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GIS scholarships available for UM students

March 8, 2024 — 
Esri Canada is offering two GIS scholarships for UM students from any faculty who are using Esri technology to visualize projects or research.

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Hon. Jody Wilson-Raybould’s books available at UM Libraries

March 4, 2024 — 
The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, former Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and our 2024 Knight Lecture speaker, has written three bestselling books. These three books are now available for short-term loan at UM Libraries.

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ORCiD Connecting Research and Researchers

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ORCID makes researcher profile creation easy

March 1, 2024 — 
ORCID — which stands for Open Researcher and Contributor ID — is a non-profit organization that provides unique, digital identifiers (ORCID iD) with associated profiles. Your ORCID profile contains your affiliation, education, professional associations, scholarly works, peer review, and more. Increasingly, granting agencies and journal publishers require researchers to have an ORCID iD.

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Robot with AI

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Try out Generative AI with Scopus

February 26, 2024 — 
Scopus AI trial February 26-March 24

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Library Life Pulse Survey

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Taking the pulse of the Libraries

February 20, 2024 — 
The University Libraries would like your help to gain some insight about how you use the Libraries’ facilities as well our services and collections. 

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Kayla Lar-Son photo presenting for Advance Open Ed speaker series.

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Reflections of amiskwaciy: Indigenous protocols in open education

February 20, 2024 — 
6 R’s of Indigenous OER provides an Indigenous-focused framework for incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into openly-licensed teaching and learning materials.

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UM Black History Month figures (L-R): The first black man to graduate from UM, Hewburn Greenridge [MD/1920]; Lindley Abdulah, 42nd UMSU President in 1960; the first Black woman to attend UM, June Marion James [BSc/63, BSc(Med)/67, MD/67]; and Horace Patterson, 51st UMSU President in 1968-1969.

Black History Month is a time to remember, reflect and celebrate!

January 29, 2024 — 
February is Black History Month in Canada and to mark its significance, we will take a look back at some UM history, and share current resources and upcoming events that are open to all.

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Power at your fingertips

January 29, 2024 — 
Portable chargers available at Dafoe Library

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Drop in for data visualization help at UM Libraries

January 19, 2024 — 
Drop in for data visualization help at UM Libraries

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Cryptic notes, secret pockets and a UM code cracker

December 13, 2023 — 
A shopping trip for antiques turns into one of the world's toughest codes to crack, but not tough enough for a UM expert.

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