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Research Retold Video 1: 5 reasons for communicating research beyond academia

RETURN TO Register for Part 1 of the series: https://libcal.mcmaster.ca/calendar/scds/plan-to-communicate-1 Registration ends 11 November 2020

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Practical Tips for Tweeting Research and Networking with Dr. Firas Khalid and Ahmed Ali

Want to use social media to engage your audience? Twitter is the social media of choice for many academics. This talk will discuss practical ways you can use Twitter for academic networking and to…

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Session 1: Data Visualization Tools with Juan Velasco - Relevant Research

In this workship, Juan Velasco demonstrates the use of free and practical tools like Tableau, Datawrapper and Flourish to create stunning and informative of static and interactive data…

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Better Interview Questions with Allison Van – Productivity During the Pandemic

So you're going to conduct research interviews? Allison Van has done thousands. In this seminar, she'll walk you through the core questions and approaches to consider when developing your…

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Illuminating the Future Through an Equity Lens with Dr. Jewlya Lynn and Dr. Jen Heeg – Spark Talks

Systemic change is at the heart of so much of the social sector’s work these days. Foresight and futures thinking has a critical and often unseen role in helping us describe and pursue those…

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Transparency and Positionality in Qualitative Team Coding with Dr. Victoria Reyes – Spark Talks

Transparency is all the rage in the social sciences. Yet, how exactly transparency can be pursued in qualitative research is very much still up for debate, especially when issues around…

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Systemic Social Observation of Civil Society with Dr. Matthew Baggetta – Spark Talks

What happens inside meetings, events, and activities held by civil society organizations—and how often do those internal dynamics occur? I answer these questions using a new adaptation of…

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Session 1: Design Principles for Data Visualization with Juan Velasco

Hosted by Juan Velasco, a visual journalist with a long career focused on visualizing complex research and scientific information, this session will help participants understand why design is an…

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Back to School: Tips and Tricks with Dr. Michelle Dion

Welcome to McMaster! with Dr. Michelle Dion. This talk provides an overview of some of the platforms students will likely be using this fall for their classes. It will also provide some tips and…

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Qualitative and Community Based Research Toolkit: An Introduction with Allison Van – Open House Fall 2021

September 24, 2021 Spark: a centre for social research innovation exists to help solve challenges that come up in social research education and applications. Each session will introduce one of…

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Dr Brian Southwell - Mental Models, Trust and the Translation of Science

In this short video, Dr. Brian Southwell introduces you to his workshop that explores the latest understanding of how social and political opinions are formed and re-formed, and the implications for…

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Complex Systems Toolkit: An Introduction with Allison Van – Open House Fall 2021

September 24, 2021 Spark: a centre for social research innovation exists to help solve challenges that come up in social research education and applications.Each session will introduce one of…

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“Nothing About Us Without Us”: Ukrainian Sex Worker Politics with Dafna Rachok

Sex work provides a perfect example to ponder the distinctions between formal and informal politics and explore the relationships of money, intimacy, and authenticity. Building on the ethnographic…

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Compelling Websites with Celine Keomany – Open House

In this video, Spark's own webmaster, Celine Keomany, talks about how you can build an informative and eye-catching academic website. She shares the elements of an effective academic website,…

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Virtually Anonymous: Conducting Online Interviews with Anonymous Participants with Andrey Kasimov - Productivity during Pandemic

In this Productivity During Pandemic talk, PhD sutdent Andrey Kasimov shares tips and insights gained from conducting online interviews with anonymous participants belonging to reactionary online…

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The Emotional Piano Project with Dr. Michael Schutz – Spark Talks

The quest to understand music’s emotional power has long fascinated philosophers and acousticians —not to mention the composers, performers and educators entrusted with its transmission. …

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Group Process Mapping with Allison Van - Productivity During Pandemic

In this workshop Allison will introduce a facilitation process for helping organizations understand the informal and divergent processes that can occur when working with clients. Group processes is…

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Research Retold Video 2: 5 building blocks of a research communications plan

How many times have you committed to sharing your research with the public while not quite knowing how? Mihaela Gruia joins us from the United Kingdom for a two-part workshop series on developing a…

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Better Interviews: Tips for Listening with Allison Van - Productivity Durig Pandemic

Summarizing experience gained through thousands of research interviews, Allison Van continues her Better Interview series by demonstrating and discussing approaches to deeper listening within…

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Qualitative Research Methods 101 with Allison Van - Spark Talk

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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Introduction to Impact Evaluation with Paul Bakker

In this talk, Paul Bakker, Credentialed Evaluator, will provide an introduction to the practice of impact evaluation. Topics will include: what is evaluation, how it differs from other types of…

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"You're Nothing" - Researching the Labour Market Experiences of Undocumented Caribbean Careworkers with Carieta Thomas

With anti-immigrant sentiment on the rise, surveillance of immigrants has become common including in labour markets. Such surveillance is so normalized that it is not recognized as such,…

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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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Session 1: What is the central message of my research with Mihaela Gruia - Relevant Research

How many times have you committed to sharing your research with the public while not quite knowing how? Mihaela Gruia from Research Retold joins us from the UK for a two-part workshop series on…

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