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WestDRI archives of online webinars and events for Research Data Management and related skills

Recordings from WestDRI's seminar series are made available through their YouTube channel.WestDRI is part of the Research Computing Group at SFU (https://www.rcg.sfu.ca), offers a range of tutorials and online workshops targeted at helping researchers learn about and use SFU and Digital Research Alliance of Canada (https://alliancecan.ca) computing resources, as well as advanced skills in computational research. Sessions range in length from 30 minutes to two hours and are delivered online via Zoom. For more information, visit https://training.westdri.ca or email training@westdri.ca. ...

WestDRI webinar "Cybersecurity Hygiene" -- April 22 at 10 am Pacific

A webinar offering from Advanced Research Computing training in Western Canada, organized by SFU on behalf of Western Universities:Next Tuesday, April 22nd, please join us for the webinar "Cybersecurity Hygiene" with Scott Baker, at 10am Pacific / 11am Mountain and Saskatoon / 12pm Winnipeg time. To register, visit this page, or follow the link from our winter/spring 2025 webinar schedule. Abstract: We all face a daily barrage of news about information cybersecurity: from hackers to breaches, flaws and vulnerabilities etc... This seemingly endless stream of content can lead to fear, confusion and even denial or abstinence from taking action. There are simple things everyone can do to be more secure. This session will provide an institutional-policy-agnostic, practical set of suggestions and plain language explanations of what can be done by individuals and teams within and outside the work environment and why each is important. The 2025 winter/spring webinars are jointly presented by SFU's Research Computing Group and UBC's Advanced Research Computing....

CAUT: Trump administration undermining integrity and independence of research conducted in Canada

CAUT reports that Canadian working on projects funded wholly or in part by American federal agencies have been sent a lengthy questionnaire to determine how their work aligns with the Trump administration’s political agenda:In the questionnaire, Canadian researchers are asked to confirm that their research:does not include a climate or “environmental justice” componentdoes not contain diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) elementsdoes not ascribe to “gender ideology”increases American influence globallyIn addition, the questionnaire asks whether a researcher’s institution has a policy prohibiting collaboration with entities contrary to U.S. government interests and prevents partnerships with “communist, socialist, or totalitarian parties.”More:https://www.caut.ca/latest/2025/03/trump-administration-threatening-canadian-researchers...

Digital Research Alliance of Canada -Digital Research Infrastructure Community Virtual Town Hall - 2025 March 25

From the Digital Research Alliance of Canada:On February 27, 2025, the Government of Canada released their initial plans for the Canadian Sovereign AI Compute Infrastructure program. The Digital Research Alliance of Canada has been in the process of reviewing the information and developing a plan around the submission of a statement of intent.Connecting with our digital research infrastructure partners and community in this process is vital and we would like to take this opportunity to invite you to attend one of two virtual town halls to have an opportunity to hear your input and feedback, as well as share our early thoughts about the Alliance’s vision for sovereign AI compute in Canada we are working on for the proposal submission.Virtual Town Hall #1: We welcome all national DRI users and support staff, researchers, and other public stakeholders.Date: March 25, 2025Time: 11 am EDTRegister here for the Virtual Town Hall #1Virtual Town Hall #2: We welcome all prospective Canadian industry partnersDate: March 26, 2025Time: 11 am EDTRegister here for the Virtual Town Hall #2...

October 2024 Events - Digital Research Alliance of Canada Training Calendar

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