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Welcome to the Research Impact 2026-27 Webinars

Research impact is about understanding, measuring, and communicating the reach and influence of your scholarly work. Research Impact workshops help registrants develop the skills and knowledge needed to assess and showcase their research impact by providing training on:

bibliometric assessment and citation analysis
research impact databases and tools
strategic analysis of research opportunities and collaborations
researcher profiles and scholarly identity management
identifying and showcasing high-impact research
research impact reporting and communication

Research Impact workshops welcome students, staff, and faculty from any discipline, as well as members of the broader community interested in understanding research influence and engagement. A number of Research Impact workshops are also geared towards beginners, so whether you’re new to bibliometrics and research assessment or looking to strengthen your impact strategy, we encourage you to sign up and learn.

Workshop Eligibility

All workshops in this series are eligible for the Sherman Centre’s certificate program. For more information, visit scds.ca/certificate-program. They are also eligible for the Canadian Certificate for Digital Humanities. To learn more, visit ccdhhn.ca.

2026-2027 RI Workshop Topics

Workshops

Land Acknowledgement

McMaster University is situated in Ohròn:wakon which is the traditional territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas. This land is covered by the “Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant”, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee confederacy and Anishinaabe nations to ensure those who live here take only what they need, leave enough in the dish for others, and keep the dish clean. This land is also covered by the Between the Lakes Treaty of 1792 and is very close to the 1784 Haldimand Treaty, which holds the land six miles to each side of the Grand River as a tract for Six Nations, which is currently not being honored.

Many of us at the Sherman Centre took the First Nations’ Information Governance Centre’s OCAP course this past year which stands for Ownership, Control, Access, and Possession. We encourage you to learn more about OCAP and Indigenous data management practices more broadly, including the OCAS principles endorsed by the Manitoba Métis Federation, the principles of Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᑕᐱᕇᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ (Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami) National Inuit Strategy on Research, and Global Indigenous Data Alliance’s CARE principles.