Skip to main content
Skip to McMaster Navigation Skip to Site Navigation Skip to main content
McMaster logo

News and Events

RDC News: June 2021

Saturday hours for April and a new data set.
May 27, 2021

RDC News: May 2021

Upcoming holiday hour changes, Saturday hours for May, and a new data set.
Apr 27, 2021

RDC News: April 2021

Upcoming holiday hour changes, Saturday hours for April, and a new data set.
Mar 25, 2021

Yes, a spark, but what about a brighter spark?

Brighter Spark has been working quietly over the last year with a few partners and now will be expanding its work both in the community and with other researchers. It will bridge the gap between academia and the community, by providing research support to groups working on real world issues. In this article, we outline exciting projects in our new launch.
Mar 02, 2021

Biblio….what?

Using the tools of bibliometrics, you can document the influence of your own publications, the work of those scholars you are associated with or the types of articles a particular journal publishes. Dr. Fei Yu, a health technology informatics librarian at the University of North Carolina is very excited about all that bibliometrics can reveal, and wants you to be too.
Mar 02, 2021

Emerging international powers are all in on Big Data. What will it mean?

How does the way our government handles big data influence our daily lives? In a talk in our Productivity during Pandemic series, Laura Mahrenbach speaks about the “Emerging Powers and Big Data: Domestic Transformations and Global Power Shifts”. And boy, did it raise a lot of questions.
Mar 01, 2021

For people to understand you, you must first understand them

Each year, Spark decides on a topic that we think is really important to innovation in social research and we find the most amazing thinkers and doers we can, from all over the world, to offer related workshops. Learn more about our the relevance of research and how it can be effectively translated to the public in this article.
Mar 01, 2021

RDC News: March 2021

Saturday hours for March and a reminder about COVID protocols and resource reductions.
Feb 25, 2021

RDC News: February 2021

Upcoming hour changes, Saturday hours for February, and a reminder about COVID protocols and resource reductions.
Jan 28, 2021

Ask Better Questions

If you will be conducting interviews, the Productivity during Pandemic talk “Better Interview Questions” with Allison Van can help you with the first step: figuring out your questions.
Jan 23, 2021

Spark: a centre for social research innovation launch event

We're pleased to invite you to a launch party for Spark: the centre for social research innovation on January 25, 2021. Join us for research-related breakout sessions, musical performances and drag bingo, and learn more about the research support and services we offer the McMaster community.
Jan 11, 2021

RDC News: January 2021

Upcoming holiday hour changes, Saturday hours for January, and a new mandatory COVID protocol.
Dec 30, 2020

RDC News: December 2020

Upcoming holiday hour changes, Saturday hours for December, and a new data set.
Nov 26, 2020

RDC News: November 2020

New RDC safety protocols, Saturday hours for November, and a new data set.
Oct 27, 2020

RDC News: October 2020

The CRDCN 2020 virtual conference, hours changes for October, and a new data set.
Sep 24, 2020

RDC News: September 2020

The CRDCN-SAS-StatCan Policy Challenge, hours changes for September, and a new data set.
Aug 25, 2020

RDC News: August 2020

New RDC safety protocols, hours changes for August, and a new data set.
Jul 23, 2020

RDC News: July 2020

New RDC safety protocols, hours changes for July, and a new data set.
Jun 30, 2020

RDC reopening - June 15th

The RDC is reopening on Monday June 15th on an appointment-only basis. Safety measures and new procedures are outlined here; please read carefully before coming to the Centre.
Jun 11, 2020

RDC COVID-19 closure

The RDC will be closed as of Tuesday March 20th, until further notice.
Mar 16, 2020

RDC News: March 2020

Saving the date for the 2020 RDC Showcase, Saturday hours on-demand for March, and a new data set.
Feb 25, 2020