Project Portfolio
Over the last decade, the Sherman Centre has supported digital projects by graduate students, faculty, staff, and community groups.
DASH collaborated with YWCA Hamilton to host 5 workshops on Machine Learning with R 
Students in the Centre’s undergraduate course created Choose Your Own Adventure games with Twine software 
Andrea Zeffiro’s research team published an article on surveillance and data breaches 
John Fink developed a Reddit data scraper tool to support research on the Lying Flat movement in China 
We supported the development of a community-centred platform that aims to collect more accurate data on discrimination in Hamilton 
Amanda Montague collaboratively brought the digital exhibit platform Omeka S to campus. The resource is frequently used in major undergraduate assignments. 
Omeka S has been used to highlight McMaster’s archival treasures and rare books 
Graduate Resident Maddie Brockbank created an e-resource on anti-racist education 
Graduate Resident Michael Johnson 3D printed fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls 
This interactive map plots the Faculty of Social Sciences’ many community collaborations 
McMaster Experts is a linked database that collects research by members of the university 
Students in the Centre’s undergraduate class collaboratively created “The Cyber Cinema Podcast,” which analyzed how films represent technology 
Graduate Resident Katherine Eaton created a map of the spread of the plague 
Graduate Resident Cameron Anderson created an interactive app for musical analysis 
DS Coordinator Veronica Litt developed a guide to digital edition and exhibit platforms available at Mac 
Postdoctoral Fellow Amanda Montague taught students to create digital exhibits on ThingLink 
Graduate Resident Shalen Prado developed a database of microbotanical specimes 
Jay Brodeur led Test Your Dirt, a citizen science project that supported Hamiltonians investigating lead levels in soil 
Graduate Resident Sarah Whitwell developed a database of racial violence in the post-Emancipation south 
Emmy Nordstrom Higdon’s mock-up of a biometric sensor that examined service dogs. 
SCDS consulted on Hamilton’s crowd-sources storytelling platform, “Love Your City, Share Your Stories” 
Postdoctoral Fellow Mica Jorgenson developed aflow map of the Porcupine Gold Rush. 
John Fink provides training and support on 3D printing projects 
Graduate Resident Stephen Surlin explored off-grid wifi access in Hamilton’s community gardens 
Graduate Residents Brianne Morgan and Akacia Propst are developing a public-facing website that demystifies scientific research
Highlights include:
- A collaboration with YWCA Hamilton on a suite of workshops for women and non-binary people retraining to enter the tech industry
- A relational database on racialized violence and an open-access database of microbotanical specimens
- Interactive maps of community-engaged research projects and the Porcupine Gold Rush
- A searchable database of McMaster experts
- A website that consolidated resources and guidance on building safe learning environments through an anti-racist framework
- Digital exhibits on Hamilton landmarks, the spread of the plague, archival treasures from 19th century France, and classical music
- 3D-printed models of ancient cities and fragments of the Dead Sea Scrolls
- Digitized topographic maps and rare 19th century novels
- Off-grid wi-fi access and local area networks
- Citizen science projects about lead contamination and climate change
- An independent and user-friendly web platform for reporting hate crimes in Hamilton.
- A student-hosted podcast on how films imagine technology and ethics
- A sensor that detected biometric and environmental data on dogs engaging in social work (really!)
If you would like to create a digital project of your own, please reach out to us at scds@mcmaster.ca.