SCDS Academic Director Andrea Zeffiro is one of five McMaster researchers awarded the inaugural Societal Impact Seed Grant. Supported by the Office of the Vice-President, Research, grantees will generate and mobilize co-developed knowledge with societal partners to collaboratively address a …

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McMaster’s Daily News recently ran an article on the SCDS Graduate Residency, written by Digital Scholarship Coordinator Alexis-Carlota Cochrane and edited by Faculty of Humanities Communications Manager, Sara Laux — thanks, Sara! We have reproduced the article in full below. …

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We are proud to share that Danica Evering and Isaac Pratt of the Research Data Management Services Team at the Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship have been awarded the 2023 President’s Award for Outstanding Service. The President’s Award for Outstanding …

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By Elyse Letts | Posted June 10th, 2024 Imagine playing with a toddler – one second they’re sitting quietly and colouring, the next they’re playing with a ball, and before you know it, they want you to chase them down …

The More You Share, The More You Learn: Creating an Openly Available Toddler Activity Measurement Tool  Read more »

By Anabelle Ragsag  | Posted June 10th, 2024 I am Anabelle Ragsag, a doctoral student at McMaster University’s School of Social Work. My doctoral research aims to join scholarly conversations in the intersection of political economy, governance of welfare algorithms, …

Why Should Social Work and Social Policy Researchers Care About Welfare Algorithms?  Read more »

By Bruno Santos | Posted June 10th, 2024 Olá! My name is Bruno Santos and I’m in the first year of a PhD program in Geography at the School of Earth, Environment & Society at McMaster University. More specifically, my …

Embracing the Digital Scholarship Experience as a (Beginner) Transportation Researcher  Read more »

By Katie Waring, Graduate Resident | Posted June 10th, 2024 My Sherman Centre residency project begins with the premise that disabled stories matter. Disabled stories matter because disabled people—historical, present-day, and future—matter. Yet, documenting historical stories of disability can often …

Storying Disability: Digital Community Archives as Public Memorial at New York’s Craig Colony for Epileptics   Read more »

By Brad McNeil, Graduate Resident  | Posted June 10th, 2024 My name is Brad McNeil, and I’m a third-year PhD Candidate in McMaster’s Communication, New Media & Cultural Studies program. My doctoral research sits within the nexus of platform governance, …

Database Development for a more Global Outlook on Platform Governance  Read more »