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Are you undertaking a new writing project? Maybe looking for some help writing a book or important manuscript? Working with an academic editor can help you nail a project and improve your writing,…
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In this short video, Michelle Dion, Academic Director of Spark outlines what Spark: a centre for social research innovation is about and how we support social researchers and community leaders.
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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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In this video Astara van der Jagt discusses the pandemic-friendly research method of digital ethnography and how researchers across disciplines can apply it to understand online communities and…
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To err is human, but to issue a meaningful correction or retraction is relatively rare in scientific publishing. In this joint project with Daniel Bischof and Michelle Dion, we ask: why? This…
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Dr. Hyunjin Seo leads technology education and information literacy workshops to marginalized groups including formerly incarcerated women now seeking to enter the workforce. She will be talking…
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This session features interactive collaboration with feedback from science communication expert Dr. Southwell, posing the question "How can your research
help with today’s…
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In this session, Miheala Gruia will walk through important considerations for building a communications plan for your research. With concrete examples from participants she talks about how to drill…
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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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In this first of a two part workshop, Dr. Brian Southwell explores the latest understanding of how social and political opinions are formed and re-formed, and the implications for how researchers…
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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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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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In this video Ben offers great insight in to how he ended up in private consulting after his training in political science. He shares interview tips for landing a job in consulting as well as how to…
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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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From climate change to ecosystem and habitat destruction to the spread of infectious diseases such as COVID-19, many contemporary societal challenges are exacerbated by collective action problems. In…
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This session will focus on configuring Zotero to work with
plug-ins to manage your digital library and make writing & citing more
effortless and easy. Great for students and faculty alike who…
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In this Open House session, Equity Burke speaks about the use of social media to advance research careers. She takes you on a whirlwind tour through different social media platforms and discusses how…
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The McMaster library has a wealth of resources to support research. In this talk, Olga Perkovic, the Research and Advanced Studies librarian will discuss how the library's collections, services…
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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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Building on recent research on gaming, Camila Caro has
newly developed a measure of gaming during difficult life situations and
explores the role of emotion regulation and coping self-efficacy as…
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There are good reasons to diversify the readings in your course syllabi, but it can be easier said than done. In this talk, we will discuss reasons to diversify, how to assess diversity, and…
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Government intentions stand at the
heart of debates about how big data can and should be used in
the Global South. Laura will present three government visions for
big data, discuss each…
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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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In this video, Michelle Dion, Academic Director of Spark discusses outliers — instances of data that do not fit the theory or model. She talks about a range of approaches to addressing them…
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