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Workshops

Research and Writing Seminar: Critical Reading
Date: Monday, September 20, 2021
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Online

Research and Writing Seminars: Develop Your Scholarly Voice. Each session in this suite of four interactive seminars integrates the learning of academic research and writing skills and is taught by a librarian in collaboration with a writing instructor. The goal of each seminar is to help you develop your own voice as an emerging scholar by enabling you to identify, situate and substantiate your arguments in the context of the scholarly discussion taking place in your discipline. The seminars are designed for humanities and social sciences undergraduate students. Graduate students might wish to consider the research-related skills offerings in the Graduate Professional Skills Program.

Take any three (3) of the four (4) seminars to earn credit on your Co-Curricular Record.

Critical Reading

Learn how to develop critical reading skills and how to incorporate them into the process of research and critical writing. This session concentrates on the skills of analysis and synthesis as they pertain to library research and academic writing. Through short lectures, interactive class discussion and hands-on exercises, you will learn to:

    Describe the scholarly communication process, including the peer review process Conduct university-level library research and understand the basics of the argumentative essay Identify different types of sources and understand their role in your research process Read strategically to select the best sources and recognize their most important part(s). Employ criteria to evaluate sources for scope, authority and bias

Key terms for this session: Peer review, 3-D Reading, Bloom’s Taxonomy, primary & secondary sources.

Location: Online via Zoom. The link to the session will be sent to you in the confirmation email upon registration.

Other seminars in this series include:

    Writing to Cite Annotated Bibliographies Literature Reviews
Research and Writing Seminar: Writing to Cite
Date: Monday, September 27, 2021
Time: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Location: Online

Research and Writing Seminars: Develop Your Scholarly Voice. Each session in this suite of four interactive seminars integrates the learning of academic research and writing skills and is taught by a librarian in collaboration with a writing instructor. The goal of each seminar is to help you develop your own voice as an emerging scholar by enabling you to identify, situate and substantiate your arguments in the context of the scholarly discussion taking place in your discipline. The seminars are designed for humanities and social sciences undergraduate students. Graduate students might wish to consider the research-related skills offerings in the Graduate Professional Skills Program.

Take any three (3) of the four (4) seminars to earn credit on your Co-Curricular Record.

Writing to Cite

Learn how to develop effective strategies for academic research and how to correctly incorporate primary and secondary sources into your essays. Through short lectures, interactive class discussions and hands-on exercises, you will learn:

    The role of citation practices in the scholarly conversation The various styles of documentation The mechanics of “writing up” your sources The different types of publications and how to integrate and document your use of them To incorporate close reading to develop your own research interests and arguments What ideas you can claim as your own and which ones you cannot How to avoid inadvertent plagiarism

Key terms for this session: close reading, signaling, quoting, paraphrasing

Location: Online via Zoom. The link to the session will be sent to you in the confirmation email upon registration.  

Other seminars in this series include:

    Critical Reading Annotated Bibliographies Literature Reviews
Introduction to Stop Motion
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Online
Campus: UTSC

This session will occur online and is facilitated by the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Makerspace. 

Learn the basics for creating a Stop Motion video using Stop Motion Studio app and a mobile phone or tablet. At the end of the workshop, you will have knowledge of the tools, software and steps needed to make a basic Stop Motion video.

The best way to participate in the session is to download the app on your phone or tablet, and follow the presentation on another device.

Facilitator:

Adriana Sgro, Library Technician Reference & Makerspace Assistant | User Services, University of Toronto Scarborough Library


 

 

Research Collaboration with Zotero and Hypothes.is.
Date: Tuesday, September 28, 2021
Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Location: Online
Campus: UTM

Frustrated with tracking down your research group’s files in your email? This workshop will share two collaboration tools to streamline the activities of your research group:

    Share your resource libraries + create group bibliographies with Zotero Annotate websites, PDFs, and other documents as a group with Hypothes.is
Introduction to WeVideo
Date: Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: Online
Campus: UTSC

This session will occur online and is facilitated by the University of Toronto Scarborough Campus Makerspace. 

WeVideo is a cloud-based editing platform that allows you to create digital productions such as videos, podcasts and presentations. This introductory workshop will demonstrate basic functions of the platform. All are welcome to attend the workshop but access to a license is limited to UTSC Library Makerspace community.

Visit our website to find out how to become a UTSC Library Makerspace user.

Facilitator: 

Adriana Sgro, Library Technician Reference & Makerspace Assistant | User Services, University of Toronto Scarborough Library

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The library stands in solidarity with the Black community against anti-Black racism. ⁠ . ⁠ . ⁠ . ⁠ U of T Librarians have assembled a reading list of resources available at the Libraries about anti-Black racism and violence in Canada, Black resistance, educating against anti-Black racism, and race and health equity. Link in bio for the reading list. ⁠ . ⁠ . ⁠ This list is not exhaustive, and these categories are not mutually exclusive. We encourage you to continue learning beyond this reading list. ⁠ . ⁠ Although some of the titles are available to read as ebooks, you can also borrow them from the Toronto Public Library or buy them from Black-owned independent booksellers. ⁠ . ⁠ Please note that the compilers of this list are not Black and this initiative is a mark of solidarity in an effort to offer resources to learn. Black Lives Matter. ⁠ . ⁠ . ⁠ . ⁠ #UofT #uoftlibraries #BlackLivesMatter #readinglist

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