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Research Camp for Research Assistants, Teaching Assistants, and Grad Students

Created by the Dal Libraries with support from the Writing Centre. Literature reviews, library research, information management and more.

Research Camp is coming to Truro!

On June 24 and 25, Research Camp is coming to Truro! Register to catch live sessions on academic writing, grant writing, Excel, managing and publishing research, and more! Participants will register for Day 1 and/or Day 2, but please note that attendance at each session is optional - participants may pick and choose the sessions that are relevant to them and do not need to commit to the whole day.

Please note that participants in Truro are also eligible to attend hybrid sessions remotely. You can access the full list of Research Camp live events on the Libraries' Events Calendar.

Schedule and registration links
Date / Time
Location
Truro Research Camp Day 1

9:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Writing the literature review

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM
Break

10:15 AM - 11:15 AM
Managing big writing projects 

11:15 AM - 12:15 PM
Using source material in writing: Acknowledging other scholars while building your own contribution 

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch Break

1:00 PM - 2:45 PM
Excel 1: Easy Excel

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM
Afternoon Break

3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Advanced writing strategies for international and multilingual researchers 

4:00 PM-5:00 PM
Writing Grant Proposals

Tuesday, June 24, 9am - 5pm MacRae Library, Programming Rooms 218/219
Truro Research Camp Day 2

9:00 AM - 9:45 AM
Finding publicly available data

9:45 AM - 10:45 AM
Publishing an article 

10:45 AM - 11:00 AM
Break

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Using Google to find data like an expert 

11:45 AM - 12:15 PM
Intellectual property ownership for students 

12:15 PM - 1:00 PM
Lunch Break

1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Excel 2: Data visualization with pivot tables 

3:00 PM - 3:15 PM
Afternoon Break

3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Research data management basics

Wednesday, June 25, 9am - 4:15pm MacRae Library, Programming Rooms 218/219