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Bring Your Own Book Club In-Person
Every month we meet to read together, discuss our latest reads, and be in community with fellow readers. Bring your own book or choose one of ours!
- Date:
- Wednesday, November 6, 2024 Show more dates
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Open to Everyone
- Categories:
- Engagement Events
The Importance of Critical Thinking in the Fake News Era
This workshop explores the role of critical thinking in academic reading and writing, using "fake news" as a lens to highlight the significance of critical thinking in evaluating information and...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students
- Categories:
- Learning Commons
- Registration has closed.
Citation justice: Amplifying voices in our scholarship Online
This workshop is an introduction to the politics of citation. While you should always cite good science, art, literature, this workshop asks you to consider the need to dig a bit deeper to diversify...
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- Date:
- Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty Graduate students UVic staff
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 13 seats left
Afternoon Classic Movie In-Person
- Date:
- Saturday, November 9, 2024 Show more dates
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 6:00pm
- Location:
- Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Categories:
- Engagement Events
Intro to Data Analysis with RStudio Online
Note: This workshop is online only.
Are you a UVic student or Staff member and want to learn more about statistical and data analysis using RStudio? Are you a graduate student wondering how you're...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 4:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 13 seats left
Academic Posters with Canva Online
Note: This will be held online via Zoom.
Creating Academic Posters in Canva
Posters are an expressive medium that can be used to engage an audience by communicating sometimes complex information in...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 3:30pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty Graduate students UVic staff
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 16 seats left
Qualitative Data Analysis with NVivo Online
Note: This workshop is online only.
NVivo is software for computer assisted qualitative data analysis. In this introductory workshop, participants will learn about the uses and benefits of working...
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- Date:
- Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 17 seats left
Afternoon Classic Movie In-Person
- Date:
- Saturday, November 16, 2024 Show more dates
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 6:00pm
- Location:
- Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Categories:
- Engagement Events
Data Management Plans (DMPs) Online
Aimed at grad students and faculty researchers, this lecture-style workshop reviews the key components of a data management plan (DMP) and offers guidance on using the DMP Assistant, a bilingual tool...
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- Date:
- Monday, November 18, 2024
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 17 seats left
Using Generative AI for Student Research Online
Note: This workshop is online only.
About this workshop:
Workshop participants will explore the use of Generative AI (GenAI) to assist with Student Research for idea generation, and literature...
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- Date:
- Monday, November 18, 2024
- Time:
- 12:30pm - 2:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- Artificial intelligence (AI) DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 22 seats left
Data Analysis with Excel Online
Note: This workshop is online only.
Are you a UVic student, staff, or faculty member and are interested in using Excel for data analysis? If so this workshop is for you. In this self-paced, hands-on...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, November 19, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 4:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 25 seats left
Dealing with Missing Data Effectively and Ethically: The Application of Multiple Imputation In-Person
A common challenge in research is the amount of incomplete and missing data that occurs from respondents failing to complete tasks or questionnaires, as well as from disengaging from the study (i.e....
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- Date:
- Wednesday, November 20, 2024
- Time:
- 10:00am - 11:00am
- Location:
- Digital Scholarship Commons A308
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty Graduate students
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 37 seats left
Intro to QGIS with Raster Data Online
Note: This workshop is online only.
QGIS is a free and open source desktop Geographical Information Systems (GIS) package.
This introductory workshop will cover basic concepts in GIS and QGIS, and...
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- Date:
- Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Time:
- 11:30am - 1:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 9 seats left
Citations made easy: Intro to Zotero Online
Are citations giving you a headache? Do you find the intricacies of citation styles like APA or MLA confusing? Tired of the last-minute rush to create a correctly formatted bibliography? If so - you...
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- Date:
- Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Time:
- 12:00pm - 1:00pm
- Location:
- Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty Graduate students UVic staff
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 17 seats left
Using Generative AI for Student Research - Intermediate Online
Note: This workshop is online only.
About the Workshop
Workshop participants will explore the use of Generative AI (GenAI) including installing and using local Generative AI software on a laptop,...
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- Date:
- Thursday, November 21, 2024
- Time:
- 2:30pm - 4:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- Artificial intelligence (AI) DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 24 seats left
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