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Digital document accessibility

This session focuses on accessible content creation practices. Techniques for conceptualizing, creating and maintaining accessible documents will be discussed and how to build these into department wide processes. A heavy emphasis is placed on why those techniques are important, and the ramifications of formatting decisions.

Social media & accessibility

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.

Virtual Coffee with the CISO: Managing online security risks

Microsoft Teams

Join this virtual event hosted by Isaac Straley, Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), U of T, for an open conversation about information security and how we can protect ourselves and the University against security threats. Attendees will learn about information security in a higher education context, including resources available to staff and faculty and best practices for managing security incidents.

Web content accessibility crash course

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.

SRI Seminar Series: Barbara Grosz, “Fostering responsible computing research”

Our weekly SRI Seminar Series welcomes Barbara J. Grosz, Higgins Research Professor of Natural Sciences in the Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard University. Grosz’s contributions to AI research include fundamental advances in natural-language processing and theories of multi-agent collaboration, and innovative models to improve healthcare coordination and science education.

Accessibility & procurement

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.

UTSC Coffee with the CISO: Online security and cyber careers

UTSC Room AC 227 1265 Military Trail, Scarborough, ON, Canada

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.

SRI Seminar Series: Gillian Hadfield, “Judging facts, judging norms: Training ML models to judge humans requires a new approach to labeling data”

Our weekly SRI Seminar Series welcomes SRI Director and Chair Gillian Hadfield for a special in-person session. The inaugural Schwartz Reisman Chair in Technology and Society and a professor of law and strategic management at the University of Toronto, Hadfield’s research focuses on innovative legal and economic design, AI governance, legal markets, and contract law and theory.

Universal Design 101

This session will provide all staff with key resources, tips and techniques to support the embedding of universal design principles in all aspects of their work. Participants will be introduced to the concepts and principles of universal design, provided with guidance on what spaces, built and not, universal design has been applied, and given advice on what aspects of university administration and services can be designed using this concept.

SRI Seminar Series: Michael Bernstein, “Designing artificial intelligence to navigate societal disagreement”

Our weekly SRI Seminar Series welcomes SRI Director and Chair Gillian Hadfield for a special in-person session. The inaugural Schwartz Reisman Chair in Technology and Society and a professor of law and strategic management at the University of Toronto, Hadfield’s research focuses on innovative legal and economic design, AI governance, legal markets, and contract law and theory.

Thursday@3: What is application portfolio management?

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.

CRIS: REDCap virtual office hours 

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.

EDUCAUSE Learning Lab | Lead your shift: Women on the move (Part 1)

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.

UTM Coffee with the CISO: Online security and cyber careers

UTM Maanjiwe nendamowinan #5128 1535 Outer Cir Rd, Mississauga, ON, Canada

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.

IMI BIGDataAIHUB Case Competition

Open to students from any academic discipline at U of T, the IMI BIGDataAIHUB Case Competition is designed as a developmental opportunity for students to gain additional hands-on exposure to big data and artificial intelligence through real-world data.

EDUCAUSE Learning Lab | Lead your shift: Women on the move (Part 2)

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.

CRIS: REDCap virtual office hours 

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.

Social media & accessibility

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.

Language, accessibility and ableism

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.

EDUCAUSE Learning Lab | Lead your shift: Women on the move (Part 3)

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.

IP Matters: What you need to know about IP and artificial intelligence & machine learning

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.

ITS all-staff town hall: The power of human connection

Great Hall - Hart House 7 Hart House Circle, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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.

Web content accessibility crash course

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.

Accessibility & procurement

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.

Introduction to data visualization using Tableau Desktop

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.

EDUCAUSE Learning Lab | Lead your shift: Women on the move (Part 4)

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.