iSkills workshops enable current students and alumni to learn professional, academic, and technical skills beyond the classroom. We offer workshops during the Fall, Winter, and Summer terms.
This page includes information related to our current roster. Further information will be provided via email.
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Overview
Faculty of Information professors, librarians, staff, current students, alumni, and a collective of professionals and academics from each program and concentration, worked together to create the iSkills roster of workshops listed below. Together with the required curricula, these workshops create a unique information and heritage educational experience. They also address academic, professional, and technical competencies aligned with your program and / or concentration(s).
To view a catalogue of our past sessions, please view the Historical iSkills Catalogue (updated November 2022).
For students and alumni looking for workshop materials from previous sessions, including slides and handouts, please contact the iSkills Program Coordinator at support.iskills@utoronto.ca.
Registration
- Registration is required for all workshops.
- BI, MI, MMSt, and PhD students and Faculty of Information alumni are eligible to register for iSkills workshops.
- Students and alumni will receive an email from the iSkills Program Coordinator with the calendar and registration links.
- If a workshop is full, be sure to sign up for the waitlist. We work hard to open spots for waitlisted students.
- Students can view the catalogue of Fall 2023 iSkills workshops below. Registration links can be found within each workshop page. Students can also view the entire calendar directly on LibCal.
- Student registration opens on Wednesday September 6 at 8am EDT. Alumni registration information will be provided soon.
Withdrawing, No Shows, and General Etiquette
If you are unable to attend a workshop for which you have signed up, be sure to withdraw at least 48 hours prior to the session.
To withdraw from a session, please use the link provided in your initial registration confirmation email for the workshop, and follow the on-screen instructions.
Students and alumni who repeatedly fail to attend workshops they have registered for will be suspended from the iSkills program and may receive a fine.
Aim to arrive 10 minutes early for in-person workshops. If you need to leave the workshop before it ends, notify the instructor at the beginning of the session.
iSkills workshops are not recorded. Do not ask instructors to record their workshops.
Questions, Comments, and Suggestions
All questions, comments, and suggestions related to iSkills workshops can be directed to the iSkills Program Coordinator at support.iskills@utoronto.ca.
iSkills Catalogue (Fall 2023)
Workshops are online unless otherwise noted. Online workshops are NOT recorded.
ACADEMIC SKILLS
Cite in APA | Monday, September 11, 2023, 4pm – 5:30pm and Thursday, September 14, 1pm – 2:30pm |
Locating, assessing, and applying sources: Academic research and writing | Thursday, September 21, 2023, 2pm – 4:30pm |
Identifying and applying discipline-specific writing conventions | Sunday, September 24, 2023, 10am – 12:30pm |
Tools for reading and writing about data | Monday, October 2, 2023, 6pm – 7:30pm |
Scholarly communications and bibliometrics literacy | Tuesday, October 24, 2023, 5pm – 8pm |
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
Getting a job in government | Tuesday, September 12, 2023, 4pm – 6pm |
UX writing | Wednesday, September 13, 2023, 6:30pm – 8:30pm and Monday, September 18, 2023, 6:30pm – 8:30pm |
Writing policy briefs | Friday, September 22, 2023, 2pm – 4:30pm |
Introduction to cybersecurity | Saturday, September 23, 2023, 10am – 12pm |
Retention and disposition in the Government of Canada: Directives, standards, and workflows | Thursday, September 28, 2023, 4pm – 6pm |
Children’s learning in the 21st century museum | Thursday, October 5, 2023, 1pm – 4pm (in-person) |
Introduction to making accessible Word documents and PowerPoint slides | Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 2pm – 5pm |
Crash course in the Library of Congress Classification system | Monday, October 16, 2023, 10am – 12pm |
R: An introduction | Thursday, September 14, 2023, 3pm – 4:30pm |
WordPress 101 | Saturday, September 16, 2023, 1pm – 4pm |
Building a static website with Jekyll and GitHub Pages | Tuesday, September 19, 2023, 5pm – 8pm |
WordPress 102 | Saturday, September 23, 2023, 1pm – 4pm |
Data analysis with SQL and MySQL | Sunday, October 1, 2023, 10am – 12:30pm |
Introduction to data management and statistical analysis with SPSS | Monday, October 2, 2023, 1pm – 3pm |
HTML & CSS 101: Learn how to build websites | Saturday, October 14, 2023, 12pm – 3pm |
Data visualization in R: The very (very!) basics | Tuesday, October 17, 2023, 6pm – 8pm |
Automation with Python | Saturday, October 21, 2023, 12pm – 3pm |