Illuminating Research Data Management

Research Data Management: What it is and why it matters

With funders and publishers increasingly implementing research data management (RDM) requirements, it’s crucial to think about what you’re doing with your research data, both during a research project and after it’s completed. This session will introduce you to the essentials of RDM, and provide you with tips and resources to help you effectively and consistently manage your data. 

Presenter

Dr. Jennifer Abel is the Research Data Management Specialist in the Research Services Office. Prior to returning to UCalgary in 2021 after many years away, she worked as the RDM Training Coordinator for the Portage Network and the Digital Research Alliance of Canada, as well as in a variety of other academic and related roles. 

When you’re just starting to think about research data management, it may be difficult to see how it can actually fit into your own research projects. Learn from UCalgary researchers who are already implementing good RDM practices in their work, and how it makes a real difference in their projects. 

Panelists:

• Dr. Fiona Clement, PhD, Department Head and Professor, Community Health Sciences
• Dr. Jenny Godley, PhD, Associate Professor, Sociology
• Dr. Roberto Medeiros de Souza, PhD,  Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Dr. Jason Wiens, PhD, Teaching Professor, English 

DMP Assistant is a web-based Canadian tool for writing data management plans. In this session we’ll work through a case study example to create a DMP, and we’ll look at other real-life DMP examples. 

Presenter

Heather Ganshorn is the Research Data Management Planning coordinator for Libraries and Cultural Resources at UCalgary. She is also the subject librarian for various disciplines in the sciences and health sciences. 

PRISM Data is the University of Calgary’s institutional data repository, supported by Libraries and Cultural Resources. In this session we will discuss PRISM Data, benefits and limitations, preparing your data for sharing, and depositing datasets for longer term access. Attendees are welcome to bring along their datasets should they wish to create an account and start depositing data.

Presenter

Kathryn Ruddock (she/her) is Director, Digital Services at University of Calgary. Kathryn is passionate about creating access to unique digital collections through sustainable repositories. She works with faculty, staff and students creating digital collections for research, teaching and cultural heritage; and digital asset management.

This session will address the overlap between the ethical conduct of research with human participants and research data management practices. We will provide an overview of ethics-related standards relating to data management, and discuss practical strategies researchers should undertake to ensure human participant privacy and confidentiality is protected in data collection, analyses and storage. 

Presenters

Dr. Stacey Page, PhD is an Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and an Adjunct Professor, Alberta University of the Arts.  She has close to 20 years of REB experience in varied roles - as a student, administrator, advisor, member, researcher and vice chair.   She currently Chairs the Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary, is a member of the Human Research Ethics Board, Mount Royal University as well as a member of the Research Ethics Board, Alberta University of the Arts.

Dr. Jenny Godley, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, at the University of Calgary. Trained as a quantitative sociologist, she uses demographic and social network analytic techniques to examine the processes which lead to and perpetuate social inequalities in health. She has been a member of the Conjoint Faculties Research Ethics Board (CFREB) since 2016. She is entering her second term as Chair of the CFREB, a role she has held since 2019.

In this session, Research Computing Services Director Abdel Yousif will give some concrete examples and scenarios on RDM during the active phase of a research project. The session will show the diversity of data and how it impacts the operational side of RDM.

Presenter

Abdel Yousif is the Director of Research Computing Services (RCS) at the University of Calgary. Yousif’s RCS team manages the local High-Performance Computing (HPC) and storage infrastructure for research, national infrastructure activity, and the secure compute platform for sensitive data. Prior to joining UCalgary, Yousif was a senior microprocessor design engineer at Intel and managed big data analytics at Shaw Communications.

Research Computing Services Director Abdel Yousif shows the correlation of RDM data management plans (DMPs) and how a research data pipeline is designed. The session focuses on research software and how it is integrated into the RDM operations and the use of the research infrastructure.

Presenter

Abdel Yousif is the Director of Research Computing Services (RCS) at the University of Calgary. Yousif’s RCS team manages the local High-Performance Computing (HPC) and storage infrastructure for research, national infrastructure activity, and the secure compute platform for sensitive data. Prior to joining UCalgary, Yousif was a senior microprocessor design engineer at Intel and managed big data analytics at Shaw Communications. 

Open government data refers to data collected and managed by government agencies that is made freely available to the public. In this session, we’ll discuss finding and using this type of data for all levels of government, and considerations for including it within your data management plan.

Presenters

Paul R. Pival is currently Research Librarian for Data Analytics and Liaison Librarian for Economics. He predominantly works with qualitative data within the Spatial and Numeric Data Services unit within Libraries and Cultural Resources, and is the institutional contact for the Statistics Canada Data Liberation Initiative.
 
Heather Ganshorn is the Research Data Management Planning coordinator for Libraries and Cultural Resources at UCalgary. She is also the subject librarian for various disciplines in the sciences and health sciences.

Previous webinars in this series have provided overviews of Research Data Management (RDM) and data management plans (DMPs). This session will focus on information specific to social sciences and humanities. We’ll look at common types of data in these disciplines as well as discipline-specific tools and resources. Case examples will illustrate different approaches to data management in the humanities and social sciences.

Presenters

Jerremie Clyde is a Research and Learning Librarian with Libraries and Cultural Resources. He supports Humanities, Social Sciences, and Science researchers and students in a wide range of areas, from archaeology to computer science.

Heather Ganshorn is the Research Data Management Planning coordinator for Libraries and Cultural Resources at UCalgary. She is also the subject librarian for various disciplines in the sciences and health sciences.

Previous webinars in this series have provided overviews of Research Data Management (RDM) and data management plans (DMPs). This session will focus on information specific to natural sciences and engineering. We’ll look at common types of data in these disciplines as well as discipline-specific tools and resources. Case examples will illustrate different approaches to data management in the natural sciences and engineering.

Presenters

James Murphy is the STEM and Architecture Librarian at the University of Calgary. He holds a Masters of Library and Information Studies from the University of British Columbia.

Heather Ganshorn is the Research Data Management Planning coordinator for Libraries and Cultural Resources at UCalgary. She is also the subject librarian for various disciplines in the sciences and health sciences.

Previous webinars in this series have provided overviews of Research Data Management (RDM) and data management plans (DMPs). This session will focus on information specific to the health sciences. We’ll look at common types of data in these disciplines as well as discipline-specific tools and resources. Case examples will illustrate different approaches to data management in the health sciences.

Presenter

Heather Ganshorn is the Research Data Management Planning coordinator for Libraries and Cultural Resources at UCalgary. She is also the subject librarian for various disciplines in the sciences and health sciences.

The University of Calgary’s Research Data Centre (RDC), called the Prairie Regional Research Data Centre (PRRDC), is one of the 33 university-based RDCs across Canada. These RDCs have been built through a partnership between the Canadian Research Data Centre Network (CRDCN) and Statistics Canada, with the purpose of providing researchers with a unique access to Statistics Canada’s confidential microdata. 

Through the RDC program, academic researchers are provided with exceptional opportunities to develop refined perspectives on Canada's socio-economic and health landscape, and to train a new generation of quantitative researchers. RDC researchers can safely access Statistics Canada’s anonymized population and household surveys, attitudinal surveys, economic data, and administrative and some linked data. See more information on the RDC on the Stats Can website.

This webinar will provide you with an overview of the RDC, the available data, and the application procedures for being granted access to those data. Some samples of RDC research products (publications and theses) will also be presented. 

Presenters

Dr. Abdie Kazemipur is a professor of sociology, Chair of Ethnic Studies, and Academic Director of the Prairie Regional Research Data Center at the University of Calgary. He conducts research on socio-economic integration of immigrants in Canada and socio-cultural developments in the Middle East.

Annabella Ansah is an RDC analyst at the Prairie Regional Research Data Centre. She holds a BA (First Class Honours) and an MA degree in Economics.

Dr. Hamid Akbary is an RDC analyst at the Prairie Regional Research Data Centre. He received his Ph.D. from Department of Sociology, University of Calgary, in 2022.