# Data Rescue Cohort 4

### Cohort Call #4 — 09 August 2022

#### Roll call - who's here [0:00 - 00:03]
Who's here? Name + pronouns (optional) + what was your favorite moment of this internship?
* Sam (she/her) - I came in late :sweat_smile: But i'm very excited to see what you all have been working on during today's presentations!
* Mike (he/him) - it is my social life 😁
* Fiel (he/him) - My favorite moment of the internship was the satisfaction of seeing the project finished
* Joey (he/him)
* Janaina (she/her) I think that moment is yet to come 'cause I am going to Mandarte Island in two weeks
* Charlotte (she/her) - when I can run my whole R script without errors!
* Gracielle (she/her) - meetings with mentees!
* Siobhan

#### Announcements & Q&A [00:03 - 00:05]
* Sadly, we were told we can't offer Doordash/food vouchers. Sorry for the false promise! :cry:
* LDP needs two things from you: short decription of what you did during your internships (pictures, graphs, etc); link to the respository where your data will end up. Send to your main postdoc contact and Kelly (the LDP administrator: [e-mail] OR [e-mail])
* If you completed one of the MITACS courses (career planning) - send confirmation of completion to Kelly to receive your certificate

#### Graduation show-off! 🎉 [00:05 - 00:55]
* Charlotte
* Water quality data for Kawartha Lakes
* Challenge: units and methods
* Learned lots of tidyverse!
* Expert in communication skills now <3
* Janaína
* song sparrow breeding survival data
* territory cards available 1975-2022
* Challenges: inter-observer variability in what's been documented! Data collected in a way that requires hand-digitization.
* plans to use the rescued data in a smaller project (potentially a component of thesis)
* keen to apply new networking skills as ESA!
* Fiel
* Really messy data!
* Inconsistent column names, dates and times in diff. formats, data split into time chunks
* Lots of data wrangling - data now split into locations, not years; extensive documentation about the data;
* Data ready for submission! :tada:
* Ready to transition into a new role by building new skillsets and growing his network
* Siobhan
* 20 year data set on microinvertebrates in freshwater rockpools in Discovery Bay, Jamaica
* Separate databases for taxonomic information, abundance info, and abiotic info that can be joined in R
* published on Borealis, working on data paper that's nearing submission!!
* Mitacs networking course - can't get a job if you can't network!
* Employers look more for behaviour/how you can solve a problem (e.g. STAR method), rather than just your resume/CV skills

#### How can we connect after this? Add your name and leave your contact information if you want! :slightly_smiling_face:
* Sam - [e-mail]
* Mike - [e-mail]
* Charlotte - [e-mail] or LinkedIn :)
* Joey - [e-mail]
* Siobhan - [e-mail]
* Fiel - [e-mail]
* Janaina - [e-mail] @jana_serrano on twitter
* Gracielle - @graciellehigino

#### Final roll call: someone is talking about you and they say you do something really well, like nobody can. What is this thing? [00:50 - 00:55]
* Sam - making homemade pizzas
* Mike - fall asleep at bedtime (anytime really) 😴
* Fiel - Makes the best fried rice you'll ever have
* Charlotte - Cooking in large quantities
* Janaina - sleeping/waking up late on weekends
* Gracielle - I was told I'm "the perfect enabler"!

### Cohort Call #3 — 12 July 2022

#### Roll call - who's here? [00:00 - 00:03]
_Who's here? Name + pronouns (optional) + where you are joining from today [find out here](https://native-land.ca) + something fun you've done recently
* Joey (he/him) - Guelph, treaty lands of the Mississauguas of the Credit (Land Between the Lakes Treaty, No. 3); recently back from my first trip to Puerto Rico and first bird conference! :sunglasses: :palm_tree: :bird:
* Mike (he/him) - Regina, Treaty 4 lands with a presence in Treaty 6. These are the territories of the nêhiyawak, Anihšināpēk, Dakota, Lakota, and Nakoda, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation
* Charlotte (she/her) - Montreal, territories of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) and Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee). I've been kickboxing.
* Tanya (she/they) - Montreal which is the territiories of the MohawkHaudenosaunee, recorded a podcast-like thing featuring LEGOS!!!
:microphone:
* tell us more!!
* Jory (she/her) - Montreal, territories of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) and Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), a cottage weekend on Lake Huron.
* Ashton (he/him) - Nanaimo, on the unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw people. Recently returned from visiting family back home in Regina, Saskatchewan!
* Fiel (he/him). Vancouver, territories of the Musquem people, I recently explored around BC with my family, specifically Victoria and Kelowna.
* Janaina (she/her) - Montreal, territories of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) and Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee) (copied from Charlotte). Joined a maracatu (an Afro-Brazilian performance genre practiced in the state of Pernambuco) group
* Gracielle (she/her) + Coast Salish I think? + Uhm... Nothing!
* Sam (she/her) - Montreal, Montreal, territories of the Kanienʼkehá꞉ka (Mohawk) and Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee) (copied from Charlotte and Janaina). Just got back from visitng family for first time since pre-covid!

#### Announcements & Q&A [00:03 - 00:05]
* 🎉 The next call is the **GRADUATION PARTY!!!** 🎉 We'll try to get food for everyone! 🍕 AND be ready to be featured on a documentary… 👀
* We've got a **[new wiki](https://osf.io/weqfs/wiki/home/)**! This is a place for us to collaboratively build knowledge on data rescue internships. It's yours! To be granted access, **please send the postdocs your OSF username**.
* Register for Fall 2022 LDP courses
* deadline 14 August 2022
* Find out more about the courses [here](https://osf.io/ghwua/wiki/home/)
* Register [here](https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9RJ9ELWFcV1Bbnw)
* Applications for working groups open 18 July
* Application link TBD
* __Note__: you need to be registered as a student at the time of the working group in order to participate
* __WG1: Linking species distributions and traits to understand ecosystem functioning__
* Feb-Mar 2023
* Andreas Novotny, Patrick Pata, Brian Hunt
* __WG2: Predicting Species Abundance Responses with Intertrophic Interactions__
* May 2023
* Nathalie Cardon, Courtney Collins, Haley Branch, Ryan Langendorf
* If/once you have completed the Reconciliation and EDI course, please forward the completion email to Kelly Haller ([e-mail])

#### EDI discussion [00:05 - 00:55]
*We will use the [1-2-4-all strategy](https://www.liberatingstructures.com/1-1-2-4-all/).*
##### 1: Quiet reflection [7 min]
*Instructions*
* Please submit written reflections here:

*Prompts*
* Who is not included in the work you do?
* Can you think of any obvious or hidden biases at your current institution.
* What could contribute to this exclusion?
* What do you wish you'd see in your project/institution to improve inclusion?

*Notes*
* I think the selection processes I've been involved with lately lack some affirmative actions. They **try to mitigate the exclusion built within academia with "blind" evaluations, but it can't, because the original pool is already TOO biased.**
* Lack of **bibliodiversity**
* Lack of **language diversity**
* OMG **neurodiversity** is SO neglected!
* One thing that might be contributing to biases is how things are **structured to not allow a diverse pool of people in positions of power. Why can't an ECR be president or vice-president of an academic society?**
* Academia is a difficult environment to everyone, especially when you are starting. Everyone seems so smart and you think you're not good enough... It's hard to contribute when you don't see yourself as having **"learner safety" (from Mitacs course)**. I think we lack more sincere people who will say that they also have doubts and don't know everything... at least that's what I plan to do as new lab members come in. 

* There are many barriers to entry in the academic world, some of them including needing research experience to begin graduate school, many students do not have the opportunities to volunteer or work doing research in the summer because they have need work during school -- **expectations of unpaid labour in order to advance**
* English-speaking institutions (so most academic institutions) can be **biased towards native-English speakers** when questions about word choice come up. Too much of a focus on little details can make folks who are still learning subtleties of the language feel unwelcome.
* There is a **lack of resources for indigenous students**
* Science and the **scientific process is very westernized/elitist**, do not take other forms of knowledge seriously
* it feels like a lot of EDI/inclusivity language is still framed in a colonial context, which almost negates the goals of the efforts. **EDI goals are still framed to reflect the potential benefits to the majority**. We need to "flip the script" to reprioritize benefits to marginalized peoples (with benefits to the majority being a nice bonus)
* I use herbarium specimen and some should maybe be reconnected with the communities from where they came from. Asking for permission to use and properly record information and, with their permission, credit these communities.
* Much fieldwork and in-lab research **limits accessibilty to those with physical barriers**
* A culture of **“paying your dues” through unpaid internships** - just one of many financial barriers for low income students — assumptions of family wealth
* **Biases against non-western knowledge systems**/ignoring valuable potential research collaborators for a lack of formal education

##### 2: Small group discussion [10 min]
*Instructions*
* Go back to your written reflections, share your ideas with each other & build on them
* What are the main points of similarity or differences in your views?
* Discussion points should be captured here

*Notes and insights from discussion*

* Teaching biases/ biases in material that are taught
* Language will always be an issue/consideration especially as Canada does have two official languages and how to accomodate that
* Language as a barrier for getting accepted into journals/ people citing your work
* 'Onboarding' for foreign students/faculty esp regarding the history
* Firmer requirements for being in active contact/collaboration with the indigenous peoples on whose land research/education is being conducted
* Encourage and facilitate [mentorship](https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02617-1)
* Socioeconomic background is often a barrier to entry for getting into grad school: If people have to work in undergrad they don't have time to volunteer at a lab to get research experience.
* Thinking actively about the system of values *you* have and want to see around you.
* Cool book mentioned: [Lessons from plants by Beronda L. Montgomery](https://www.amazon.ca/Lessons-Plants-Beronda-L-Montgomery/dp/0674241282/ref=asc_df_0674241282/?tag=googleshopc0c-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=459414844455&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=439576262097519820&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9000386&hvtargid=pla-982058745558&psc=1)
* Westernized ideas of science and how it should be conducted

##### 4: larger group discussions [20 min]
*Instructions*
* Two of the previous breakout rooms joined to form one with >4 people, 15 mins + 5mins for documenting feedback
* Larger groups refine ideas, expand them, challenge them, and agree on a set to share with the whole workshop
* Points should be captured in the document under the ‘notes’ section

*Additional prompts*
* __Based on the training, your own experience and the discussions you just had - what is LDP doing right in terms of EDI, and what should we change?__
* What are the actions that can be taken, based on what you've discussed?
* What next steps can you take to learn more about EDI and embracing diversity?
* How will you accommodate EDI in your project? (DRI or thesis or other)
* What behaviours can you work on to be more inclusive?

*Notes and insights from discussion*

##### ALL: everyone joins together for the final discussion [13 min]
* Share the points you’ve discussed in your group
* Points should be captured in the reflections document
* May want to identify a dedicated notetaker from each group for this part

*Notes and insights from discussion*

* interesting to compare/contrast the path of reconciliation between different colonial states (Canada vs. South Africa)
* SA seems to prioritize actually policies that will affect change rather than Canada's approach which seems to be more suggestive/nice-to-have
* How does Canada make active change?

* DRInterns should be encouraged to seek out more information on the history and location of the data they're with. Who are the relevant Indigenous communities? What is the history of the land?
* Can we have each intern draft a land acknowledgement for the data they're rescuing?

* LDP doesn't seem to be engaging with Indigenous students and scholars. How can we improve this?
* One way would be to broaden the reach to more institutions that may have more diverse
* It takes a lot of institutional effort - active search for these students.

#### Final considerations [00:55 - 01:00]
* For the next cohort call (09 August), please complete one additional Mitacs course:
* See the [list of courses](https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/training/training-courses)
* Networking skills; Project and time management; Communication skils; Career planning; R&D management; Leadership skills; Writing and presentation skills
* Prepare a __short__ presentation (~5 slides) to spotlight the work that you've done (or are currently doing) during your internship. This should include some brief background information on the project, main goals, central work, main accomplishments. Come prepared and enthused to share with the group!
* In this presentation, you should include 1 slide that highlights the second Mitacs course you took and a few key take-away points

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### Cohort Call #2 — 14 June 2022

#### Roll call - who's here?
_Who's here? Name + pronouns (optional) + something interesting/cool/unbelievable you learnt/did/saw recently_
* Joey (he/him) - finally met some of the LDP crew in Vancouver last week! (less cool, just saw a cat with a bunny in its mouth...)
* Tanya (she/they) - :chipmunk:
* Jory (she/her) - went to two concerts last week
* Charlotte (she/her) - started watching Prehistoric Planet (David is the best!!)
* Ashton (he / him) - enjoying some sun in Saskatchewan!
* Mike (he/him) - getting ready for the big move to Regina
* Janaina (she/her) - went to Mexico and I am going to Mandarte Island & Vancouver next week
* Fiel (he/him) - Sang the national anthem at Philippine Independence Day

#### Announcements and Q&A [00:00 - 00:10]
_What's happening at the LDP?_
* EDI + careers training for CIEE certificates: [Mitacs courses](https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/training/training-courses)
* [Reconciliation and EDI](https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/training/courses/reconciliation-edi) -- 60 min asynchronous or 90 min synchronous
* [Career planning](https://www.mitacs.ca/en/programs/training/courses/career-planning) or one of their other offerings -- 90 min asynchronous or 120 min synchronous
* LDP courses in Fall 2022:
* Find out more about the courses [here](https://osf.io/ghwua/wiki/home/)
* Register [here](https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9RJ9ELWFcV1Bbnw) by 14 August 2022 (first-come, first-serve!)
* Canvas self-registration links (require at CWL):
* Productivity & Reproducibility = https://canvas.ubc.ca/enroll/NJBTMW
* Scientific Data Management = https://canvas.ubc.ca/enroll/8N48NN
* Synthesis Statistics = https://canvas.ubc.ca/enroll/9AY6DA
* Scientific Collaboration = https://canvas.ubc.ca/enroll/43RM94
* planning an info session later this summer (date TBD)
* Upcoming working groups:
* __"Linking species distributions and traits to understand ecosystem functioning"__
Feb-Mar 2023
Andreas Novotny, Patrick Pata, Brian Hunt
* __"Predicting Species Abundance Responses with Intertrophic Interactions"__
May 2023
Nathalie Cardon, Courtney Collins, Haley Branch, Ryan Langendorf

#### Hell-yeah / hell-no moment! [00:11 - 00:20]
_Share with us your story of failure and success this week in your internship. Add your name near a problem to help solving it this month_
* Joey - our [data rescue paper](https://ecoevorxiv.org/ra6ze) (first from LDP) was just accepted; annoyed/confused by [impending changes to mapping functionality in R](https://r-spatial.org/r/2022/04/12/evolution.html), though the [`tidyterra` package](https://dieghernan.github.io/tidyterra/) may resolve any major issues
* Mike - fighting with ArcGIS / ArcMap projects. Finally have data from a data partner. :p
* Charlotte - no story to share because I've just started, but I am determined to write tidier R scripts during this internship (and use pipes).
* Jory - figured out how to impute missing data using a random forest model / didnt work very well, now trying to gap fill using dynamic regression models but just started this morning so haven't made it work yet (how do you do SARIMA???)
* Tanya - Hell no: dates... they are literally the worst. Hell yeah: Managing to extract characters with regex (and somewhat understand how I got it to work)
* Ashton - Hell yeah: Figured out how to split degrees minutes seconds into their constituent parts with regex, then convert to decimal degrees.. Hell no: continually forgetting to check and harmonize classes when merging tables/dataframes :-(
* Fiel - Hell no: Time series are difficult to work with in ggplot. Hell yes: Figured out how to correctly order the dates.
* Janaina - Hell no: hard to communicate with prof - maybe my idea of starting things in person delayed everything; Hell yes: maybe a cool collaboration will happen
*
#### Code sharing / troubleshooting [00:21 - 00:40]
_Get help on coding, data cleaning, database design, etc. from your data rescue peers_
* add comment

#### Final Considerations and notes [00:41 - 00:45]
* [RStudio cheatsheets](https://www.rstudio.com/resources/cheatsheets/)
* [R style guide](https://style.tidyverse.org/index.html)
* there are many different options for style -- the key is to pick one and stick with it!
* [Styler package](https://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/styler/vignettes/introducing_styler.html)
* Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + I = reindent code block
* Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + A = reformat code
* piping using %>% (from `magrittr`) or |> (base R)
* [Piping chapter](https://r4ds.had.co.nz/pipes.html) in R4DS (using %>%)
* Hadley/RStudio are updating all documentation to use the base pipe instead -- see the [2nd edition of R4DS](https://r4ds.hadley.nz/workflow-pipes.html)
* [Understanding the native R pipe](https://towardsdatascience.com/understanding-the-native-r-pipe-98dea6d8b61b)
* [Use the new R pipe built into R 4.1](https://www.infoworld.com/article/3621369/use-the-new-r-pipe-built-into-r-41.html)

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### Cohort Call #1 — 10 May 2022

#### Roll call - who's here?
_Who's here? Name + pronouns (optional) + something you’re looking forward to in the next few weeks..._
* Joey Burant (he/him) + always joined by Bruce the Cat; getting outside more to do some spring birding!
* Tanya Strydom (she/they) - warm weather and sunshine!
* Ashton Sies (he/him); heading home for my brother's graduation celebration!
* Fiel Dimayacyac (he/him); visiting Toronto to see friends
* Siobhan Schenk (she/her)
* Jory Griffith (she/her) - playing tennis/ frisbee in the sun
* Janaina Serrano (she/her) - going to the beach!!
* Mike Lavender (he/him) - moving 😂
* Charlotte Hagelstam Renshaw (she/her)
* Gracielle Higino (she/her) - filming a documentary!

#### Announcements & Q&A [00:03 - 00:05]
* Do you need help? We have a [helpdesk channel on our Slack Workspace](https://ldpdatarescueinterns.slack.com/archives/C02AV0X4V89)!
* Get a certificate! The LDP grants students certificates that a great to add to your CV stating that you're a data rescuer! We just ask that you complete a training in EDI or about career in addition to two LDP courses + internship or working group. Know more about it [here](https://www.ciee-icee.ca/ldp-certificates.html).
* Wanna be featured on [our website](https://www.ciee-icee.ca/ldp.html)? Send your name (+links) and a picture to higino [at] zoology [dot] ubc [dot] ca
* Who's going to ESA? Wanna get involved in a short-course with us? [conference website](https://www.esa.org/montreal2022/)

#### What are the cohort calls? [00:05 - 00:20]
* Why do we do it?
* Build community!
* Network.
* Support.
* Momentum and motivation.
* How do we do it? Plans for next meetings!
* Monthly 1h long meetings - do we want them to be longer?
* What do we do?
* Check-in and celebration!
* Planned themes:
* June - EDI
* July - How to get hired outside academia
* August - ??
* September - Graduation party!
* Questions?
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#### Let's get to know each other! [00:20 - 00:50]
_Elevator pitch time! In 2 min, tell us who you are and what are your talents! Take 5 min to elaborate your answer._
* Joey - LDP postdoc - living in Guelph ON - talents: PLAYS THE PIANOOO + data management + birding
* Charlotte - MSc in Montréal - talent: PLAYS CLASSICAL PIANOOOO + evolution of legumes
* Ashton - MSc at UofR but lives in Nanaimo - talent: plays guitar - project: ecosystem and wildlife trends in Haida Gwaii (going for a site visit soon!)
* Tanya - PhD at UdeM looking at species interactions - currently joining from her very comfy office chair at UdeM - talent: plays VIOLIN (at a 'very average' level) - LDP project: nesting piping plovers from NB and NS
* Siobhan - PhD at UBC in Vancouver, studying bacteria of seagrasses and seaweed - talent: baking and cooking, and currently training for a triathalon!! - LDP project: rocky pool communities in Jamaica
* Fiel - MSc at UBC in Vancouver, looking at phylogentic/evolutionary models in the context of gene expression data - talent: boxing, punching without getting punched - LDP project: climate data in Nunavut NPs
* Janaína - from Brazil, currently a PhD at McGill working on extinction risks in vertebrates - talent: basketball, try to play the guitar - LDP project: Song sparrow survival data from Mandarte (going for a site visit in June!)
* Jory - MSc at McGill, living in Montreal (joining from Gault - McGill research station), working on phytoplankton - talents: rock climbing, singing(?) - LDP project: Inuvik
* Mike - LDP postdoc - PhD at Queen's on competitive interactions, but an avid statistician - HAS TWO CATS!!! - talent: dad jokes and horrible puns, getting injured
* Gracielle - LDP postdoc - from Brazil, living in Vancouver - interested in using networks to understand why species are where they are - talents: embroidery, crochet; a bit clumsy!

#### Icebreaker questions
* Would you rather be able to control fire or water and why?
* Would you rather be able to talk to land animals, animals that fly, or animals that live under the water?
* Would you rather find five dollars on the ground or find all your missing socks?
* Would you rather be able to teleport anywhere or be able to read minds?
* Would you rather have unlimited international first-class tickets or never have to pay for food at restaurants?
* Would you rather live without the internet or live without AC and heating?
* Would you rather have all traffic lights you approach be green or never have to stand in line again?
* Would you rather move to a new city or town every week or never be able to leave the city or town you were born in?
* Would you rather have a completely automated home or a self-driving car?

#### Final considerations [00:50 - 01:00]