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Integrating Open Science into Teaching: A Faculty Panel In-Person / Online
Join the Open Science Community of Victoria (OSCV) on Tuesday, March 10, from 3:00–4:30 PM for a faculty panel exploring how open science and open scholarship can be meaningfully integrated into...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, March 10, 2026
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:30pm
- Location:
- Digital Scholarship Commons A308, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Open to everyone
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration / Online Registration
- Register! - 91 seats left
Offline Club In-Person
Just a group of humans without their phones! The Offline Club meets every Tuesday in the KULA Lounge located in the Mearns-McPherson Library. Snacks are provided, and it’s a tech-free space to meet...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, March 10, 2026 Show more dates
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 6:00pm
- Location:
- Kula Coffee Lounge (Unplugged), Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Graduate students
Create Custom Map with QGIS Print Layout Online
Note: This workshop is online only.
QGIS is a free and open source desktop Geographical Information Systems (GIS) package.
Make a customizable detailed map with inset overview map, Lat/Long grid,...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, March 11, 2026
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 6 seats left
Macrame Planter Workshop In-Person
Join us in planting propagated plant friends and to make a decorative macrame plant hanger. All materials will be provided. We look forward to seeing you soon! This event will be held outside the...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, March 11, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- TBA, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Open to everyone
- Categories:
- Arts and Crafts Social Event
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
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Panel Discussion: Large Project Transition, Succession, and Inheritance In-Person
Panelists: Michael Sinatra, Lauren Tilton, Taylor Arnold, Lynne Siemens
Chair: Ray Siemens
Opening Remarks: Matt Huculak
Please join us for a panel discussion of issues associated with transition,...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, March 11, 2026
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Location:
- Digital Scholarship Commons A308
- Audience:
- Open to everyone
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 9 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, March 12, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff Library staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 24 seats left
GenAI: Introduction & Prompt Design 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:
- Friday, March 13, 2026
- Time:
- 11:30am - 1:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff Library staff
- Categories:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 14 seats left
Artist Talk with Paul Walde In-Person
Join us for a talk by intermedia artist, composer, curator, and UVic Professor Paul Walde at the Legacy Gallery, 630 Yates Street, in downtown Victoria, host of Walde's current solo exhibition Weather...
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- Date:
- Saturday, March 14, 2026
- Time:
- 1:00pm - 2:00pm
- Location:
- Legacy Gallery (Map ), Legacy Art Gallery
- Audience:
- General public Open to everyone
- Categories:
- Exhibition Lecture or talk
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 58 seats left
Movie Saturday In-Person
Come hang out in the student lounge and enjoy a free classic movie! Movies play every Saturday at 3pm in the foyer of the main floor of the library. Pull up a seat, or enjoy the ambiance of a classic...
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- Date:
- Saturday, March 14, 2026 Show more dates
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Location:
- Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, New Student Lounge - Main Floor , Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Open to everyone
Programmable Electronics with Arduino In-Person
Note: This workshop will be held in person.
Are you a UVic student, faculty, or staff member and want to learn more about computing electronics? If so, then this hands-on workshop will give you an...
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- Date:
- Monday, March 16, 2026
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Digital Scholarship Commons A308, Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 7 seats left
Collaborative Peer Review: Join an Open Science Preprint Live Review Online
Join the Open Science Community of Victoria (OSCV) on Monday, March 16, from 11:00–12:30 PM to experience a collaborative, community‑driven approach to improving preprints through a Live Review.
I...
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- Date:
- Monday, March 16, 2026
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:30pm
- Location:
- Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Open to everyone
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 3 seats left
RStudio: Data Manipulation & Visualization Online
Note: This workshop is online only.
After the Introduction to R workshop, the Data manipulation and visualization workshop is the perfect next step! In this workshop, you will take the basic R...
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- Date:
- Monday, March 16, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 21 seats left
Personal Websites with Wordpress Online
Note: This workshop is online only.
Are you a UVic student, faculty, or staff member and want to learn more about creating your own website? If so, then this hands-on workshop will give you an...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, March 17, 2026
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 24 seats left
Getting Started with Covidence: Streamlining Systematic and Scoping Reviews Online
Covidence is a web-based platform that streamlines the process of conducting comprehensive literature reviews, including systematic reviews, scoping reviews, meta-syntheses, and meta-narratives.
In...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, March 17, 2026
- Time:
- 11:00am - 12:00pm
- Location:
- Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff General public
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 17 seats left
How to Write for Children with Richard Van Camp In-Person
Come join bestselling author Richard Van Camp as he hosts a hilarious and inspiring workshop on Writing for Children.
If you are working on board books for babies, children's books, graphic novels...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, March 17, 2026
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 6:00pm
- Location:
- Greater Victoria Public Library - Central Library Community Room (735 Broughton Street)
- Audience:
- Open to everyone
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register!
Offline Club In-Person
Just a group of humans without their phones! The Offline Club meets every Tuesday in the KULA Lounge located in the Mearns-McPherson Library. Snacks are provided, and it’s a tech-free space to meet...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, March 17, 2026 Show more dates
- Time:
- 4:00pm - 6:00pm
- Location:
- Kula Coffee Lounge (Unplugged), Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Graduate students
GenAI: NotebookLM a Personal RAG Tool for Research & Productivity (Intermediate) Online
Note: This workshop will be held online via Zoom.
About the Workshop
This workshop focuses on using NoteBookLM, a personal Generative AI (GenAI) tool, that becomes an expert on the specific...
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- Date:
- Wednesday, March 18, 2026
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff Library staff
- Categories:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 23 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:
- Thursday, March 19, 2026
- Time:
- 11:30am - 1:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff Library staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 21 seats left
Bring Your Own Book Bookclub In-Person
Join us a Mearns-McPherson Library with your latest read for BYOB Bookclub! We will gather in the student lounge to read quietly for 15 minutes before a lightly guided discussion of what everyone is...
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- Date:
- Thursday, March 19, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:00pm
- Location:
- Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, New Student Lounge - Main Floor
- Audience:
- General public
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 50 seats left
Advanced Qualitative Data Analysis & Coding with NVivo Online
Note: This workshop is online only.
In this advanced workshop you will be introduced to creating cases and classifying them using NVivo. Generally, you can use cases classifications to record...
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- Date:
- Thursday, March 19, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff Library staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 27 seats left
Movie Saturday In-Person
Come hang out in the student lounge and enjoy a free classic movie! Movies play every Saturday at 3pm in the foyer of the main floor of the library. Pull up a seat, or enjoy the ambiance of a classic...
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- Date:
- Saturday, March 21, 2026 Show more dates
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 5:00pm
- Location:
- Mearns – McPherson Library, Main Foyer, New Student Lounge - Main Floor , Mearns Centre for Learning - McPherson Library (LIB)
- Audience:
- Open to everyone
3D Scanning with Your Phone & KIRI Engine In-Person
Learn how to 3D scan with app photogammetry
Join us in this in-person workshop for an introduction to 3D scanning using a smartphone app called KIRI Engine. Various test objects will be provided but...
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- Date:
- Monday, March 23, 2026
- Time:
- 11:30am - 1:00pm
- Location:
- Digital Scholarship Commons A308
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff Library staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- In-Person Registration
- Register! - 20 seats left
RStudio Intermediate Data Analysis Online
Note: This workshop will be online only.
After the Introduction to Introduction to R and Data manipulation and visualization workshops, the Intermediate Data Analysis workshop is the perfect next...
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- Date:
- Monday, March 23, 2026
- Time:
- 2:00pm - 3:30pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff Library staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 25 seats left
Transcription with Whisper.ai and Microsoft 365 Online
Why use transcription services?
Automated transcription services can help save time in qualitative research. While there are many options available, Microsoft 365, Whisper Transcription, and Zoom are...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, March 24, 2026
- Time:
- 10:30am - 12:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 21 seats left
Enhanced geovisualization possibilities: Georeference historical map[s] with QGIS 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 the basics of georeferencing in QGIS,...
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- Date:
- Tuesday, March 24, 2026
- Time:
- 11:30am - 1:00pm
- Audience:
- Undergraduate students Faculty and instructors Graduate students UVic staff
- Categories:
- DSC
- Registration Type:
- Online Registration
- Register! - 14 seats left