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Information Technology Services
Learn about the framework for managing IT software applications and software-based services, considering the full range of supported software applications against metrics that illustrate the business benefits of each.
The Centre for Research and Innovation Support (CRIS) in collaboration with Academic, Research & Collaborative (ARC) technologies is hosting REDCap Office Hours. This will provide an avenue for a one-on-one consultation with a REDCap expert to answer questions and address issues related to your REDCap projects.
In this course, participants will gain clarity regarding their career strategy for the next five years. The course will also cover techniques and strategies on how to negotiate with confidence, communicate your worth, and use the power of persuasion to negotiate for next-level opportunities.
Grab a coffee and join Isaac Straley, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), University of Toronto, for an informal and open conversation about information security careers and online safety, including best practices for securing online accounts and protecting yourself against fraud.
In this talk, Tambe will discuss how to apply AI and multiagent systems to address complex societal problems, with a focus on supporting public health and conservation initiatives.
In this course, participants will gain clarity regarding their career strategy for the next five years. The course will also cover techniques and strategies on how to negotiate with confidence, communicate your worth, and use the power of persuasion to negotiate for next-level opportunities.
The Centre for Research and Innovation Support (CRIS) in collaboration with Academic, Research & Collaborative (ARC) technologies is hosting REDCap Office Hours. This will provide an avenue for a one-on-one consultation with a REDCap expert to answer questions and address issues related to your REDCap projects.
This session will provide communications professionals with key resources, tips and techniques to support the development and creation of accessible social media content. Participants will be reminded of our obligations, legal and social, to create accessible content, provided with guidance on common social media platform accessibility features, and given advice on how to design accessible content within social media apps.
This session will provide participants with a foundational knowledge on how communication and language can create barriers to accessibility, and how to address these barriers. Participants will be (re-) introduced to AODA guidelines for accessible communication, language and terms that may be problematic, invited to consider how language changes over time, and to discuss how this knowledge might change interactions with all members of the University community moving forward.
In this course, participants will gain clarity regarding their career strategy for the next five years. The course will also cover techniques and strategies on how to negotiate with confidence, communicate your worth, and use the power of persuasion to negotiate for next-level opportunities.
This session will be moderated by Alberto Galasso, Professor of Strategic Management, Rotman Chair in Life Sciences Commercialization and will feature real-world insights from entrepreneurs, legal experts, and researchers. The second half of the session will feature a “camera’s off, Ask Me Anything” opportunity for attendees.
The fall ITS all-staff town hall is taking place in person on Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2022 at the Hart House Great Hall located on 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto.
This session aims to give a foundation or refresher for website content editors on web accessibility fundamentals. Participants will learn about Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) and how they apply to the AODA, what this means for their role at the University and provide a foundation for discussion of web accessibility with different types of stakeholders.
In this seminar, Shilton explores the use of pervasive data—large datasets about the identity, behaviour, or characteristics of people—and the ethical questions that arise regarding the development of norms and practices of using this data for research, within and beyond clinical settings.
This session will provide participants with a foundation to interpreting the accessible procurement rules under the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Participants will discover the specific legislative requirements around accessibility design criteria and features, and how these apply to the procurement of goods, services and facilities.
Through a combination of lecture and demonstrations, this workshop will introduce you to data visualization using a common data visualization tool, Tableau Desktop. Participants will create visualizations such as a bar graphs, line graphs and scatter plots.
Join Connect+Learn for this introduction to Azure Data Studio.
In this course, participants will gain clarity regarding their career strategy for the next five years. The course will also cover techniques and strategies on how to negotiate with confidence, communicate your worth, and use the power of persuasion to negotiate for next-level opportunities.
Join Connect+Learn for an update on printing to PDF in ROSI.
Our weekly SRI Seminar Series welcomes Jonathon Penney, a legal scholar and social scientist who is an associate professor at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School, a research affiliate at Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society and a long time research fellow at the Citizen Lab, at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy.
The Centre for Research and Innovation Support (CRIS) in collaboration with Academic, Research & Collaborative (ARC) technologies is hosting REDCap Office Hours. This will provide an avenue for a one-on-one consultation with a REDCap expert to answer questions and address issues related to your REDCap projects.
The IMI BIGDataAIHUB Seminar Series covers a range of topics related to big data and artificial intelligence. Students, staff, faculty, alumni and members of the broader community are welcome!
Our weekly SRI Seminar Series welcomes Owain Evans, a research associate at Oxford University’s Future of Humanity Institute. Evans’ research interests are in AI safety and the future of AI, with a current focus on truthful and honest AI.
For our final Thursday@3 session for the fall 2022 term, we will continue our exploration of mindsets that help us to value diversity and foster an inclusive workplace environment.
The Centre for Research and Innovation Support (CRIS) in collaboration with Academic, Research & Collaborative (ARC) technologies is hosting REDCap Office Hours. This will provide an avenue for a one-on-one consultation with a REDCap expert to answer questions and address issues related to your REDCap projects.
This session aims to give a foundation or refresher for website content editors on web accessibility fundamentals. Participants will learn about Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.0) and how they apply to the AODA, what this means for their role at the University and provide a foundation for discussion of web accessibility with different types of stakeholders.
Join Connect+Learn with the staff from the Division of the Vice-President, Research & Innovation (VPRI) for an introduction to the My Research Funds (MRF) initiative.
Learn more about resources to help with your big data and artificial intelligence projects. Michal Serafin will give insights and an overview of the Data Carpentries and Software Carpentries workshops that offer lessons in Python, R, Git, OpenRefine, Data Cleaning, Data Management, and including how and when to sign up for workshops.
ITS staff are invited to the in-person holiday party! Connect with colleagues and celebrate at this festive reception filled with laughter and good cheer.
In this talk, Talia B. Gillis considers how machine learning predictions affect decisions where a human retains ultimate authority, showing that the inclusion of a biased human decision-maker can revert common relationships between the structure of the algorithm and the qualities of resulting decisions.
This session introduces tools, techniques and best practices of 3D printing, including the basics of 3D printing, an introduction to the MADLab space, and the models of 3D printers available for use. Instructors will demonstrate how to safely use the service and the machines from start to finish, as well as how to find and prepare 3d models and software.
