Workshop

Learn the basics of cleaning up tabular data using OpenRefine. In this workshop, a combination of presentation, hands-on demonstration and question & answer period, data cleanup will be explored within the broader context of using data to answer a research question. No prior coding knowledge or web scraping skills are required to participate.

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

• Identify problems in a dataset and steps to fix them

• Use the open-source software OpenRefine to perform basic data cleanup tasks

Please register to receive the online event link and help us understand specific disciplinary considerations.

Learn the basics of obtaining data from the web using a browser plugin. In this workshop, a combination of presentation, hands-on demonstration and question & answer period, web scraping will be explored within the broader context of gathering data to answer a research question. No prior coding knowledge or web scraping skills are required to participate.

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

• Analyze a website’s structure to plan the best way to scrape its data

• Understand web scraping in the context of the research process

• Use a browser plugin to obtain data from a website

Please register to receive the online event link and help us understand specific disciplinary considerations.

Navigating Open Access (OA) publishing can be challenging and is often very expensive. This online workshop, a combination of presentation and question & answer period, will help demystify OA and provide solutions on how to reduce or eliminate the cost of publishing OA as a STEM scholar.

Are you a graduate student looking to establish your research identity?

Open Researcher and Contributor Identifier (ORCID) is a persistent identifier that points to an individual researcher, helping to reduce the administrative burden associated with manually managing a scholarly profile.

This workshop, a combination of presentation and question & answer period, will introduce research IDs and how to create one using ORCID, as well as how to increase an ORCIDs credibility by affiliating the record to an institution, such as the University of Waterloo.

Navigating Open Access (OA) publishing can be challenging and is often very expensive. This online workshop, a combination of presentation and question & answer period, will help demystify OA and provide solutions on how to reduce or eliminate the cost of publishing OA as a humanities scholar.

Are you a researcher with questions about the citation impact of Open Access (OA) publishing?

OA scholarly publishing enables subscription-free access to academic research with the goal of increasing the reach of a work. This in-person workshop, a combination of presentation and question & answer period, will discuss the perceived barriers as well as the benefits of OA publishing, with a particular focus on research impact.

As the world deals with a replication crisis in academic literature, it is important to ensure your own research practices are transparent and credible, further contributing to research excellence. This workshop, a combination of presentation, discussion and question & answer period, will explore the essential concepts of reproducibility and replicability in research, two critical pillars of scientific integrity, and what it means to create reproducible and replicable research.

How do you choose a quality journal? What are predatory journals and how do you avoid them? This online workshop, a combination of presentation and question & answer period, will answer these questions and provide tangible tips and tricks to identify quality and predatory journals.

In this session, you will learn how to prepare an engaging and concise oral presentation that effectively describes your research. This workshop will equip you with the tools to identify the key elements of your research and craft messages that resonate with your target audience.

This program is a FREE and exciting opportunity for those in Grade 7 - 10, including all youth who identify as girls or non-binary, to learn about the wonderful world of engineering.