Wednesday June 2nd - Research Community Day and Excursions
The first Research Community Day at Congress will take place on Wednesday, June 2. Exclusively dedicated to
interdisciplinary programming and to sessions on the more pressing issues facing our community,
this day is designed to stimulate discussion, engage participants, and shape the collective future of the human sciences.
For more information about this day, go to the Congress
Research Community Day webpage. For
more information on specific events, go to the Congress
Special Events webpage.
Below are three “Research Community Day” sessions that may be of interest to the CAPDU and ACMLA membership.
- Literacy and Numeracy - Gateways to Innovation:
Wednesday June 2, 9:00 a.m. to 12:30, 308 Tier Building.
The International Adult Literacy Survey (IALS) is the first multi-country and multi-language
assessment of adult literacy. Yvan Clermont, Statistics Canada, the International Coordinator
of the Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL), will give an overview of the frameworks
for assessing literacy and life skills for adults; talk about policy implications and
questions; discuss IALS past results; and show how to access
adult literacy and life skills
data. Open to everyone! Co-sponsored by the Data Liberation Initiative and the Research
Data Centres - Partners in Research.
- All Day: Canadian Association of Research Libraries (CARL). "
Here today, gone tomorrow?" :
The brave new world of information communications technology offers access to a cornucopia of resources unknown
to earlier generations. On the other hand, the infrastructure of scholarly communication to ensure long-term access
and preservation is largely absent. Will the researcher’s works of today be accessible to the next generation?
Please join the Canadian Association of Research Libraries, partner organizations, and distinguished international
speakers to explore what may or may not be the future of your scholarly work.
- All Day:
A Journey Through Data - The Riches of the Research Data Centres:
This all-day symposium will focus on the major longitudinal data sets available in the Research Data Centres.
Participants will learn about the analytical potential of these data, and about various methodological issues that
need to be considered when analyzing them. The symposium should be of interest to quantitative social scientists and
applied statisticians interested in the dynamic aspects of social processes. For more information contact
Gustave Goldmann. (gustave.goldman@statcan.ca Gustave Goldman).
Limited enrolment. Advance registration required.
Excursions: Optional
The Association of Canadian Map Libraries and Archives are organizing two half day excursions off-campus.
Excursions are set up so that participants can choose one or both excursions. Registration contact:
Hugh Larimer at 204-474-6361, or email to hugh_larimer@umanitoba.ca
Hugh Larimer
Morning
- Free tour: Manitoba Archives, Hudsons’ Bay Archives, and a short visit to University of Winnipeg.
- Registration limited: Contact Hugh Larimer
- Free transportation from University of Manitoba to Archives site
- Lunch: Downtown (at cost)
Afternoon
- Free guided tour: Hutterite Colony
- Registration limited: Contact Hugh Larimer at
- Free transportation from downtown to the Hutterite Colony and return
to campus is provided. Point and time of Departure will be posted on the ACMLA/CAPDU conference website.
- Snack (at cost at the Hutterite Colony)
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