What We Do

and you can too!

Events

Unless otherwise stated, all our events run from 5:30-7 PM, and are open to everyone (i.e. no registration necessary, just show up!) and are held in CDRS (Collaborative Digital Research Space, MN 3230) at the Maanjiwe Nendamowinan building. The CDRS is at the north end of the third level. Once you go through the main entrance of MN, take the elevator to the third floor, turn left, and go all the way down the hall. The door should be open 10-15 minutes before the lesson. A list of all previous events and sessions can be found on the "Past Events" page.

• Mar 4th: Intro to Git and Reproducible Science

  4 March 2026, 05:30 PM, CDRS (Collaborative Digital Research Space, MN 3230) at Maanjiwe Nendamowinan building

  Version control is a system that manages changes to a file or files. These changes are kept as logs in a history, with detailed information on what file(s) was changed, what was changed within the file, who changed it, and a message on why the change was made. This is extremely useful, especially when working in teams or for yourself 6 months in the future (because you will forget things)! In this workshop, we will go through a typical version control workflow using Git.

• Mar 17: Visualizations with seaborn (Python)

  17 March 2026, 05:30 PM, CDRS (Collaborative Digital Research Space, MN 3230) at Maanjiwe Nendamowinan building

  Seaborn is a Python data visualization library based on matplotlib. It provides a high-level interface for drawing attractive and informative statistical graphics. In this intermediate workshop, we will be teaching learners how to create publication-ready figures using seaborn.

• Apr 1: End-of-Term Social

  1 April 2026, 05:30 PM, CDRS (Collaborative Digital Research Space, MN 3230) at Maanjiwe Nendamowinan building

  Join us to celebrate another school year of good code!

Want to be notified of our upcoming events?

Head over to GitHub and watch our repository, like this:

Come Say Hi

We use GitHub to get coding help, talk about events and share files. Join us there!

We also use Google groups to send out emails of our events and weekly sessions.

We use Discord for chatting between virtual events and for co-working sessions.

Who We Are

We are a diverse group hailing from multiple departments across the University and beyond.

Joel Östblom

PhD, Biomedical Engineering

Interests:

•  Python
•  Linux

Friends and Resources

Groups and resources for coding and research

• Software Carpentry

  Introductory lessons on various topics in computing for research.

• Internet Research Network

  An interdisciplinary network of researchers at UofT studying how the rise of the Internet is changing society, politics and the economy — and vice versa.

• The University of Toronto Association for Computer Machinery

  The University of Toronto Association for Computer Machinery Student Chapter, affiliated with the Faculty of Information iSchool. They also host professional and research skills workshops open to people from outside iSchool.

• Scientific Computing Fundamentals at CAMH

  This group occasionally has an intensive several days of training in computing skills, for the most part open to UofT graduate students.

• Map and Data Library Workshops

  The Map & Data Library hosts workshops during the academic year, providing introductions to mapmaking in ArcGIS and QGIS, cartography, use of statistical software packages, data visualization, and creating and finding data.

• St. George Library Workshops

  This site (LibCal) often has workshops that teach computing and coding skills. Check often!

• Graduate Professional Skills program

  Like the LibCal workshops, this program often has workshops that teach computing and coding skills.

• University of Toronto Machine Learning Club

  Join the Machine Learning Club to work through machine learning tutorials. No pre-requisite knowledge of machine learning is required. The club will aim to encourage students to pursue and also share their interests in the field of data science and machine learning.

• freeCodeCamp Toronto

  Weekly meetups for community members to work on coding projects together plus technical workshops and guest speakers.