Workshops by Series

This Law Library workshop offers an introduction to the landscape of Canadian legal databases with a focus on CanLII. This workshop is recommended for incoming 1L students as a way to become familiar with the major legal databases. 

This is an In Person workshop in the Law Library

New to research data management? Start here! This session will cover the basics of research data management (RDM) and will introduce you to a data management plan (DMP), which is a document that outlines what data will be created, and what you will do with that data during and after your research project. Documenting a plan for your data is good practice and an integral part of responsible data management. This workshop will go through the steps of creating a data management plan using DMP Assistant, an online tool that follows best practices in data stewardship and walks you through key questions about your data.

This session is eligible for a TMU Libraries badge. Badges are meant to recognize that you’ve developed a particular skill or concept through attendance at a library workshop, and completion of an activity after the session. There are two types of badges we offer:

1) badges for individual workshops which recognize specific skills, and

2) stacked badges, showing you have completed 3-5 workshops in a group of related workshops and demonstrating the interrelated nature of the different skills.

Intro to Research Data Management can be used to earn an individual badge, or as a component of the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.  Complete at least three of the five workshops listed here to earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.

 Badge Available for this Workshop

Learn about the Libraries' extensive collection of electronic databases and more to find relevant, credible, and scholarly information for your coursework. This is the type of information your professors want you to use in your assignments and essays. You’ll also discover the tech you can borrow, the study spaces available, and the help you can get at the libraries.

This two-hour introductory workshop will familiarize Master of Spatial Analysis (MSA) students with R and the RStudio environment. The session is designed for students with little or no prior experience with R.

Topics will include navigating the RStudio IDE, understanding basic R syntax and objects, working with packages, importing and inspecting data, and performing common data analysis tasks through hands-on examples. Participants will gain experience reading and modifying R code and develop a foundation for using R independently in more advanced statistical and spatial analysis workflows.

Presenter:  Bhaswati Mazumder is the Statistical Consultation and Learning Specialist at TMU Libraries. She is an MSA alumna and holds a PhD in Environmental Applied Science. Through the Library, she regularly delivers workshops on statistics, data analysis, and R, and provides one-on-one statistical and research consultations to graduate students, faculty, and other researchers.

This interactive session is designed for a mixed audience of faculty, librarians, and graduate students who want to strengthen their ability to use Scopus. Participants will explore the content and coverage of Scopus, as well as basic and advanced searching, Boolean operators, field-specific searching, filters, saved searches, alerts, exporting results, and effective search strategies. 

This is a community webinar organized by Scopus and TMU Libraries, and will be led by a Scopus trainer.

Scopus Content Coverage
Scopus Support Page and FAQs

Trainer Bio: Coral Markan Davidson is Customer Success Manager for Canada at Elsevier, where she works at the intersection of research analytics, bibliometrics, and institutional strategy. She collaborates with research offices, faculty, and academic leaders to help institutions interpret and apply research data to support strategic decision-making and demonstrate research impact.

With a background in research support and bibliometric analysis, Coral brings a practical, user-focused perspective to the use of research analytics in higher education. Through consultation, she helps research communities translate complex data into meaningful insights and strategies. She holds a master's degree in information science from the University of Toronto and a master’s degree in French from the University of Waterloo.

This is a community webinar is organized by Covidence Support, and will be led by a Covidence trainer.

Are you ready to set up your review in Covidence? This session will cover the following:

• Setting up a review

• Getting the team together

• Managing settings

• Importing references

Bonus! Learn valuable tips and tricks to accelerate your review workflow, as well as the opportunity to get your specific questions answered by experts.

If you can't attend the live session, register anyway, and you will receive a recording 48 hrs after the session.

A literature review can seem like an overwhelming and daunting task, but it is a crucial academic skill. It is essential to research and is frequently required in course assignments throughout university. This session will break down the reasons why we do literature reviews and the steps one must take in order to ensure a sufficient and/or thorough exploration of the resources where the literature is found. Tips and tricks for managing the process will be offered. Participants will have increased confidence in defining and conducting the literature review and will become familiar with the key resources required to complete one.

Key learning outcomes include:

1. Understand the importance of literature reviews for research and academic assignments.
2. Know the steps required to conduct a thorough literature review.
3. Know how to explore and identify key resources for your literature review.

This session is eligible for a TMU Libraries badge. Badges are meant to recognize that you’ve developed a particular skill or concept through attendance at a library workshop, and completion of an activity after the session. There are two types of badges we offer:

1) badges for individual workshops which recognize specific skills, and

2) stacked badges, showing you have completed 3-5 workshops in a group of related workshops and demonstrating the interrelated nature of the different skills.

Literature Review Essentials can be used to earn an individual badge, or as a component of the Research Skills Stacked Badge.  Complete at least three of the five workshops listed here to earn the Research Skills Stacked Badge. 

This workshop will deal with copyright issues that are commonly encountered when publishing your work in scholarly formats such as journals, conferences, posters etc. It will also cover some aspects of copyright in thesis and MRP submissions at TMU. Topics that will be covered include the acquisition of permissions, fair dealing, attribution, and open access licensing. This workshop is geared towards upper level undergraduate students and graduate students. 

This session is eligible for a TMU Libraries badge. Badges are meant to recognize that you’ve developed a particular skill or concept through attendance at a library workshop, and completion of an activity after the session. There are two types of badges we offer:

1) badges for individual workshops which recognize specific skills, and

2) stacked badges, showing you have completed 3-5 workshops in a group of related workshops and demonstrating the interrelated nature of the different skills.

Copyright and Scholarly Publications can be used to earn an individual badge, or as a component of the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.  Complete at least three of the five workshops listed here to earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.

This Law Library workshop offers an introduction to the landscape of Canadian legal databases with a focus on CanLII. This workshop is recommended for incoming 1L students as a way to become familiar with the major legal databases. 

This is an In Person workshop in the Law Library

New to R and not sure how to get started? This introductory, hands-on workshop is designed for beginners who want a gentle orientation to R and RStudio before diving into coding and data analysis.

We’ll focus on helping you get comfortable with the RStudio environment—starting projects, installing and loading packages, and saving and organizing your work. You’ll learn how R and RStudio fit into a typical data workflow and what to expect as you continue learning R.

This session is highly interactive, requires no prior programming experience, and is designed to help you build confidence as you begin your R learning journey.

Stats Chat is a weekly workshop series that dives into data and statistical learning most Thursday afternoons at 2pm. New to quantitative research or looking to level up your data skills? Join us at the Geospatial Map and Data Centre at the main floor of the TMU Library!

Are you overwhelmed by the amount of reading you have to do? Are you having a hard time navigating and understanding scholarly literature? Do you find yourself relying on article summaries? In this interactive workshop, you will learn how to:

1. Understand Scholarly Jargon: Break down complex terminology used in scholarly articles.
2. Read Strategically: Recognize and understand the different components of a scholarly article; develop strategies to read scholarly articles efficiently and effectively.
3. Think Critically: Improve ability to analyze and interpret scholarly texts without relying on a summary. 

This session is eligible for a TMU Libraries badge. Badges are meant to recognize that you’ve developed a particular skill or concept through attendance at a library workshop, and completion of an activity after the session. There are two types of badges we offer:

1) badges for individual workshops which recognize specific skills, and

2) stacked badges, showing you have completed 3-5 workshops in a group of related workshops and demonstrating the interrelated nature of the different skills.

Strategic Scholarly Reading can be used to earn an individual badge, or as a component of the Research Skills Stacked Badge.  Complete at least three of the five workshops listed here to earn the Research Skills Stacked Badge. 

Discover more about open access publishing options, including a new model that allows you to make your journal articles freely available through existing library-led transformative agreements. These agreements can help you access fee waivers for Article Processing Charges (APCs). The TMU Libraries, as part of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), are participating in these transformative agreements as part of a pilot program aimed at enhancing the reach, access, and impact of research. This workshop is geared towards upper level undergraduate students and graduate students.

Medical school is busy and having the skills to read strategically can help you get through the mountains of assigned readings. This workshop introduces practical approaches for navigating scholarly and clinical literature. Participants will learn how to identify the purpose and structure of different article types, recognize key methodological features, and apply strategic reading techniques to grasp the most relevant information. This session supports the development of foundational critical appraisal skills, enabling learners to assess quality and relevance. 

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Identify and describe the major components of a scholarly research article, including abstract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion.
• Apply structured strategies for reading research articles efficiently and with purpose, including skimming, scanning, and targeted deep reading.
• Interpret common methodological terminology and study designs encountered in medical literature. 
• Evaluate the strengths, limitations, and applicability of research findings to academic or clinical questions.

Preparing for a job or internship interview? Attending a career fair or networking event? Learn how to stand out - no matter your major.

Join the TMU Library for a hands-on, low‑pressure workshop where you’ll learn how to find credible, up‑to‑date information on any company or industry. We’ll show you how to use specialty business databases to uncover the details employers wish candidates knew: company profiles, competitors, market trends, consumer behavior, and more.

Walk away with practical research skills you can use right away to spark smarter conversations, ask better questions, and feel more confident in interviews and networking.

Expectations for Participants: The session is designed to be interactive, and collaborative. You'll be invited to actively participate through virtual breakout rooms, screen sharing, and working in small groups. The brief group activity helps you practice the exact research skills you’ll use in real interviews.

A note for the group-activity-averse: If you usually shy away from group work, please don’t let the mention of breakout rooms deter you. The group portion will be brief (about 15 minutes), light, and manageable. No pressure, no overwhelm. Promise.

You will be:

• Put into small groups of 2 - 4 people
• Working collaboratively on a focused activity so you can help each other and finish faster
• Not required to socialize or turn on your cameras, unless you want to

Tech check: If you are comfortable, we would love to see your shining face and hear your beautiful voice. At minimum, please ensure you have a stable internet connection with audio/mic capabilities with minimal background noise.  

Who can join: This session is open to all current TMU graduate and undergraduate students, no matter your program or area of study. Everyone’s welcome!

A note for alumni: Library databases are accessible only to current TMU members due to licensing restrictions. Alumni are still welcome to participate, and we'll ensure you're paired with current students for the group activity.

If you have any questions about this workshop, email Chris Kim at kim.chris@torontomu.ca and Fiona Kovacaj at fkovacaj@torontomu.ca.

Come celebrate Pride in the Fall with TMU Libraries! Join us on a guided in-person tour of the Libraries, with a focus on 2SLGBTQ+ materials and activities. Learn about search techniques using our Queer and Trans Research Guides, explore the Collaboratory, visit the Law Library, and tour 2SLGBTQ+ collections unique to TMU at the Archives & Special Collections! Part of campus-wide Fall Pride activities. 

Finding the Library Collaboratory

The main entrance to the Library Collaboratory is via the SLC Building.

Elevator: Take the elevator (opposite the main entrance) up to the 3rd floor of the SLC Building. Exit and turn left: the Library Collaboratory is at the end of the hall, marked with large yellow doors. 

Stairs: Take the main stairs (on the right of the entrance) up to the second floor. Keep to the right and follow the stairs up to the third floor. Walk past the DMZ and the DME to the end of the hall. The Library Collaboratory is at the end of the hall, marked with large yellow doors.

This is a webinar for TMU community members, and will be led by a Covidence trainer.

This session is aimed at beginners and novice users of Covidence, or those who haven’t used the software for a while and want to familiarise themselves with recent changes and updates. We will cover:

• Using Covidence’s AI tools for maximum efficiency
• Tagging and filtering studies
• Marking duplicates manually
• Uploading PDFs (this does not include a demo of the bulk PDF upload tool)
• Managing exclusion reasons

Learn tips and tricks to jumpstart your progress, as well as the opportunity to get their specific questions answered. If you can't attend the live session, register anyway, and you will receive a recording 48 hrs after the session.

Identifying a research interest, and transforming it into a researchable question is key to a successful outcome - but can be one of the most challenging parts of the research process.  In this session, we’ll discuss how to identify a topic of interest, develop a research question and identify core concepts using popular frameworks such as PICO, as well as evaluating the quality of your research question with the FINER criteria.  The role of pre-searching library resources to help identify gaps in research will also be discussed. 

This is the first session in the Library Research and Scholarly Publishing in Health and Medicine series, From PICO to Publish. A recording of the session will be made available to those who register for the session. 

This workshop will cover the basics of McGill Guide citation, the most commonly used style of legal citation in Canada. At this workshop students will learn the basics of how to cite in McGill style, why correct citation is needed for academic writing, and resources to draw on for correct citations. This workshop is open to all students who need to cite legal resources in McGill style.

This is an In Person workshop in the Law Library

A literature review can seem like an overwhelming and daunting task, but it is a crucial academic skill. It is essential to research and is frequently required in course assignments throughout university. This session will break down the reasons why we do literature reviews and the steps one must take in order to ensure a sufficient and/or thorough exploration of the resources where the literature is found. Tips and tricks for managing the process will be offered. Participants will have increased confidence in defining and conducting the literature review and will become familiar with the key resources required to complete one.

Key learning outcomes include:

1. Understand the importance of literature reviews for research and academic assignments.
2. Know the steps required to conduct a thorough literature review.
3. Know how to explore and identify key resources for your literature review.

This session is eligible for a TMU Libraries badge. Badges are meant to recognize that you’ve developed a particular skill or concept through attendance at a library workshop, and completion of an activity after the session. There are two types of badges we offer:

1) badges for individual workshops which recognize specific skills, and

2) stacked badges, showing you have completed 3-5 workshops in a group of related workshops and demonstrating the interrelated nature of the different skills.

Literature Review Essentials can be used to earn an individual badge, or as a component of the Research Skills Stacked Badge.  Complete at least three of the five workshops listed here to earn the Research Skills Stacked Badge. 

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool that helps you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. Zotero lets you add citations to journal articles, websites and books with a single click. You can also use it to create footnotes, endnotes, in-text citations, or bibliographies in the style of your choice. Use of a citation manager is highly recommended for graduate students, faculty, and research assistants.

This virtual 30‑minute lunchtime session, led by a Medical Librarian at the Bikram S. Dhillon and Family Medical Library introduces clinical faculty to the library’s core services, collections, and support for teaching, research, and clinical practice. The session is designed to be concise and practical. 

By the end of the session, faculty will: 

• Understand the scope of medical library services and collections available both in person and online 
• Navigate and access key library resources for teaching and research 
• Establish a point of contact for ongoing collaboration with library staff

Generative AI is reshaping the scholarly publishing landscape, introducing new opportunities alongside research integrity challenges. This talk explores the evolving role of AI tools in research and writing, highlighting key considerations for authors navigating new and emerging journal policies, authorship criteria, transparency requirements, and disclosure expectations. Participants will gain insight into how publishers and the research community are responding to AI assisted scholarship, including emerging guidance on acceptable uses, attribution, data privacy, intellectual property issues, assisted peer-review, and the risks of hallucinated citations or unreliable outputs. 

With the upcoming release of 2026 Census of Canada data in early 2027, researchers may be interested in getting to know more about the Census. Join Kevin Manuel, Data Librarian at TMU, who is an expert in the Census and has published on the transformations of ethnocultural questions in the survey over time. Kevin will cover the historical context and more recent developments in the Census and how to access the data from Statistics Canada from publicly available content online to restricted master files from TMU's new Research Data Centre.

Got a big idea but don’t know where to start? Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, a startup founder, an artist, a creator, an intrapreneur, or a student interested in learning more about entrepreneurship, this workshop will introduce you to the resources and spaces available to you at TMU Libraries and beyond.

In this workshop, you will learn about:

✅ The different spaces and resources that support entrepreneurs and creators at TMU

✅ Market research support at the library

✅ Skill-building opportunities at TMU Libraries

Who should attend? TMU students of all disciplines, aspiring entrepreneurs, and innovators. In order to access library resources in this workshop, you need to be a current member of TMU, such as a student, Zone member, faculty, instructor or staff.

No prior entrepreneurship experience or venture idea required! If you’re interested in entrepreneurship but don’t know where to get started, this workshop will be useful in navigating the different resources, spaces, and units at the library and across campus.

Get recognized for your skills! This workshop is badged. Learn more about how to earn a badge.

This panel discussion brings together scholars and publishing professionals to explore the realities, challenges, and opportunities that BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour) researchers encounter throughout the academic publishing process, with a particular focus on the publication of monographs. Panelists will share candid insights from their own publishing journeys, offering practical guidance on navigating peer review, working with editors, and finding supportive networks within the scholarly community.

While this session focuses on the publishing experiences of BIPOC scholars in the humanities and social sciences, we welcome anyone interested in learning from these perspectives. Researchers at all career stages, including instructors, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students are encouraged to attend.

This session aligns with TMU’s Dimensions Action Objectives by offering BIPOC scholars practical guidance for navigating academic publishing and creating space for peer mentorship around the unique publishing challenges experienced by racialized faculty.

Moderator: Cheryl Thompson, Associate Professor, Canada Research Chair in Black Expressive Culture & Creativity Performance, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

Panelists: 

• Pamela Palmater, Professor, Chair in Indigenous Governance, Toronto Metropolitan University

• Rai Reece, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Toronto Metropolitan University

• Leila Kelleher, Assistant Professor, Fashion Design, Toronto Metropolitan University

• TBD

Session Objectives: 

• To shed light on the unique experiences and systemic challenges that BIPOC scholars often face during the academic publishing process
• Understand how publishers and editors are approaching equity, diversity, and inclusion, and where gaps remain.
• Explore ways to cultivate supportive professional networks that strengthen publishing success and reduce isolation.

Target Audience: Researchers at all career stages, including instructors, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate students are encouraged to attend.

If you have any questions about this session, email Chris Kim at kim.chris@torontomu.ca, or Toby Malone at toby.malone@torontomu.ca.

Before embarking on your venture, understanding the problem you're trying to solve is an important step in validating your business idea. This workshop will introduce you to key research strategies and resources that will support you research your problem

In this workshop, you will:

✅ Understand why it’s important to learn about a problem before trying to solve it

✅ Identify impact gaps between problems and solutions using the Impact Gaps Canvas

✅ Learn where to find information using library resources

✅ Gain essential searching skills using Omni and library databases

Who should attend? TMU students of all disciplines, aspiring entrepreneurs, and innovators looking to ground their ideas with research. In order to access library resources in this workshop, you need to be a current member of TMU, such as a student, Zone member, faculty, instructor or staff.

No prior entrepreneurship experience or venture idea required! If you’re interested in entrepreneurship but don’t have an idea yet, this workshop will be useful in helping you build key research skills using proprietary business databases.

Get recognized for your skills! This workshop is badged. Learn more about how to earn a badge.

Curious about working with data in R but not sure where to start? This introductory, interactive workshop is designed for beginners who want a gentle, practical entry into data extraction and transformation using R and RStudio.

We’ll walk through the basics of getting data into R, understanding its structure, and using simple, powerful tools to clean, reshape, and prepare data for analysis. Along the way, you’ll get hands-on practice with real examples, learn how to think “the R way,” and build confidence working in RStudio’s interface—no prior experience required.

Stats Chat is a weekly workshop series that dives into data and statistical learning most Thursday afternoons at 2pm. New to quantitative research or looking to level up your data skills? Join us at the Geospatial Map and Data Centre at the main floor of the TMU Library!

A DORA-aligned approach to research metrics.

Research metrics and your impact are major factors in promotion, funding, and employment: but what exactly does Research Impact mean? Is it the same for everyone? How many ways can it be measured? What exactly is an h-index, and why are we still focusing on it? In this workshop, we'll work through some practical questions about research impact, where attendees will be invited to consider what impact means to them, and how they might, through adoption of structures from the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), Research Impact will become an asset to your process, rather than an impediment.

Target audience: Early Career Faculty, Post-docs, Graduate Students.

This event is part of the TMU Libraries Scholarly Publishing Badge programme: 

To earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked badge, complete at least three of the five workshops listed. Tracking Impact and Scholarly Publishing, Developing your Scholarly Profile, Research Data Management, Open Access Publishing, and Copyright and Scholarly Publishing. Each of these workshops will earn you one badge. Note that these workshops are held at various times throughout the year. Check out which workshops are available now & register.

After your research question has been fully developed, it’s time to move on to creating a search strategy and identifying resources to search. This session will focus on highlighting the skills needed to develop a quality search strategy, such as the use of ‘seed’ articles for ‘pearl-growing’, concept mapping, brainstorming synonyms and Boolean logic. You’ll also learn how to identify relevant health information resources through TMU Libraries’ digital collections, as well as how subject liaison librarians can help support your research through our various services.

This is the second session in the Library Research and Scholarly Publishing in Health and Medicine series, From PICO to Publish. A recording of the session will be made available to those who register for the session. 

This workshop offers an overview of the citation management tool Zotero. Citation management software helps you keep track of resources and generate citations. While Zotero is not a replacement for learning how to write McGill style citations, it makes creating them significantly faster and more efficient. We recommend this workshop to law students, especially 1L students looking to get organized and upper year students who will be conducting research projects, and it is open to all legal researchers.aidne

This workshop will cover how to use Zotero for legal citation in the McGill Guide style. 

This workshop is a software walkthrough. Please download Zotero prior to the workshop.

Understanding your industry is an essential step when starting a new venture. It will help you become aware of trends, understand competitive forces, identify emerging opportunities, and more. This workshop will introduce you to key research strategies and resources that will support you when doing industry research.

In this workshop, you will learn:

✅ How to identify your industry

✅ Where to find industry information at the library

✅ How to read an industry report

Who should attend? TMU students of all disciplines, aspiring entrepreneurs, and innovators looking to ground their ideas with research. In order to access library resources in this workshop, you need to be part of the TMU community as a student, Zone founder, faculty, staff, etc.

No prior entrepreneurship experience or venture idea required! If you’re interested in starting a business but don’t have an idea yet, this workshop will be useful in helping you build research skills using proprietary library business databases.

Get recognized for your skills! This workshop is badged. Learn more about how to earn a badge.

To learn more about conducting secondary market research for a new venture, this workshop is best when taken alongside the following workshops: Competitor Research: Know your Rivals, and Market Research: Customers and Consumers.

Understanding the competitive landscape will give your venture an advantage. Discover how library resources can help you identify competitors and find company profiles for private and public companies.

In this workshop, you will learn:

✅ Where to find company profiles and financials

✅ How to identify competitors, both direct and indirect

✅ How to create company lists and map business locations

Who should attend? TMU students of all disciplines, aspiring entrepreneurs, and innovators looking to ground their ideas with research. In order to access library resources in this workshop, you need to be a current member of TMU, such as a student, Zone member, faculty, instructor or staff.

No prior entrepreneurship experience or venture idea required! If you’re interested in starting a business but don’t have an idea yet, this workshop will be useful in helping you build research skills using proprietary library business databases.

Get recognized for your skills! This workshop is badged. Learn more about how to earn a badge.

To learn more about conducting secondary market research for a new venture, this workshop is best when taken alongside the following workshops: Industry Research: Big Picture Trends, and Market Research: Customers and Consumers.

Looking to strengthen your online research profile for job applications or grant proposals? Developing a strong research profile is essential in modern scholarship, making your work and achievements more accessible. Developing a research profile is a crucial aspect of modern scholarship, helping with job and grant applications and the submission of papers for publication. This workshop will provide an introduction to effective scholarly profiles and ORCID.

To earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked badge, complete at least three of the five workshops listed. Tracking Impact and Scholarly Publishing, Developing your Scholarly Profile, Research Data Management, Open Access Publishing, and Copyright and Scholarly Publishing. Each of these workshops will earn you one badge. Note that these workshops are held at various times throughout the year. Check out which workshops are available now & register.

Discover more about open access publishing options, including a new model that allows you to make your journal articles freely available through existing library-led transformative agreements. These agreements can help you access fee waivers for Article Processing Charges (APCs). The TMU Libraries, as part of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), are participating in these transformative agreements as part of a pilot program aimed at enhancing the reach, access, and impact of research. This workshop is geared towards upper level undergraduate students and graduate students.

New to research data management? Start here! This session will cover the basics of research data management (RDM) and will introduce you to a data management plan (DMP), which is a document that outlines what data will be created, and what you will do with that data during and after your research project. Documenting a plan for your data is good practice and an integral part of responsible data management. This workshop will go through the steps of creating a data management plan using DMP Assistant, an online tool that follows best practices in data stewardship and walks you through key questions about your data.

This session is eligible for a TMU Libraries badge. Badges are meant to recognize that you’ve developed a particular skill or concept through attendance at a library workshop, and completion of an activity after the session. There are two types of badges we offer:

1) badges for individual workshops which recognize specific skills, and

2) stacked badges, showing you have completed 3-5 workshops in a group of related workshops and demonstrating the interrelated nature of the different skills.

Intro to Research Data Management can be used to earn an individual badge, or as a component of the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.  Complete at least three of the five workshops listed here to earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.

New to R and not sure how to get started? This introductory, hands-on workshop is designed for beginners who want a gentle orientation to R and RStudio before diving into coding and data analysis.

We’ll focus on helping you get comfortable with the RStudio environment—starting projects, installing and loading packages, and saving and organizing your work. You’ll learn how R and RStudio fit into a typical data workflow and what to expect as you continue learning R.

This session is highly interactive, requires no prior programming experience, and is designed to help you build confidence as you begin your R learning journey.

Stats Chat is a weekly workshop series that dives into data and statistical learning most Thursday afternoons at 2pm. New to quantitative research or looking to level up your data skills? Join us at the Geospatial Map and Data Centre at the main floor of the TMU Library!

Once you have retrieved results, what next? How do you determine which results to use, and which to discard? This session will focus on how to manage your results, and evaluate and screen results for relevance, based on your inclusion / exclusion criteria.  Depending on the nature of your research project, screening can be a flexible, iterative process, or highly formalized.  Managing your results can involve exporting from databases and the use of tools such as citation managers and evidence synthesis software such as Covidence, now available through TMU Libraries.  

This is the third session in the Library Research and Scholarly Publishing in Health and Medicine series, From PICO to Publish. A recording of the session will be made available to those who register for the session. 

Understanding consumer trends and identifying your target market is important to building a successful business. Discover free and library resources to help you understand your audience through secondary market research.

In this workshop, you will learn:

✅ Where to find consumer market reports and data

✅ How to find information on target market segments (demographic, geographic, psychographic, and behavioural)

✅ The differences between primary and secondary research, with a small intro to primary research methods

Who should attend? TMU students of all disciplines, aspiring entrepreneurs, and innovators looking to ground their ideas with research. In order to access library resources in this workshop, you need to be a current member of TMU, such as a student, Zone member, faculty, instructor or staff.

No prior entrepreneurship experience or venture idea required! If you’re interested in starting a business but don’t have an idea yet, this workshop will be useful in helping you build research skills using proprietary library business databases.

Get recognized for your skills! This workshop is badged. Learn more about how to earn a badge.

To learn more about conducting secondary market research for a new venture, this workshop is best when taken alongside the following workshops: Industry Research: Big Picture Trends, and Competitor Research: Know your Rivals.

This virtual 30‑minute lunchtime session, led by a Medical Librarian at the Bikram S. Dhillon and Family Medical Library introduces clinical faculty to the library’s core services, collections, and support for teaching, research, and clinical practice. The session is designed to be concise and practical. 

By the end of the session, faculty will: 

• Understand the scope of medical library services and collections available both in person and online 
• Navigate and access key library resources for teaching and research 
• Establish a point of contact for ongoing collaboration with library staff

Curious about working with data in R but not sure where to start? This introductory, interactive workshop is designed for beginners who want a gentle, practical entry into data extraction and transformation using R and RStudio.

We’ll walk through the basics of getting data into R, understanding its structure, and using simple, powerful tools to clean, reshape, and prepare data for analysis. Along the way, you’ll get hands-on practice with real examples, learn how to think “the R way,” and build confidence working in RStudio’s interface—no prior experience required.

Stats Chat is a weekly workshop series that dives into data and statistical learning most Thursday afternoons at 2pm. New to quantitative research or looking to level up your data skills? Join us at the Geospatial Map and Data Centre at the main floor of the TMU Library!

With the upcoming release of 2026 Census of Canada data in early 2027, researchers may be interested in getting to know more about the Census. Join Kevin Manuel, Data Librarian at TMU, who is an expert in the Census and has published on the transformations of ethnocultural questions in the survey over time. Kevin will cover the historical context and more recent developments in the Census and how to access the data from Statistics Canada from publicly available content online to restricted master files from TMU's new Research Data Centre.  

A DORA-aligned approach to research metrics.

Research metrics and your impact are major factors in promotion, funding, and employment: but what exactly does Research Impact mean? Is it the same for everyone? How many ways can it be measured? What exactly is an h-index, and why are we still focusing on it? In this workshop, we'll work through some practical questions about research impact, where attendees will be invited to consider what impact means to them, and how they might, through adoption of structures from the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), Research Impact will become an asset to your process, rather than an impediment.

Target audience: Early Career Faculty, Post-docs, Graduate Students.

This event is part of the TMU Libraries Scholarly Publishing Badge programme: 

To earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked badge, complete at least three of the five workshops listed. Tracking Impact and Scholarly Publishing, Developing your Scholarly Profile, Research Data Management, Open Access Publishing, and Copyright and Scholarly Publishing. Each of these workshops will earn you one badge. Note that these workshops are held at various times throughout the year. Check out which workshops are available now & register.

This workshop will deal with copyright issues that are commonly encountered when publishing your work in scholarly formats such as journals, conferences, posters etc. It will also cover some aspects of copyright in thesis and MRP submissions at TMU. Topics that will be covered include the acquisition of permissions, fair dealing, attribution, and open access licensing. This workshop is geared towards upper level undergraduate students and graduate students. 

This session is eligible for a TMU Libraries badge. Badges are meant to recognize that you’ve developed a particular skill or concept through attendance at a library workshop, and completion of an activity after the session. There are two types of badges we offer:

1) badges for individual workshops which recognize specific skills, and

2) stacked badges, showing you have completed 3-5 workshops in a group of related workshops and demonstrating the interrelated nature of the different skills.

Copyright and Scholarly Publications can be used to earn an individual badge, or as a component of the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.  Complete at least three of the five workshops listed here to earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.

Looking to strengthen your online research profile for job applications or grant proposals? Developing a strong research profile is essential in modern scholarship, making your work and achievements more accessible. Developing a research profile is a crucial aspect of modern scholarship, helping with job and grant applications and the submission of papers for publication. This workshop will provide an introduction to effective scholarly profiles and ORCID.

To earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked badge, complete at least three of the five workshops listed. Tracking Impact and Scholarly Publishing, Developing your Scholarly Profile, Research Data Management, Open Access Publishing, and Copyright and Scholarly Publishing. Each of these workshops will earn you one badge. Note that these workshops are held at various times throughout the year. Check out which workshops are available now & register.

Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) are a critical component of medical education, designed to assess clinical competence in a structured and standardized way. Preparing for OSCEs requires access to reliable, high‑quality resources that support both knowledge and skill development. The Bikram S. Dhillon and Family Medical Library provides a range of tools and collections to help medical learners strengthen their clinical skills, practice exam scenarios, and build confidence. This session introduces key library resources that can support OSCE preparation and demonstrates effective strategies for navigating them.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants will be able to:

• Access support services (e.g., librarian consultations, subject guides) to enhance OSCE readiness.
• Identify key features of OSCE‑related resources (e.g., video demonstrations, case scenarios, practice checklists) with Bates' Visual Guide to Physical Examination.
• Apply search strategies to retrieve OSCE materials across multiple formats (print, e‑books, multimedia) in the TMU Libraries collection.

New to research data management? Start here! This session will cover the basics of research data management (RDM) and will introduce you to a data management plan (DMP), which is a document that outlines what data will be created, and what you will do with that data during and after your research project. Documenting a plan for your data is good practice and an integral part of responsible data management. This workshop will go through the steps of creating a data management plan using DMP Assistant, an online tool that follows best practices in data stewardship and walks you through key questions about your data.

This session is eligible for a TMU Libraries badge. Badges are meant to recognize that you’ve developed a particular skill or concept through attendance at a library workshop, and completion of an activity after the session. There are two types of badges we offer:

1) badges for individual workshops which recognize specific skills, and

2) stacked badges, showing you have completed 3-5 workshops in a group of related workshops and demonstrating the interrelated nature of the different skills.

Intro to Research Data Management can be used to earn an individual badge, or as a component of the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.  Complete at least three of the five workshops listed here to earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.

This workshop will deal with copyright issues that are commonly encountered when publishing your work in scholarly formats such as journals, conferences, posters etc. It will also cover some aspects of copyright in thesis and MRP submissions at TMU. Topics that will be covered include the acquisition of permissions, fair dealing, attribution, and open access licensing. This workshop is geared towards upper level undergraduate students and graduate students. 

This session is eligible for a TMU Libraries badge. Badges are meant to recognize that you’ve developed a particular skill or concept through attendance at a library workshop, and completion of an activity after the session. There are two types of badges we offer:

1) badges for individual workshops which recognize specific skills, and

2) stacked badges, showing you have completed 3-5 workshops in a group of related workshops and demonstrating the interrelated nature of the different skills.

Copyright and Scholarly Publications can be used to earn an individual badge, or as a component of the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.  Complete at least three of the five workshops listed here to earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.

A DORA-aligned approach to research metrics.

Research metrics and your impact are major factors in promotion, funding, and employment: but what exactly does Research Impact mean? Is it the same for everyone? How many ways can it be measured? What exactly is an h-index, and why are we still focusing on it? In this workshop, we'll work through some practical questions about research impact, where attendees will be invited to consider what impact means to them, and how they might, through adoption of structures from the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), Research Impact will become an asset to your process, rather than an impediment.

Target audience: Early Career Faculty, Post-docs, Graduate Students.

This event is part of the TMU Libraries Scholarly Publishing Badge programme: 

To earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked badge, complete at least three of the five workshops listed. Tracking Impact and Scholarly Publishing, Developing your Scholarly Profile, Research Data Management, Open Access Publishing, and Copyright and Scholarly Publishing. Each of these workshops will earn you one badge. Note that these workshops are held at various times throughout the year. Check out which workshops are available now & register.

Looking to strengthen your online research profile for job applications or grant proposals? Developing a strong research profile is essential in modern scholarship, making your work and achievements more accessible. Developing a research profile is a crucial aspect of modern scholarship, helping with job and grant applications and the submission of papers for publication. This workshop will provide an introduction to effective scholarly profiles and ORCID.

To earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked badge, complete at least three of the five workshops listed. Tracking Impact and Scholarly Publishing, Developing your Scholarly Profile, Research Data Management, Open Access Publishing, and Copyright and Scholarly Publishing. Each of these workshops will earn you one badge. Note that these workshops are held at various times throughout the year. Check out which workshops are available now & register.

Discover more about open access publishing options, including a new model that allows you to make your journal articles freely available through existing library-led transformative agreements. These agreements can help you access fee waivers for Article Processing Charges (APCs). The TMU Libraries, as part of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), are participating in these transformative agreements as part of a pilot program aimed at enhancing the reach, access, and impact of research. This workshop is geared towards upper level undergraduate students and graduate students.

New to research data management? Start here! This session will cover the basics of research data management (RDM) and will introduce you to a data management plan (DMP), which is a document that outlines what data will be created, and what you will do with that data during and after your research project. Documenting a plan for your data is good practice and an integral part of responsible data management. This workshop will go through the steps of creating a data management plan using DMP Assistant, an online tool that follows best practices in data stewardship and walks you through key questions about your data.

This session is eligible for a TMU Libraries badge. Badges are meant to recognize that you’ve developed a particular skill or concept through attendance at a library workshop, and completion of an activity after the session. There are two types of badges we offer:

1) badges for individual workshops which recognize specific skills, and

2) stacked badges, showing you have completed 3-5 workshops in a group of related workshops and demonstrating the interrelated nature of the different skills.

Intro to Research Data Management can be used to earn an individual badge, or as a component of the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.  Complete at least three of the five workshops listed here to earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.

A DORA-aligned approach to research metrics.

Research metrics and your impact are major factors in promotion, funding, and employment: but what exactly does Research Impact mean? Is it the same for everyone? How many ways can it be measured? What exactly is an h-index, and why are we still focusing on it? In this workshop, we'll work through some practical questions about research impact, where attendees will be invited to consider what impact means to them, and how they might, through adoption of structures from the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA), Research Impact will become an asset to your process, rather than an impediment.

Target audience: Early Career Faculty, Post-docs, Graduate Students.

This event is part of the TMU Libraries Scholarly Publishing Badge programme: 

To earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked badge, complete at least three of the five workshops listed. Tracking Impact and Scholarly Publishing, Developing your Scholarly Profile, Research Data Management, Open Access Publishing, and Copyright and Scholarly Publishing. Each of these workshops will earn you one badge. Note that these workshops are held at various times throughout the year. Check out which workshops are available now & register.

Looking to strengthen your online research profile for job applications or grant proposals? Developing a strong research profile is essential in modern scholarship, making your work and achievements more accessible. Developing a research profile is a crucial aspect of modern scholarship, helping with job and grant applications and the submission of papers for publication. This workshop will provide an introduction to effective scholarly profiles and ORCID.

To earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked badge, complete at least three of the five workshops listed. Tracking Impact and Scholarly Publishing, Developing your Scholarly Profile, Research Data Management, Open Access Publishing, and Copyright and Scholarly Publishing. Each of these workshops will earn you one badge. Note that these workshops are held at various times throughout the year. Check out which workshops are available now & register.

This workshop will deal with copyright issues that are commonly encountered when publishing your work in scholarly formats such as journals, conferences, posters etc. It will also cover some aspects of copyright in thesis and MRP submissions at TMU. Topics that will be covered include the acquisition of permissions, fair dealing, attribution, and open access licensing. This workshop is geared towards upper level undergraduate students and graduate students. 

This session is eligible for a TMU Libraries badge. Badges are meant to recognize that you’ve developed a particular skill or concept through attendance at a library workshop, and completion of an activity after the session. There are two types of badges we offer:

1) badges for individual workshops which recognize specific skills, and

2) stacked badges, showing you have completed 3-5 workshops in a group of related workshops and demonstrating the interrelated nature of the different skills.

Copyright and Scholarly Publications can be used to earn an individual badge, or as a component of the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.  Complete at least three of the five workshops listed here to earn the Scholarly Publishing Stacked Badge.

Discover more about open access publishing options, including a new model that allows you to make your journal articles freely available through existing library-led transformative agreements. These agreements can help you access fee waivers for Article Processing Charges (APCs). The TMU Libraries, as part of the Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN), are participating in these transformative agreements as part of a pilot program aimed at enhancing the reach, access, and impact of research. This workshop is geared towards upper level undergraduate students and graduate students.