Events

Work with liquid, ion, or gas chromatography, and/ or mass spectrometry (MS)? Need extra support to push your research program forward? Come out to the inaugural meeting for the mass spectrometer user group.

There will be a presentation by the University of Waterloo's Mass Spectrometry Facility's Dr. Richard Smith, followed by an open forum for questions. This will also be a great opportunity to connect with fellow mass spectrometer users for later questions and troubleshooting.

Food will be provided!

Are you interested in hands-on learning of Matlab, a technical computing language with many applications? Our session at the end of September will feature a hands-on workshop led by Frederick Cheng, in which you will be paired with an experienced Matlab as your mentor as you go through our prepared material. 

Are you interested in developing your writing skills and/or updating your cirriculum vitae (CV)? Want to improve your thesis writing and brush up your resume before you apply for jobs? This workshop is for you! 

Our workshop this month will be on Geographic Information System (GIS), held concurrently with the Waterloo Geospatial Club. Need to use GIS in your research, or simply want to learn a highly valuable and employable skill for future work? Be sure to sign up for our workshop

What is one challenge water researchers all have in common...data management! This workshop will cover various techniques that can be used to keep your data consistent and organized. Please bring your own laptop for this workshop. 

This will take place in PHY 145 from 10:00am-3:00pm. Coffee, snacks and lunch will be provided. Please bring your own mug. 

REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/WjoEP2nKv5SupbmAA

The R Basics workshop will be a guided introduction to coding using R, which has many applications for water researchers in science and math. Join us for a morning introductory session covering R basics, followed by some intermediate level problem solving in the afternoon. Please bring your own laptop for this workshop. 

REGISTER HERE: https://forms.gle/x7qetNQocTNGKWWj7

Become familiar with the tools and terminology of GIS! Our introduction to GIS workshop will cover basic and intermediate level map making skills using ArcGIS and QGIS software. 

Location is TBD. Coffee, snacks and lunch will be provided. Please bring your own mug.

Are you interested in learning R?

We are piloting a new online learning team where we will be supporting and facilitating group learning over MSTeams. The curriculum that we have selected is offered by datacamp.com and will be completed online over the course of four 1-hour sessions which will take place on the following days:

Are you interested in learning about qualitative methods for your research or other academic projects?
 

Are you interested in learning R?

We are piloting a new online learning team where we will be supporting and facilitating group learning over MSTeams. The curriculum that we have selected is offered by datacamp.com and will be completed online over the course of four 1-hour sessions which will take place on the following days: