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Created by Courtney Skye (Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan) and curated by Alex Jacobs-Blum (Cayuga Nation, Wolf Clan), Treaty Girl aims to make visible the many generations of girls who are embodying Treaty, survival, and joy.

The research on student course evaluations loudly exclaims that overreliance on one perspective in teaching assessment – the student perspective – has a negative impact on both the wellbeing and career trajectory of faculty members who belong to systemically oppressed populations. Join Dr. Kim Buchanan (Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-racism) and Dr. Sonya Buffone (Teaching Assessment Processes Office) to learn about the concrete steps Waterloo is taking to establish a more equitable, holistic model of teaching assessment.    

This workshop will focus on using technical tools, Covidence, to streamline the review process, as well as a reference manager, Zotero, to work with the search results from your structured review to generate in-cite citations and an automated bibliography.

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

- Learn how to import and export bibliographic references from Covidence and Zotero

- Understand how to use Covidence and Zotero for teams and groups - Understand how to screen articles with Covidence using custom inclusion and exclusion criteria

- Learn how to build a basic data extraction template in Covidence for included studies

- Learn how to work with in-text citations in Microsoft Word, using Zotero

- Learn how to generate an automated bibliography using Zotero

Systematic and scoping reviews require a rigorous and reproducible search methodology. This workshop, a combination of presentation and interactive activities, outlines the expectations of a systematic search and provides practical experience in developing a search methodology which meets systematic standards.

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

- Understand the characteristics of a “systematic” search

- Learn strategies to build, organize and construct a comprehensive search strategy in academic databases

- Learn a systematic approach to identify grey literature

- Understand the search documentation process and reporting standards

Would you like to learn more about scoping and systematic reviews and what steps are involved when conducting each of these review types? This workshop, a combination of presentation and interactive activities, discusses the methods of each review type, as well as how to decide which is best to use and more.

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

- Explain the differences between a systematic review and scoping review

- Practice developing a clear research question for a review - Describe the importance of developing a protocol and identify its main components

- Develop eligibility criteria for a review

- Choose a review method that best suits the review goal and timeline

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Jackie MacDonald Gibson, Department Head and Professor, Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, NC State University, Raleigh, NC, US, will present: Mapping and quantifying health effects of inequities in community water service in North Carolina, USA.

This event is in person in DC 1302 with a networking reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl).

Get ready for a frightfully fun evening of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM)!

On October 31st, Engineering Outreach invites curious minds in Grade K-6 and their families to our Spooktacular STEM Night Drop-in Event, where creepy creativity, eery engineering, and spooky science collide!

Each registered child will receive a halloween treat after completing their Monster Maker's STEM pass. The pass is complete after engaging in hands-on activities at each STEM station and working through the engineering design cycle!

We can’t wait for a night filled with candy, fun and spooktacular costumes! Halloween costumes or a black and orange outfit are not required but are welcome.

Date: Thursday, October 31st
Time: 4:30pm-7:30pm 
Location: University of Waterloo, Waterloo Campus 
Cost: Free!
Registration can be found under the Fall 2024 Season. in our registration portal (https://uwaterloo.campbrainregistration.com/)

Join us on October 26th for an extravaganza of hands-on science discovery for school-age kids. From 10:30 am to 4:30 pm on Saturday, we'll fill the Science Teaching Complex (STC) and EIT with opportunities for kids to explore science! This is a free event.

GIS is a multi-disciplinary tool that is widely used across campus. Join this one-hour session to learn how you can incorporate GIS in your research, coursework and thesis.

This workshop, a combination of presentation, demonstration, and question & answer session, will discuss what GIS is and how it relates to demographics, business intelligence, logistics and statistical analysis, and provide examples of analysis tools and how they relate to different research.

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

• Understand how the usual datatypes and spatial datatypes are used together

• Learn the advantages of spatial components in datasets

• Understand the importance of projections