How Local Governments Create Climate Policy and How You Can Help

Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) 2260 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

How can students play a role in critical climate policy development in the Vancouver area? In this moderated conversation we will explore the policy being developed by local governments to […]

Free

Accessing modern and historical census data

Online/Virtual Event

Are you interested in learning how to access modern and historic census data? Join a virtual presentation with the Statistics Canada Library as we learn about the tools, web pages, […]

Free

Research Data Centre (RDC) Rundown

Online/Virtual Event

An overview of the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) and Research Data Centre (RDC) program, including some little-known or misunderstood tidbits about access to the data, training initiatives & […]

Free

Introduction to REST APIs with OpenRefine

Online/Virtual Event

This workshop will introduce participants to web APIs with a focus on using REST APIs for accessing data. Learn about common HTTP methods and responses used in REST APIs and […]

Free

Exploring BC’s Community Information Tool

Online/Virtual Event

The Community Information Tool (CIT) is a central access point for data to help planners, policy makers, economic developers, researchers, and academics thrive in the digital economy. The CIT compiles […]

Free

VanBUG Bioinformatics Seminar

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Our seminar is ~1.5 hour long followed by networking over light refreshments. If you are interested in attending this seminar in person (or the meet-the-speaker session before the seminar at 5PM), please […]

Free

Version control of scientific datasets with DataLad

Walter C. Koerner Library 1958 Main Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Abstract: While Git is a fantastic tool for version control of software, written content and other collections of small files, it can become unmanageable for large, multi-GB data files. Over […]

Free