Literature Reviews: Searching and Keeping Track

Online/Virtual Event

We will cover the purposes of literature reviews; the different types of reviews; developing effective search strategies; finding the right databases to search; locating scholarly articles, theses / dissertations, books, and more; and resources to help you keep track of your research. There will be time to engage with the presenters, so bring your questions. […]

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Event Series Introduction to Voyant Tools

Introduction to Voyant Tools

Online/Virtual Event

We will introduce Voyant, a free suite of visual tools for text analysis. Participants will get hands on experience applying common tools within Voyant to a corpus. No prior experience with text analysis is required. This workshop is part of the Digital Toolkit workshop series presented by the UBC Library Research Commons. Location Details Location: *ONLINE* If […]

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Games for Decolonization Workshop

Hennings Building 6224 Agricultural Road, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

The Games and Decolonization Workshop is an interdisciplinary forum dedicated to examining the intersections between board games and discourses of settler colonialism, decolonization, Indigenous sovereignty, and social justice. This two-day event will bring together Indigenous and settler scholars to engage in critical conversations regarding the role of gaming cultures and tarot in the work of […]

In Search of Home: Short Films Selection and Conversation with Filmmakers

Aquatic Ecosystems Research Laboratory (AERL) 2202 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Co-presented by South Taiwan Film Festival and Asian Independent Cinema Showcase, this short films selection presents TOH Tze Wei’s “The Darkest Night”, WU Yu-Fen’s “There”, and KWOK Zune’s “Night is Young.” Speaking in Cantonese, Hokkien, Malay, Mandarin, Taiwanese, and Indonesian, the three award-winning short films tell stories of the underrepresented in different parts of Asia […]

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Using Zotero for Citation Management

Online/Virtual Event

Everyone who is using Zotero or thinks they might like to use Zotero is welcome at this workshop. During this session, participants will: Learn the best ways to use Zotero to keep all of your citations in order throughout your research; Gain tips and tricks to get the most out of Zotero  and your citation management tracking […]

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CGSHE Trainee Research Symposium: Spring 2024

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The Centre for Gender & Sexual Health Equity is proud to present our next Trainee Research Symposium! The symposium will showcase ten-minute presentations by CGSHE trainees from UBC and SFU on intersectional approaches to gender equity and sexual health, followed by a Q&A session. The CGSHE Trainee Research Symposium is co-hosted by CGSHE in the […]

Introduction to Machine Learning: Classification and Clustering

Online/Virtual Event

This workshop offers an exploration of machine learning models for clustering and classification. With the increasing availability of large datasets, these models play a crucial role in extracting valuable insights and making informed decisions. In this workshop, participants will gain insight into clustering algorithms such as K-means, explore popular classification algorithms like decision trees, and […]

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Enshittification: How the Internet Went Bad and How to Get it Back

Online/Virtual Event

The collapse of the internet into "five giant websites, each filled with screenshots of text from the other four" wasn't inevitable. From privacy to harassment to garden-variety ripoffs, the internet's degradation was the result of identifiable policy choices that can - and must - be reversed. Learn how they broke the internet - and how […]

Beginner R

Online/Virtual Event

If you have never opened R, do not know what R packages are, do not know how to read files into R, this workshop is for you! At the end of this workshop you will: Know what R and RStudio are Know what the parts of R Studio are called Know how to organize R […]

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Jātaka, Purgatory, and Supernatural Stories (zhiguai)—On the Classicization of Buddhist Stories from the Perspective of Fa Yuan Zhu Lin

Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This presentation focuses on the collection Fa Yuan Zhu Lin compiled by the Tang Dynasty’s Buddhist scholar Daoshi, and explores the role of Fa Yuan Zhu Lin in the canonization of Buddhist stories, focusing on the Jātaka (Buddha’s past life stories), purgatory, and supernatural stories. The Jātaka stories can be divided into types such as treasure hunting in the […]

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Mindful China: Embracing Early Meditation and Vipassanā Practices in Search for Awakening, and Secular Well-being

Asian Centre 1871 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

There has been a surge of interest in earlier meditation techniques as well as in Theravāda meditation, particularly vipassanā, throughout the Sinitic world over the past few decades. These Theravāda-inspired meditation techniques, whether rediscovered in canonical scriptures or newly introduced from South-East Asia, retain the allure of being early Buddhist practices and are welcomed as such […]

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