerful tool for writing reports, articles, and long-form texts in any discipline. […]
Date: October 23 2025 Instructor: Lily Crandall-Oral This intermediate-level workshop is meant to extend basic knowledge of QGIS by exploring common plugins. Familiarity of the QGIS is therefore a prerequisite. By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to use plugins to Familiarity with GIS is prerequisite for this workshop. This workshop is […]
Date: October 24 2025 Instructor: Reg Beatty Join Reg in this two hour hands-on workshop on how to design a bitmapped font using BitFontMaker2. We’ll talk about the rudiments of type design, the specifics of pixel fonts, and how to publish and use your new font.
Date: October 28 2025 Presenter: Sophie Bury, Ted Belke In the second part of our two-part series, we will cover AI-integrated research discovery and workflow tools. This sub-category of AI tools is growing exponentially in number and can be a valuable addition to any serious researcher’s toolkit. Promoting research effectiveness and workflows, leveraged by AI models […]
Date: October 28 2025 Presenter: Rosa Orlandini & Alexandra Wong Do you need to find published data to use in your research projects or assignments, and you don’t know where to start? We can help! This practical workshop will be conducted by members of the York University Libraries’ Data Services Team. It will introduce various sources […]