Workshops and classes: Library, Student Learning Commons, Research Commons

A comprehensive listing of Library workshops including workshops in partnership with the Library.

(Note that this includes SFU and visiting classes that are not open to additional attendees.)

  Looking for workshops offered by the Library, Student Learning Commons, and Research Commons?

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  • subject (time management, exam preparation, academic writing, English language skills, etc.)
  • audience (undergraduate or graduate) 
  • location

Bennett Library (SFU Burnaby) and Belzberg Library (SFU Vancouver):

For library classes held at SFU Surrey, see Workshops at Fraser Library (SFU Surrey).

 

Date Time Class Instructor Room
2025-04-29 10:30am to 12:30pm RDM@SFU Part 1: Research data: planning your project, funding, and contracts Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 7200
2025-04-30 10:30am to 12:30pm RDM@SFU Part 2: Research ethics, research security, and data Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 7200
2025-04-30 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-05-01 10:30am to 12:30pm RDM@SFU Part 3: Data storage, computing, and publishing Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 7200
2025-05-07 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-05-08 11:30am to 1:00pm Introduction to NVivo for Mac [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-05-12 5:30pm to 6:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (Pop Culture) Cayley (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-05-13 11:30am to 1:00pm Introduction to NVivo for Windows [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-05-14 9:00am to 5:00pm Researching and Writing Indigenous Knowledges Julia Lane Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 7010, Research Commons
2025-05-14 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-05-15 10:00am to 12:00pm Thesis Word Template: The Basics [Online] Shania Cheung, Catherine Louie via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-05-16 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-05-20 10:30am to 12:00pm Intro to ArcGIS Online [Online] Sarah Zhang via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-05-20 11:30am to 1:30pm Schedule Building Drop-In Workshop Sci-Space, Ruth Silverman Burnaby, Sci-Space AQ 3146
2025-05-21 10:30am to 11:30am The Thesis Submission Process [Online] Shania Cheung, Catherine Louie via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-05-21 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-05-21 2:30pm to 3:45pm Citations Made Easy: Introduction to Zotero [Online] Citation Management Team via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-05-22 10:30am to 4:30pm Introduction to R (2-day workshop) Fereshteh Rashed, Louis Arsenault-Mahjoubi Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 7010, Research Commons
2025-05-23 10:30am to 4:30pm Introduction to R (2-day workshop) Fereshteh Rashed, Louis Arsenault-Mahjoubi Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 7010, Research Commons
2025-05-23 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-05-23 1:30pm to 2:30pm Ace the Numbers Game: Quantitative Exams Aiden Wickey (Sci-Success), Ruth Silverman, Sci-Space Hybrid (Burnaby, Sci-Space AQ 3146 & Zoom)
2025-05-26 5:30pm to 6:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (Pop Culture) Cayley (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-05-27 12:00pm to 1:00pm Enhancing your research with StoryMaps [Online] Sarah Zhang via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-05-27 12:00pm to 2:00pm Summer Ice Cream Sundae Circles Julia Lane Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-05-28 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-05-30 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-06-02 10:00am to 11:15am Citations Made Easy: Introduction to Zotero [Online] Citation Management Team via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-06-02 5:30pm to 6:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (Pop Culture) Cayley (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-06-03 11:30am to 12:30pm The Ethical Use of AI in Academic Writing Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 7200
2025-06-04 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-06-04 11:30am to 12:30pm "I'll Do It Later": Managing Procrastination Aiden Wickey (Sci-Success), Ruth Silverman, Sci-Space Hybrid (Burnaby, Sci-Space AQ 3146 & Zoom)
2025-06-05 10:00am to 12:00pm Introduction to Spatial Thinking and ArcGIS Pro Tiger Su Burnaby, Bennett Library, Lab 2105
2025-06-06 11:30am to 12:30pm Level Up Your Study Skills Aiden Wickey (Sci-Success), Ruth Silverman, Sci-Space Hybrid (Burnaby, Sci-Space AQ 3146 & Zoom)
2025-06-06 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-06-06 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Applied Sciences Building 10703 (accessed through the FAS main office, ASB 10700)
2025-06-09 5:30pm to 6:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (Pop Culture) Cayley (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-06-10 12:00pm to 1:20pm Structuring Ideas through Grammar Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3008
2025-06-11 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-06-13 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-06-13 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Applied Sciences Building 10703 (accessed through the FAS main office, ASB 10700)
2025-06-16 1:00pm to 2:15pm Citations Made Easy: Introduction to Zotero [Online] Citation Management Team via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-06-16 5:30pm to 6:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (Pop Culture) Cayley (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-06-17 11:30am to 10:00pm Making Literature Reviews Easier with NVivo for Mac [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-06-18 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-06-20 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-06-20 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Applied Sciences Building 10703 (accessed through the FAS main office, ASB 10700)
2025-06-23 10:30am to 12:00pm Research data management for geospatial data [Online] Erin Clary, Sarah Zhang via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-06-23 5:30pm to 6:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (Pop Culture) Cayley (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-06-24 11:30am to 1:00pm Making Literature Reviews Easier with NVivo for Windows [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-06-25 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-06-26 12:00pm to 2:00pm Summer Ice Cream Sundae Circles Julia Lane Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-06-27 11:30am to 12:20pm Public Speaking for Your Courses and Beyond Aiden Wickey (Sci-Success), Ruth Silverman, Sci-Space Hybrid (Burnaby, Sci-Space AQ 3146 & Zoom)
2025-06-27 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-06-27 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Applied Sciences Building 10703 (accessed through the FAS main office, ASB 10700)
2025-06-30 10:30am to 12:00pm Bridging non-spatial data with spatial data for research [Online] Sarah Zhang, Tiger Su via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-06-30 5:30pm to 6:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (Pop Culture) Cayley (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-07-02 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-07-04 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-07-07 10:30am to 2:30pm Got Data? Use R for Data Visualization Fereshteh Rashed, Louis Arsenault-Mahjoubi Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 7010, Research Commons
2025-07-07 5:30pm to 6:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (Pop Culture) Cayley (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-07-08 11:30am to 1:00pm Introduction to NVivo for Mac [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-07-09 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-07-10 11:30am to 1:00pm Introduction to NVivo for Windows [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-07-10 1:00pm to 3:00pm Thesis Word Template: The Basics Shania Cheung, Catherine Louie Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 7010, Research Commons
2025-07-11 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-07-14 5:30pm to 6:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (Pop Culture) Cayley (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-07-16 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-07-17 1:00pm to 2:00pm The Thesis Submission Process [Online] Shania Cheung, Catherine Louie via Zoom (link will be sent to participants 24 hours before the workshop/event begins)
2025-07-18 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-07-21 5:30pm to 6:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (Pop Culture) Cayley (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-07-23 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-07-23 12:00pm to 2:00pm Summer Ice Cream Sundae Circles Julia Lane Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-07-25 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-07-28 5:30pm to 6:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (Pop Culture) Cayley (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-07-30 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-08-01 1:30pm to 2:30pm Conversation Pods: Enhance Your English in Seminar-Style Settings (English and Canada Trivia Hour) Martin Thuss (EAL Peer), Tim Mossman Burnaby, Bennett Library, Rm 3020, SLC (Student Learning Commons) Consultation Area
2025-08-06 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom
2025-08-13 11:30am to 12:30pm NVivo Office Hours [Online] Emily Blyth, Erik Mohns via Zoom