This is a module of the CIEE Living Data Project. Access to this Canvas site and associated materials is restricted to registered participants. To find out more about the Living Data Project, visit [https://www.ciee-icee.ca/ldp.html Links to an external site.](https://www.ciee-icee.ca/ldp.html). {alt="welcome_collaboration.jpg"} ### **Teaching team** #### Lead instructor(s): - Prof. Kerri Finlay, University of Regina ([kerri.finlay\@uregina.ca](mailto:kerri.finlay@uregina.ca)) #### LDP postdocs: - Dr. Gracielle Higino, University of British Columbia---Vancouver ([higino\@zoology.ubc.ca](mailto:higino@zoology.ubc.ca)) - Dr. Mike Lavender, University of Regina ([thomas.lavender\@uregina.ca](mailto:thomas.lavender@uregina.ca)) - Dr. Sam Straus, McGill University and Université de Montréal ([samantha.straus\@mcgill.ca](mailto:samantha.straus@mail.mcgill.ca)) #### Teaching assistants: - Liam Johnson, University of British Columbia---Okanagan ([liamgwj\@mail.ubc.ca](mailto:liamgwj@mail.ubc.ca))    ### **Course description** This course puts into practice recent research on effective team science, teaching skills to optimize collaboration, including: cross-discipline communication, meeting facilitation, conflict resolution, team workflow, digital collaboration, authorship, and working group organization. Particular attention will be paid to participant diversity and acknowledging power imbalances, negotiating roles, and cross-cultural communication.   ### **Meeting times** 04 October to 03 November 2022 Tue/Thu 10:00 am - 11:30 am PDT\ Tue/Thu 11:00 am - 12:30 pm CST + MDT\ Tue/Thu 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT **Week 1**: Tue 04 October ([lesson 1](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/pages/outline-lesson-1?module_item_id=4269614)), Thu 06 October ([lesson 2](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/pages/outline-lesson-2?module_item_id=4269618))\ **Week 2**: Tue 11 October ([lesson 3](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/pages/outline-lesson-3?module_item_id=4269622)), Thu 13 October ([lesson 4](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/pages/outline-lesson-4?module_item_id=4269629))\ **Week 3**: Tue 18 October ([lesson 5](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/pages/outline-lesson-5?module_item_id=4269631)), Thu 20 October ([lesson 6](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/pages/outline-lesson-6?module_item_id=4269640))\ **No Classes: Tue 25 October, Thu 27 October\ Week 4: Tue 01 November ([lesson 7](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/pages/outline-lesson-7?module_item_id=4269636)), Thu 03 November ([lesson 8](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/pages/outline-lesson-8?module_item_id=4269643))**   ### **Zoom Link** **Join Zoom Meeting**\ [**https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61219352731?pwd=K0VXZUZZWGJQVWN5QzBnQkdNd2VFUT09 Links to an external site.**](https://ubc.zoom.us/j/61219352731?pwd=K0VXZUZZWGJQVWN5QzBnQkdNd2VFUT09) **Meeting ID: 612 1935 2731**\ **Passcode: 539800** Dial by your location\ +1 778 907 2071 (Vancouver)\ +1 647 374 4685 (Toronto)\ +1 647 375 2970 (Toronto)\ +1 647 375 2971 (Toronto)\ +1 204 272 7920 (Manitoba)\ +1 438 809 7799 (Montreal)\ +1 587 328 1099 (Alberta)\ +1 613 209 3054 (Ottawa)   ### **Delivery format** - 8 sessions, 1.5 hours per session - Sessions are delivered as mini-workshops, typically including an introductory lecture component followed by participatory activities, small break-outs groups, and discussion   ### **Anticipated time commitment** We anticipate the outside class time commitment to be in line with other 1 credit courses. This will include readings and some preparatory activities in advance of sessions (1 hr per session). Outside work on assignments and group project may take an additional 15-25 h total.   ### **Required materials** - Personal computer with videoconferencing ability - Reliable internet access **Note**: we focus on the use of open-source and free software and tools to maximize accessibility.   ### **Assessments** Students will be assigned to groups with members from across all participating universities, and assigned the task to develop and submit a full CIEE working group proposal. This assignment will require the application of lessons learned throughout the LDP courses - if you have not taken all four courses, contribute based on your strengths! One grade will be awarded to the entire group. Individual students will additionally submit personal reflections the content of this course. In these assignments, students will reflect on what they learned in the lectures and discussions, address what worked, and what didn\'t work in their collaborative effort, how they felt their personal strengths and weaknesses contributed to the final proposal, and what they would do differently when participating in the next iteration of collaborative science. - [Personal reflections](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/assignments/1189496 "Personal reflections (complete 4 of 5)") (individual; 20%) --- reflect on what you learn in the course\ Must complete one per week (5% each)\ Due dates: **midnight PDT on Friday following each week of the course (Oct. 07, Oct. 14, Oct. 21, Nov. 04)** - [CIEE working group proposal](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/assignments/1189494 "CIEE working group proposal") (group; 70%) --- develop a proposal for a synthesis working group\ Due date: **Tuesday 15 November 2022 \@ 11:59 pm PST (after end of course)** - [Participation](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/assignments/1189495 "Participation") (10%)   ### **Online resources** All relevant course materials will be housed on Canvas. All public materials for this and associated courses will also be archived and available on the Open Science Framework (OSF) component and wiki pages for the [Living Data Project Links to an external site.](https://osf.io/ych3w/)(see the course outline [here Links to an external site.](https://osf.io/xcrk6/wiki/Course%20outline/)).   ### **Office hours / Getting help** #### Office hours Postdocs will host weekly open office hours where you can ask questions about course material, assignments, LDP training opportunities, career development, etc. Students are welcome to attend any office hours that work with their schedule. - **Tuesdays** \@ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT / 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CST + MDT / 12:00pm - 1:00 pm PDT (Sam)\ [Join Zoom Meeting Links to an external site.](https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/89373048238?pwd=Z3hUZHFsa250SnhvVk9TTndrSUU4QT09)(meeting ID: 893 7304 8238; passcode: 833708) - **Wednesdays** \@ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT / 11:00 am - 12:00 pm CST + MDT / 10:00 am - 11:00 am PDT (Mike and Liam)\ [Join Zoom meeting Links to an external site.](https://uregina-ca.zoom.us/j/94741619853?pwd=UENFM3ZKTmNEY1pVdFNaSyt5QzFrUT09)(meeting ID: 947 4161 9853; passcode: 890794)\ - **Thursdays** \@ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EDT / 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm CST + MDT / 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm PDT (Gracielle)\ [Join Zoom meeting Links to an external site.](https://ubc.zoom.us/j/65801308243?pwd=c2RNR1d1bDdhWEVRaFJabzV2NVhJdz09)(meeting ID: 658 0130 8243; passcode: 144968)   #### Getting help For help with course material, students are encouraged to contact their primary mentor as follows: - **UBC-V** and **CIEE member universities\***: Gracielle Higino ([higino\@zoology.ubc.ca](mailto:higino@zoology.ubc.ca)) - **Regina** and **UBC-O**: Mike Lavender ([thomas.lavender\@uregina.ca](mailto:thomas.lavender@uregina.ca)) - **UdeM**, **McGill**, and **CSEE-affiliated students\*\***: Sam Straus ([samantha.straus\@mcgill.ca](mailto:samantha.straus@mail.mcgill.ca)) **\*** Other CIEE member universities: Carleton, Simon Fraser, Guelph, Manitoba, UQaM, Queen's, Toronto **\*\*** CSEE-affiliated students: participants from all other Canadian universities   You can email the postdocs or course instructor directly from Canvas by navigating to your [Inbox](https://canvas.ubc.ca/conversations#filter=type=inbox) (this will send an email through the address you used to create your CWL). If you cannot reach your designated mentor, please feel free to contact another instructor or teaching assistant.   ### **Code of conduct** Participation in this course and all other functions of the Living Data Project requires adherence to our [Code of Conduct](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/pages/ldp-code-of-conduct "LDP Code of Conduct"). Please review the Code of Conduct before the beginning of the first class.   **International students at UBC are directed to read [this statement](https://canvas.ubc.ca/courses/97663/pages/statement-for-review-by-international-students-at-ubc "Statement for review by international students at UBC").**   ### **Territorial acknowledgement** The Living Data Project is a collaborative effort by researchers at institutions across Canada. We collectively acknowledge that we live and work on the traditional, ancestral, treaty, and unceded territories of many Indigenous peoples, including the Coast Salish Peoples, xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Syilx (Okanagan), nêhiyawak (Cree), anihšināpēk (Saulteaux), Dakota, Lakota, Nakoda, Attawanderon, Mississaugas, kanien\'kehà:ka (Mohawk), and Haudenosaunee, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation. The LDP brings together instructors and students from many different places with distinct Indigenous traditions and colonial histories.  We encourage all participants to seek more information about the traditional territories on which they live: [https://native-land.ca](https://native-land.ca/)\