Data Journeys: Healing Through Organization—Data Cleaning as Self-care for the Emotionally Wrecked

Data cleaning doesn’t have to be just a technical task—it can be a therapeutic one. In this workshop, we’ll reframe the often-tedious process of cleaning data as an act of care: for your project, your collaborators, and yourself. You’ll learn how to spot and fix common issues, streamline messy data sets, and create workflows that feel less like punishment and more like progress. Come for the skills, stay for the emotional catharsis.

By the end of the workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify and address common data quality issues
• Apply techniques for efficient and effective data cleaning
• Build workflows that support both technical accuracy and emotional resilience

This is an online event; please register to receive the event link. This workshop will be recorded, and the recording, along with the workshop materials, will be made available online and sent to all registrants after the workshop. If you have accommodation requests or questions, reach out to libevents@uwaterloo.ca with your needs.