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Building Compelling Video for Knowledge Mobilization with Supriya Thukral – Productivity During the Pandemic

Supriya Thukral, Spark's resident videographer, shares practical tips for making compelling video in our Productivity during Pandemic series. She talks video types and tech set-up, and how you…

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Using Digital Ethnography To Understand Online Communities with Astara van der Jaght — Open House

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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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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Asking and Analyzing Demographic Questions for Intersectionality with Rochelle Wijeshingha

Rochelle Wijesingha, a member of the Brighter Spark Applied Research team discusses how to address demographic questions in quantitative analysis in ways that both reflect complex human realities and…

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Leveraging Social Media for Career Success and Research Communication with Equity Burke – Open House

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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Data Collection in AppSheet with Gavin Zhao

Gavin Zhao, member of the Brighter Spark Applied Research team introduces AppSheet, a google add-on that allows you to create custom apps. Zhao built an app for Brighter Spark's evaluation of a…

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What We Do at Spark with Michelle Dion – Spark Open House

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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Dealing with Data Outliers with Dr. Michelle Dion – Spark Open House

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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Data Management 101 with Dr. Michelle Dion - Open House

In this video, Dr. Michelle Dion, Academic Director of Spark introduces the key considerations involved in effective data management and resources for doing it right. She talks about different…

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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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Gaming When Things Get Tough: How Emotion Regulation and Coping Self-Efficacy Influence Gaming with Camila Caro

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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Challenges and Opportunities in the Measurement of Global Norms with Tyler Girard - Productivity During Pandemic

Tyler Girard will be speaking on the construction, adoption, and effects of international norms are major topics of research in political science. However, our approaches to measurement have…

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Emerging Powers and Big Data with Laura Mahrenbach – Productivity during Pandemic

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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Session 2: Mental Models, Trust and the Translation of Science with Dr. Brian Southwell - Relevant Research

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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Session 1: Mental Models, Trust, and the Translation of Science with Dr. Brian Southwell

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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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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Session 2: Designing a Communications Plan with Mihaela Gruia

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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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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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 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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Accessing Data Resources Remotely with Vivek Jadon – Productivity During Pandemic

There is so much data available to researchers virtually, but they can be hard to find and even harder to access. In this talk, Data Specialist Vivek Jadon will share how McMaster researcher's…

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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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Bibliometrics Approach to Evaluating Research Impact with Dr. Fei Yu – Productivity During Pandemic

In this talk Dr. Fei Yu will introduce what bibliometric analysis is and what you can do with it. She will use examples from her own work to discuss the resources, tools, methods, and processes of…

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Norm Emergence and Change in a Collective-Risk Social Dilemma with Dr. Giulia Andrighetto – Productivity During Pandemic

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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