Workshop

Thursday, February 6, 2025 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

From Idea to Impact: Research Strategies for Changemakers

Are you looking to solve big problems, but you’re not sure where to start? In this 50-minute online workshop, Rachel Figueiredo, Waterloo’s entrepreneurship librarian, will show you how to search across academic, industry and openly available information to get a full picture of your problem space. By integrating new and familiar search tools, attendees will learn how to research efficiently so they can get back to solving problems.

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 9:00 am - 11:00 am EST (GMT -05:00)

Keeping Well at Work: The CEO of You

For a Keeping Well at Work special event, join us, in partnership with the Cultivating Talent: A Mentorship Collective, for an interactive morning with guest speaker Natalie Stuart from Connect2You to learn about building your personal brand, ways to invest in cultivating meaningful connections with others, and strategies to ensure you are gaining access to a diversity of perspectives throughout your personal and professional life.

Tuesday, February 25, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Systematic and Scoping Review Series: Systematic Screening using Covidence and Zotero

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.

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Systematic and Scoping Review Series: Systematic Search Methods

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.

Tuesday, January 14, 2025 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

WaterLeadership | Sharing Science: Clear language writing

In this session, you will gain practical tips for communicating complex scientific concepts to an informed audience. You will learn how to identify your audience, develop engaging and impactful messages that spark interest and enthusiasm, and use plain language to enhance the accessibility and readability of your work.

Thursday, January 16, 2025 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

You Don't Know What You Don't Know with Ela Smith

This is a three-part workshop that journeys through First Nations, Inuit, and Metis relations with settlers. As the title indicates, you don't know what you don't know so everyone is welcome. You will be introduced to the concept of Miskasowin (wholistic self-evaluation) that will define content, context, and relationship promoting further action, accountability, and responsibilities as a treaty person in this land now known as Canada. 

Tuesday, November 19, 2024 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Sustainable Aeronautics Summit 2024

Experience innovation and sustainability at the Sustainable Aeronautics Summit on November 19th, 2024. Hosted by the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Aeronautics (WISA), this premier event brings together industry leaders and visionary thinkers to work towards a sustainable future for aviation and aerospace. Don’t miss your opportunity to be part of this transformative journey!

Wednesday, November 20, 2024 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

GIS Day: Implementing GeoAI to Optimize your Workflows

Discover how to harness the power of GeoAI to revolutionize your spatial analysis tasks!

This workshop, a combination of presentation, demonstration, and question & answer session, will equip you with the knowledge and skills to effectively integrate pre-trained models from the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World into your workflows, streamlining processes and enhancing decision-making.

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

  • Learn model selection, customization and integration techniques
  • Explored real-world use cases and best practices
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

GIS Day: GeoPython Using Google Colab Notebooks

Google Colab with the GeoPandas Python package is an effective platform for GIS analysis. This introductory workshop, a combination of presentation, demonstration, and question & answer session, will showcase how users can load, project, query and visualize GIS data through graphs and maps.

By the end of this workshop, participants will have:

  • Introductory knowledge of how to load, project, query and visualize GIS data
  • Some insight into future directions of where this platform could be taken
  • An understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of GIS analysis with Google Colab