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Creating Animated Plots in R: Using gganimate

McMaster University 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, 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

McMaster University 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, 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

McMaster University 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, 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

Toronto Metropolitan University 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, 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, […]

Best Practices for Managing Data in Your Research

McMaster University 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, 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

University of Toronto Mississauga Mississauga, Ontario, 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 […]

The Humanities and Scholarship in a Digital World (Part 2)

Toronto Metropolitan University 350 Victoria Street, Toronto, Ontario, 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, […]

Plotting and programming in Python for non-coders

York University 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, 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 […]

Citation analysis tools for mapping the literature

York University 4700 Keele Street, Toronto, Ontario, 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 […]

Best Practices for Managing Your Code and Scripts You Use to Generate Your Research

McMaster University 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, Ontario, 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.