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Good morning: This month's continuing education email is brought to you by Martin Chandler who, as a Data Services Librarian, has given something of a data/GIS leaning for librarians in all contexts. *A recent release from LAC* The We Are Here: Sharing Stories Digitization Initiative team has developed a new (to LAC) feature to display a list of collections digitized by the project using Google Maps. This feature aids in visualizing the geographic locations of the communities depicted in the collection. If you have a moment, please take a look and enjoy a virtual tour across Canada. https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/aboriginal-heritage/initiatives/Pages/stories.aspx *A webinar on 10 years of Dataverse in Quebec* Dataverse au Québec, deux ans plus tard - Retour d'expérience de bibliothécaires Date : Mercredi 14 avril, 14h à 15h. Inscription : https://uqtr.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcudeqsrz4oHNNMfrK2a59KaUrv45Kx0AJ7 Date limite d’inscription : Vendredi 9 avril, 17h00. *A primer on curating Twitter data* From the Data Curation Network: https://github.com/DataCurationNetwork/data-primers/blob/master/Twitter%20Data%20Curation%20Primer/twitter-data-curation-primer.md *Data is Plural* A weekly newsletter offering data info (mostly US): https://tinyletter.com/data-is-plural *The Role of Libraries in Geography and GIS Education Conversations* A number of resources, as well as a monthly conversation series. You can find out more at https://groups.io/g/geolibraries *Finally, a series of webinars on Statistics Canada's Health data* Webinar: A Brief Overview of Statistics Canada’s Health Data Description: This webinar will provide you with an overview of Statistics Canada's main health surveys and briefly demonstrate how to access health data on the Statistics Canada website. The webinar will focus on: The Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS); the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS), Vital Statistics, and the Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD). It will discuss each survey's methodology and will also highlight data products from each of these three popular surveys. Intended Target Audience: This is an introductory webinar; it may be too basic for advanced data users. Language, Dates, Times, and Registration Links • English: March 3, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_9jU5minTS-eYcfO_IWc-0Q • French: March 4, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_JTB7y2jPSx2ut6w_O6zRJA Webinar: Demonstration of the Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub Description: The Gender, Diversity and Inclusion Statistics Hub focuses on disaggregated data by gender and other identities to support evidence-based policy development and decision making. The hub is a centralized platform that enables users to easily access and analyze a wealth of statistical information, relevant to the evaluation of programs, policies and initiatives from a gender, diversity and inclusion perspective. The goal of this presentation is to demonstrate how to access the hub and to provide a description of the hub’s functionalities. This presentation will also touch on the history of the hub, future development plans for the hub, and other Statistics Canada’s hubs on diverse populations. Intended Target Audience: This is an introductory webinar; it may be too basic for advanced data users. Language, Dates, Times, and Registration Links • English: March 24, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vCtn_Y-YRVSsbZ0tA09rYA • French: March 25, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cwjNyrp0RnWVT6LLoQusoQ Webinar: Retail E-commerce: The COVID-19 Experience Description: The COVID-19 pandemic has altered the Canadian retail sector. Consumers and retailers have come to rely on retail e-commerce due to temporary store closures, social distancing requirements and stay at home orders, in place throughout much of 2020. This presentation explores the effects of COVID-19 on online retail sales from the perspectives of a consumer, a Canadian retailer and a foreign based retailer. Intended Target Audience: This is an introductory webinar; it may be too basic for advanced data users. Language, Dates, Times, and Registration Links • English: March 30, 2021, from 1:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ikqoq0xbQnqrOKUTUOWEDA • French: March 30, 2021, from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Eastern Standard Time https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_14tvngjqTluwORoacT-iIg Martin Chandler Data Services Librarian McGill University Library 3459 rue McTavish | Montreal, Quebec H3A 0C9 T 514-398-2599 -- *Cate Carlyle* she/her VP Nova Scotia, Continuing Education IG Convenor Atlantic Provinces Library Association CRC Coordinator, Mount Saint Vincent University *T* (902) 457-6426 *E* [log in to unmask] [image: https://drive.google.com/a/apla.ca/uc?id=1FOTwQCqu362vv7JVtSWZPlNoCIVg9S1g&export=download] @aplacontact [image: https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=17zDvqq4GV9zRFtVKqB_oP60ZHZVaraqM&revid=0BznzCJG0TuIgTm4yT3pGOFRqZDFEYkFlMXVtMlpjNGN2RHpzPQ] @aplagram | *APLA.ca <http://apla.ca/>* __________________________________________________ Disclaimer: The information and opinions shared through the listserv are those of the individuals sending the messages and are not necessarily endorsed by the Atlantic Provinces Library Association. 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