Events

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 Hands on with Leaflet.js This […]

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 […]

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 […]

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.

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!

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: […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]