| Format | Event Recording |
|---|---|
| Topic | Data Visualization |
The Value of Visuals in Science Communication
This virtual talk by Mark Belan (Scientific Graphics Journalist) will introduce the basics of visual perception, its benefit to science communication efforts, and how anyone can manipulate design theory to create visuals (of whatever skill level) to tell impactful, effective, and ultimately better science stories.
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Urban Heat Islands and Social Inequities: A Data-Driven Story
In this talk, Nael Shiab and Isabelle Bouchard (CBC Journalists) present their work on urban heat islands, where they used open data and interactive data visualization to highlight social inequalities and the effects of global warming. Their report shows that immigrants and people with low income are most likely to live in the hottest urban areas, making them more vulnerable to heat waves with deadly consequences.
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Exploring Barriers to Misinformation Interventions in Public Libraries
Misinformation has always been dangerous and divisive, but especially so in the wake of “fake news” and Covid-19 conspiracy theories. How can we, as scholars, librarians, and citizens, combat the spread of misinformation? What challenges might we encounter during this work?
At this talk, Abeer Siddiqui discussed the challenges of addressing misinformation in public libraries and explored how her recent project informs her longstanding work on storytelling and science communication.
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Digital Tools in the Humanities and Social Sciences: A Research Roundtable
How can digital tools enhance and complexify research in the humanities and social sciences? At this research roundtable, ten scholars from McMaster University and Universite Grenoble Alpes share their work on Data, Social Media, and Teaching.
These presentations engage with a wide variety of approaches, disciplines, and research methods. Learn about how digital platforms sharpen students’ communication skills. Engage with the challenges of analyzing a massive digital database of e-petitions. See how GIS technology is reviving an ancient Greek city.
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EQ vs IQ: Testing Gendered AI in Apple’s Siri
Have you ever noticed that AI assistants tend to have female voices? According to Lai-Tze Fan’s research, this is no coincidence. In this lecture, Fan argues that this gendering of AI assistants is a new method in a long history of abstracting women and their bodies into labouring machines. When assessing such AI for human-like performance, designers are not looking for intelligence, but rather, for efficacy to get the job done—content production, menial task completion, and capital transactions—with a smile.