The theme this year is My Kind of Data. Data is personal. Join International Love Data Week "to learn about data equity and inclusion, disciplinary communities, and creating a kinder world through data."
This guide contains a schedule of events for the week (coming soon), and relevant resources to supplement what you are learning about data!
Before Love Data Week kicks off, February 11th is the 9th annual International Day of Women and Girls in Science!
Atlantic Canada Online Events
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Monday February 12 |
Tuesday February 13 |
Wednesday February 14 |
Thursday February 15 |
Friday February 16 |
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Event: Gathering data about Indigenous gender and identity: what is missing from the numbers? Speaker(s): Dr. Margaret Robinson, Dalhousie University Time: 2:00-3:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Teams) |
Event: Unlocking Insights: Navigating Statistics Canada Census and Health Data Speaker(s): Margaret Vail and Samantha Read, St. Francis Xavier University Time: 10:30-11:30 am (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Get efficient with Excel's XLookup Formula in less than 30 minutes! Speaker(s): Julie Marcoux, Dalhousie University Time: 11:30 am-12:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Teams) |
Event: Lessons from Retraction Watch: Why Research Data Management Matters Speaker(s): Elizabeth Stregger, Mount Allison University Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Teams) |
Event: Get efficient with Excel's Conditional Formatting Feature in less than 30 minutes! Speaker(s): Julie Marcoux, Dalhousie University Time: 11:30 am-12:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Teams) |
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Event: Get efficient with Excel's Flash Fill Feature in less than 30 minutes! Speaker(s): Julie Marcoux, Dalhousie University Time: 11:30 am-12:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Teams) |
Event: The data I love is about change Speaker(s): James Boxall, Dalhousie University Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Teams) |
These consist of free events. Check back often for more Atlantic Canada online events!
Other Canadian Online Events
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Monday February 12 |
Tuesday February 13 |
Wednesday February 14 |
Thursday February 15 |
Friday February 16 |
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Event: Organizing Your Data Time: 1:00 pm-2:00 pm (Atlantic time) Speaker(s): McGill University Location: Online |
Event: Data Diversi-Tea Talk (Session 1) Speaker(s): Helen Chan, Joanna Wajda, Antonio Marques, Waterloo University. Sarah Friesen, Schroeder Lab. Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Introduction to ICPSR Data Resources and Services Workshop Speaker(s): Waterloo University Time: 11:30 am-12:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: From Pikachu to Perfection: Mastering Data Organizing & Cleaning with Pokémon Speaker(s): Waterloo University Time: 11:00 am-11:30 am (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Teams) |
Event: Gotta Graph'Em All: A Pokémon Data Visualization Speaker(s): Waterloo University Time: 11:00 am-12:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Teams) |
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Event: Introduction to GIS and QGIS Time: 4:00 pm-5:30 pm (Atlantic time) Speaker(s): Julie Faure-Lacroix, Calcul Québec Location: Online |
Event: Making Your Data Sing: Data Sonification for Beginners Speaker(s): McGill Time: 12:00 pm-1:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Stylo, semantic text editor Speaker(s): Guilia Ferretti, University of Montreal Time: 1:00 pm-2:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Demystifying Survey Research Speaker(s): McGill Time: 1:00 pm-2:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Swiftatistics: How the Eras Tour Inspired a Data Movement Speaker(s): McGill Time: 1:00 pm-2:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
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Event: Introduction to OpenRefine Speaker(s): Carolyn Pecoskie, McGill Time: 12:00 pm-1:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Excel-erate Your Data Analysis Skills: Excel Tips and Tricks to Make Your Heart Skip a Beat Speaker(s): McGill Time: 1:00 pm-3:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Introduction to interactive coding notebook environments: Jupyter & Colab Speaker(s): Elie Haber, Calcul Québec Time: 1:00 pm-2:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Introduction to deep learning, NLP, and LLMs Speaker(s): Marie-Hélène Burle, Simon Fraser University and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada Time: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
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Event: Data Management Plan (DMP) Assistant Speaker(s): Nick Rochlin, UBC Time: 1:00 pm-2:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: History buffs: Learn how to find Statistics Canada information pre-1981 Speaker(s): Elizabeth Nash, Statistics Canada Time: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Zoom) |
Event: Excel-erate Your Data Analysis Skills: Excel Tips and Tricks to Make Your Heart Skip a Beat Speaker(s): McGill Time: 1:00 pm-3:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Scholars Portal Part 2: Learn with Odesi - Data Democracy Time: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Zoom) |
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Event: Data Diversi-Tea Talk (Session 2) Speaker(s): Helen Chan, Joanna Wajda, Antonio Marques, Waterloo University. Sarah Friesen, Schroeder Lab. Time: 2:00 pm-3:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: The Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) Speaker(s): Joey Takeda, Simon Fraser University Time: 3:00 pm-4:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Scholars Portal Part 1: Electoral democracy data for all: Disciplinary sharing and reuse of public opinion research. Speaker(s): Dr. Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, Queen's University. Time: 2:00 pm-3:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Zoom) |
Event: 3D Visualization Speaker(s): Alex Razoumov, Simon Fraser University Time: 3:30 pm-4:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
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Event: Canadian Housing Data Speaker(s): Josh Gordon, Jeff Randle, & David Heisel, Statistics Canada Time: 2:00 pm-3:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Zoom) |
Event: Pandas DataFrames in Jupyter Notebooks Speaker(s): Cairo Sanders, UVic Time: 6:00 pm-7:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Zoom) |
Event: Data Visualization with ggplot2 Speaker(s): Siobhan Shenk, UBC Time: 2:00 pm-3:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Zoom) |
Event: SFU's Big Data Hub Presents Data Visionaries Series: Visualizing Data Speaker(s): Vladimir Karakusevic, Boeing Company Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Zoom) |
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Event: AI love my data: A workshop on using generative AI tools for research data management Speaker(s): Sandy Hervieux & Alisa Rod, McGill Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Introduction to Python Speaker(s): Alex Razoumov, Simon Fraser University Time: 3:00 pm-4:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
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Event: Introduction to FRDR, Lunaris, and Borealis Speaker(s): Erin Clary (Digital Research Alliance of Canada), Tristan Kuehn (Digital Research Alliance of Canada), Meghan Goodchild (Queen's University and Borealis), & Neha Milan (FRDR and University of Saskatchewan) Time: 4:00 pm-5:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Introduction to R Speaker(s): Marie-Hélène Burle, Simon Fraser University and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada Time: 4:30 pm-5:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
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Event: Introduction to Odesi: An Open Canadian Social Science Data Repository for Reuse Speaker(s): Amber Leahey, Borealis & Scholars Portal Time: 5:00 pm-5:30 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online |
Event: Designing Web Maps with Mapbox Speaker(s): Lily Crandall-Oral, UBC Time: 5:00 pm-7:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Zoom) |
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Event: Introduction to Machine Learning: Regression Models Speaker(s): Vedant Bahel, UBC Time: 5:00 pm-7:00 pm (Atlantic time) Location: Online (Zoom) |
These consist of free events. You can also find a full schedule of French events from the Quebec academic community.
International Events
Many other exciting events about data are occuring internationally this week! Find Love Data Week's official up-to-date schedule online and select "show me public/online events only".