QUofG Research Celebration

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Does your research involve LGBTQ+ populations? Does your work involve conceptual, theoretical, and/or methodological issues associated with LGBTQ+ research? Do you incorporate LGBTQ+ research in practice settings or in community

Brain Food Workshop: Time Management Essentials

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In this workshop session, we address the specific time management challenges that graduate students face. Please bring your laptop, if possible. Topics covered will include: Graduate When You Want To

Brain Food Workshop: Getting Started on Your Thesis

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In this Brain Food workshop session, we provide foundational skills and strategies that will carry you through the thesis or dissertation process. Please bring your laptop, if possible. Topics covered

Excel Workshop (Intermediate)

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In this intermediate-level MS-Excel workshop, learn how to use a variety of functions and nested formulas to manipulate data, summarize data using pivot tables, and merge data from different worksheets

Data Skills Workshop: Cleaning and Preparing Data – OpenRefine

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Good data is like a good turkey dinner: you need to clean and prepare it before you can enjoy it properly. What? I have to clean and prepare my data?!

Fall in Love with Books at the Library

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Join us for Fall in Love with Books at the library on Sept. 25! Bring your cozy vibes, your pumpkin spiced lattes and your best-knit sweaters and browse some of

Managing Data Workshop – Research Data Management

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Every researcher begins a research project by formulating a question and devising a methodology in which to undertake the project. What if you began your project with a plan detailing

Data Skills Workshop: Part 1 – Intro to R and RStudio

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

R is an open-source software environment for data manipulation and statistical analysis. Used in a variety of disciplines, R has become a popular tool because of its power, flexibility and

Academic Writing Style Workshop

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Attend this free library workshop to improve your ability to write academically. Topics covered will include: Writing cohesive paragraphs Crafting and connecting effective sentences Eliminating wordiness Improving clarity Open to all graduate and undergraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, visiting scholars, faculty and staff. Register online.

Data Skills Workshop: Getting Data – Open Data

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

In this interactive course you will discover, use and describe the benefits of open data. You will learn how you can use open data in your research. This workshop is for anyone that has little to some knowledge about open data. At the end of the workshop, you will know how to access free data

Introduction to Git and GitHub Workshop

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Learn about Git and GitHub and how you can use them to collaborate on research projects, write computer code, backup data and create a website. Register online.

Broadband to the Farm and the Politics of Rural Connectivity in America

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Hear Prof. Christopher Ali, Media Studies (University of Virginia) discuss his current research project, Farm Fresh Spectrum: Rural broadband and the future of connectivity. Ali's research examines the complicated terrain of rural broadband policy in the United States. Farm Fresh unpacks the politics of broadband policy, asking why millions of rural Americans lack broadband access

Data Basics Workshop

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Ever wonder what sort of data you will be dealing with? Do you find yourself lost when it’s time to prepare your data for analysis? In this workshop, you will be introduced to the different types of data you can collect or create as well as the various ways you can collect, describe and visualize

Writing in the Sciences Workshop: Paraphrasing Effectively and Writing about Tables and Figures

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

This workshop series is designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills. If you’re a graduate student working on a thesis or an undergraduate student interested in graduate-level research, these workshops are for you. Register for one session or register for all six. This session focuses on working with visuals and sources in your

Writing in the Sciences Workshop: Improving Grammar, Punctuation and Mechanics

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

This workshop series is designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills. If you’re a graduate student working on a thesis or an undergraduate student interested in graduate-level research, these workshops are for you. Register for one session or register for all six. This session focuses on principles of grammar, punctuation and mechanics that

Writing in the Sciences Workshop: Writing Literature Reviews

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

This workshop series is designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills. If you’re a graduate student working on a thesis or an undergraduate student interested in graduate-level research, these workshops are for you. Register for one session or register for all six. This session focuses on strategies for organizing, drafting and revising literature

Writing in the Sciences Workshop: Strengthening Your Scientific Writing Style

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

This workshop series is designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills. If you’re a graduate student working on a thesis or an undergraduate student interested in graduate-level research, these workshops are for you. Register for one session or register for all six. In this session, we discuss strategies for writing clearly and concisely.

Writing in the Sciences Workshop: Writing Research Articles

McLaughlin Library 480 Gordon Street, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

This workshop series is designed to help you improve your scientific writing skills. If you’re a graduate student working on a thesis or an undergraduate student interested in graduate-level research, these workshops are for you. Register for one session or register for all six. This session focuses on the purpose, organization and style of academic