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Privacy and "The Biggest Lie on the Internet" with Jonathan Obar

This talk will introduce audience members to the "the biggest lie on the internet" (known as "I agree to the terms and conditions"). Online consent is fundamental to privacy law…

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Transparency and Reproducibility: Doing Open Quantitative Social Science with Jeremy Freese

Increasing the transparency and reproducibility of scientific research has received considerable attention over the past decade. Takeup of this call has varied considerably over the social sciences,…

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Ageism in Tech: Using an online survey as a qualitative tool with Stephanie Hatzifilaithis

In this talk, Dr. Hatzifilalithis will give an overview of her postdoctoral research that focuses on how age-based stereotypes influence digital technologies. She will also give a walkthrough of how…

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Qualitative Research Methods 101 with Allison Van

Allison Van is the Executive Director of Spark: a centre for social research innovation at McMaster University. She specializes in mixed-methods complex systems analysis, community/academic…

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Indigenous Futurism and STBBI Research with Randall Jackson and Doris Peltier

Addressing the future of Indigenous sexual transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBI) research that challenges colonialism makes it possible for the expansion of culturally appropriate,…

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Security Options for Sensitive Data with Lily Wang

Data security is becoming increasingly important in today's research climate.  In this talk, led by Lily Wang, Manager of SEAL, we will discuss classifications of sensitive data and related data…

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So, you want to make a podcast? with Vinita Srivastava

Podcasting is one way a researcher/academic can make their work accessible to mainstream audiences outside of their fields of study. It is also a way of meeting a like-minded community.  This…

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Reproducibility of 1,000 articles; Lessons Learned with Lars Vilhuber

Toolkit #6: Research QualityThe American Economic Association's Data Editor has reviewed more than 1,000 empirical articles since July 2019, and worked with authors to improve the…

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Linguistic Challenges of Fieldwork for First-Generation Ethnic Researchers with Shirin Khayambashi

Toolkit #3: Empowerment, Equity, and Engaged Methods This presentation explores my challenges as I tried to navigate the qualitative fieldwork as a first-generation ethnic researcher. While…

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We All Make Mistakes: Stories of Research Gone Wrong with Akacia Propst and Brianne Morgan

Toolkit #6: Research QualityCo-founders of the science communication project and science blog "The Null Hypothesis"— our project centers around demystifying scientific research - what…

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Social Science Methods in Meta Research with Zacharias Maniadis

Toolkit #6: Research QualityMeta-research is a new discipline that assesses the quality of research for society.  A new area of interest is how reproducible social interventions translate to…

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Platform for Experimental, Collaborative Ethnography: A Guided Tour with Kim Fortun

Toolkit #6: Research Quality In this talk, I’ll walk participants through the Platform for Experimental, Collaborative Ethnography (PECE, pronounced “peace”), an open-source,…

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Intro to Data Management in Research with Data Champions

Toolkit #6: Research Quality This virtual research talk on RDM was supported by the Digital Research Alliance of Canada.

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Inclusive by Design: Translating Data Feminism for Policy with Priya Kumar

Toolkit #7: Knowledge MobilizationThis session will walk-through methodologies, toolkits, and analytical approaches for understanding the importance of inclusive data and GBAPlus frameworks in…

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Improving the Measurement of Sensitive Survey Questions with Double List Experiments with Gustavo Diaz

Toolkit #3: Empowerment, Equity, and Engaged Methods Social scientists use various techniques to elicit honest answers to sensitive questions in surveys. The list experiment is a popular option that…

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Back to School: Tips and Tricks for Graduate Students with Allison Van – Spark Talks

Toolkit #6: Research Quality Allison is a rockstar at using research methods to help find solutions for complex social problems. She is excited to be building Spark into a model for facilitating…

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White Supremacy and Statistical Regression Models with Dr. Mosi Adesina Ifatunji – Identity In Research

Friday March 18, 2022 Dr. Ifatunji's talk and workshop will focus on the theoretical and practical considerations for using public datasets such as census data or large-scale opinion surveys…

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Standing Out and Blending In with Dr. Carolyn Holmes – Spark Talks

April 1, 2022 In this talk, Carolyn will explore the ethical considerations of contact-based research and ask how the identities of researchers and research participants shapes the ethics of…

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Applied Social Research: Insights and Opportunities with Brighter Spark Applied Research – Spark Talks

Spark has been embarking for the last two years on a journey with partners in the community to apply the best of social science research to the real challenges of running community services and…

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The Trump Election and Attitudes toward the United States in Latin America with Dr. Giancarlo Visconti and Dr. Regina Bateson – Spark Talks

Did the election of Donald Trump have an immediate effect on trust in the US government in Latin America? Leveraging the timing of the field implementation of the 2016 wave of the…

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Wins and Losses: Measuring Protest Effects with Dr. Kimberly Turner – Spark Talks

How can we comparatively assess the “successfulness” of mass protests? I develop an expanded typology of protest outcomes to score protest campaigns on their effectiveness in…

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Saving Lives with Better Sound with Dr. Michael Schutz – Spark Talks

Shockingly, an FDA assessment found that medical device sound issues are linked to hundreds of fatalities each year. Despite the fact that the technology in these life-saving gadgets has grown at an…

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Session 2: Algorithmically-Encoded Identities with Google's Ethical AI Team – Identities in Research

An introductory talk discussing the ways in which classification is an infrastructure and technology of power. Considering the fundamental role of classification in AI, the presenters will…

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The Future of Machine Learning is Qualitative with Dr. Laura K. Nelson – Spark Talk

Friday February 4, 2022In this talk, the discussion will be the alignment between machine learning and qualitative methods. Dr. Nelson will illustrate this alignment by using machine learning,…

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