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Amy
Montour is a Haudenosaunee physician from the Six Nations of the
Grand River Territory. She has completed Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Master
of Science in Nursing and Doctor of Medicine…
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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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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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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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Policymaking Gone Viral: Changing the Velocity
of Information in Congress. In a political culture where the latest
tweet can set off a political firestorm, lawmakers have adapted…
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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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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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Spark has organized the vast and ever-changing world of
social research methods into seven methodology toolkits. In this Open House series, the Academic Director and Executive Director
of Spark…
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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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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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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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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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Social scientists use various techniques to elicit honest answers to sensitive questions in surveys. The list experiment is a popular option that reduces sensitivity biases but sacrifices statistical…
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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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Co-founders of the science communication project and science blog "The Null Hypothesis"— our project centers around demystifying scientific research - what it looks like behind the…
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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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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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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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The talk will present an automated content analysis method based on supervised machine learning (SML) and recent advances in transfer learning. The method will be presented through a case study on…
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I review methods for handling missing data in empirical studies in the social sciences. I define missing data, and provide a taxonomy of main approaches to analysis, including complete-case and…
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Canadian philanthropic foundations are increasingly engaged in reconciliation-focused activities with Indigenous peoples. However, like other good intentions, this too can channel settler…
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"I review ethnographic methods that allow researchers to assess distress in a culturally sensitive manner. I focus on describing the development of reliable and valid culturally sensitive…
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Understanding the gaps and connections across existing theories and findings is a perennial challenge in scientific research. To encourage systematic, replicable, and transparent methods for…
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A critical barrier to generating cumulative knowledge is the inability of researchers to observe the results from the full set of research designs. Studies that produce null findings are especially…
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