Say goodbye to teddy bears and chocolates, the Queen’s community is celebrating its love for data this Valentine’s Day.
Between Feb. 12 and 16, Love Data Week brings together universities around the world by hosting online and in-person events on data management and handling.
This year’s theme is “My Kind of Data,” emphasizing how data is personal and the importance of data equity and inclusion. This year, Queen’s will host two online webinars ing elections data to maintain the health of democracy and using data to Indigenous research practices.
“The Resources for Researchers” webinar will bring together representatives from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) and the university to discuss the Tri-Agency Research Data Management (RDM) Policy on Feb. 15. The policy promotes responsible and transparent management of research data, emphasizing adherence to ethical standards and accessibility.
Following the presentation of the policy, survey results investigating the University’s knowledge of the policy and its ability to meet its requirements will be shared with the audience. The policy requires the University have a data management plan detailing how research data will be collected and preserved.
Additionally, the policy s Indigenous self-determination, requiring data related to Indigenous research be managed according to principles developed by Indigenous communities and obtained through informed consent.
The Public Opinion and Election Data in Odesi webinar will cover the function of the university’s very own Canadian Opinion Research Archive (CORA), which provides access to commercial and independent survey data back to the 1970s, on Feb. 15.
Queen’s Professor of Political Studies Elizabeth Goodyear-Grant, CORA director, will highlight research projects such as Consortium on Electoral Democracy. This project seeks to revolutionize election research in Canada and brings together researchers, policymakers, and civil society organizations to examine the state of democracy and political engagement using data.
The second part of the presentation, taking place on Feb. 16, will explore Odesi, a Canadian repository collecting data from the Canadian Public Opinion Polls (POP). POP is an exercise in democracy, allowing Canadians to weigh in on Justin Trudeau’s policies and the housing crisis.
Johns Hopkins University and Brock University are also celebrating Love Data Week, hosting sessions such as Queer Data Studies, detailing the ways queer people have long negotiated for data transparency.
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